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Raised bed gardening, heirloom vegetables, cookbook collector, native plants, anything old-timey. Vegetable farmer's granddaughter. Kinda shy but love reading and seeing others' experiences. Zone 5b/53c Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains, Kettle Moraines.
We got a bit but sun melted it pretty quickly. I still water as needed until ground freeze. Then just count on the snow as extra insulation over the top of mulch and leaves against ’freeze heave’. I think they’ll be fine. Snow pants for the plants 😁!
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We got a bit but sun melted it pretty quickly. I still water as needed until ground freeze. Then just count on the snow as extra insulation over the top of mulch and leaves against ’freeze heave’. I think they’ll be fine. Snow pants for the plants 😁!
Nice article with simple goals. Seeing as you’ve already planted it, scroll about 1/3 down for 2 yr old care or read all to glean more tips. When I volunteered for my extension, photos helped us zero in on suggestions re structure, pruning, etc. Good luck! www.almanac.com/plant/plums
How to Grow Plums: Planting, Care, and Harvesting Tips for Juicy Fruit
Grow your own juicy plums! Discover how to plant, care for, and harvest plum trees, plus tips on varieties, pollination, and enjoying fresh fruit.
www.almanac.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Nice article with simple goals. Seeing as you’ve already planted it, scroll about 1/3 down for 2 yr old care or read all to glean more tips. When I volunteered for my extension, photos helped us zero in on suggestions re structure, pruning, etc. Good luck! www.almanac.com/plant/plums
Awww. Gotta eat no matter the weather. You're a good mama.
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Awww. Gotta eat no matter the weather. You're a good mama.
Not at all. We have sandy, well drained soil. Planned by a talented designer, they were supposed to be ok. Just kept having to prune, cut deadwood, and really baby them. Root balls were shallow and small so just popped out with the garden fork. 👀 other areas that need to evolve along with me!
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Not at all. We have sandy, well drained soil. Planned by a talented designer, they were supposed to be ok. Just kept having to prune, cut deadwood, and really baby them. Root balls were shallow and small so just popped out with the garden fork. 👀 other areas that need to evolve along with me!
Tore out 2 greenish-white flowered ones. ‘Trying to make fetch happen‘ … didn’t. Keeping with our evolving native plant direction, in went a clearanced Agastache foeniculum and some baby Eryngium yuccifolium and Echinacea purpurea. What a happy, buzzy spot! Can’t wait for them to mix and mingle!
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Tore out 2 greenish-white flowered ones. ‘Trying to make fetch happen‘ … didn’t. Keeping with our evolving native plant direction, in went a clearanced Agastache foeniculum and some baby Eryngium yuccifolium and Echinacea purpurea. What a happy, buzzy spot! Can’t wait for them to mix and mingle!
Thanks for the ID and warnings from this ‘allergic is my middle name’ gardener! Got curious because I don’t see a lot of them but know they are around. This article helped me further appreciate their existence in my yard. So, admiration for sure … but wide berth 💚. auduboncnc.org/the-surprisi...
The Surprising Life of the Oil Beetle by Jeff Tome • Audubon Community Nature Center
Nature always surprises. The fairly common Oil Beetle would not normally get a second look, yet they are full of surprises.
auduboncnc.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Thanks for the ID and warnings from this ‘allergic is my middle name’ gardener! Got curious because I don’t see a lot of them but know they are around. This article helped me further appreciate their existence in my yard. So, admiration for sure … but wide berth 💚. auduboncnc.org/the-surprisi...
When do you net them? I have no green shoots ATM.
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
When do you net them? I have no green shoots ATM.
Planted a 2nd hardneck order last weekend. 6” apart, 2-3” deep. Watered in, straw mulch, more water to weight the straw. The dibble makes quick, consistent work of it. Also did a hydrogen peroxide soak and then soaked overnight in some fish emulsion/baking soda/water mix. Maiden garlic voyage, 🤞.
November 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Planted a 2nd hardneck order last weekend. 6” apart, 2-3” deep. Watered in, straw mulch, more water to weight the straw. The dibble makes quick, consistent work of it. Also did a hydrogen peroxide soak and then soaked overnight in some fish emulsion/baking soda/water mix. Maiden garlic voyage, 🤞.
Saw your photo of this impressive fella and immediately thought ‘Needs a face to go with that scruffy beard!’
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Saw your photo of this impressive fella and immediately thought ‘Needs a face to go with that scruffy beard!’
What a labor of love! Looking forward to when the 'green' part of greenhouse starts happening. So much promise, opportunity, joy just around the corner. Very excited for you!
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM
What a labor of love! Looking forward to when the 'green' part of greenhouse starts happening. So much promise, opportunity, joy just around the corner. Very excited for you!
Read the poster. Thanks for that. Does this mean they can't be harvested in the future once planted on sanctuary reefs? Otherwise it seems the effort gets negated by an activity that contributed to the current dilemma. Spitballing here. Good on y'all for caring and working toward solutions.
November 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Read the poster. Thanks for that. Does this mean they can't be harvested in the future once planted on sanctuary reefs? Otherwise it seems the effort gets negated by an activity that contributed to the current dilemma. Spitballing here. Good on y'all for caring and working toward solutions.
This makes me ridiculously happy … for the Chinook, Klamath Tribes, conservationists, and the natural rebalance this brings. Hope remaining barriers are removed so everything and everyone keeps healing and thriving. It seems Nature kept showing the way, waiting for us to finally follow.
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This makes me ridiculously happy … for the Chinook, Klamath Tribes, conservationists, and the natural rebalance this brings. Hope remaining barriers are removed so everything and everyone keeps healing and thriving. It seems Nature kept showing the way, waiting for us to finally follow.
So impressed with this whole effort! Ingenuity, frugality, carpentry. This is going to be an amazing space to realize lots of dreams! Here's hoping that small crack goes nowhere and your hounds (and other critter vandals) fail miserably to gain entry 😁 .
October 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
So impressed with this whole effort! Ingenuity, frugality, carpentry. This is going to be an amazing space to realize lots of dreams! Here's hoping that small crack goes nowhere and your hounds (and other critter vandals) fail miserably to gain entry 😁 .
Nice blurry shadow play in the top photo but really like the flowers' crisp, 'skeletal' outlines against gray skies in the 2nd.
October 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Nice blurry shadow play in the top photo but really like the flowers' crisp, 'skeletal' outlines against gray skies in the 2nd.
A very fine job indeed! Way more ooomph than the one next door!
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A very fine job indeed! Way more ooomph than the one next door!
I'm sorry to hear that, too.
October 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I'm sorry to hear that, too.
Glad to see your generosity appreciated! Why not the sycamores do you think? We have one and the bark is amazing.
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Glad to see your generosity appreciated! Why not the sycamores do you think? We have one and the bark is amazing.
Don’t know much about this stuff but does this mean they will be sleeping inside from now on? What makes it ok for them to pasture outdoors in the daytime but not at night? Sounds like you are being vigilant caretakers but, truthfully, the worry never really ends, does it?
October 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Don’t know much about this stuff but does this mean they will be sleeping inside from now on? What makes it ok for them to pasture outdoors in the daytime but not at night? Sounds like you are being vigilant caretakers but, truthfully, the worry never really ends, does it?
I say treat ‘em special, they’ve been waiting 8 years for you! Got a milk jug you can winter sow them in? Oh, thanks for this post! I have a smaller sandy slope. Just planted remaining winter sown Spotted Bee Balm. Been looking for similar growers and your poor forgotten 😁 Aster fits the bill.
October 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I say treat ‘em special, they’ve been waiting 8 years for you! Got a milk jug you can winter sow them in? Oh, thanks for this post! I have a smaller sandy slope. Just planted remaining winter sown Spotted Bee Balm. Been looking for similar growers and your poor forgotten 😁 Aster fits the bill.
Nasty 🍑 insects. Although your sentiment above almost got to me.
Almost.
Almost.
October 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Nasty 🍑 insects. Although your sentiment above almost got to me.
Almost.
Almost.