2013 gardens

[The Duck Hammer]

Cant wait to pick some of those myself.

[aunt betty]

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Its a start. The second garden at the abandoned house is getting planted now.
Did four rows of Illini Extra Sweet sweet corn, planted pumkins and watermelons yesterday.
Raining now.

[aunt betty]

Look close at the right side. The un mulched part. See how black the dirt is here? Black loam. Very rich.

[assateague]

Same here. Darkness.

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[aunt betty]

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Dont get much blacker.

[assateague]

Is this some kind of pecker contest?

[jehler]

I want in

[Feelin' Fowl]

Is this some kind of pecker contest?

Check out the MPW thread and you might find a judge or two...



I think this is where something clever about tapatalk should go.

[Eric Haynes]

Is sandy loam any good for gardens? :lol:

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[Eric Haynes]

And now I wait.....



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[Eric Haynes]

Picture came out pretty crappy.

That was everything I bought and I thought I wouldn't have enough room, but I only used about half the space I fenced in for the garden. 24 jalapenos, 12 yellow wax peppers, 12 bell peppers, 12 cabbage, 24 tomato, 3 rows of beans, 2 rows of beets, 50 onions in that picture then I have 12 burpless cukes and 12 pickling cukes in a patch by themselves.

Should I just leave the other half empty and work what I've got, or plant more?

[Flightstopper]

Damn man how big is the area you have used up? When did most people plant up there?


Things are starting to pick up here.

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[aunt betty]

I'm just starting to get tiny tomatoes and I'll be damned but the weather man just said the low on Saturday morning will be 38.
Shit. Global warming? pffft.

[Eric Haynes]

Total area is actually 24x65. Followed the instructionns on planting except for the peppers. My gram, who has had a garden over 70 years, told me to plant them closer to pollenate them. No idea if its true, but she has always had a lot of peppers so i listened.

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[BrewGUN]

People around here are just starting to plant, we had frost advisory last night, not sure how low it got, but it was 38 when I came in at 4am.

[jarbo03]

I'm thinkin bout a topsy turvy

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[assateague]

They work like a sonofabitch. They will flat grow some tomatoes, believe it or not. Did it a couple years ago with 5 gallon Sheetrock buckets (actually I think they're 4.5 now). Drill a 1/2" hole in the bottom, run the tomato plant through, and added about 10" of dirt. Had them hanging all over from tree branches, tied on with scraps if Romex. Biggest problem was that I didn't hang them high enough. The bottom needs to be at LEAST 6 feet high.

[jarbo03]

Need to get it done soon, usually get maters started on the 15th.

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[MuddyWaterWarlock]

We bought some a few years ago for yucks and ours didn't work worth a shit. I have since perfected the Warlock maintainance free tomato hedge. Plantem and forgetem until harvest

[aunt betty]

Gettin greener.

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[Eric Haynes]

Is that Betty's Arc i see in the picture?

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[aunt betty]

Oh, you mean the trellis I made from copper. It's for a rose bush that was in our other yard. I stuck it by the window to hang a bird feeder on. I made that thing a long time ago.

My Carsten Pintail duck boat is just to the right but out of the picture.

[Feelin' Fowl]

I'm thinkin bout a topsy turvy

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Like Assa said, they work. The must be high enough, AND you have to water the hell out of them. Lots of water, and they will grow.

[3legged_lab]

We bought some a few years ago for yucks and ours didn't work worth a shit. I have since perfected the Warlock maintainance free tomato hedge. Plantem and forgetem until harvest

Magic wand?

[MuddyWaterWarlock]

We bought some a few years ago for yucks and ours didn't work worth a ****. I have since perfected the Warlock maintainance free tomato hedge. Plantem and forgetem until harvest

Magic wand?

Yep! and a dose of highly polluted swamp water

[aunt betty]

Pumpkin is blooming.

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[aunt betty]

We bought some a few years ago for yucks and ours didn't work worth a shit. I have since perfected the Warlock maintainance free tomato hedge. Plantem and forgetem until harvest

I have a backyard pond. The filth that I clean out of the filter is gold for plants.
Also noticed when I do my annual water change....the dirty water at the bottom is garden gold.

[assateague]

Garden in the rain. They always look better in the rain.

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[Flightstopper]

Looks good Jim. No way in hell I'm putting up a picture of mine right now!

[one2many]

Garden in the rain. They always look better in the rain.

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looking great ASSA, what is that directly behind your garden?