tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post6187036581053306459..comments2024-03-23T05:42:07.516-04:00Comments on The Deliberate Agrarian: Birth Of An OrchardPart 4Forlorn RealityHerrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-46838535881640979012014-10-01T14:25:02.755-04:002014-10-01T14:25:02.755-04:00You're not growing goldenrod, you're growi...You're not growing goldenrod, you're growing honey! If you could find the time to keep bee's, you perspective on weeds would change drastically! But at the end of the day, there are only so many hours to work with... <br /><br />I'll second the note on the cardboard under the mulch... works great!Cjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04334100593630415472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-22617463153042854902014-09-29T15:21:26.136-04:002014-09-29T15:21:26.136-04:00Thanks, everyone, for the comments, ideas and sugg...Thanks, everyone, for the comments, ideas and suggestions!Herrick Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-90864253808150891142014-09-29T00:51:52.089-04:002014-09-29T00:51:52.089-04:00Chop down those weeds around each tree with a hand...Chop down those weeds around each tree with a hand sickle and lay them down as mulch... they'll feed the apples. It's hard to care for something far from sight, true, but the weeds are your friends and they're accumulating nutrients you can feed to your young trees. God gives us blessings even under the Curse. One day Futureman will eat a richly flavored apple from a towering and healthy tree and remember his excursions with you into the wild, wild orchard. David The Goodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-39379692556634952222014-09-28T21:52:28.030-04:002014-09-28T21:52:28.030-04:00Great story Mr. Kimball. So good to see a young...Great story Mr. Kimball. So good to see a young'un out of doors with his grampa.<br />There just aren't enough hours in the day or energy in the body to accomplish all the things the mind and heart wish. My berry patch looks much like your orchard.....(sigh). However my smaller pasture looks better this year. I hope to get some pics on my blog soon.<br /><br />I've run into a bunch of folks who make a similar mistake in terminology that Stephanie in AR made above when discussing mulch. "Hay" is feed and contains seeds. "Straw" is carbonaceous crop residue used as bedding, mulch and sometimes fodder but should not have seed heads. Using hay as mulch is inviting pasture to grow where it was placed as mulch. Not typically desirous when the goal is weed suppression.<br />There is so much we still have to learn, so must that has been lost in a few short generations. Deep into Michael Bunker's book, "Surviving Off Off-Grid" makes that point ever so vivid. Share everything you know with Futureman as he represents our most cherished gift...hope.<br />Down south/out west, throwing rocks is usually referred to as "chunking rocks".<br />Respectfully,<br />PamAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14210768437726876770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-72206712397803217442014-09-28T19:41:47.478-04:002014-09-28T19:41:47.478-04:00A day well spent. Perhaps a hive or two could mak...A day well spent. Perhaps a hive or two could make good use of all that goldenrod.<br />Lloydnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-11498974961338553992014-09-27T18:36:29.991-04:002014-09-27T18:36:29.991-04:00Many of my fondest memories are when I used to tak...Many of my fondest memories are when I used to take my brother into the woods behind our house.<br />We would lay in the leaves and play with the water and tadpoles and have a great time. I loved the stream too, and the frogs and the way the light tried to shine down on the ground, but only a tiny bit ever hit the ground. So of course, it was always so much cooler in the woods, which was also great, in a time when NO ONE had Air Conditioning yet. <br />That was way back in 1957, now my brother lives on 68? acres, and it's almost all trees. Some things stick with you your entire life, and I bet you just created one of those "Stick to Ya" kinda days! I bet ya!<br />Fantastic!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02961473328485063074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-70729399449489564762014-09-27T13:46:08.168-04:002014-09-27T13:46:08.168-04:00Fantastic walk and my kind of tale.
Fantastic walk and my kind of tale.<br /><br />Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-58430470945487523982014-09-27T13:11:20.561-04:002014-09-27T13:11:20.561-04:00A enjoyable post showing the wonderful relationshi...A enjoyable post showing the wonderful relationship between you and your grandson, Herrick. I'm glad the apple trees are doing well so far. May they bare many fruit.jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732358856419035775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-11144051596437884122014-09-27T12:07:21.878-04:002014-09-27T12:07:21.878-04:00If you were to put cardboard then the hay the weed...If you were to put cardboard then the hay the weeds would not grow through for two or three years. I did that on the walkways in my garden and while the rest grew up in weeds it's only this year, with the cardboard all rotted that weeds are in the aisles. The few that grew where the cardboard had shifted where extremely easy to pull. That shifting was because I did not overlap enough for a walkway. The garden site was an excellent pasture with thick pasture grasses growing on lovely Southern red clay soil. Now some of the best dark soil is in the walkways. :) There is a blog called Walden Effect - the family there grew comfrey under their trees but did have a bit of trouble as the comfrey grew larger. I do not quite remember but it seems the comfrey was so vigorous it overwhelmed the roots of the trees. Perhaps it's a regional problem as they are in a warmer zone but perhaps not. That's a lovely property and the creek looks perfect for dabbling toes on a summer's afternoon.Stephanie in ARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117946992633230458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-90376271176773825992014-09-27T10:08:03.906-04:002014-09-27T10:08:03.906-04:00Isn't it interesting how the Creator notices a...Isn't it interesting how the Creator notices an empty patch of ground, and then assures that something grows on it? The area around the fruit trees was presumably bare, and now there is goldenrod. And comfrey. What are the benefits of those plants being there? <br /><br />I ponder this a lot, Herrick. Our ground is heavy clay,and after I work it up we get volunteer thistle. Why? What are the benefits? I think Fukuoka (?) addressed this.<br /><br />Peace.milton fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222904984648426127noreply@blogger.com