Sounds like you were very busy this week. Hope you are not too sore form all the early garden work.
I had to laugh about the ozark rocks. The hole w/o many rocks would make me think someone at some time had dug there before. We had a joke about the rocks when we were growing up. If you move one rock two more will grow in its spot. We had moved to a new house and were picking up rocks to plant grass. Finally may parents decided that was a lost cause and had dirt hauled in on top of the rocks. They still have rocks poking through there yard.
Hope you don't end up w/flu.
I have been potting up dahlia bulbs in the garage. I have to do my EE's today. Want them to get a start before time to plant out.
Bonnie

Good work Christie!

We had a similar experience on the farm; one post hole we dug down 3 feet and never found a rock! Bonnie may be right that someone else had been there before us.

We are getting a misty rain today, but not much measurable in the gauge.

I checked my grapes yesterday and can't tell if they are alive or not.

Christie the reason I have so many pots is rocks and tree roots. It is so easy but expensive to just fill a big pot with bagged soil and plant. You may want to eventually put the blueberries in the ground after you have some success with them. They eventually get big but they are slow growers at my house. Sounds like you provided them with the proper ammendments.

Yes, Christie, it was me.
My pots are about 3'high, and more than that across, I used rotted (composted?) tree trimmings, mixed with manure that has sat for over 4 years.I used good garden dirt, peat moss, and potting soil--if something is good--try it all, right? I added the sulphur(?) and mulched with pine needles and shredded oak leaves. I don't see any reason to ever replant in the ground, as the 2 I planted in the orchard, and amended the soil alike, aren't doing near as well as the 4 in the pots.
You know, my daughter lives across the road from me, and her soil is extremel;y rocky, while mine is the opposite. When the water lines were dug on both sides, the operator asked me if we had soil hauled in.
Still, I await the day my raised beds are all in-and rocks are screened out.

Ceresone where did you get such big pots? I have been buying 100 gal. tanks at MFA to put under the roof of the barn for water saving. Is that what you have? No I would not move them into the ground if I had that big a pot. I am glad to hear you just used manure, peat, soil etc. That would be a fortune in potting mix and I am getting to the point that the expense is an issue with all my pots.

Hwlen, several years ago, the Alco store here got in these huge pots, and a few a size smaller.They only got in 4 of each, and I bought all of them. Some of the pots had wheels you could add to the bottom. first year, while they were on the deck, I used the wheels, but removed them when they went on the ground.
I've never seen such large pots since, in our little town, but perhaps Lowes in Springfield?

I was going to ask about your containers too Ceresone. I'm very jealous. I have supplement containers about as tall as a five gallon bucket or maybe a little taller, but quite a bit wider. I'm guessing they would be about 15 gallons. The blueberries that I got from Stark Brothers were potted in five inch pots so I thought they might be too small to put in large containers. I put them in three gallon pots for now. I think I will put them in my garage the first winter and then pot them up into larger containers next spring if they grow well.

Bonnie - Yes I was sore! lol My arms and back were protesting. I was actually a little creeped out when I was digging that big hole and not hitting any rock wondering why. I thought I might find bones or something. lol
Glenda - I'm sure I've never dug three foot deep without hitting rock. That's even more amazing. You must have been wondering if you were on Candid Camera. Let me know when your grapes start to leaf out.

Also, the blue plastic 50 gallon barrels, cut in half are nice. just need to make sure they have had safe materials in them--a cheese plant barrels are nice.
cut in half, drill a few holes--and there you are, dont look bad either.

LOL Christie,
I spewed coffee on the screen. Bones. that made me laugh so hard. Thanks I needed that.

You know I wonder if they have an ordanace about not using those 50 gal drums in Joplin. I will have to look an see. I think those would be great for some of the things I want to plant this year.
How big of a hole do you cut into the bottom of your drums before you place them on the ground. Or do you place them up on something instead of directly on the ground. My brother has access to drums like that... I may give him a call after I look up an see I Joplin will allow them.

I hear you on the sore and tired. I'm sure I will be by the end of the day today.

Where I live there are so many people around so I often feel like I'm on camera when I do some thing silly. Then other days I think who cares.
Bonnie

I just drilled 3 holes in the bottom--and not real big, at that.I used what i call a spade bit, made holes size of my little finger, or smaller--then put rocks in the botton, so holes would'nt seal up.
First ones I made too big, and water drained out too fast, needs to wet soil good, but not drain too fast--or stand on the surface.
The pots I bought had holes with a drain plug, so I judged the others by the size of those.

I think I will also plant my blueberries in tubs. I have plastic 55 gallon drums that I can cut in half and maybe can scare up 2-3 blue cattle lix tubs. I think I can find enough material without having to buy anything to fill them. The ones I wintered over in l gallon pots look great, whereas, the ones in the garden are looking dead! I have one I got from Dorothy's last year that is loaded with blooms ready to pop open. I will just place them under a small apple tree and right at the hydrant so I can water them almost daily when I check the chickens. Next I need to find either some garden sulfur or aluminum sulfate for them.

I wanted to do some gardening today, but don't think I will work out in 50 mph winds.

So far, I haven't gotten sore.....maybe just haven't done enough planting yet.

Forgive me! I posted almost the exact same info on another thread. We had company over the weekend and I guess I got distracted...it was our granddaughter's birthday dinner and also had DH's folks out; a very busy day!

Glenda - You're in better shape than I am. I hate to think what my back and knees will be like in 20 years. Your blueberries in pots would warm up quicker, so maybe there's still some hope for the ones in the ground. I'm not sure aluminum sulfate is safe for blueberries.

Here is a link that might be useful: Aluminum Sulfate for Blueberries - Fruit and Orchards forum