Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
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Sunday Yardening

Today's yardwork was picking half a baggie of blackberries.  They're past their peak, so there aren't as many left now, but still some red ones on the bushes.

I also watered plants. 
Tags: gardening, illinois, nature, personal
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  • 7 comments
rhodielady_47

rhodielady_47

July 25 2016, 12:51:45 UTC 4 years ago

Do you have any blueberry bushes?
:^}
ysabetwordsmith

No ...

ysabetwordsmith

July 25 2016, 18:20:05 UTC 4 years ago

I've tried to grow those, but so far with no luck.
rhodielady_47

Re: No ...

rhodielady_47

July 25 2016, 20:44:03 UTC 4 years ago

What sort of soil do you have?
I have clay soil but I worked a lot of peat moss into it before I planted my blueberries in it.
I also keep acid fertilizer on hand so that I can dose them with it as soon as the leaves show the slightest trace of yellowing. I repeat the acid fertilizer dosing weekly until the leaves return to their normal color.
The other thing I do is keep them heavily mulched. A blueberry bush with warm roots is soon to be a dead bush.
It took me several tries to get them to grow here so please don't give up.
:^}
ysabetwordsmith

Re: No ...

ysabetwordsmith

July 26 2016, 09:08:43 UTC 4 years ago

Very rich loam, reclaimed swampland. I may try growing blueberries again if I see them, but they're not often offered here.
rhodielady_47

Re: No ...

rhodielady_47

July 26 2016, 15:17:30 UTC 4 years ago

Sounds like good land for blueberries to me.
:^}
filkferengi

filkferengi

July 27 2016, 03:58:45 UTC 4 years ago

Even if you don't get any blueberries, the birds & squirrels would be thrilled. My lawyerspouse says the birds are called robins because they're robbing all the blueberries.

;)
ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

July 27 2016, 04:02:18 UTC 4 years ago

Sadly, that is the problem I have with the serviceberries, which are very much like blueberries growing on a small tree.