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re: 2019 Garden Thread
Posted on 3/14/19 at 7:23 am to PillageUrVillage
Posted on 3/14/19 at 7:23 am to PillageUrVillage
Alright, I had chickens and used a dog kennel as their pen. I got rid of the chickens about 6 months ago and decided to leave the kennel up. This week I moved the pen over a little and hand tilled the soil within it. It's not going to be a big garden but big enough for a couple of tomato plans outside of it and mainly green beans be they bush or vine inside the pen allowing them to grow on the pen walls(fencing) along with one or two mirliton and maybe a squash and zucchini. The soil should be well fertilized from the chicken poop.
Yesterday I eliminated an above ground bed and put the heavy plastic boards around the pen to keep soil from washing out. I used leave from the neighbor's oak tree I cleaned up as mulch for the inside the pen walkway and may use some as mulch in the garden as well.
Yesterday I eliminated an above ground bed and put the heavy plastic boards around the pen to keep soil from washing out. I used leave from the neighbor's oak tree I cleaned up as mulch for the inside the pen walkway and may use some as mulch in the garden as well.
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Posted on 3/14/19 at 9:24 am to Cajunate
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I used leave from the neighbor's oak tree I cleaned up as mulch for the inside the pen walkway and may use some as mulch in the garden as well.
My grandmother had 2 giant oak trees in her yard. Every fall she would pay us a couple bucks to rake all of the leaves into this low spot against a fence in her back yard. In the spring she would have us use those leaves to top dress her flower beds. She always had beautiful flowers throughout the spring and summer. People called her "the hibiscus lady".
I may have mentioned that earlier in this thread, but them old people knew a thing or 2.
Moral of the story, I think it would be a good idea.
Posted on 3/14/19 at 4:38 pm to Cajunate
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I used leave from the neighbor's oak tree I cleaned up as mulch for the inside the pen walkway and may use some as mulch in the garden as well.
I live in N.O. in the Mid-City area and getting oak leaves is never an issue for me. Just yesterday I scored 8 large trash bags full of them that would normally be heading to the dump. I put some in my compost pile, but the rest will be used between my rows after I lay down a layer of cardboard I've got from the local supermarkets. That helps with moisture retention and also keeps the weeds down. The side benefit is by the fall, all that stuff will be well decomposed and I'll just till it all under for my fall planting.
Posted on 3/15/19 at 12:04 pm to Cajunate
Anyone in need of leaves and that brown stuff from oak trees for use as mulch or mixing into soil?
Just drive down Roosevelt Mall in City Park, there's tons of it. Looks like it would be good for a garden.
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