Gardening pics, hacks, successes, and or failures

[wildmanyeah]

If it smells bad I’ll just add more leaf mould or compost, will see how well it will work. Try to balance the nitrogen with carbon.

 

[IronNoggin]

I hear burying whole fish down deep can be very effective

My local hunting partner is a full blown fishing addict.

He plants all of the frames from the fish he catches deep in his garden.

That has to be the most lush garden I have ever seen.

Cheers

 

[wildmanyeah]

I hear burying whole fish down deep can be very effective

Yeah I’ve stuck it in the compost pile in the bottom the microbes decompose it pretty fast.

The liquid will just be more versatile and a little bit goes along way, I am
Also on a bigger lot so not really an issue to put it out back in the yard or shed

 

[Corey_lax]

Yeah I’ve stuck it in the compost pile in the bottom the microbes decompose it pretty fast.

The liquid will just be more versatile and a little bit goes along way, I am
Also on a bigger lot so not really an issue to put it out back in the yard or shed

I can’t even compost here because we get bears daily from April to October basically. I’d have way too many attractants. I’d rather them in the neighbours backyard than mine.

 

[wildmanyeah]

I can’t even compost here because we get bears daily from April to October basically. I’d have way too many attractants. I’d rather them in the neighbours backyard than mine.

I only compost stuff from the garden, grass clippings, leaves ect, not kitchen scraps

 

[IronNoggin]

Had a quick peek under the cold frame:

Garlic is coming right along!

 

[straightup]

I cook all salmon and ling cod carcases. The oily water is mixed with more water and pour along the garlic rows.just do one row if you want to see the effect.The rest goes to the chickens they love it

 

[wildmanyeah]

Spuds!

 

[wildmanyeah]

Made fish fertilizer out of some freezer burnt 2024 pieces.

Used compost, molasses and fish

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It’s been two weeks since I’ve started this, it does not smell, had it in the garage, shook it around and it still smelled like molasses and a bit like soy sauce/fish sauce

 

[IronNoggin]

Today. Cold frame removed, temporary fencing up due to Taniq being something of a digger dawg:

 

[BC Coast Pilot]

I only compost stuff from the garden, grass clippings, leaves ect, not kitchen scraps

Rats have become a problem for Sidney and the peninsula again. Ever since the poison that works is NLA at the consumer level and the inception of the compost programs.
Rats are all through the stores, The stores have to box all their consumables in plastic bins at night, including candybars, chips, etc. Grass seed, bird seed...etc.

 

[wildmanyeah]

Rats have become a problem for Sidney and the peninsula again. Ever since the poison that works is NLA at the consumer level and the inception of the compost programs.
Rats are all through the stores, The stores have to box all their consumables in plastic bins at night, including candybars, chips, etc. Grass seed, bird seed...etc.

Gross

 

[IronNoggin]

Over the winter around 75 - 80 % of our strawberry plants crashed and burned.
They reside in the same bed as our peach tree.
It has been around 9 years since they were all planted, with nothing but Miracle Grow supplementation.

So, I dug them all out, dug out some of the old soil, and replaced that with a load of Black Earth and Sheep Manure.
Salvaged what I could, and replanted.
For perspective, since they were first planted you could not see any of the soil through the strawberry plants.

Likely a small return this year, but I expect good things for the next.
And it most certainly won't hurt the peach tree either.

Cheers