I think I'm gonna start posting in the mornings now after watering. Just a journal of the garden and what we see.
Big sunflower blooming! Can you see the little bug on top? He's been there for a few days.
Today we saw another velvet ant. Didn't get a picture. The Hawks and turtles were a no show today.
The South bed is doing marvelous. The needles and leaves from the carport a few weeks ago are holding moisture supremely well! It gets watered daily, so I'm gonna stop watering a few days to see how it does.
Here it is on top. Looks like a pile of pine needles, acorns, and leaves. Fancy that. Remember, underneath it is a layer of cardboard on top of a layer of compost. There's a lot of bug life in and around this bed. Beetles, ants, rollie polies, and the occasional roach. Don't tell Melissa about the roaches.
Down inside is super moist. There's almost mud on the cardboard. The mix is about four inches deep in most places. Around the edges maybe less, and at the deepest maybe six inches. I didn't spread it super evenly.
I call this one the hay bed. It's the one from last week after I mowed. I raked the area I mowed into this row for this purpose. Later I came back and added leaves and another thin layer of grass clippings. I dare say it is doing better than the South bed. The material is super damp, warm, and smells absolutely great.
My only apprehension with it is that I placed it perpendicular to the slope of the yard. I think it would be best if it were parallel to the slope, but maybe I'm wrong. I was hot and tired and didn't know I had pneumonia lol not to mention the fact that I'm super new to all this.
There's some small okra coming up! That's exciting. See the tiny spider? Seeing that if comes up where the flowers were, we may have squash soon as well. They're putting off some big beautiful yellow blooms.
Sam and I have been flooding and digging mole holes this week. This one is in the south side by the new beds, well house, and tree nursery. He likes that he gets to dig, I like that the water gets deep down in the ground, and we like talking and playing together in the mornings.
The pecan trees are doing great! At the first post there were ten, I now count fifteen. A couple friends at work already say they may want one or two, so I bet we'll be digging some up eventually. I want em a couple feet tall first though, so probably next year. They're doing pretty well with the pine needle mulching.
This was a fun post. I think I'm gonna do this more. That way I'll have a consistent topic to post about. I'm going to shower and bed now. Picking up chickens and a coop later on today!
Stay cool and stay relevant
Nate