Taming and maintaining wild blueberries
paulns
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Comments (6)Thanks Here's a photo of one end of the pond (the shallow end) http://silvabullets.com/maple2/target5.html The entry point for the water is a very high water table. You can strike water wityh a post-hole digger around here. I think it is becoming a marsh becasue of untamed growth. We believe the pond was dug to connect to bay and create a crab inlet or perhaps for fill dirt on an adjacent property. It has been left alone for at least 10 year, maybe longer...See MoreMaintain my hillside
Comments (30)I'm grateful for the search function that actually worked this time. Lots of good ideas for my problem. Hope no one minds my hijacking with a variation on the problem. This long and narrow woodland garden is along the main path to the back garden. It is prime real estate, so its appearance is important. It has about a 30% slope in some spots, less in others. Over the years soil improvement and organic mulch has raised the soil level above the bottom retaining border of cobblestones. Also we've gotten rid of a number maples and the soil has fewer roots to hold it.It is thickly planted with spring and summer perennials, but in early spring when heavy rains come there's no foliage to help retain the soil. This really is a display garden, and there aren't any agressive plants for erosion control. And this early in the spring there no foliage yet to help hold soil. When I heard the forecast for heavy rains tomorrow I remembered last year that my beautiful top dressing of compost washed away. Tonight you would have laughed to see my husband and me gathering rocks in the dark. I quickly constructed a half dozen small terraces around my most vulnerable plants and to hold the soil on the steepest area. I reiforced the cobbles with a taller line of stones. My little stopgap retaining wall of rocks along the cobble edge looks really silly. I want something less obtrusive. It really only needs to be an edge 2.5-3 inches above the cobbles. I think another row of cobbles on top would look massive, and would be unsteady unless mortared. I wondered about wood shingles on edge, held by ...what? If I stained and polyurethaned them they should last awhile even in soilWhat do architectual shingles used on roofs look like up close? That should last 20 years. I loved the look of the twiggy fence, though it is hard to imagine weaving branches on something only a few inches high I suppose I could just make thick twig barrier backed with leaves.I just thought of short willow edging, but I know that has a very short life. I'm interested in more of your creative solutions. Fire away! Thanks so much, idabean...See MorePricing wild blueberries
Comments (2)I never sold tame blueberries for less than $4 pint (.67-.75 lb). I would also say $5-5.50. Make sure you tell people about the higher antioxidant value. Research the nutrients and post it. Also state if you think the crop might be lower than average, due to frost or such. Our local u-pick blueberry farms are already closed for season due to untimely frosts. Marla...See MoreHELP! I need to tame this “Where the Wild Things Are” Front Yard!
Comments (15)If liriope would thrive in your planting zone, you might consider outlining your side and front yards alongside all concrete/cement with that. Now that you can see what is there, you can better decide what you do like and what you don't. Get some kind of stakes or sticks -- anything tall enough -- and some light colored surveyor's ribbon and "rope off" what you intend to keep. Take pictures. Now you can stop by local landscaping businesses and have a two way conversation. One idea: After you do that, contact a local landscaping business and tell them you intend to remove everything from your yard by (a date certain) EXCEPT (what you want to keep -- hand them a written note and photos and/or diagram for clarity) and ask them if they want any of it before you "plow it under". Be clear you're not offering to pay them to remove it and you don't want a bunch of deep holes left in your yard -- let them know that you're just offering what you don't want "free -- that they can have it if they remove it (by a date certain with you there at the time). Make sure you want to be there when it is removed to be sure they don't remove anything you want to keep....See Moreksrogers
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