tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post2915478288602681875..comments2024-03-28T11:56:25.161-07:00Comments on My Two Cents: Friday in the GardenBlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-72310502950494735482020-05-19T22:03:16.514-07:002020-05-19T22:03:16.514-07:00I'm glad you got some rain and a nice nap to g...I'm glad you got some rain and a nice nap to go with it! I, too, hope I'll be able to get some ripe peaches, this year! I'd like to make some peach jam to share with my daughter, if possible. Yes, I will be spraying the tree, this winter and hope to get this peach leaf spot under control!Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-13907676318432483012020-05-19T16:53:13.761-07:002020-05-19T16:53:13.761-07:00I was expecting a lot of rain over the weekend but...I was expecting a lot of rain over the weekend but we got surprisingly very little. Friday morning started off overcast but the rain didn't come until the afternoon. I decided to get out fairly early Friday morning to work on the garden, so by the time the rain started I was having yet another nap on the couch. Your garden is looking quite lovely. I am hoping your peaches ripen and give you a bountiful crop. Then this winter you can apply the dormant spray to the tree in order to save it. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631937559197478236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-30422995269213522722020-05-18T12:08:37.687-07:002020-05-18T12:08:37.687-07:00Oh, wow, and here I thought that it rained quite a...Oh, wow, and here I thought that it rained quite a bit in your area! I'm sure your garden is thriving with you watering it regularly, though. Thank you; I, too, hope the peach tree will be OK. Fingers crossed and all that! :)Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-39397957460156300712020-05-18T03:23:15.029-07:002020-05-18T03:23:15.029-07:00It's been so long since it has rained here tha...It's been so long since it has rained here that the garden is looking quite parched. I'm having to water it regularly. <br />I hope your peach tree will be OK. XJuleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837629817375132149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-65420649546600195902020-05-17T12:47:17.764-07:002020-05-17T12:47:17.764-07:00The disease can damage the tree, eventually, but, ...The disease can damage the tree, eventually, but, hopefully, I can save the tree. I, too, hope the fruit will be OK. Last year, all the fruit dropped while they were no bigger than almonds! This year, the leaves are affected, but, so far, the fruit seems OK. Keeping my fingers crossed. :)Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-5451899870159207912020-05-17T03:32:13.313-07:002020-05-17T03:32:13.313-07:00Oh no - your poor little peach tree. I see from r...Oh no - your poor little peach tree. I see from reading your comments that you've pinned it down and it's not fatal to the tree which is good.<br />I will be curious to see how the fruit manages. The picture shows a lot of fruit which is so nice.<br /><br />56stepshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714155300369089630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-27766828946074421822020-05-17T01:05:19.309-07:002020-05-17T01:05:19.309-07:00M wanted me to send him some pictures of the peach...M wanted me to send him some pictures of the peach leaves, today, as the leaves he took with him, yesterday, apparently didn't do too well, overnight. But, the nursery people seem to think it is peach leaf curl. I don't think so, because the images I am seeing online when I searched for it show entirely different symptoms. I think it is bacterial leaf spots, also called shot hole disease because the centers of the spots fall off, leaving little round holes, as if they've been shot with a pellet gun - I am seeing that, on some of the leaves, today! Apparently, wet winters/springs can cause the bacteria to grow and there is no treatment, as such, except to spray the tree in the winter, when it is dormant. So far, the fruit haven't been affected, and I am hoping that will continue to be so. If not, I'll have to find recipes for unripe green peaches! Apparently, one can pickle them! Or, maybe I can experiment and substitute green peaches for green mango in a curry?<br /><br />My sweet potato didn't like being planted in the garden! I took a picture and I will post it, later. I wonder if yours is a new clumping variety? :) Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-72882590506641908252020-05-16T17:08:22.453-07:002020-05-16T17:08:22.453-07:00I hope M will find a solution for the spots on you...I hope M will find a solution for the spots on your peach leaves. <br /><br />I planted a sweet potato vine grown from a store bought potato, it grows in a clump. It doesn’t spread. 😊 I have another small piece sprouting in water, so hopefully it will grow better than the other one. <br />Nil @ The Little House by the Lakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812637017406376233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-46259374853573058382020-05-16T15:37:31.359-07:002020-05-16T15:37:31.359-07:00LOL, I assumed that was what you meant to say, Eil...LOL, I assumed that was what you meant to say, Eileen. Although, there's nothing wrong with being mostly ready for the weekend! :D Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-23172287036944420382020-05-16T12:34:32.780-07:002020-05-16T12:34:32.780-07:00Just spotted a mistake in my comment . It should s...Just spotted a mistake in my comment . It should say ... mostly reading but I also ...Eileen Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340398156618870705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-34851489014842827252020-05-16T12:21:56.204-07:002020-05-16T12:21:56.204-07:00I try not to use pesticides in my garden, but, it ...I try not to use pesticides in my garden, but, it seems hard to grow fruits without something or the other. The citrus trees don't seem to be faring too badly, but, I seem to have more trouble with stone fruits. I've had two other peach trees, a plum, and a nectarine, all of which died from one disease or another. :( My citrus trees, however, seem to be doing OK. Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-83947205507316243952020-05-16T12:04:04.639-07:002020-05-16T12:04:04.639-07:00Thank you, Bushlady; I do hope that M will be able...Thank you, Bushlady; I do hope that M will be able to find an answer from his nursery guy. I am looking forward to the buddleia flowering! I like your mother's saying!<br /><br />Too funny about being too tired to bake after you finished looking at recipes! I've had that happen to me, too! In fact, I looked through a couple of my recipe books, yesterday, and ended up not baking anything after all. Which is probably better for me, anyway! Although, I did dig out some frozen mini eclairs and had them, instead! All in the name of making more room in the freezer, you understand! They were in the original container they came in and now, the remaining 6 or 7 are in a much smaller container. :D Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-49463338178162067232020-05-16T11:57:43.670-07:002020-05-16T11:57:43.670-07:00You're probably right, Live and Learn, and the...You're probably right, Live and Learn, and the leaf drop is connected to the heat wave and not enough water during the heat wave! It's not quite as hot, right now, and I am watering it more. We shall see if it recovers! No squirrels here (the garden cats might have something to do with that!) but, when I had the old peach tree, the birds used to manage to get a fair amount of the fruits!Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-59422138033204099192020-05-16T11:54:50.484-07:002020-05-16T11:54:50.484-07:00Why not try planting another garden, again, this y...Why not try planting another garden, again, this year? I know you tried last year, but, maybe you'll have better luck this year!Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-42861922868778026452020-05-16T11:53:45.501-07:002020-05-16T11:53:45.501-07:00I checked the tree this morning and didn't not...I checked the tree this morning and didn't notice any new leaf drop, other than two yellowed ones. I watered it, again, this morning.<br /><br />Sounds like you have a good weekend plans! Thanks for the reminder about the curve photo challenge! I had picked out a couple of potential objects to photograph, but, haven't done so, yet! Better get busy, Bless!Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-18180456216687587762020-05-16T08:50:21.766-07:002020-05-16T08:50:21.766-07:00It's so annoying when plants get spots/holes e...It's so annoying when plants get spots/holes etc. <br />We had, for the first time last year, red lily beetles. Never before! How did the beetles know that we had lilies, how did they know that ours was the right garden to target? Husband picks them off but the little blighters keep coming. We would not be able to grow peaches as the climate is wrong. I remember in Spain walking down the shopping street and seeing the lemon trees - it fascinated me. We'd only be able to grow those indoorsEloisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06065981592063612493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-20634777521744654252020-05-16T07:45:46.885-07:002020-05-16T07:45:46.885-07:00I do hope you can find an answer to the peach leaf...I do hope you can find an answer to the peach leaf problem. I hate it when plants have problems! When your buddleia flower opens you will have a lot of butterflies to enjoy. I remember my mother used to say something like, "Girls that grow buddleia tend to grow cuddlier". I don't know where she got that from.<br /><br />I thought I'd like to do some baking yesterday but by the time I had finished looking at recipes I was too tired to bake! Bushladynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-3600138146966057632020-05-16T04:56:13.293-07:002020-05-16T04:56:13.293-07:00It's been my experience that fruit trees will ...It's been my experience that fruit trees will drop leaves when they get too hot, but usually do okay anyway. Maybe your recent heat spell stressed you peach tree. We had a peach tree at our other house and the squirrels always got a lot more than we did.Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-84929116168828969612020-05-16T02:37:35.842-07:002020-05-16T02:37:35.842-07:00So many of my blogging friends have the most amazi...So many of my blogging friends have the most amazing gardens. I’m jealous. Akashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052831044292193813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162428932122354536.post-78857318946428576952020-05-16T02:30:33.361-07:002020-05-16T02:30:33.361-07:00I don't know the first thing about peach trees...I don't know the first thing about peach trees so can't offer any advice I'm afraid. I do hope you manage to treat it and don't lose the tree.<br /><br />I'm watching the Royal Ballet perform Anastasia tonight (been looking forward to this for ages!). As for the rest of the weekend, mostly ready but I also want to take some better photos for my curve photo challenge as my first attempts weren't quite right. Eileen Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340398156618870705noreply@blogger.com