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Neat spot. How much sun does it get mid-summer? Lots of trees around, but it looks like you have a decent clearing to work with.
Nice house, too, if that's it peeking through the trees. Think about a chipper-shredder. Shredding a bunch of those leaves every fall will provide you with enough mulch to make weed problems a thing of the past. |
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Neat spot. How much sun does it get mid-summer? Lots of trees around, but it looks like you have a decent clearing to work with. Nice house, too, if that's it peeking through the trees. Think about a chipper-shredder. Shredding a bunch of those leaves every fall will provide you with enough mulch to make weed problems a thing of the past. View Quote Not sure on the sunlight, we just bought the place.... Hopefully enough I have been wanting a wallenstein pto chipper not sure if that will do leaves. Around these parts, all farm equipment prices rise directly proportional to the amount of rust on it. They are proud of it. I never find deals like our sister down in East Texas does. |
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Not sure on the sunlight, we just bought the place.... Hopefully enough View Quote One thing you can do this year is start tracking that... make yourself a sketch of the clearing including the garden spot, and print off a bunch of copies. Once a week or so go out mid-day and draw in the areas the sun is hitting, and where it isn't. That changes a lot over the course of a year, as the sun moves around in the sky and leaf cover comes and goes. If you get serious about the gardening, you can use this history to help choose what to plant where, and when. |
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My backyard plot gets less than 8 hours a day....... No problem for everything except corn and stuff that really needs full sun. You just have to be more patient in waiting for stuff to mature.
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That soil looks rich!
BTW what the heck was the purpose of that bridge? I couldn't envision a flash flood/runoff event requiring such a bridge. The height and narrow width actually made me think of kids actually falling off it. Dunno, just my initial thoughts on it. I wish I had your soil. I'm in a new place and I'll be attempting to grow in flint chips! |
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Nice looking place!
OST for later viewing of dead/wilting vegetables. |
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Good looking soil.
You might want to consider thinning out some of the surrounding trees to let in more sunlight.Trimming off the lower branches of remaining trees will help too. |
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That soil looks rich! BTW what the heck was the purpose of that bridge? I couldn't envision a flash flood/runoff event requiring such a bridge. The height and narrow width actually made me think of kids actually falling off it. Dunno, just my initial thoughts on it. I wish I had your soil. I'm in a new place and I'll be attempting to grow in flint chips! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
That soil looks rich! BTW what the heck was the purpose of that bridge? I couldn't envision a flash flood/runoff event requiring such a bridge. The height and narrow width actually made me think of kids actually falling off it. Dunno, just my initial thoughts on it. I wish I had your soil. I'm in a new place and I'll be attempting to grow in flint chips! The bridge was here when we bought the place. That thing is over 12 feet off the ground in the middle! I am dropping it down to about 6 feet off the ground and will be placing a railing. The wife wanted it rebuilt, who am I to argue? Quoted:
Nice looking place! OST for later viewing of dead/wilting vegetables. LOL, I can wilt the best of them brother! |
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Nice looking place. Too bad it's in New York.
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Not sure on the sunlight, we just bought the place.... Hopefully enough I have been wanting a wallenstein pto chipper not sure if that will do leaves. Around these parts, all farm equipment prices rise directly proportional to the amount of rust on it. They are proud of it. I never find deals like our sister down in East Texas does. View Quote Wallenstein makes two PTO chippers with shredder chambers, the BMX 32 and BMX 42. They are capable of accepting 3" and 4" diameter logs respectively. I'm of the opinion that anything bigger than that is firewood. I would really like one of their standalone analogs, but I haven't been able to talk myself into it yet. |
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Wallenstein makes two PTO chippers with shredder chambers, the BMX 32 and BMX 42. They are capable of accepting 3" and 4" diameter logs respectively. I'm of the opinion that anything bigger than that is firewood. I would really like one of their standalone analogs, but I haven't been able to talk myself into it yet. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I have been wanting a wallenstein pto chipper not sure if that will do leaves. Wallenstein makes two PTO chippers with shredder chambers, the BMX 32 and BMX 42. They are capable of accepting 3" and 4" diameter logs respectively. I'm of the opinion that anything bigger than that is firewood. I would really like one of their standalone analogs, but I haven't been able to talk myself into it yet. Last year I bought a WoodMaxx PTO chipper with hydraulic feed, I've been very happy with it. My place has a lot of 6" pines, and the chipper will turn the whole tree into mulch. No shredder though. |
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The bridge was here when we bought the place. That thing is over 12 feet off the ground in the middle! I am dropping it down to about 6 feet off the ground and will be placing a railing. The wife wanted it rebuilt, who am I to argue? LOL, I can wilt the best of them brother! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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That soil looks rich! BTW what the heck was the purpose of that bridge? I couldn't envision a flash flood/runoff event requiring such a bridge. The height and narrow width actually made me think of kids actually falling off it. Dunno, just my initial thoughts on it. I wish I had your soil. I'm in a new place and I'll be attempting to grow in flint chips! The bridge was here when we bought the place. That thing is over 12 feet off the ground in the middle! I am dropping it down to about 6 feet off the ground and will be placing a railing. The wife wanted it rebuilt, who am I to argue? Quoted:
Nice looking place! OST for later viewing of dead/wilting vegetables. LOL, I can wilt the best of them brother! OK, lol. I guess it's better than the bridge to nowhere! |
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I planted 8 rows of corn today, one row of melons, and two rows of squash and cucumber.
The onions and broccoli have been in the ground for a week or so. I plan on placing the tomatoes, bell pepper, jalapeño, banana peppers and beans this weekend. I am concerned about the sunlight issue. |
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About peppers... they are co-dependent women, so to speak. You need to treat them right when you meet them, and then abuse them.
When you plant them, add a handful of matches under the rootball. Add in a bone, or handful of oyster shell to boot. Put a Tspn of fertilizer. Cover this treasure with 1-2" of soil. Never fertilize them again. When you pick the peppers, don't worry about occasionally snapping a branch. Don't do enough damage to cause them to die, or call the cops, but, don't be gentle. They are not tomatoes, they are not shrinking violets. Peppers only produce fruit when they are worried about survival. Make them happy and you get nothing. Rough them up and well...see line 1. TRG |
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About peppers... TRG View Quote thanks for the tip. They are in, everything but the bush beans. I gave up for today and cut the grass. They will go in the ground tomorrow. This is why I quit drinking, I can't do anything in moderation. I planted 56 tomato plants, and still have 24 heirlooms in the greenhouse Good grief, if it takes off, I am going to be feeding the church all summer. |
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thanks for the tip. They are in, everything but the bush beans. I gave up for today and cut the grass. They will go in the ground tomorrow. This is why I quit drinking, I can't do anything in moderation. I planted 56 tomato plants, and still have 24 heirlooms in the greenhouse Good grief, if it takes off, I am going to be feeding the church all summer. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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About peppers... TRG thanks for the tip. They are in, everything but the bush beans. I gave up for today and cut the grass. They will go in the ground tomorrow. This is why I quit drinking, I can't do anything in moderation. I planted 56 tomato plants, and still have 24 heirlooms in the greenhouse Good grief, if it takes off, I am going to be feeding the church all summer. Ketchup. Look back in my thread from last summer and you'll find recipes and pictorials showing you the easy way to make it. Homemade ketchup is about 6.00 a pint. You can once again afford your drinking habit. TRG |
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That bridge framing would make an excellent start on a new coop. Add in some joists, some plywood walls... tin roof.
You could have a large coop in no time at all. TRG |
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That's some good looking soil seems to be plenty rich in organic matter.....
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I just put out my baskets and stakes.
I noticed many small holes on the lower outer leaves of my big boys. A quick google search says flea beetle... What would you use as the safest pesticide to eradicate these? |
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For flea beetles I use sevin dust.
Beneficial nematodes will kill them in the ground. |
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Onions and tomatoes are competitors. You can move your onions. It will set them back a week, but, it can be done. Onions are tolerant of uprooting at the stage you have,
But, you could also just make sure you feed them both a triple 13, or similar, every two weeks. You need to feed the onions anyways, and the tomatoes will appreciate the extra nutrition. If you want really large onions, not scallions, move 'em. Otherwise, feed 'em and pluck them as needed for seasoning. On the tomatoes. I had an issue this year with a torrential levels of rain. It put all of mine on the ground, wilted. From Googling, and from watching mine react ... they can handle it. They will stunt a little, but, as long as they have a chance to dry out heir roots a little (every 4 days or less) they will recover. TRG |
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On your bugs ...
For anything that lives, crawls, or digs on the ground you need ground based poison. Ortho makes a great broad spectrum killer. This: http://www.hayneedle.com/product/orthobugbgonemaxinsectkillergranules.cfm?redirect=false&source=pla&kwid=Pest%20Control%20High&tid=BCL1262&adtype=pla&kw=&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=BCL1262&gclid=CjgKEAjwzIucBRDzjIz9qMOB3TASJABBIwL1n94RH-gkNgu8bknyzaa6tlCQF3EgWzP7fkl0LbBEyvD_BwE Wal-Mart sells it for 10.99. Kills cutworms as well. I use it for all of my plantings now. It's cheap and persistent in the soil to keep killing even after a rain. For those that eat leaves, you need something that sticks to the leaves. .Liquid Sevin is great for this. You can also use a powder, but it is more susceptible to wind and rain. Gordon's Garden Powder is also great. As soon as you see holes appear, either spray or dust to kill them. For those that do not get killed by the ground based or leaf based poisons (like beetles and stink bugs) you need a direct spray. These are typically vine boring bugs. Their legs keep them out of the soil based poisons and they stick a proboscis in to the vine so they are not exposed to leave based poisons. Aphids also fall in to this category. This is dicier because the spray will be tailored for the bugs. For most, a surfactant based killer will work. Mild soapy water. Careful though, soaps can damage some plant's leaves. I use Mr. Clean with Febreeze for this, avoid the one with Gain added. It's too soapy and seals the leaves and kills the leaves. TRG |
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Well we have been getting rain every day. Two inches in the last two days. The tomatoes in the fenced garden have grown 10" in four days they were not to the top of the baskets, now they are wayyyy above. I will have to stake these I believe. http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n45/trip157/20140530_152237_zpsyd2w2gib.jpg This is just a pic of the larger garden. Corn is a ft tall but you can clearly see it is not getting enough sunlight. The beans on the right are really jumping in the last 72 hrs. Tomatoes and peppers seem to be doing ok, but nothing compared to the little garden. http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n45/trip157/20140530_152137_zpssf6czlzu.jpg Dogs tore off down the bluff when I was out there, hair standing on end. Neighbor saw a bear cross the road last week. View Quote Fwiw ... if you are pressed for space, you can grow beans and corn in the same row. They don't compete. Corn needs nitrogen and get it from the soil, beans get it from the air. Beans like to climb the corn. Natural trellis I have done it a couple times. Personally, I have enough room and no longer grow them in the same areas. It also can be a pain to harvest beans because of the corn stalks in your face. But, since you are working with less space, it might be something you want to try to increase your production on that amount of space. TRG |
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Why did she just let him eat them without killing him immediately?
Sorry about your onions. I've planted well over 1000 here in the last three seasons. I finally harvested 100. I wish I was joking. TRG |
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Why did she just let him eat them without killing him immediately? TRG View Quote She had the shotgun but did not want to ruin her big Tupperware tub She's great, but she didn't want to go "hands on". I was only 1 hr out and figured he would still be there, alas that was not the case. |
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Ok too much rain and it looks like the wilt has hit my tomatoes.
I just dusted them with sulfur, but more rain is forecast for this weekend. Anything else I can do to save them? It is mainly close to the ground and I have broken off some of the worst parts of the plants. |
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Do you think that you planted the tomato rows to close together and thats why you have blight?
In my area we don't have enough wind to dry out the plants not to mention the humidity. I'm going to plant the same spacing but row them further apart next year. ETA: Nice peppers. |
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Do you think that you planted the tomato rows to close together and thats why you have blight? In my area we don't have enough wind to dry out the plants not to mention the humidity. I'm going to plant the same spacing but row them further apart next year. ETA: Nice peppers. View Quote I planted the tomatoes way too tightly. Let's chalk it up as a rookie mistake on year 2. Kinda like my pepper question in your thread Do you think the sulfur will keep it at bay? I have to reapply as it has rained EVERY DAY for the last week. |
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I planted the tomatoes way too tightly. Let's chalk it up as a rookie mistake on year 2. Kinda like my pepper question in your thread http://img.pandawhale.com/post-24000-Forrest-Gump-Im-not-a-smart-ma-BkAv.jpeg Do you think the sulfur will keep it at bay? I have to reapply as it has rained EVERY DAY for the last week. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Do you think that you planted the tomato rows to close together and thats why you have blight? In my area we don't have enough wind to dry out the plants not to mention the humidity. I'm going to plant the same spacing but row them further apart next year. ETA: Nice peppers. I planted the tomatoes way too tightly. Let's chalk it up as a rookie mistake on year 2. Kinda like my pepper question in your thread http://img.pandawhale.com/post-24000-Forrest-Gump-Im-not-a-smart-ma-BkAv.jpeg Do you think the sulfur will keep it at bay? I have to reapply as it has rained EVERY DAY for the last week. I have no idea on the sulfur, I use copper fungicide. I'm on rookie mistake year two also. The juliets are the worst at bunching up. That's why I'm planting the other way next year. |
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Nice looking project! Did you build the shop, or was it already there when you bought the house?
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