How does your garden grow?

Larro Darro · May 2, 2015

Depmandog said:
I too use the word piddle on a regular basis. I best make sure whomever doesn't apply Tom's meaning!! That could be a bad situation!! i.e. "I am going to hang out with the grandkids and just piddle". I might get family services called on me.

Since I drink so much water while I'm in the garden, I often use both meanings of the word. But luckily {for the cars passing on the road} there are trees right behind the garden.

KevT · May 2, 2015

Larro Darro said:
Since I drink so much water while I'm in the garden, I often use both meanings of the word. But luckily {for the cars passing on the road} there are trees right behind the garden.

Too much info there Larro... :laughing:

Depmandog · May 2, 2015

My SIL and me spent several hours "piddling" in the garden last night (eeeweww).

The iPhone app is not letting me upload multiple photos, so here is a pic of a new strawberry raised bed

Chandler variety

Depmandog · May 2, 2015

We have sugar snaps, potatoes, several varieties of lettuce, radishes carrots and onions looking pretty good.

Depmandog · May 2, 2015

We planted 40 tomato sets, 40 pepper sets, and a bunch of cucumber, cabbage and broccoli.

2 rows of green beans and 7 rows of Bodacious sweet corn. Oh and some squash.

I provide the land, and equipment - he is supposed to do the planting and daily tending. Somehow I ended up on the end of a hoe for a couple of hours, but it was a cool overcast evening and really quite enjoyable.

Larro Darro · May 2, 2015

Depmandog said:
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We planted 40 tomato sets, 40 pepper sets, and a bunch of cucumber, cabbage and broccoli.

2 rows of green beans and 7 rows of Bodacious sweet corn. Oh and some squash.

I provide the land, and equipment - he is supposed to do the planting and daily tending. Somehow I ended up on the end of a hoe for a couple of hours, but it was a cool overcast evening and really quite enjoyable.

Your garden is looking good.

Depmandog · May 2, 2015

Larro Darro said:
Your garden is looking good.

Thanks. Yours is as well.

SIL's birthday was a couple of weeks ago. I bought him this is garden cart from Northern Tools on sale for $99. 1400 pound capacity, all four sides fold down.

Super handy, was very nice for planting.

Of course I had other reasons, last year young SIL was constantly leaving my wood handled hoes laying on the ground out in the weather. GRRR. The cart gift seems to have worked

lakngulf · May 2, 2015

Depmandog said:
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We planted 40 tomato sets, 40 pepper sets, and a bunch of cucumber, cabbage and broccoli.

2 rows of green beans and 7 rows of Bodacious sweet corn. Oh and some squash.

I provide the land, and equipment - he is supposed to do the planting and daily tending. Somehow I ended up on the end of a hoe for a couple of hours, but it was a cool overcast evening and really quite enjoyable.

Looking good. Will be some good eating.

Tororider · May 2, 2015

We got our raspberry, strawberry, potato, and the orchard planted today.

buckeyefarmer · May 2, 2015

speaking of gardens, I have some urea (Nitrogen) that has hardened into chucks. Would it be ok to till into the garden, or would it be too much nitrogen for planting?

Larro Darro · May 2, 2015

buckeyefarmer said:
speaking of gardens, I have some urea (Nitrogen) that has hardened into chucks. Would it be ok to till into the garden, or would it be too much nitrogen for planting?

If you do any hand watering, I would think about letting it dissolve in water, then use it. That way you would know how strong you had it.

Larro Darro · May 2, 2015

Depmandog said:
Thanks. Yours is as well.

SIL's birthday was a couple of weeks ago. I bought him this is garden cart from Northern Tools on sale for $99. 1400 pound capacity, all four sides fold down.

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Super handy, was very nice for planting.

Of course I had other reasons, last year young SIL was constantly leaving my wood handled hoes laying on the ground out in the weather. GRRR. The cart gift seems to have worked

I've looked at those wagons but haven't been able to pull the trigger yet. As many trips as I make back and forth to the garden, it would come in handy.

TomSeller · May 2, 2015

Larro Darro said:
I've looked at those wagons but haven't been able to pull the trigger yet. As many trips as I make back and forth to the garden, it would come in handy.

It sure would be handy. I often have excess produce that got ahead of me that could feed the cows, but I get tired of carrying armloads to them and leave it to turn back into the soil (not bad either).

buckeyefarmer · May 3, 2015

Larro Darro said:
If you do any hand watering, I would think about letting it dissolve in water, then use it. That way you would know how strong you had it.

I broke the chunks down with a hammer, so it was pretty fine, then scattered a little around the garden then tilled it in. Didn't use too much, so I think it will be ok. Need to get the garden planted soon.

KevT · May 3, 2015

After burning a tree pile today, my wife and I went to the garden to pick

and she took the garden basket I made her on Friday and we did great with the sugar snaps, Green Beans, peas, a couple more squash, and another pepper. While I was burning today you can see the jars of Blueberry jam, and syrup she canned today. We picked 7 1/2 pounds of blueberries yesterday. The rest will get frozen for breads, pancakes, muffins, and what ever else

Larro Darro · May 3, 2015

Kev, I like your basket. I picked green beans again this morning. I have a couple three different kinds, so with each picking more are getting ready.

Not from the garden, but Mamma and Sister picked huckleberries down at the pond this morning. Sister borrowed one of our baking dishes and returned it half full of huckleberry buckle. Yum.

Larro Darro · May 3, 2015

buckeyefarmer said:
I broke the chunks down with a hammer, so it was pretty fine, then scattered a little around the garden then tilled it in. Didn't use too much, so I think it will be ok. Need to get the garden planted soon.

That should work good.

farmer2009 · May 3, 2015

Depmandog said:
Thanks. Yours is as well. SIL's birthday was a couple of weeks ago. I bought him this is garden cart from Northern Tools on sale for $99. 1400 pound capacity, all four sides fold down. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/rural-living/423164-how-does-your-garden-grow-image-1784830504-jpg"/> Super handy, was very nice for planting. Of course I had other reasons, last year young SIL was constantly leaving my wood handled hoes laying on the ground out in the weather. GRRR. The cart gift seems to have worked

We got one this year. Ours is only rated for 800 lbs though. Don't know that it'll ever get close though.

KevT · May 3, 2015

Larro Darro said:
Kev, I like your basket. I picked green beans again this morning. I have a couple three different kinds, so with each picking more are getting ready.

Not from the garden, but Mamma and Sister picked huckleberries down at the pond this morning. Sister borrowed one of our baking dishes and returned it half full of huckleberry buckle. Yum.

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Honest question... Is huckleberry the same thing as our wild black berries? Our Blackberry bushes are just now flowering, looks like a bumper crop again this year.

KevT · May 3, 2015

Larro Darro said:
Kev, I like your basket. I picked green beans again this morning. I have a couple three different kinds, so with each picking more are getting ready.

Not from the garden, but Mamma and Sister picked huckleberries down at the pond this morning. Sister borrowed one of our baking dishes and returned it half full of huckleberry buckle. Yum.

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Okay Larro, my wife is asking why I didn't get the recipe for your "Buckle"

I just used what I had laying around the shop on the basket, but if I were to do it again I would use 1/4" hardware cloth instead of the 1/2"