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New Garden Additions for 2009
I've been getting lots of requests for photos of my new garden additions so here they are. The first one is just the framework for the completely new beds before anything was planted. Next is after most of the plants are in. The next one shows the first of the rock additions. I'll add more as I get time.
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5/20/2009, 11:15 am
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Re: New Garden Additions for 2009
Oh those are coming along nicely! Aren't those landscaping timbers just a breeze to work with?? I just loved them..
Hubby even made me raised vegetable gardens (he had them 3 feet high) from them, so I could sit on the edge and tend my garden, and not hurt my back.
I can't wait till towards the middle of summer, when all the plants are going really well.....I'll bet they look fabulous!
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5/22/2009, 2:46 pm
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Re: New Garden Additions for 2009
The timbers beat anything else I've used and are very affordable. The only drawback is having to use hubby's vehicle to haul them.
I just planted a bunch more new things yesterday and started working on a new watering system. I'm having trouble with the irrigation stuff I put in last year so I had to make some changes for now. Today it's raining so watering isn't an issue.
My biggest problem now is pillbugs. They are devouring everything in sight. This is the first year I've had this problem. New seedlings are particularly at risk. I've been doing some research on how to combat them.
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Yeah....they really love it when we mulch...keeps everything nice and moist for them..all I could find on the net was this:
quote: Pill and Sow Bug Control
In the spring and summer, these creatures sometimes migrate by the thousands, marching toward and into your house. No one knows for sure what causes these migrations. The best guess is that it's a combination of temperature and humidity. Millipedes and their kin like secluded damp areas where they can feed on decaying plant material. But too much or too little moisture in their environment can make them leave these areas in huge numbers.
When the rain falls, they emerge from the compost you've lovingly spread around your garden. For the most part, pill bugs are harmless and can even beneficial. They break down organic matter into smaller bits. The problems start when they start munching on seedings or a red ripe strawberry. Protect seedlings with a little diatomaceous earth or a bit of drinking straw split and wrapped around the stems.
Natural predators include frogs, newts, toads and small mammals which live and hunt at night in the moist areas where the Pill Bugs live. Sometimes as they moult, when they are still soft, they can be eaten by their own kind. Another main enemy is a spider which dispatches them with venom before devouring the contents of their body.
Removing plant debris to discourage them is all that is required in most gardens. But the valuable contribution they make to the decomposition process in vegetable matter means that unless they are a direct threat to seedlings or crops, they should be left well alone. In the commercial setting they can be controlled by soil sterilization with steam or methyl bromide .
You can also effectively trap pill bugs using a half of a cantaloupe that's placed upside down where pill bugs are a problem.
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I've tried the Diatomaceous Earth and it might have done a little good. Another thing that I got contains Neem Oil which seems to be more effective. I may try the cantaloupe idea.
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Can't hurt....at least it's natural...
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True enough. On the plus side, some of the butterflies would feed on the rotting cantaloupe.
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Absolutely...so do Orioles...and they love cheap grape jelly!(Orioles that is)
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I seem to have heard that about Orioles before. I'm not sure that we even get them in Texas. My home state of Wisconsin has them though.
Here are a couple of current shots of the new garden, one about halfway done with the new mulch and one almost finished. It really makes a difference in how it looks.
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Oh that does look nice....love the reddish mulch you chose, really sets off the whiter rocks and plants...
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