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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jan 14 2020 : 2:24:58 PM
The International Herb of Year for 2020 is Rubus spp. Blackberries, raspberries, et al.
There's no room in my wee garden for berries so I'll plant a herb I haven't grown before as a substitute for this year's Jubilee. I would also like to find a container yellow rose to add to the other I two I've planted for the Jubilee. Last year it was "Mrs Oakley Fisher" and the year before that "Republic of Texas". Happy to say both are thriving in there containers.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| jill skane |
Posted - Jul 23 2020 : 09:40:54 AM
Husband bought 4 thorless about 5 years ago the most berries we got on plants are 4 berries. I guess they do not grow good in northern maine. |
| YellowRose |
Posted - May 20 2020 : 07:18:44 AM
Linda like you I find life and peace in my garden.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| rhinomom2 |
Posted - May 20 2020 : 06:57:28 AM
I love the flowers...they help me see there if "life" beyond the darkness we have been facing lately. And yesterday I finally had the chance to work in my garden and it felt soooooo good...now onto the edible flower beds...
Just Have Faith and Happy Glamping!
Sister #237 |
| katmom |
Posted - May 11 2020 : 4:57:22 PM
Oh Deb, a separate Berry garden would be perfect,,,
and don't let all the Bambi's get to your berries!.. they decimated mine at our last house...,,, course,, had I put fencing around the berries and grapes.. the deer would have eaten all my roses instead!... oh Wait!! they did! lololol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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| YellowRose |
Posted - May 11 2020 : 1:26:14 PM
Hope all your berries thrive.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| City Chick |
Posted - May 11 2020 : 12:28:49 PM
I brought raspberry plants from my yard in Illinois with me to Tennessee. They don't appear to be making it. Hubby bought 2 new raspberries & 2 blueberries. The raspberries are doing so good! We even have flowers. We do need to fence them from deer. I'm hoping we can make a separate berry garden in the area where we planted them.
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| suny58 |
Posted - May 05 2020 : 07:28:34 AM
Wonderful pictures Natalie!!! So awesome and inspiring! I got my blackberry planted and hopefully by next year I'll have some beauties like y'all
Farmgirl #7103
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
| katmom |
Posted - May 02 2020 : 8:29:06 PM
Terri,,, well never were truer words spoken... yep,, we got a massive rain/thunder/lightening storm today... that will teach me to be careful what I wish for!
snorks-n-giggles!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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| katmom |
Posted - May 02 2020 : 8:27:24 PM
Oh Nat,, your Iris' are Fabulous!,, ours up here won't bloom for at least another month...
And,, Oh My!... lots of blackberries... shall I give our Deer your address? heeheehee...
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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| Tchr66 |
Posted - May 02 2020 : 7:42:33 PM
Your flowers are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them with all of us.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord
Joshua 24:15 |
| NatChap |
Posted - May 02 2020 : 7:31:56 PM
Our blackberry vines held up in the fierce winds and storms.
 
The irises and roses have bloomed beautifully.
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Happy Jubilee! This is my very first! Many blessings and much joy to you all!
Keep shining!
Natalie
"Ask what makes you come alive and go do it." ~Howard Thurman |
| Tchr66 |
Posted - May 01 2020 : 6:19:50 PM
Grace,
Careful what you wish for.
Thanks for the tee hee. I haven't herd "fiddles" in some time.
May it rain just enough to help your heart bloom with joy.
Hugs
FG8042
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord
Joshua 24:15 |
| suny58 |
Posted - May 01 2020 : 11:51:38 AM
Sara, I wish I had chickens to eat my fennel! lol, I wouldn't mind really.
Grace, my borage is thriving luckily after getting hit with those straight winds and tornado a couple weeks ago I thought I would even lose my sunflowers coming up but everything hung on in the garden! Thankfully!!! I'm on my way out yet again to plant POTS now full of seeds, my edible flowers! I'm not sure what I love the most although the nasturtiums are SO TASTY! have a safe beautiful weekend in your neck of the woods!!!!
Farmgirl #7103
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
| katmom |
Posted - Apr 30 2020 : 3:48:53 PM
Well fiddles! it was suppose to rain,, then it didn't.. and was suppose to me sunny/cloudy today... wasn't!
cloud cover and strong winds! uugh!
I just wish it would rain and get it over with!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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| Tchr66 |
Posted - Apr 30 2020 : 12:03:52 PM
We got an inch of rain yesterday. And, it is still raining today. Wonder when I will get to plant the garden?
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord
Joshua 24:15 |
| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Apr 29 2020 : 12:31:12 AM
we were promised rain for the last four days. Gosh, it rained like crazy today. Can't plant herbs in Minnesota until Memorial day. It might snow.
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| katmom |
Posted - Apr 28 2020 : 7:47:09 PM
Sara,, I have 4 Borage plants that are struggling from the winds.. but are hanging in there..
Of my 4 Basal seedlings I lost 2.. and now my chives are getting whimpy... but I still have seeds so I can re-start them if need be.
Was suppose to rain today so I didn't water.. but it never did, and now the dark clouds are coming in....once again the weather peeps said it will rain in the wee hours of tomorrow morning.. hoping they are right this time..
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Apr 28 2020 : 05:38:39 AM
Grace I get a lot of wind too - here in northeast TX it blows most days. This is the 2nd year for raised beds so the herbs are close enough together to shield the soil from the wind. All except for your borage which is still a wee seedling and it's been battered a bit.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| katmom |
Posted - Apr 27 2020 : 10:53:56 PM
uugh!,, these winds are horrible on my poor plants!... drying up the soil like crazy...
Hope we get some rain through the night.. if not, I'll be outside first thing in the A.M. watering!!!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Apr 27 2020 : 05:53:03 AM
Grace I've grown pineapple sage but don't have it now. You're right it's delicious and attracts bees and butterflies.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| katmom |
Posted - Apr 26 2020 : 5:45:08 PM
Still can't get cat nip/mint around here,, nor any of the flavored mints,, just peppermint and sweet mint.. I would have to travel into town.. but it's not that big a deal...
If you haven't tried planting Pineapple sage,, oh, you just must! it is fabulous and the butterflies and hummers LUV it!...
Here in the INW, it is an annual.. but in warmer climates, it grows all year long.
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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| Tchr66 |
Posted - Apr 26 2020 : 1:55:25 PM
You ladies are an inspiration. I found some seeds and now all I need is some sun. Can't wait. Spring is coming.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord
Joshua 24:15 |
| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Apr 26 2020 : 12:11:51 PM
another one of my favorites is coconut mint. it smells just like coconut. Chocolate mint is great too. I have two cats also but we don't let them outside.
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Apr 26 2020 : 11:03:44 AM
Dianna you have quite the herb garden. I always like to see what winters over and comes back. I've only grown fennel once and it was when I had three chickens. I bought one plant and it was in a pot on the deck. The chickens found it and ate it.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| suny58 |
Posted - Apr 26 2020 : 10:58:21 AM
Going to hop right in here with everyone! I've finally gotten most of the garden planted and today was my herb day planting! My chives and chocolate mint are growing hog wild already as is my lavender and regular mint all from last year. Sage, basil, parsley, dill and fennel went into the ground today. Its gorgeous outside! The pollinators lived the sage last year and the monarch caterpillars loved the milk weed and dill from last year so hopefully they will come again.
Terri, my cat has never bothered my mint and I know there are ferrel cats as well. So I'm lucky! Judith, super duper idea not just for the catnip but some of my other plants as well. At least while they are young! Rabbits keep eating the tops off my okra.
Farmgirl #7103
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
