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All of the above..............and 'maters.....and in a month or so don't forget speckled butterbeans, crowders, purplehulls...................
 
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I'm a pepper man myself, Serano, jalapeno, Red Bell, Purple Bell. I have about forty seedlings for those types growing in my dining room right now. You are in a better climate than I for pepper heaven. In Texas I would have to add Cayenne, Habaneros and some minisweets just for kicks and grins.

Also, how about cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower? I say those because they are my favorite to eat. You have already heard tomato, If it were me I would have scads of tomatillos to mix with the peppers and then live off of all the chili verde I could make. How about okra? Radishes? Beets? Turnips, Parsnips, onions and scallions and garlic and Leeks. Lot's of leeks for soup.

Greens? Pac Choi, Mustard, Arugula. And then add some Spinach and some Swiss chard. Starting to get hungry now.

And don't even get me started on herbs...


I am jealous. living on the edge of a desert I am planning a nice raised bed garden. A plot the size of yours would require a whole new well and a second mortgage to pay for the electricity to operate the pump /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Enjoy

Mike
 
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Mike,

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( In Texas I would have to add Cayenne, Habaneros and some minisweets just for kicks and grins. )</font>

I grew Cayenne's last summer in PA. They hit their prime in August and September (planted mid May). Milled some of them in the food processer with a little olive oil and simmered them for about a half hour. Still have about a pint left in the refrigerator. Hope I can grow some more this year.
 
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I grew Cayenne's last summer in PA. They hit their prime in August and September (planted mid May). Milled some of them in the food processer with a little olive oil and simmered them for about a half hour. Still have about a pint left in the refrigerator. Hope I can grow some more this year.

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Same here. I grew cayenne's habenaro's Jalepeno's, italian hot and sweets. I had peppers coming out my ears last year.
 
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Would y'all hill up the rows before planting or flat ground it?

Would you plant from seed or use seedlings?


Tbar
 
/ What To Plant #8  
Well, I do have the seedlings started for the Jalapeno's and the Serranos. I won't be able to get them into the ground before the end of May and any time after the first of September they could get snowed on so hopefully the heat of July and August will be enough to make peppers.

I have some Cayenne seeds a buddy from Georgia sent me. He sent me some of the peppers last year and they were fantastic so I will probably give them a try. I have a love/hate relationship with Cayenne. I love it and it hates me. I can handle habaneros and serranos and jalapenos just fine but something about the cayenne just refuses to go down without a fight.

Mike
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue"> Would you plant from seed or use seedlings? </font> )</font>

Both. Seedlings are easier and usually earlier if you can get the types you want to plant. Generally plant the type of vegetables your family likes to eat and maybe some more exotic types just for the fun of it.

At this time of year, I spend part of one day a week running round the local nurseries just to check out what they have in stock. I ordered seeds from <font color="blue"> totallytomato.com </font> but my shipment has got lost somewhere so I'm hassling with them but it's made me late getting my seeds started. I went to Central Market in Dallas a couple of weeks ago and couldn't believe the price they were asking for bell peppers, $1 for green and almost $2 for coloured. So, this past week-end I planted a bunch of them, all different colors, tons of tomatoes - mostly Roma but a couple of other types, 3 kinds of squash and green beans. I've got to put out more bush tomatoes today and some eggplant. If those seeds ever show up and I can get them started in time, that'll just about fill out the garden for this year. My wife planted greens and radishes in her garden along with more green beans, tomatoes and onions. I don't grow hot peppers, I'm too much of a p*s*y to eat them, though I do grow some occasionly for the rest of the family.

If everything grows and given a little cooperation from the elements, and if I can get the watering right this time, it will be a good picking year. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Would y'all hill up the rows before planting or flat ground it?
Would you plant from seed or use seedlings?
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Most plants do better in raised bed. Melons need a wide bed or no bed. I like transplants for early stuff so you can hot box them 'till frosts are gone. Later stuff I plant from seed and thin. Check your zone because corn, peas, melons and some others don't do well in low soil temps.
Bury tomatoes to 1st node and they'll develop better roots. I plant late heat tolerant tomatoes from seed in peat pots in May and transplant in June so they come in when early one give out in August.You get tomatoes 'till frost if you keep bugs off them.
 
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Tbar,

Thanks for posting pictures of your field. Would you mind sharing how you prepared the soil in each picture? For the first one, had you plowed and disked, or just disked? The second picture mentions an I-beam -- did you just drag right after the first picture was taken?

Thanks!

Parker
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Tbar,

Thanks for posting pictures of your field. Would you mind sharing how you prepared the soil in each picture? For the first one, had you plowed and disked, or just disked? The second picture mentions an I-beam -- did you just drag right after the first picture was taken?

Thanks!

Parker )</font>

Well, I don't have nice new modern equipment like most of you guy have so I make due with a 50 year old disk plow and an old piece of I-beam left over from my overhead crane project.

My first pass on the field got it roughly broken up. On the second pass I chained an I-beam to the back of the plow to smooth the dirt and break up any large dirt clods. It worked really well. Sorry I don't have any pictures of that though.


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I really should get this cultivator(seen in the back ground) put under my little 49 Farmall Cub but I am missing one of the gangs that goes on the rear. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Should would be convenient for working between the rows this summer.


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TBAR....looks like a truck patch size to me. I have planted potatoes, peas, onions, and lettuce in the garden so far. Yesterday I planted in peat trays..... 5 varieties of tomatoes , (big beef, amish paste, juliet hybrid, sugary hybrid, early big red (experimental)). Peppers....(big chile, super heavyweight, jalapeno, mixed hot varieties). Cabbage (stonehead, savoy), broccoli (packman), chinese cabbage, pak choi, collards, spinach, kale (redbor and vates), eggplant. For later direct seeding to garden.... cucumbers (fanfare, sweet slice), beans (contender, macaslin pole), crowders (pinkeye purple hull), Corn.... (bodacious, miracle, honey select, incredible), Squash ( zucchini, butternut) , Okra, Pumpkins for the neighbor's small kids, sweet potato plants.

Of course lots of different varieties of sunflowers and others for the wifey. Putting me up a grape arbor for 6 seedless grapes, and going to make an enclosure for (wood frame and wire) to house some blueberry bushes). My neighbor does the blueberry thing... he goes out every morning when they are ripening and picks fresh ones for his cereal.

If you have never tried them....juliet hybrid tomatoes are out of this world for just popping in your mouth... they are about half the size of an egg. In the summer when they are ripe, I will mow a few rounds...then stop and eat some tomatoes, then mow a few rounds and stop again.

For big sweet bell peppers....try Parks whopper, or Big bertha.


sassafraspete
 
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My winter wheat is at the same height.. I was wondering why you were plowing it under so soon.. it'll be chest high by May. I was planning on cutting mine to bale for straw.
 
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I notice your on 349

I'm just a few miles from 349 but I cant tell where you are as far as north and south on 349.

I am getting ready to start my garden too, we probably have similiar conditions although I believe some of your pics must be from east texas,,, however I recognize the general area looks similiar to west texas in some of your pics...


Anyway !

I did 'flat' last year - wind tore me up pretty bad till it laid near first of June.

This year going till full 8" with 84" tiller I got last year AFTER I planted the garden.

Then use the 2 row planter if I can get it working good, getting it all setup to match the 2 row knifing rig... Wouldn't mind having a cultivator but I think what I have will get me by for this year.

I am hoping the beds will protect the plants much better at least while its small plants and make better use of water.

I think I'll row water instead of sprinkers. sprinkers seem to promote more weed growth in the beds..

I am leaving the wheat to keep sand down and reduce sand damage... Maybe it will even block a little of the wind. The wheat will stay right up to the edge of the garden rows.

I may add to the list but I'm going to do

1. Corn
2. Cantelope ( enough for me AND the wild pigs and coyotes )
3. Watermelon - several types ( enough for everyone just like previous )
4. Okra
5. zipper peas - wife prefers these to black eyed
green beans
6. yellow squash
7. zuchini squash
8. tomotoes (cherry size and a large variety ) recommendation on the large varity appreciated.
9. Peppers - pondering idea at least


We will be busy again this summer between tending to all this and peaches, pears, apples, cherry, apricote, plus tree's... 100+ trees..... Anyone nearby need some fruit !

tom

Your lucky to have thick tree's for a wind break,,, I'm pretty out in open here... I have some wind tree's but not enough to really protect my vegies very well.
 
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TTT,

This property is in East Texas........a long way from the ranch on hwy 349. Only thing we grow out there is mesquite, creasote, and cactus.


Tbar
 
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Ok, got my daughters wedding out of the way so now I can get back to business.

I turned the field over again yesterday, leveled it again and got my rows established.

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The county is listed in the top five highest producers of watermelons. Reading up on them though they seem to require a lot of care.
Good Article

Have any of y'all tried growing watermelons???


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