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Vegetable garden time almost here.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:25 pm
Anyone else prepping right now? Im trying the new Burpee Steakhouse hybrids this year. Supposed to get up to 3 lbs. Doing mostly tomatoes and peppers. Might put some beans on the side of the house. Havent done them before though.
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Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:40 pm to LEASTBAY
Got my tomatoes, beets, cucumbers and peppers all in a little greenhouse planter right now. Can't wait to get cranking on the garden.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:51 pm to LEASTBAY
I hate apartment life
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:51 pm to DonChowder
Your missing out on winter time growing. Lettuce, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, onions, and spinach.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:58 pm to LEASTBAY
Was planning on building a cement block raised garden this weekend but I might be workimg. 
Posted on 2/26/15 at 6:11 pm to LEASTBAY
My garden sucks... and has sucked along with the .22 shortage timeline.
Coincidence? or because I am working too much... I hate working for "the man".
Wish I gardened, raised livestock, fished and hunted for a living.
But NOOOOOOO....
I know I know, nobodies fault but mine. I envy you guys that are self sufficient. Thats the truth!
Coincidence? or because I am working too much... I hate working for "the man".
Wish I gardened, raised livestock, fished and hunted for a living.
But NOOOOOOO....
I know I know, nobodies fault but mine. I envy you guys that are self sufficient. Thats the truth!
Posted on 2/26/15 at 6:25 pm to LEASTBAY
We have a bunch started. Even gonna try and get some artichokes going. Gonna warm up next week then they are calling for more cold. I fear it will be late planting agin
Posted on 2/26/15 at 6:26 pm to LEASTBAY
I want to start a garden. Any tips for a newb that is in a rental house?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 6:28 pm to sloopy
peppers are the easiest, especially when its hot in the summer. I have had so much trouble with birds and bugs eating my tomatoes for years I even got pissed 2 years ago and didnt plant. This year I bought small mesh bags to put around the fruits to keep the birds off. Peppers really dont have much of those troubles. Caterpillars and such will eat the leaves though but thats easy to take care of.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 6:31 pm to lsuson
quote:I did the Kale and Chard. Can't grow an onion to save my life.
Your missing out on winter time growing
Posted on 2/26/15 at 6:38 pm to LEASTBAY
Build a box? How big? Suggestions on where to find plans?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 6:46 pm to sloopy
Onions are easy. Go to Home Depot and buy a bag of bulbs. Plant 6" apart and they should grow well. Don't over water
Posted on 2/26/15 at 7:28 pm to LEASTBAY
Hoping it will dry up enough to row mine up by the weekend. Should have some of my 1-acre vegetable garden planted next week and 2 acre watermelon patch planted a month or so later. Might plant corn this weekend.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 8:08 pm to DonChowder
We got lots of lettuce for the winter in one of our raised beds.
I ripped all the broccoli out a few weeks ago of the other bed since it never really produced and it pissed me off. I prepped that bed with lots of leaves and compost tilled info it.
After the summer I only composted and tilled leaves into one of the 2 beds which may be the reason for the broccoli doing poorly.
I ripped all the broccoli out a few weeks ago of the other bed since it never really produced and it pissed me off. I prepped that bed with lots of leaves and compost tilled info it.
After the summer I only composted and tilled leaves into one of the 2 beds which may be the reason for the broccoli doing poorly.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 10:22 pm to eng08
Eng08, throw some manure in there that's been broken down (aged)
Posted on 2/26/15 at 10:27 pm to eng08
Winter garden is doing well. Tomatoes are under grow lights and will be put into pots this weekend. Over-wintered some hot peppers, and they'll go in the ground when it warms up (they'll be 3 year old plants this summer, so they should make pretty good). Everything else will be sto-bought plants from the co-op.
I`ve been thinking of netting the tomatoes to keep the birds off of them. I`ve netted the entire garden before, and it`s a cluster. Interested in the mesh bag idea. Where they come from?
I`ve been thinking of netting the tomatoes to keep the birds off of them. I`ve netted the entire garden before, and it`s a cluster. Interested in the mesh bag idea. Where they come from?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:25 pm to Bill Parker?
My garden is against a wood fence with another galvanized fence in front to keep the dogs out. Large Nets would make it impossible to tend to the plants. Here's what I ordered.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:55 pm to LEASTBAY
Large nets make it impossible to chew bubble gum, much less get anything done. I`d planned to rig some up myself... thanks for the link.
Side note - I`ve read that birds go after tomatoes for the liquid, and that bird baths near the garden can help.
Side note - I`ve read that birds go after tomatoes for the liquid, and that bird baths near the garden can help.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 12:00 am to Bill Parker?
Yep, also fill cans with nuts and nail them to poles in the yard by your tomatoes. They will eat any catapillars/insects in the garden once they perch onto the can.
Posted on 2/27/15 at 12:40 am to lsuson
I'm trying something different this year in my Mississippi garden. A 8" layer of snow has been applied to the top soil 
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