Kerry’s Garden

The 70+ weather we had been having has brought out pretty much everything over the past couple of weeks. The currants are preparing to bloom, the blueberries already are, the blackberry and raspberries have a good 4-5 inches of new growth but no buds yet. The grapes are on about their third leaf. Last night [...]

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A quick trip to the yard this morning left me in amazement. I swear when I checked things a couple of days ago most of it was still in it’s winter slumber. This morning there was growth everywhere I looked. Most of the willows have leaves as do the roses, kiwi, raspberries, currants, gooseberries, blueberries [...]

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Its not looking good. I’ve lost all of the cuttings that were in the plastic bag. The ones in the float tray are right behind them. I have to wonder if they didn’t put out leaves too soon. The only ones still kicking are the ones under the jars and they just started leafing out [...]

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The blueberries are a bloomin’. Normally it is a little colder when the blueberries bloom. Rarely do I see any honey bees out yet but the yearly visit from my lone bumble bee should be starting up any time now. She can often be seen doing her best to pollinate the blueberries. I do everything [...]

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The hardwood blueberry cuttings of the lowbush varieties Northcounty and Northsky are coming along so far. These are 30 days out from cutting and are the farthest along. The cuttings outside under glass still aren’t showing any signs of growth and the ones in the float tray are just a little behind these. I ended [...]

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Yesterday I received the Brown Turkey fig and Northblue blueberries I ordered from Miller Nurseries. Since all were destined for containers that is where they went. Of course they came on one of THE rainiest days (weekends) we’ve had in a long time. So, there I am standing out in the pouring rain (thunder off [...]

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