Garden question. I have 2 volunteer blackberry plants popping up in a large planter. They must have come from my compost because there are no blackberries in the neighborhood, but I buy organic blackberries and any moldy ones go in my compost. Are the volunteers likely to grow to fruit? Or should I pull them out and buy blackberry plants at a nursery? #Garden #Homestead #GrowFood
Garden question. I have 2 volunteer blackberry plants popping up in a large planter. They must have come from my compost because there are no blackberries in the neighborhood, but I buy organic blackberries and any moldy ones go in my compost. Are the volunteers likely to grow to fruit? Or should I pull them out and buy blackberry plants at a nursery? #Garden #Homestead #GrowFood

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The 'Dark Red Norland' kartofler I planted i april look very happy. I had to use a couple hog fencing panels to keep hjortene from eating the foliage. Up until a few years ago, hjortene never bothered my kartofler plants. Since then, it has gotten a lot dryer and hotter in the spring. My guess is they have less wild green foliage available so they go after whatever foliage they can find.

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I dug a new ainneor (traditional Irish garden bed) for a late planting of 'Mira Sarpo' potatoes. I have never planted potatoes this late in the spring but a book I have said you can plant mid-late and late varieties in June so that they are ready to harvest just before the first autumn frost.

We'll see how it goes. I'm worried the young plants will cook in our new hot summers (it supposed to be 36°C the next two days). 😬

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