Dragon Springs Farm

Home garden update. Peppers started blooming including my “Pepper X”. All but 2 of these plants were started from seed. Going to be GUD year. Although I am heavy on some super hots (white ghost, purple dream, primotalii). Very excited to grow some new unique stuff this year!!

@stickyfingaz777 Wormwood.

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I would love to grow some medicinal plants (beside Cannabis) and was wondering if you guys have any recommendations

@KevinEspiritu @epicgardening Thank you. Cabernet Sauvignon. Coming along nicely.

@kpm1234 @epicgardening Grapes look amazing

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No buds on the “purple dream” yet, but it is absolutely a gorgeous plant. Both of my “dragons tongue” have fruit and this paprika pepper that I tried to grow last year and failed is coming along very well. Checking plants at my home garden after being gone a few days is satisfying

We have several pods of Pepper X on the plant at my house. I had to check with Grok if they look like that at the beginning, AI says yes! I Might have the real thing.

@JunesIphone @mirovuacres Plants were far too large to not cut back. I grew in dirt at the farm. But have to store at my house to protect over winter. Limited space for plants. The 90% of the ones that survived are putting on fruit but so are my seed starts from February 1st.

Ya I don’t understand this method. You have a mature plant. Cut off the tops then cut the roots. You aren’t overwintering much at all. They will have to rebuild roots and branches while tons of decay and healing is going on. Then it needs to think about putting on fruit. Might as well start from seed if possible. Now if you can bring it in under lights with a minimal prune and have peppers throughout winter into spring this is what I prefer. They are perennial but forcing a dormancy by hacking it doesn’t seem to be worth it.

I overwinter 100 pepper plants. They looked great throughout. Then March 18th frost hit. Only 22 survived. I those 22 planted in beds 2 weeks ago in oak leaf mulch. Not impressed versus my seedlings this year. Keys to winning. Overwinter less. Start seeds on February 1st. Humbled.

I kept them in mini greenhouses in my shed under grow lights. I pulled them out of the ground last fall. I cut them way back and put in 1 gallon pots. Where I think I lost them is on March 18 there was a late freeze and I’d already taken them out of the shed trying to bring them back to life and I just covered them with a sheet and I think that shocked the hell out of them. Live and learn.

@mirovuacres @kpm1234 There is many ways. I literally a just bring them in with my citrus and they provide peppers throughout the winter. A lot of other ppl hack the tops off and put them in the dark. If you do this you might as well start from seed and not overwinter them imo.

@IlltakeACookie I bought a Woodland Mills sawmill couple of years back. It cuts like a dream once I finally figured out how to use it properly.

@kpm1234 What did you use to cut it? Looking to take down a huge tree and while I know I can’t mill the main trunk some of the branches im eyeballing and thinking of getting a chainsaw mill

Dad and I built a 8’ tall, 15’ W wall with Live edge timber we cut several months ago. I was going to use for raised beds but done building beds for this year. My son needed a soccer rebound wall and we also needed a target wall for shooting. But I love it looks like yard art.

@KevinEspiritu Hang tomatoes.

Grape vines.

@PubPlanPosting My family does not understand why I bake soil. The struggle is real.

Husband who uses sterile seed trays and mix. Wife who takes the screeded seed mix off the ground to “make the cells even”

Really!!! Grapes right now are the size of a poppy seed. Tiny bunches. I have never had to fence this section in the past. Looks like it needs a hot line now. Ugh. We need rain for native forage. The hard freeze March 18-20 really set everything back. Drought is not helping.

@AuntPattycake @MsInnerfield I’ve got three of them growing right now

@MsInnerfield @kpm1234 I love datils the most.

My kids out grew the trampoline. You can see it behind my tomatoes. So I turned it into a hoop house. Just have to add the plastic this afternoon.

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Just got off the phone with another dude who bought Amazon garbage mattresses Now he’s looking at others Asked me about 5 different brands All garbage He’s like “this is why my buddy told me to call you, he said you would give it straight” Man of the people here

@gfaller6 MacGyver influence!!

@kpm1234 That's usin your noggin.