on the onions I will have red ,white and yellows planted we shall see which one does the best in this soil,I hope it is the white but in the end it really does not matter,I will plant only the winner next year
What have you done for garden prep so far?
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Danil54grl
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I got 6 frontend loads of mulch. Three fits on the 24'ft trailor at a time. While hunny went back for the second loafs, I stayed home to work on three different raised bed. A couple days ago I had spread hay on top & this morning each row got 2-3 wheelbarrow loafs of sand spread and then 3-4 loafs of mulch. Tilled all that in and planted one row with okra, another with Miss Pinkeye and the last row was still a little too wet so will till again tomorrow with some more sand mixed in before planting. My peas are basically done and I am getting tired of looking at them. Think I will go ahead and pull them and replant the trellis with brown crowders instead of going to the feed store to pick up some Kentucky's. I have some seeds but not enough for both rows. Picked a bunch of green beans and cucumbers so will need to get those processed in the morning. Had kids along with grand baby stop by for a visit. She is not quite old enough to help with the picking but she sure did enjoy the washing up of veggies using the outdoor sink. That and she thought every critter should come to her calling them by her dogs name. . . she'll be a year and a half in just a few more days. Time sure does pass by. Son three stopped by to clean his fish up after his off shore trip. He left us some Long. This I will be caramelizing it for dinner tomorrow.
Brent S
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I'm hoping the potatoes and peanuts will be ok here. We've had so much rain, and these are more susceptible to overwatering issues than a lot of plants. Everything is looking good though for now. Still waiting for the first cukes and ripe tomatoes!
Arcticdude
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I borrowed my dad's brush cutter a couple days ago and started clearing the new garden area. Next week I'm going to pick up some apple, plum and cherry trees, raspberry, grape and black berry plants. It's still too early to plant most things but I think the trees and berries will be fine. Going to add 6 new raised beds too. Maybe in a few more weeks we can plant the rest of the garden.
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Kids got the garden planted along with the wild flowers all around the garden. Woke up this morning and it was in the upper 34deg though no frost, suppose to be nice all the way through next Thursday. The kids are growing all the spices in the greenhouse this year.
Arcticdude
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I need a green house so we can get an earlier start on growing things. The greenhouse will be on my next year's building project list. Just not sure what size to build yet.
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Mine is a 10x20 with a total of 4 rolls but the potting bench and storage takes up about a quarter of it.
Brent S
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With the cold weather you have there I would say the bigger the better. Mine is about 20x20 and I with it was a third bigger. It produces well, but having more area would be nice. Take a look at the biltmore greenhouse in Asheville N.C. It is amazing. That goes back to it's good to be rich thing.
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I started off with a 10x10 made out of 3/4" pvc piping and covered with 30mil clear plastic, it was a lot cheaper than wood and quicker to set up. We use the same set up but on a smaller scale to cover some of the plants in the garden to keep excess rain off the plants and protect from frost.
I have a old front tine tiller,,and I swear I will not be using that SOB next year,,,it beats me to death and does a half ### job,,I have to go ahead of the tiller with a shovel and break the ground
WGregMiller
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That's why mine left in a yard sale. Replaced with a rear tine.
yup next year it will be on it way out of my yard and a rear tine will be moving in
Brent S
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I have a husquavarna front time too, and it beats the hell out of me too. By spring I will have a tiller for the tractor, but am in no rush now since I've allready tilled this season.
yeah like you the worst is over for this year,,,,maybe after I prep the garden for fall I will sell it this year,,,come say October I might be able to get a deal on a good used one
Brent S
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I always try to buy things in off season.
WGregMiller
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That's when I bought mine. Bought it new for $150 off....
Brent S
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Some idiot bought my tiller from lowes, took it home and put gas in it and ran it till it siezed up from having no oil in it! Lowes took it back when he thru a fit about it. Anyways, one of the employees got it, put new bearings in it and sold it to me for 125.00. It runs great and fires right up every time. Still beats the crap out of you though. I can say that it's better than a hoe, but only marginally!
I know where a bigger rear tine tiller is setting,a older man 80+ years old has it and he swears he's never going to put in another Garden I may go see him about it
WGregMiller
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The butt kicking is why I got the Troy-Built. Much improvement, but not as much as you'll get with a pto tiller!
those are great,but I don't have a big enough garden to warrant going that route
