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Posted: 5/9/2014 2:44:56 PM EDT
Since I have moved from NJ to Maine I am starting over with my gardens. Fortunately we have upgraded and now have the property to do the things that we were unable to do because of limited space.
So far I have planted some fruit trees (4 Pear, 3 Plum, 2 Apple) to compliment the existing 12 Apple trees that we already have. My wife and I have also planted (2 Beach Plums, 2 Chokeberry bushes, 2 high bush Cranberries and some transplanted Blueberry bushes). We have many plants on the way next week (5 varieties of Blueberries, 4 varieties of Raspberries and 3 varieties of Strawberries). The Raspberries are going into 20' rows in our "Raspberry patch". The Blueberries will make up 6 rows that are about 30' long each. The Strawberries will be planted in 3 different rows that will be about 40' long. Now onto the main garden. I finally got someone to roto-till and it will be ready for planting sometime next week. It is 125'x75' and will contain (Tomatoes, Hot Peppers, Sweet Peppers, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Summer/ Winter Squash, Carrots, Peas, Spinach, Onions, Potatoes, Garlic, Lettuce, various Melons, Corn, Husk Cherries and Herbs). It feels great to get outside and start on all of this and I am hopeful that we have a good harvest. Here is a link to last years thread for comparison. I will update with pics as things progress. Some Starts under the grow lights 
Breaking ground 
The Protectors 
A Panoramic View 
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Posted: 5/10/2014 8:31:26 PM EDT
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I read your other thread. Did you get rid of you other tiller?
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Posted: 5/11/2014 8:34:20 AM EDT
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I read your other thread. Did you get rid of you other tiller? TRG I left it with my brother so that he could till his and my fathers garden. Funny thing is I was looking on craigslist yesterday morning and found this one for $500 so I could not pass it up. It looks almost new and still has the paint on the original tines. 
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Posted: 5/11/2014 9:57:24 AM EDT
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Nice score.
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Posted: 5/11/2014 12:08:25 PM EDT
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Nice score. TRG Thanks, it needed a carb cleaning and belt adjustment and now it runs like a champ. I am hoping to find a used 3pt tiller for my tractor soon as that would make my job a whole lot easier. I am going to offer garden tilling as a service since I have a landscaping business. I used to till many gardens every year but got too busy with other landscaping work to keep up with it. Now that I have moved, I would like to offer it again as I can make decent money with it and it is a way to get other work out of new clients. |
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Posted: 5/13/2014 8:48:05 PM EDT
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Today was a busy day. I had to dig up part of my septic to get a new baffle installed. Of course all of my fruit plants showed up today so I had to plant as many as I could. Strawberries are done (25 honeoye, 25 sparkle and 25 jewel)
Blueberries got planted (5 patriot, 5 blue ray, 5 northland, 5 jersey, 5 bluecrop and 5 Nelson) I also planted the red raspberries (5 Latham, 5 heritage and 5 boyne) Tomorrow I have to finish (5 Bristol and 5 jewel black raspberries) and (5 illini hardy blackberries). After all of that I have to get the vegetable garden going. Here are a few pics of today's work: Strawberries 
Blueberries and some Raspberries 
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Posted: 5/13/2014 10:13:56 PM EDT
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Nice place. I used to live downeast
Miss the scenery, not the winters. |
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Posted: 5/13/2014 10:24:29 PM EDT
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Nice place. I used to live downeast Miss the scenery, not the winters. Thank you. I used to live in NY. Winter does not bother me at all. |
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Posted: 5/15/2014 11:09:15 AM EDT
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Today's update:
I am hardening off my tomatoes and eggplants. 
Today I finished up-potting my sweet and hot peppers and my cucumbers, summer/ winter squash and melons are starting to emerge. 
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Posted: 5/18/2014 10:54:15 AM EDT
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Starting to harden off all of the peppers and tomatoes.
It is supposed to be pretty overcast and rainy this week so hopefully putting them outside will be ok. If all goes well they should be in the ground next week. I just counted and we have 80 tomato plants and 58 pepper plants 
All of my cucs, melons and squash are still under the grow lights. 
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Posted: 6/4/2014 7:48:09 PM EDT
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Finally got everything planted. All of the beans, tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, asparagus, potatoes, onions, horseradish, eggplants and melons are in
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Posted: 6/5/2014 7:31:16 AM EDT
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You are quite the busy bee. Well done.
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Posted: 6/5/2014 8:46:46 AM EDT
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You are quite the busy bee. Well done. TRG Thanks, it is a lot of work to get everything set-up the way we want it. Hopefully next year things will be much easier 
I have a ton of other projects to get to and the weather has just not been very cooperative. My new project is clearing out around our camp on the pond and updating the cabin. It needs a new roof, some windows and siding. Should be fun. 
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Posted: 6/5/2014 12:10:03 PM EDT
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Thanks, it is a lot of work to get everything set-up the way we want it. Hopefully next year things will be much easier
I have a ton of other projects to get to and the weather has just not been very cooperative. My new project is clearing out around our camp on the pond and updating the cabin. It needs a new roof, some windows and siding. Should be fun. http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j477/jpmako19/Mobile%20Uploads/2BBDAA9D-08FD-4F45-86A7-090E9A718A95_zpss5w1jp5t.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You are quite the busy bee. Well done. TRG Thanks, it is a lot of work to get everything set-up the way we want it. Hopefully next year things will be much easier
I have a ton of other projects to get to and the weather has just not been very cooperative. My new project is clearing out around our camp on the pond and updating the cabin. It needs a new roof, some windows and siding. Should be fun. http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j477/jpmako19/Mobile%20Uploads/2BBDAA9D-08FD-4F45-86A7-090E9A718A95_zpss5w1jp5t.jpg Where I come from that is a lake! 
Great job on the plantings. Looks like a lot of planning and time went into that process. Awesome. |
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Posted: 6/29/2014 10:39:24 PM EDT
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The new digs look spectacular! I've visited Maine a few times, the area around Katahdin is beautiful. One day I hope to live around there. What are some of the biggest differences you've noticed in raising crops (NJ v ME)?
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Posted: 6/30/2014 9:19:58 AM EDT
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The new digs look spectacular! I've visited Maine a few times, the area around Katahdin is beautiful. One day I hope to live around there. What are some of the biggest differences you've noticed in raising crops (NJ v ME)? Thanks, so far the only differences are: The growing season starts about 2 weeks later here. Maintaining a much larger garden is time consuming
I am sticking with things that I have grown in the past to see what changes I may have to make. Next year I will be growing many different things that I have either not grown before or had limited success with in the past. Every year is a learning experience for me. |
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Posted: 6/30/2014 1:06:17 PM EDT
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How's the garden doing?
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Posted: 6/30/2014 5:18:50 PM EDT
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Everything is growing well.
The only problem that I have encountered so far is potato beetles laying eggs on my tomatoes. Any suggestions for getting rid of them besides squishing the eggs. I would like to get rid of the beetles entirely so maybe some beetle traps? Here are some pics: Onions and Greens 
Potatoes 
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Posted: 6/30/2014 5:24:30 PM EDT
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Tomatoes
Peppers 
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Posted: 6/30/2014 5:32:00 PM EDT
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Panoramic of the vegetable garden to include the squash, pumpkins, eggplant and melons.
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Posted: 6/30/2014 5:43:00 PM EDT
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good looking spread
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Posted: 6/30/2014 5:52:48 PM EDT
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For the beetles Bacillus thuringiensis.
It's the only thing I know of. |
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Posted: 6/30/2014 7:34:54 PM EDT
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For the beetles Bacillus thuringiensis. It's the only thing I know of. I know that works on caterpillars, does it do beetles too? TRG |
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Posted: 6/30/2014 8:12:10 PM EDT
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I know that works on caterpillars, does it do beetles too? TRG Quote HistoryQuoted:
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For the beetles Bacillus thuringiensis. It's the only thing I know of. I know that works on caterpillars, does it do beetles too? TRG For potato beetles thats what I'm told. |
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Posted: 8/1/2014 12:17:49 PM EDT
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Some updates:
Potato beetles are a big problem this year. I have dusted with Sevin twice and they seem to keep coming back. Hopefully I still get a large crop of potatoes. My zucchini, yellow squash, Hubbard squash, acorn squash and pumpkins are all doing really well. Tomatoes and peppers seem to be growing good. So far I have picked enough cucumbers to make 12 quart jars of pickles and have picked over 25 pounds of zucchini. All of my melons (watermelon, Amish and charentais melons) are just staring to produce. Beans are also doing well. Onions are starting to turn and will be ready in a month or so. Garlic should arrive soon and will be planted along with peas and more beans for the fall garden. Thankfully I stocked up on canning jars as I am going to need them. 
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Posted: 8/1/2014 12:21:45 PM EDT
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We are also picking wild blueberries by the gallon.
All of my apple trees are loaded this year. 
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Posted: 8/12/2014 10:47:51 PM EDT
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Today's harvest
Some beans (dragon tongue, blue lake, golden wax and Roma's) About 10 pounds of Yukon Gold potatoes. Some grape and yellow pear tomatoes. Also some pickling cukes and something new to me (husk cherries) 
I am hoping that we get enough of these to make some jam. |
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Posted: 9/11/2014 7:19:52 PM EDT
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Today's harvest.
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Posted: 9/13/2014 8:20:29 PM EDT
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Wow! That's a pretty good haul. We are trying to grow tomatoes for the first time right now.
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Posted: 9/14/2014 7:19:08 PM EDT
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Very nice haul indeed.I am down to mostly peppers coming in until I pull the sweet potatoes.
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Posted: 9/14/2014 7:19:48 PM EDT
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Out of curiosity, what are you going to do with all those tomatoes? Sauce?
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Posted: 9/14/2014 8:36:40 PM EDT
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Out of curiosity, what are you going to do with all those tomatoes? Sauce? Sauce and Salsa are the two things that we use a lot of so that is what is being made with them. I usually give some Salsa away as gifts so I will probably make thirty or so pints and make sauce out of whatever is left. |
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Posted: 9/18/2014 12:36:51 PM EDT
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Today's squash and pumpkin harvest
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Posted: 9/18/2014 3:12:35 PM EDT
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Nice haul. The squashes in the back remind me of Hubbard squashes but I remember those as blue and these look green in the pic - can you tell me what they are?
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Posted: 9/18/2014 4:47:03 PM EDT
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Today's squash and pumpkin harvest http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j477/jpmako19/Mobile%20Uploads/7A8D4D86-DC26-4863-BB04-30E64E55721B_zpslrw12idv.jpg Nice haul man. |
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Posted: 9/18/2014 9:08:44 PM EDT
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Nice haul. The squashes in the back remind me of Hubbard squashes but I remember those as blue and these look green in the pic - can you tell me what they are? They are Hubbard and Sweet Meat squash. I think it's the lighting because they are blue. Some are pale gray and blue. I hope they are good as I have never had much luck growing them before and now I have over 300lbs of them
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Posted: 9/18/2014 9:08:59 PM EDT
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Nice haul man. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Today's squash and pumpkin harvest http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j477/jpmako19/Mobile%20Uploads/7A8D4D86-DC26-4863-BB04-30E64E55721B_zpslrw12idv.jpg Nice haul man. Thanks |
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Posted: 9/20/2014 6:48:38 PM EDT
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Well it seems that gardening season has come to an abrupt end for me
We had two nights of frost and almost all of my plants are gone. My wife and I salvaged whatever we could as far as harvest (peppers, tomatoes, melons and beans) I suppose that these things happen but I was not ready! |
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Posted: 9/20/2014 6:50:52 PM EDT
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Well it seems that gardening season has come to an abrupt end for me
We had two nights of frost and almost all of my plants are gone. My wife and I salvaged whatever we could as far as harvest (peppers, tomatoes, melons and beans) I suppose that these things happen but I was not ready! Sorry to hear that man. You had a good looking spread. |
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Posted: 9/21/2014 9:09:13 AM EDT
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Sorry to hear that man. You had a good looking spread. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Well it seems that gardening season has come to an abrupt end for me
We had two nights of frost and almost all of my plants are gone. My wife and I salvaged whatever we could as far as harvest (peppers, tomatoes, melons and beans) I suppose that these things happen but I was not ready! Sorry to hear that man. You had a good looking spread. Thanks, it sucks but we were able to get a good harvest this year. This is my first year gardening in Maine so this was a good learning experience. |
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