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tomturkey

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Re: Gardens anyone?
« Reply #90 on: Jun 20, 2015, 07:43 PM »
The plantings seem to get bigger each year with me. I'm going to need to set up rainwater collection. My water bills are high enough.

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That might work this year but as my buddy found out a lot of years it does not work. We guttered his pole barn into a 1000 gallon tank to get spray water for his asparagus field. He got just enough water in the tank to grow skeeters. Nothing like a dry summer to burst your bubble.

I guess since you retired you have a lot of time to kill. A 16 X 24 area will take a lot of spades full to turn over let alone make it plantable. ;D

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Re: Gardens anyone?
« Reply #91 on: Jun 20, 2015, 07:50 PM »
My small garden is basically on shale. I laid the phone pole border, removed the sod, laid down  garden fabric and hauled in top soil and manure 70/30 to fill. That was 12 years ago and it still doesn't have any substantial weed problem.  ;D
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Re: Gardens anyone?
« Reply #92 on: Jun 20, 2015, 08:02 PM »
16 x 28 is what mine is. I water only the plants when I have to. Water at dusk. It's still moist in the morning. Once a week Miracle Grow except peppers. NEVER FEED PEPPERS. You'll get awesome bush but no fruit.
   Any way, you can pull it through a drought on 5 gal/ day.  ;D
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Re: Gardens anyone?
« Reply #93 on: Jun 20, 2015, 08:18 PM »
The rain may be a little stinky for fishing, but it's got my "freezer" garden happy.Garlic, 3 rows of tomatoes, cabbage (from seed), broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, 2 rows of peppers, plum tomatoes, and 4 hills green pole beans (from seed) with the asparagus patch at the far end.  ;D


That looks awesome mister...

I'm sorry I have been slacking on this thread.
Busy planting mums at work .
Garden looks great and so do the tomato's and peppers. Will post some pictures soon..
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Re: Gardens anyone?
« Reply #94 on: Jun 20, 2015, 08:30 PM »
And dont water in the evening and dont use that M grow stuff......... ;) ;) ;) ;)
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Re: Gardens anyone?
« Reply #95 on: Jun 20, 2015, 08:38 PM »
Lol. I grew up watering in the evening.  ;D ;D ;D

And then we went and jumped in the lake before we went trolling for girls.  ;D  ;D ;D Those were the days..........
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Re: Gardens anyone?
« Reply #96 on: Jun 20, 2015, 08:44 PM »
Lol. I grew up watering in the evening.  ;D ;D ;D

And then we went and jumped in the lake before we went trolling for girls.  ;D  ;D ;D Those were the days..........
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« Reply #97 on: Jun 21, 2015, 06:14 AM »
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Re: Gardens anyone?
« Reply #98 on: Jun 21, 2015, 06:16 AM »
Been picking tomatoes and peppers for a week now...

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Re: Gardens anyone?
« Reply #99 on: Jun 21, 2015, 06:48 AM »

         Good for you Dom, nice looking veggies! :flex:

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Re: Gardens anyone?
« Reply #100 on: Jun 22, 2015, 09:52 AM »

That might work this year but as my buddy found out a lot of years it does not work. We guttered his pole barn into a 1000 gallon tank to get spray water for his asparagus field. He got just enough water in the tank to grow skeeters. Nothing like a dry summer to burst your bubble.

I guess since you retired you have a lot of time to kill. A 16 X 24 area will take a lot of spades full to turn over let alone make it plantable. ;D

Yeah, I just weed whacked it. The tiger lilies are thick around the edge. They're gonna be a pain. I'll probably transplant some as a border against the back of the garage. I have access to a couple of tillers a small one and a big boy. Personally, I think a little backhoe for a day would be the answer :-\

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Re: Gardens anyone?
« Reply #101 on: Jun 22, 2015, 10:47 AM »

Personally, I think a little backhoe for a day would be the answer :-\

Rg


Not to mention, a lot of fun.

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Re: Gardens anyone?
« Reply #102 on: Jun 22, 2015, 10:54 AM »
Been picking tomatoes and peppers for a week now...
That looks like a fresh salsa to me!..... mmmmm  :thumbup_smilie:  :thumbup_smilie:  :thumbup_smilie:
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Re: Gardens anyone?
« Reply #103 on: Jun 22, 2015, 02:09 PM »
To all, any secrets you can share with the green peppers? They are my favorite, but yet i can't seem to harvest any. I have bought plants before with them already on it but they would never produce for me. Wrong PH, too much water, too much sun??? I'm not sure. Meanwhile,  same garden, I would have so many cukes and tomatoes that I could have opened a roadside stand. Also I never fertilized, I figured I'd go all natural, used as much rainwater that I could collect also. I got so fed up that I go to the farmer's stand down the street now.

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Re: Gardens anyone?
« Reply #104 on: Jun 22, 2015, 04:52 PM »

         Deer hit my garden last night, so now there is a fence around it, I would have liked to have put an electric fence up but I'm kind
         of strapped with my upcoming wedding. ???

 



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