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« on: March 15, 2010, 10:23:35 pm » |
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I sure miss reading Lavon's garden posts from a couple years ago.
Since moving to the country last year, I've been looking forward to planting a small garden. I spent Sunday afternoon with the tractor tilling and getting everything ready. I'll probably start planting this weekend.
Anyone else planting this year?
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« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2010, 10:41:42 pm » |
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i gave up on gardening. apparently my ancestors were hunters, lol, because i cant seem to grow anything! One year we planted a garden, tended to it everyday, then when things started to look good, a flood came and killed everything.  But i didn't give up, i planted a garden on higher ground the next year. Same thing... i worked in it every day. Finally everything started to bloom. I thought to myself, it won't be long now and i will have some veg.s.  All i managed to grow was miniature vegtables, lol. After that i figured that it was cheaper and easier to buy our veg.s from the store.  |
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« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2010, 06:20:31 am » |
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Bryant
We have our garden going with onions, lettuce,cabbage,spinach,radishes and turnips i planted some corn and beans this weekend
hope I dont get burned with a late frost again.
we also have 144 tomatoe plants started and going good along with artichokes,peppers along with a bunch of herbs
the last average frost is the 23 of this month verses the 13 in your area so barring any late snow storms and sand storms
i hope to have the type of garden i had at home
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« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2010, 08:24:53 am » |
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Planted potatoes and onions Sunday.
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« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2010, 08:45:55 am » |
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Looking to have our first garden this year. Hope to get some seeds this week and plant something sunday afternoon. We'll see how it goes, I have a feeling that is going to be more work than expected.
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« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2010, 09:13:58 am » |
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We should have our raised bed gardens planted at the house by Easter weekend. We are also going to try something a little different this year too. We're going to have a large co-op garden with our neighbors. Planning to hit it with a 10' offset disc this week, then spread several loads of compost that we have been acquiring over the last year, then till it all in with a skid steer mounted tiller. We are hoping that by spreading the work load between the two families that we might have better success with a large garden, than we had trying it on our own last year.
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« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2010, 09:29:55 am » |
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Potatoes in the ground in Mississippi too
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« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2010, 09:34:20 am » |
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All of my tomatoes and peppers froze this year. Had a pretty good turnout of collard greens though.
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« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2010, 10:24:28 am » |
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Got mine already to go! onions are planted, waiting on the weather to plant corn!
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« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2010, 11:47:25 am » |
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Spent last weekend getting ours cleaned out and will start amending our soil this weekend. Our average frost up here in Yankeeland is around April 3rd. I hope to have our onions, lettuce, spinach, and radishes planted by Easter weekend. Gonna get slim to fix me some trellis's for my green beans to climb on this year. And going to get my eggplants started a whole lot earlier this year too!! I just hope after all that rain we received all day long yesterday we are dried out enough for me to do planting this weekend!!  Will take and post pics of the progress. |
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« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2010, 06:02:08 pm » |
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Jo Lynne Get Cody to make yall a beangloo I had one and it looked like a igloo with beans growing on it plus its a cool shady spot to sit and drink a cold one i made the frame with 3/8 rebar and wrapped it with old field wire a few 5 gallon buckets for guest and you have yourself a sure enough redneck bean and beer hut were you can drink beer and pick beans Dexter if we have enough stuff here ill make one and post a pic of the frame |
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« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2010, 06:06:12 pm » |
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i got my taters in sunday and onion in yesterday and i gotta say my onions look like crap hope they make it
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« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2010, 08:08:14 pm » |
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Dont jump the gun! It may be a little early. It maybe I just want the cooler weather to hang around.
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« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2010, 02:14:25 pm » |
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I planted onions and taters 2 weeks ago. Have been planting tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, mustard greens, turnips, squash and carrots. Will put in some beans this evening.
I have some pepper and tomato starts to put out yet as well, but they wont be ready til the end of the month
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« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2010, 02:38:44 pm » |
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Pretty interesting to hear bout the different crops you guys got going up there! I plant random trees and veggies but I have this thing about growing things that get thrown out ( The bottom of cabbages, Mango seeds, Old potatoes ,avacadoe pits) I also have a few lemon and lime trees going along with a coffee tree. I also took some green onions that were used for dinner and planted also and at one time I went out and measured one at 38'' long! There is legislation going on right now to make marijuana use by adults 21+ legal on private property so there has been an influx of guys growing that here lately also. |
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« Reply #15 on: March 17, 2010, 03:45:38 pm » |
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Ok here are some pics of the beginning stages of our garden. Cleaned out and ready to go....    Got the flower beds cleaned out as well....  The 80 trees that line the east side of our drive that I have been battling a cottontail rabbit population over - they are chewing the bark off as far up as they can reach!!! GRRRRR!!!!!  Dexter - this one is for you....This is my beer drinking spot!!  I'll post up a pic progress as we go along. Would like to see everyone else's too!! |
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« Reply #16 on: March 17, 2010, 04:03:25 pm » |
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Jo Lynne
one word WOW
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« Reply #17 on: March 17, 2010, 04:14:38 pm » |
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Could yall please tell me what kind of boards you used in your fence here? I am wanting to something similar for my entrance and front gate. Thanks, Matt |
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« Reply #18 on: March 17, 2010, 04:18:37 pm » |
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Matt,
They are telephone poles, cut on a portable sawmill. They look pretty darn nice.
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matt_aggie04
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« Reply #19 on: March 17, 2010, 04:25:15 pm » |
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I need to find a mill, have a pretty good idea on where to find the wood...
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