Post by: Alleyyooper on June 14, 2015, 01:14:01 pm
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They really grew good with lots of produce, I gave away a lot of tomatoes but I ate the peppers squash and egg plants my self.
Was a easy thing to cover the plants when they were forecasting a frost although I did it different after I got the picture.
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Tomatoes plants got to over 6 foot tall. I have never ever had them get that tall and I only use 95% dirt from the woods and 5% dirt I had dumped out of my old containers
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Egg plant.
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A pepper.
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One of the hundreds of pounds of tomatoes.
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More tomatoes.
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One of the squash.
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;D Al
Post by: Alleyyooper on June 14, 2015, 01:41:36 pm
got the first one finished and laid down a inch of old news papers to keep the weeds from growing up thru.
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Then filled it with dirt from the woods 100%. I broke up the clods with a garden 3 tine hand tiller in the trailer before I shoveled it in the beds. I was able to get a lot of the roots and such out that way.
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Finished it and started assembling the second one and the MONSOON set in 8 days out of 10 it has rained. I got the second one assembled but no dirt yet.
Got me to thinking, OH NO !!!!!!!
Someone told me or I read some place that after melting the wax out of the comb that remaining stuff in the frame was good for the garden. Now I have found no information on that.
So I ask am I loosing my crazy mind or did I really hear or read that information?
;D Al
Post by: tbonekel on June 14, 2015, 03:00:33 pm
Post by: Perry on June 14, 2015, 05:53:22 pm
I built these using rough 2 X 10 hemlock, and they are basically 2 X 8 by 4' wide with a couple of 4' X 4' thrown in for an interesting layout. Our harvest have never been better.
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Post by: Les on June 14, 2015, 06:54:42 pm
Post by: lazy shooter on June 14, 2015, 10:18:01 pm
You are a neat freak. That's a good thing. Your beds are so well built. Yes, I did notice the level. Your wife is cute too, and that's a good thing. It doesn't cost anymore to keep a cute one. :)
Post by: Les on June 15, 2015, 08:57:39 am
Post by: lazy shooter on June 15, 2015, 10:22:25 am
Post by: Perry on June 15, 2015, 03:41:45 pm
Les, that is all now nice green grass in between the beds. I was going to do landscape cloth and pebble stone but figured I'd save a some money (and work) by going with grass.
Post by: iddee on June 15, 2015, 04:16:02 pm
Post by: kingd on June 16, 2015, 06:06:02 am
Post by: Alleyyooper on June 16, 2015, 09:01:16 am
I can not say that it does much to save my back as the beds are only 7.5 and 11 inches tall. When I did the row thing in the old garden I used a counter rotating tine tiller and would run it thu the garden about every 3 days and go between the plants with a home made rake cultivator.
I keep my raised beds (now that I have more than one) far enough apart I can run a 22 inch self propelled mower between them.
Yes the locks were changed so the KID'S couldn't come and go as they pleased any longer. After all they never gave a key to their homes so we could just come and go.
:) Al
Post by: Alleyyooper on June 27, 2015, 12:35:43 pm
Told Kare they made me mad so come fall I will because I can buy 5 doe tags a day for 5 days and fill them all. :laugh: Deer want to eat my veggies I will just eat them instead. Kare isn't happy about that said to put up a electric fence, then turns around and wants me to get a cheap one that won't even make a :o dog howl when it pees on it.
;D Al
Post by: tbonekel on June 27, 2015, 02:17:56 pm
Post by: Les on June 27, 2015, 03:28:51 pm
Post by: Alleyyooper on June 28, 2015, 06:11:10 am
;D Al
Post by: Perry on June 28, 2015, 08:16:35 am
Because your not walking on the soil it only gets packed from rain fall and snow in the winter. I light dragging of a finger type cultivator thru it loosens it up enough. An if that doesn't satisfy you can always use a garden fork to dig it up. as soon as the snow melts off in the spring covert the whole thing 8'x4' with sheets of black plastic. Heats the soil and any weed seeds will germinate and die because of no sun light. by last frost date the soil is nice and warm for plants and seeds.
;D Al
Good tip there, something I will have to consider.
Post by: Les on June 28, 2015, 10:07:41 am
Post by: Alleyyooper on June 29, 2015, 06:11:26 am
;D Al
Post by: Les on June 29, 2015, 08:08:51 pm
Post by: Alleyyooper on June 30, 2015, 05:47:58 am
From http://www.planetnatural.com/tomato-gardening-guru/growing-tomatoes/
Augmenting light or heat: Spreading black plastic over the soil around tomatoes will help the soil absorb and retain heat. It also reduces water evaporation and controls weeds and some insects, specifically those that winter in soil but then need to become airborne to feed or reproduce. (See more on this and other mulching options under mulching, on this site.)
;D Al
Post by: Alleyyooper on June 30, 2015, 06:00:19 am
Overview
Black plastic mulch is a valuable tool for those who wish to grow tomatoes in cooler climates. In areas where the growing season is short, tomato plants often fail to produce fruit. Black plastic mulch raises the soil temperature from 3 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit, giving the plants the heat boost they need to produce fruit all season long. You should avoid using black plastic mulch in hot, humid climates because it will trap too much heat in the soil, killing the tomato plants' roots.
Step 1
Use a hand tiller to loosen the top 6 to 8 inches of soil in the garden bed. Remove and discard any rocks, loose roots and other debris.
Step 2
Sprinkle a layer of garden fertilizer onto the prepared soil. The standard amount of required fertilizer is four pounds for every 100 square feet of garden space. Mix the fertilizer into the soil with the hand tiller. Soak the whole bed with water from a garden hose.
Step 3
Dig two 4- to 6-inch-deep trenches along opposing edges of the garden using a shovel or hoe. Unroll the black plastic mulch slightly, placing about three inches of the end into one of the trenches. Fill that area of the trench up with dirt to anchor the black plastic mulch in the ground.
Step 4
Unroll the sheet of mulch across the length of the garden, stopping at the other trench. Slice the length of mulch from the roll with a sharp knife, leaving about a 3-inch tail on the end. Lay the tail in the trench and cover it with dirt to hold it firmly in place. Repeat this process, slightly overlapping the lengths of plastic mulch, until the entire garden is covered.
Step 5
Cut 6-inch slits in the plastic, spaced two to three feet apart. Reach through each slit with a small spade and dig a hole that's about twice the size and depth as the seedling's root ball. Slide a tomato seedling into each hole and fill the hole with soil.
Step 6
Water the plants lightly each day by sliding the hose underneath the plastic mulch through each seedling slit. Tomato plants grown with plastic mulch will not require intense watering, but they do need a bit of moisture each day. If the soil under the black plastic mulch dries out, it can be very difficult to reinvigorate.
C:-) I would string a soaker hose and leave it all summer under the plastic C:-)
Step 7
Leave the black plastic mulch on the garden bed until after the growing season has ended.
;D Al
Post by: LazyBkpr on June 30, 2015, 09:19:02 am
I envy his knowledge.. he fertilizes/waters and seems to do everything right. His tomatoes are over 5 feet tall every year. corn, cukes etc all grow like wildfire in his garden..
Me on the other hand... I struggle... Rabbits and deer are a primary concern... I planted 40 Grape plants this spring, there are 25 left the rabbits and deer have not yet eaten, and will not eat...
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The Mini 14 is taking a serious toll... I now sit beside the fence line every night, rifle and rum and coke, wave at the neighbors as they go by.. Often they stop and ask me to go to their house next.
Most of my garden this year is in barrels.. 55 gallon barrels cut in half lengthwise, and I used a bunch of scrap wood to make stands.. At this point I am considerably impressed.. I walk up to my barrels, and weed them without ever bending over...... I used 5 gallon buckets to plant tomatoes in, hanging upside down... and then planted cukes in the top of the buckets.. I hung the buckets, and am running the cukes over the top of a hog panel so the cukes themselves hang down.. I walk under and pick them when they are ready.... So far so good... I lost a couple tomatoe plants when the handles ripped out of the cheap 5 gallon buckets... lesson learned, I wired them after that...
Post by: Dunkel on July 23, 2015, 10:12:58 pm
Post by: Alleyyooper on July 26, 2015, 02:42:52 pm
Look out farmers market here comes Dunkle
;D Al
Post by: Dunkel on July 27, 2015, 01:34:02 pm
Post by: Alleyyooper on July 28, 2015, 06:08:11 am
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