Fed up with the garden

[Hilbilly]

It also will help next year to put the plastic down and plant as many things as you can on it. My father was great at that, he would lay plastic that you could almost bounce a quarter from.

What would be planted on top of the plastic? Or did you mean in holes through it?

 

[Jstpssng]

What would be planted on top of the plastic? Or did you mean in holes through it?

Cut holes through it where you plant your seedlings. I also have seen adapters to put on a 100,000 btu torch to melt the holes.
I am starting to research ways to plant seeds through it also. It will be time consuming punching a hole for every seed but nowhere near as much as weeding is.
Next year I am definitely putting my strawberries in plastic.

 

[Engineer42]

So, silly question. What watering method do you use with the plastic, a soaker hose underneath?

 

[Alan46]

We use drip irrigation, with a digital timer at the faucet!

 

[Jstpssng]

So, silly question. What watering method do you use with the plastic, a soaker hose underneath?

You can get porous landscape fabric. I usually just put the hose on the plastic near each plant and it finds it's way down through.

A soaker hose would be slick for row crops and strawberries.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Beans not looking good. Potatoes and corn look good cucumber and cantaloupe plants drying up. Tomato and pepper plants look ok.

 

[Jstpssng]

I was out looking at my fruit trees... the deer really, REALLY like those which I planted this spring. I don't know how they found them in the tall grass. I knocked a circle around each tree with my weedwhacker so that I can see them when I mow this weekend.

I can't complain though, it's only the second time in years that I've seen any deer sign here at all. Maybe they are starting to make a comeback. Hopefully they will still be around when the season opens. Right now I'd be happy if they just ate my beans and left my trees alone.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

You need some deer?

 

[Yander]

I like them about the size of a large egg, cooked until almost done, lightly flattened but not mashed, fried in butter with a sprinkle of salt and fresh dill. Sour cream on the side.
If I was going to the electric chair that would be a major part of my final meal.

Did someone say large egg? This came from a chicken. I was stunned and had I not collected it myself would have thought someone was yanking my chain. Those are grade A large brown eggs surrounding it. If you notice, the eggs around it are barely fitting in the egg carton themselves.

 

[masseyrider]

Did someone say large egg? This came from a chicken. I was stunned and had I not collected it myself would have thought someone was yanking my chain. Those are grade A large brown eggs surrounding it. If you notice, the eggs around it are barely fitting in the egg carton themselves.

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My parents used to sell eggs and the old man got a sizer at an auction, more for show than anything else.
Our average eggs wouldn't even fit on it and those that did went past the largest size it registered. It was no wonder our hens raised a clatter when they dropped one of those bad boys.