fuzzi's "Gardens and Chickens...and Goats? Oh My!" Journal and More Thread

[fuzzi]

Many many moons ago I did a raised bed with the cinder blocks. It worked get. I did try planting marigolds in the holes but they didn't do very well. Sure would've looked pretty if they did.

Maybe portulaca or purslane? They grow low, and handle tough conditions.

 

[fuzzi]

I just "fixed" this one...

 

[fuzzi]

We got a little rain today!!!

Hopefully more overnight...

Walking around the yard...

That canna lily sure grew tall, 5-6 feet is usually their limit.

I saw a lynx spider on my elderberry bush, looked like it had young. When I took a picture what I didn't see was its dinner...

That's a Fraternal potter wasp. Oh dear.

Here's another, on lantana:

Clouded skipper, a butterfly:

And pickerel rush, grows on the edge of the ponds.

 

[SageHill]

Maybe portulaca or purslane? They grow low, and handle tough conditions.

Purslane - ohhh definitely worth a try and a healthy edible too.

 

[drstratton]

Purslane - ohhh definitely worth a try and a healthy edible too.

Purslane will take over. At least it's a nightmare in our garden. Maybe there are different varieties?

 

[fuzzi]

Purslane will take over. At least it's a nightmare in our garden. Maybe there are different varieties?

I buy seedlings at the nursery, and it dies with the first freeze. It might reseed, the marigolds and morning glories do.

 

[Mini Horses]

Chickens love it and it's a great feed.

 

[farmerjan]

Morning glories are a curse... they get into the hayfields, the garden..... vines everywhere...

 

[drstratton]

Morning glories are a curse... they get into the hayfields, the garden..... vines everywhere...

That's how I feel about purselane...lol

@fuzzi I have some I'll give you, every year, all summer long...

@Mini Horses The chickens do like it.

 

[fuzzi]

Morning glories are a curse... they get into the hayfields, the garden..... vines everywhere...

They call it bindweed here, I have it in the yard as well. But the morning glories behave themselves, mostly.