This last pic, I still need to do some weeding outside the wood border, but right now it's just not a huge priority! Slow but sure it's getting there Needing advice for retaining wall replacement work Q. Darzy, his property is higher than mine - no cascading anything to his property.
In order to work on the wall, I have to remove everything that I have established or risk losing all of my work. If I haven't made all of that plain in my previous postings, then I am now.
Yeah, Darzy, I have worried myself sick over this. I scrimped, saved and worked my butt off to have my home the way I wanted it, finally getting my yard looking like a garden and not the rented slag heap it had been. My other neighbors comment on how much better the entire place now looks because they know I have worked very hard on it for a long time.
Right now I have Meyer lemon, Eureka lemon, Fuji apple, blood orange, naval orange, avocado, cherimoya, white sapote, Kaffir lime, yuzu, and ice cream banana which has bananas on it right now.
I do miss the trees I had in Venice, but I only have so much room. I also grow pineapples, but they are not trees, although they definitely make fruit. Proper fenestration on houses Ceiling fixtures instead of can lights - enough with the holes in the ceiling Down with open plan, put a door on that kitchen, preferably swinging Garages separated from the house and in the rear of the property Front porches, screened porches Floor plans that allow cross current air to flow Double-hung windows that have real wood muntins Normal size sofas Clothes lines Wood clapboard siding as opposed to vinyl where you can see the seams.
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Hang on, Slow down, are you sure? The last thing you want to do after spending all that time making sure you know how to grow asparagus is to start harvesting asparagus at the wrong time, cut too many asparagus spears and weaken you asparagus bed for years to come.
So lets think about how to harvest asparagus. Advice varies but there is a common theme. You must not harvest too much too soon or you will weaken your plants. Year 0 - seed planting if you started this way - obviously no cutting. Year 2 - 1st cutting maybe? Advice varies from no cutting at all this year to cutting just one stem per plant to possibly cutting for two weeks. Please be patient and let them grow. Maybe try talking to them, you never know it might help!!!
Year 3 - 1st real year of cutting. Some suggest that you can now cut for a full season others suggest cutting for just 3 - 5 weeks. A small amount of manure can be worked into the soil at the bottom of the trench before planting. Space the crowns 12 to 18 inches apart in rows that are 4 to 5 feet apart. Spread the roots out in the trench with the buds pointing upward. After planting, completely fill in the trench with soil.
Though commonly done in the past, it's not necessary to gradually fill in the furrow as the plants grow. Male hybrid asparagus varieties are more productive and longer-lived than other varieties. The roots of established asparagus plants are deep and quite extensive. As a result, transplanting attempts are usually unsuccessful.
Large, old plants will be severely injured during the transplanting procedure. Some may actually die. Those that survive may never produce a good crop. The best way to establish an asparagus planting is to purchase one-year-old plants or crowns from a garden center or mail-order nursery. Asparagus plants should be allowed to become well established before any spears are harvested. No spears should be harvested during the first growing season.
Asparagus can be harvested over a three to four week period during its second growing season. In following years, asparagus plantings can be harvested until early to mid-June. Harvest asparagus by cutting or snapping the spears when they reach a height of 6 to 8 inches. Discontinue harvesting well established asparagus plantings in early June in southern Iowa and mid-June in northern portions of the state.
If harvested over a longer period, the plants may be weakened and less productive in future years. Among the tastiest and highly prized of all garden vegetables is asparagus Asparagus officinalis. Part of the allure of asparagus is that this perennial vegetable is the first vegetable harvested in the spring. Fresh asparagus is in premium demand, and a gardener with a good patch of asparagus can save a notable amount of money at the grocery store. Also, the ferny growth is an attractive addition to the garden.
Unlike other vegetables, asparagus takes considerable patience because it will not be until the third year after planting that you can harvest it. This takes some discipline, as the spears will appear in the first and second year, but if you harvest them, then you will very likely kill the plants—or at least seriously stunt their production for future years. But if you have planted the crown correctly, fertilized appropriately, and cared for your asparagus for two years, in the spring of your third year you will start to have an ongoing crop that will provide you fresh asparagus each year from early spring until July 1 for about 15 years or so.
When the spears appear in spring, harvest them when they are 6 to 10 inches above the soil line, but before the flower buds are open. Simply cut or snap off the spears at ground level.
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