Garden Collage

Flowers, fruit and weeds.

Blueberries! Don't do it

Yes, we will have a few handfuls of blueberries soon...but that's all. Blueberries are very challenging to grow in our alkaline soil. You can add amendments and elemental sulfur over and over again, and the alkaline water will wash them away. Containers are the best option. I will be moving these plants to containers later this spring. And while blueberries are yummy, there are many other things we can grow in our soils to make up for their loss in the garden.

Blueberries are Ready

The blueberry experiment is bearing fruit. The bushes we planted a month ago are beginning to provide snacks for my daughter.

Blueberry Experiment

We put in a few blueberry plants last weekend in a new gardening area of the yard. They will be a bit of a challenge because blueberries like acidic soil, and our soil is naturally alkaline. We added acidic compost and sulfur to the garden soil, and I'll sprinkle more sulfur in the fall. And we'll have to get to them before the birds do :)