CoastalWx Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Happy with yard so far and landscaping we did. Back yard is loaded with crap because we had to stain our deck, but our planting beds really took off....the ones that wrapped around our deck. Also, before and after worm damage. Nature is pretty awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Wrap around bed. Around the corner is an Eek Peonies special but they bloomed already. Deck just stained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. August Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 That's some real nice landscaping you got there. The bed in pic #2 looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Great curb appeal shots DIT, coastal, and others. If you can't look at snow pics , seeing what others do in their yards and borrowing goods ideas makes this forum must see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 That's some real nice landscaping you got there. The bed in pic #2 looks great.Also a fan of bed in 2nd pic. I really like when mature trees are in a bed. Also like the natural rock too.Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Thanks guys. That bed was just grass and dirt when we moved in. I decided to rip it up and fill it with dirt. Also filled rock crevasses with dirt for plants as well. Wanted to utilize the rock look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Red thread overtaking all the lawns now. About 30-45 days late. Too wet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Red thread overtaking all the lawns now. About 30-45 days late. Too wet Was about to post the same thing. Just came in from outside and noticed it in various spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 What gets rid of it? Iron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Nitrogen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I think I saw patches of it, but hopefully the fertilizer helps. I might cut it shorter this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Anyone here use a motion activated sprinkler to keep the deer away? The deer went to town on my beds at some point this weekend. I've used Repels-All which works well but for a limited time depending on how much rain falls. I don't want to fence the beds in as I think that looks hokey. So I'm looking for recommendations if anyone has any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Anyone here use a motion activated sprinkler to keep the deer away? The deer went to town on my beds at some point this weekend. I've used Repels-All which works well but for a limited time depending on how much rain falls. I don't want to fence the beds in as I think that looks hokey. So I'm looking for recommendations if anyone has any. i have used one for skunks, it worked well. i still have and and may never need to use it again-PM me if you want it in the past i have used a liquid repellent to keep the deer from eating hostas. that works pretty well. prepare yourself-it smells like liquid death when you apply it. last time i used it (several years ago) the neighborhood dogs all went crazy when they got a whiff of it. don't apply on a windy day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Anyone here use a motion activated sprinkler to keep the deer away? The deer went to town on my beds at some point this weekend. I've used Repels-All which works well but for a limited time depending on how much rain falls. I don't want to fence the beds in as I think that looks hokey. So I'm looking for recommendations if anyone has any. I have mentioned Milorganite here a few times as a great organic Fert. It also works pretty decent as a deer repellent. So you get the added bonus of natural/Org Fert and also helps repel deer/critters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I have mentioned Milorganite here a few times as a great organic Fert. It also works pretty decent as a deer repellent. So you get the added bonus of natural/Org Fert and also helps repel deer/critters. How long was the Milorganite effective? I've used it in the past but wasn't aware that it was a repellent too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 How long was the Milorganite effective? I've used it in the past but wasn't aware that it was a repellent too. Its off label use as a Deer repellent. EPA required extensive testing and Milorganite didn't want to spend millions in testing. 4-5 weeks give or take a week. Im not sure of its effectiveness vs Liquid fence, etc. Think they both provide some decent deer protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Vegetable gardens crying for their mamas. Diseases, bugs, nutrient lockups... waste of a growing season, especially after such an epic start in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 Gonna be a disaster year of acorns this summer and fall. The branches that came down in the wind the other day are jam packed with them, and now a few single ones are already falling. I wa afraid of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Vegetable gardens crying for their mamas. Diseases, bugs, nutrient lockups... waste of a growing season, especially after such an epic start in May. My garden's doing great...I've been harvesting lettuce, arugula, peas and herbs (mostly basil, oregano, and mint) since early May. More recently, I've harvested 1 red cabbage and 1 green cabbage...got a few more coming. Tomatoes are green on the vine, zucchini have small fruits, and yellow peas are getting going...I agree we could use a little more heat as my peppers are getting kind of yellow and tomatoes are slower than other years. Had English peas earlier in the season, now I'm growing Indian yellow peas that are great for stir-fry as you can leave the pod on. Salad from lettuce, mostly oakleaf, and arugula, all grown in my organic garden. First cabbage to ripen was a red one, just got a green one today, plenty more to come! Black Beauty eggplant is flowering in preparation for fruit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Only some baby arugula from thinning the row so far. My sequential planting of green beans (we prefer them raw, so plan to have them fresh midsummer thru frost) was interrupted by Sunday's cold rain - perfect rot-in-ground wx. June's avg daily max of 66 not helping much, though the pac choi is doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 My garden's doing great...I've been harvesting lettuce, arugula, peas and herbs (mostly basil, oregano, and mint) since early May. More recently, I've harvested 1 red cabbage and 1 green cabbage...got a few more coming. Tomatoes are green on the vine, zucchini have small fruits, and yellow peas are getting going...I agree we could use a little more heat as my peppers are getting kind of yellow and tomatoes are slower than other years. garden1pea.jpg Had English peas earlier in the season, now I'm growing Indian yellow peas that are great for stir-fry as you can leave the pod on. garden9salad.jpg Salad from lettuce, mostly oakleaf, and arugula, all grown in my organic garden. garden10cabbage.jpg First cabbage to ripen was a red one, just got a green one today, plenty more to come! garden11eggplant.jpg Black Beauty eggplant is flowering in preparation for fruit. God looking vegetable. Does picking 2 heads of cabbage deserve the term "harvest"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 God looking vegetable. Does picking 2 heads of cabbage deserve the term "harvest"? LOL, luckily I've got 4-5 more cabbage coming. They are loving the cool, wet summer along with my lettuce, arugula, and peas. My tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers could use more heat, however. Definitely been a dearth of days 85+ here this summer when we usually get quite a few. Our average high does get up to 86 though in mid-late July, so we will see some soon. I believe normals are around 83/63 right now in southern Westchester/NYC metro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Would like to take credit for our recent landscaping, but gotta give credit to our landscaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Would like to take credit for our recent landscaping, but gotta give credit to our landscaper.looks great what specimen tree decide you decide to go with ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Love these begonias as a hanging plant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Another one on left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 looks great what specimen tree decide you decide to go with ?Candy mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I'm about to freak out with the vole population. They are mass murdering stuff this year.... ate my lupines, liatris, yarrow, half my euphorbia, some spider asters, tunneled under a 25' row of petunias disrupting them, and just lots of spiteful stuff like biting plants off and not even eating them. They don't seem interested in baited traps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I'm about to freak out with the vole population. They are mass murdering stuff this year.... ate my lupines, liatris, yarrow, half my euphorbia, some spider asters, tunneled under a 25' row of petunias disrupting them, and just lots of spiteful stuff like biting plants off and not even eating them. They don't seem interested in baited traps.Get some garter snakes. I have one living along the backside of the house now. Om nom nom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I suggest the bucket of death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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