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Posted: 4/21/2021 7:02:08 PM EDT
[Last Edit: billyhill]
Doesn't have to be about what is literally coming up, it can be daily weather, plans, hopes, dreams...
What's up? Peppers: bell, poblano, Anaheim, New Mexico, Brazilian Starfish peppers, and Japs. Problem is, I do not know which is which. Apparently, I grabbed the wrong marker and after the last rain I have no legible markings on the cups. Tilled up another 15x75 bit of ground today. I am up to about 75'x75'. Potatoes are looking great, had to hill those buggers again today. Put out 23 tomato plants last week, along with 8 or 10 kale (can't remember) and 3 cauliflower. Put in 40 Chinese cabbages with a mix of baby bok choy, bok choy and napa. Ate the first meal out of the garden with Arugula sautéed with garlic mixed in with some bok choy Last Sunday night. The last of the icicle radishes were pulled today. Bok choy will be coming out of the garden next week. Oh yeah, put in about 280 row feet of pink eye purple hull peas. Pole.beans will go in this weekend.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/21/2021 7:10:11 PM EDT
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I can't contribute but I'll tag along and lurk.
I need to learn how to grow stuff and this will also help me figure out what I want to grow. |
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Posted: 4/21/2021 7:46:32 PM EDT
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I don't have a whole lot of space but will be planting a row of crowder peas and some pickling cucumbers.
This year I'm going to try growing a few tomatoes in grow bags. A super sweet 100 cherry and not sure what else yet. I usually go with Big Beef. Got a bunch of Little Leaf cucumber seeds under a grow light now. |
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Posted: 4/21/2021 8:02:19 PM EDT
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Nice garden area OP!
I just started my first compost pile the other day, hopefully I get some good soil from it. Have you guys ever made a worm bin for composting? |
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Posted: 4/21/2021 9:52:56 PM EDT
[Last Edit: kentucky_smith]
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Posted: 4/21/2021 10:11:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hanz: I can't contribute but I'll tag along and lurk. I need to learn how to grow stuff and this will also help me figure out what I want to grow. Ask on your ho.etown forum and see if you get any bites. Failing that, start looking on other gardening forums. Gardeners are a different lot and generally love to share their disease. |
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Posted: 4/21/2021 10:15:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bc5000: I don't have a whole lot of space but will be planting a row of crowder peas and some pickling cucumbers. This year I'm going to try growing a few tomatoes in grow bags. A super sweet 100 cherry and not sure what else yet. I usually go with Big Beef. Got a bunch of Little Leaf cucumber seeds under a grow light now. Big beef may be the beefsteak Tom I planted. Sweet 100 were the bomb back when I was gardening g in Florida. Huge yeilds. |
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Posted: 4/21/2021 10:20:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thorn653: Nice garden area OP! I just started my first compost pile the other day, hopefully I get some good soil from it. Have you guys ever made a worm bin for composting? Right now, my compost pile is a worm bin. No container, just a cold pile and they moved in and took over. Started another pile and I am about to try and extract the casings and move the new pile onto the the remains of the old one. |
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Posted: 4/21/2021 10:24:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryExactly how big is your garden? Looks like you got all of us beat. I will max out at about 0.12 acre this year |
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Posted: 4/21/2021 10:29:49 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ar_mcadams]
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Beefsteak tomatoes, better boy tomatoes, variety of peppers , green beans, snap peas, and oakra.
Potatoes and onions.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/21/2021 11:09:37 PM EDT
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Damn southerners. I'm still waiting just to plants out to harden off, and some of my seedlings are starting to wither from lack of REAL sun, not the grow lights.
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Posted: 4/22/2021 8:06:31 AM EDT
[Last Edit: kentucky_smith]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: Exactly how big is your garden? Looks like you got all of us beat. I will max out at about 0.12 acre this year |
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Posted: 4/22/2021 8:28:03 AM EDT
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Awesome.
I am waiting to see the damage this afternoon, got down to 31 last night. |
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Posted: 4/22/2021 1:16:02 PM EDT
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It got down to the same here.
It will probably be another couple weeks before I plant anything. |
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Posted: 4/22/2021 1:48:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rcav8r: Damn southerners. I'm still waiting just to plants out to harden off, and some of my seedlings are starting to wither from lack of REAL sun, not the grow lights. I'm in WI too. This thread is making me want to move further south!! 
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Posted: 4/22/2021 2:23:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: Awesome. I am waiting to see the damage this afternoon, got down to 31 last night. 1/2 my tomatoes are very sad. I may have kept the majority of the peppers. Everything else seems untouched. |
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Posted: 4/22/2021 3:21:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Milsurpninja]
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Forming rows today and mulching in between with hay. First year in Alabama so I can't figure out if I'm early, late, or on-time.
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Posted: 4/22/2021 4:28:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Milsurpninja: Forming rows today and mulching in between with hay. First year in Alabama so I can't figure out if I'm early, late, or on-time. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/102025/169F4F93-C644-4D12-889A-547809998A7C_jpe-1914749.JPG Tomatoes and peppers are getting there. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/102025/1D2FF652-6147-4623-B02E-E91A0A0D8F4E_jpe-1914750.JPG Where in Alabama? There is quiet a range between Mobile and Huntsville. Your grow lights might be more effective if you wrapped your shelves in a mylar blanket. Line the shelves with it too. Foil will work, but is more of a pain to work with. |
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Posted: 4/22/2021 5:58:01 PM EDT
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Garden escaped with very little damage. Cutworms took a tomato plants.
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Posted: 4/22/2021 6:07:40 PM EDT
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Slicing cucumbers, burpless cucumbers, 2 cayenne pepper, 2 big boy tomato, 2 yellow sun sugar tomato, 2 yellow small tomato, 2 black Krim tomato, 2 beefsteak, 1 yellow and one green zucchini, boysenberry, marionberry, loganberry, blackberry vines, 2 blueberry bushes, Yukon gold, red and russet potatoes. Snow, snap, sugar peas, and bush beans.
Flowers are iris, gladiolus, and dahlia. Enough to keep me busy. |
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Posted: 4/22/2021 6:18:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: Where in Alabama? There is quiet a range between Mobile and Huntsville. Your grow lights might be more effective if you wrapped your shelves in a mylar blanket. Line the shelves with it too. Foil will work, but is more of a pain to work with. Huntsville area. Neat idea about the mylar, thanks! Frost got my potatoes last night.  I think they might survive it.
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Posted: 4/22/2021 7:51:20 PM EDT
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Had to downsize to raised beds only since the deer eat everything and the neighbors are too close to shoot em
Lettuce, spinach are starting to peek up a little through the dirt, cabbage plants aren’t frozen yet except for a couple leaves. Still have taters, tomatoes, peppers, mustard, and beans to plant. Thermometer showed 23 last night, had snow showers yesterday  |
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Posted: 4/23/2021 12:19:14 AM EDT
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Wonderful idea for a thread!
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Posted: 4/23/2021 12:22:28 AM EDT
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Your photos just about made me cry.
That plow....and the dirt turned over, and the edge of the plowed ground....I can't even tell you what wonderful memories that brings. 
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Posted: 4/23/2021 12:27:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rifleman_556: Had to downsize to raised beds only since the deer eat everything and the neighbors are too close to shoot em Lettuce, spinach are starting to peek up a little through the dirt, cabbage plants aren’t frozen yet except for a couple leaves. Still have taters, tomatoes, peppers, mustard, and beans to plant. Thermometer showed 23 last night, had snow showers yesterday Wow, that's colder than we got. I am grateful for only 35. I have onions in the garden, and nothing else yet. Want to do more but may only do tomatoes this year. Not any I started. But some is better than none I guess. 
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Posted: 4/23/2021 10:41:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Wow, that's colder than we got. I am grateful for only 35. I have onions in the garden, and nothing else yet. Want to do more but may only do tomatoes this year. Not any I started. But some is better than none I guess. Yeah I was freezing heading to work that morning! Tonight high 30s but still covered the plants. It would be awesome to have a huge garden but we don’t have the dirt or the space. Then working on the coop for the chickens coming in 1st of the month. Lettuce and spinach just barely peeking up, and the seed potatoes should be here in a couple weeks. |
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Posted: 4/23/2021 11:19:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Milsurpninja: Huntsville area. Neat idea about the mylar, thanks! Frost got my potatoes last night. I think they might survive it.My first set of potatoes went in February, they have already been hit by frost once. They bounced right back. The amount of "wasted" light is surprising. By setting up the internal reflection, a lot more light gets to the plants.. |
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Posted: 4/23/2021 11:21:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Your photos just about made me cry. That plow....and the dirt turned over, and the edge of the plowed ground....I can't even tell you what wonderful memories that brings. Serious question kitties, can you smell that turned earth when you think about it? I can and it is so vivid. |
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Posted: 4/24/2021 5:10:44 PM EDT
[Last Edit: klutz347]
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What's up in the garden? Weeds.
I have another 3 weeks or so before I can put anything in the ground. One of my co-workers planted almost 2weeks ago and all of her plants got hit by frost and a cold snap we had last week. Right now I'm just working the dirt and getting things ready. I took out some raised beds last fall that the wood was rotting away. The area is small, just around 18'x18'. Got some compost, manure mixed it. I just want it to warm up so I can get things in the ground. |
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Posted: 4/24/2021 5:28:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By klutz347: What's up in the garden? Weeds. I have another 3 weeks or so before I can put anything in the ground. One of my co-workers planted almost 2weeks ago and all of her plants got hit by frost and a cold snap we had last week. Right now I'm just working the dirt and getting things ready. I took out some raised beds last fall that the wood was rotting away. The area is small, just around 18'x18'. Got some compost, manure mixed it. I just want it to warm up so I can get things in the ground. I'm in WI, so I thought I'd give it a try. Nothing has popped up yet but it's only been a week, so we'll see. |
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Posted: 4/24/2021 6:09:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: Serious question kitties, can you smell that turned earth when you think about it? I can and it is so vivid. 
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Posted: 4/25/2021 5:11:03 PM EDT
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I will freely admit I like the smell of dirt.
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Posted: 4/26/2021 6:31:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thorn653: I watched a MIgardener video on youtube and he was saying you can put in lettuce and peas this time of year for Michigan. I'm in WI, so I thought I'd give it a try. Nothing has popped up yet but it's only been a week, so we'll see. I planted some lettuce, peas, beets, and brussel sprouts yesterday. Planting beans, spinach, cabbage, and lettuce tonight. Some of my spinach over wintered so figured planting early (watched the same migardener video) wouldn't be an issue. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 2:51:17 PM EDT
[Last Edit: billyhill]
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Had a long weekend and planted 5 types of squash and 2 types of cukes . Still need to get eggplant and corn in the ground. Sweet potatoes and okra to follow in may.
Peas I put in last week have had a lousy germination rate. May have to replant some of them. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 4:16:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: Had a long weekend and planted 5 types of squash and 2 types of cukes . Still need to get eggplant and corn in the ground. Sweet potatoes and okra to follow in may. Peas I put in last week have had a lousy germination rate. May have to replant some of them. Do you direct sow your Okra? Wondering why you wait until May? I was just about to sow my first attempt at it. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 4:48:48 PM EDT
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Yep I direct show. Okra can be persnickety about germination and likes the heat
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Posted: 4/26/2021 5:10:29 PM EDT
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Thanks, I might hold off too!
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Posted: 4/26/2021 5:36:10 PM EDT
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Okra seeds can sometimes benefit from a soaking before planting.
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Posted: 4/26/2021 6:16:57 PM EDT
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Finally got the initial patch of blueberries netted. We lost a ton of berries to birds last year and they are currently LOADED down. After dinner we'll replace all the tomatoes and peppers we lost in the frost. So much for not buying a single annual this year.
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Posted: 4/27/2021 7:39:53 PM EDT
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I'd like to share
This is my first garden in many years. I tilled a piece of the yard aprox 20' x 10' I planted seeds for carrots, green beans, baby egg plant, bok choy, and potaoes a couple of weeks ago All the seeds are up but I don't expect the bok choy to survive Today I filled in with sweet potatoes, cukes, squash, big egg plants. And I planted my better boy tomatoes in large pots, along with herbs in smaller pots The photos were taken with terrible shadow conditions, sorry  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 7:56:11 PM EDT
[Last Edit: kentucky_smith]
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 Attached File Attached FileTillered again and planted corn, green beans (bush) and some cucumbers on one end.  Attached FileWork crew isn't much. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 10:35:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Swanson405: I planted some lettuce, peas, beets, and brussel sprouts yesterday. Planting beans, spinach, cabbage, and lettuce tonight. Some of my spinach over wintered so figured planting early (watched the same migardener video) wouldn't be an issue. We've had a couple nights below freezing but they're in raised beds so that probably helped. I think I'll wait until about the middle of May to plant other stuff. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 10:36:47 PM EDT
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I envy you guys with the wide open, rich soil
Because of the trees in neighbors yards I will get 6-8 hrs of sun per day And, we have clay soil which I am working on |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 11:28:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: Serious question kitties, can you smell that turned earth when you think about it? I can and it is so vivid. Oh yeah. That's part of the emotion attached to it. I can even still feel the sun on my face and the cool, soft dirt under my bare feet as I walked behind the tractor while my dad plowed. We had arrowheads everywhere on our land, and my dad could often spot them when he was cultivating, but using the turning plow, it was my job to follow and watch for them. 
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Posted: 4/28/2021 11:31:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Avidrook: I envy you guys with the wide open, rich soil Because of the trees in neighbors yards I will get 6-8 hrs of sun per day And, we have clay soil which I am working on Clay is okay. Holds a lot of nutrients. Just have to loosen it up a bit with some compost.
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Posted: 4/28/2021 3:40:37 PM EDT
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This is my first time growing anything from seed. I put 24 cucumber seeds in potting soil under a light a week ago. Only 7 have sprouted so far.
I can see now this should have been done back in March. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 5:22:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Clay is okay. Holds a lot of nutrients. Just have to loosen it up a bit with some compost. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Originally Posted By Avidrook: I envy you guys with the wide open, rich soil Because of the trees in neighbors yards I will get 6-8 hrs of sun per day And, we have clay soil which I am working on Clay is okay. Holds a lot of nutrients. Just have to loosen it up a bit with some compost. I am throwing some daikon "tillage" radishes as a mixed food/cover crop this fall. Suppose to penetrate clay well and add some organic matter deep into the soil. They Die at 25 Farenheit and you leave them to rot until spring g |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 5:26:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Oh yeah. That's part of the emotion attached to it. I can even still feel the sun on my face and the cool, soft dirt under my bare feet as I walked behind the tractor while my dad plowed. We had arrowheads everywhere on our land, and my dad could often spot them when he was cultivating, but using the turning plow, it was my job to follow and watch for them. Smell of hay does that too. Diesel fumes Remind me of standing by the bus at recieving on Parris Island. Smell is funny stuff. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 11:59:22 PM EDT
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I have several pumpkin plants from the pumpkin guts and seeds from Halloween.
I have something else coming up strong but I have no idea what I planted in that spot, so waiting to see if it reveals what it is. |
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Posted: 4/29/2021 9:04:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: I am throwing some daikon "tillage" radishes as a mixed food/cover crop this fall. Suppose to penetrate clay well and add some organic matter deep into the soil. They Die at 25 Farenheit and you leave them to rot until spring g Just looked those up. Cool idea! |
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Posted: 4/29/2021 11:46:51 AM EDT
[Last Edit: billyhill]
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Got a look at the peas and the results were mixed. One type came up well, these were actually leftovers from last year a friend gave me. The other were top pick purple hull from gurney's. Worst looking batch of seed I have ever seen, lots of discolored and worm holes seeds. I tried to high grade it and pick out the bad but it doesn't appear to have helped. Planted at double the recommended rate and still have an estimated 30 % of the row is empty space.
Cukes are up, still waiting on the squash to show. Pepper germination rate has been lackluster. Didn't help that my daughter failed to water them like she should have. Was hoping to get out and work some today but doctor's appointments are eating the day. Still got to plant corn, eggplant, tomatillo, and something else I can't even remember. Bok choy is coming in, spinach will be ready soon. I wish I was retired. |
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