Garden 2012

[neanderpaul]

Eek! Good luck.

[freshtiva]

Freeze warning tomorrow morning. Great !!

[freshtiva]

I bet your wife loves it. Does she help? Are you considering selling anything at a farmers market?

She does loves it because it saves on the food bill. She will help with the preserving Im hoping. I doubt Ill sell anything, if I cant pass it off on the neighbors I'll contact the local churches with the excess, maybe it will help some people in need. Im just into the growing ( and eating ). Also there is something about a nice well cared for garden that appeals to my eye.

[neanderpaul]

I bet your wife loves it. Does she help? Are you considering selling anything at a farmers market?

[freshtiva]

Cleaned out my water tank despite the best design efforts by the tank Mfg. to prevent any type of cleaning. What were they thinking ??

Loaded the tank in a wagon, and filled with water. The wagon is weighing in at about 3 tons now, best haul it with the tractor instead of the truck.

Watered in the new recruits around sunset

500 gals of water for the garden in place. Have to keep the seeds wet until they germinate.

That concludes today’s live coverage of Garden 2012
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Oh yeah… Okra

[freshtiva]

My wife's eyes bugged out when I read that list to her! We'll be there right after harvest!

Im getting carried away but the neighbors are gonna love me. I planned and spaced the garden so I could dig the furrows with the tractor ( big time saver ) also I should be able to cultivate and later dig the potatoes, onions, carrots, beets, and turnips with my new middle buster. Its too much to do by hand.

something like this, too bad he doesnt have a potato planter ;^)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59qxde8S6hQ

[200KGPGTP]

Dear christ!

[neanderpaul]

My wife's eyes bugged out when I read that list to her! We'll be there right after harvest!

[freshtiva]

OK, as of 3/25 I’ve planted the following cool weather plants :
Broccoli
200 green onion sets
2 separate plots of mustard greens ( red giant ) and spinach
2 different types of radishes
Black seeded simpson ( lettuce )
100 feet of onion bulbs , three types, white, yellow, purple
Collard greens
Little wonder peas ( the type you eat the whole pod )
200 feet of potatoes , four different types, Cobbler, Pontiac, Yukon gold, Kennebec
100 feet of cabbage ( approx. 50 plants )
100 feet of cauliflower ( approx. 50 plants )
100 feet of # 9 progress ( shell peas )
Organic sugar pod peas ( can’t remember name )
Yet to plant in a couple of weeks:
Tomatoes
Peppers
Sweet corn
Four or five types of shell beans ( can’t remember w/o checking )
Basil, parsley, cilantro, chives
Carrots
Turnips
Beets
Cucumbers
Cantaloupe
Flower seeds too numerous to mention and some other things I cant think of .

[200KGPGTP]

^^Truth!

[freshtiva]

This rain is a real blessing. Nice and slow, perfect !!!

[200KGPGTP]

^^^Nice!!

A lot of my seeds have come up in the last couple of days with all this beautiful rain! Wewt!

[freshtiva]

Do you have an Allis Chalmers model G tractor and a bradley potato planter ? Wish I did .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPUzM...63RVAAAAAAAAAg

Found this one today, going to pick it up in the morning. It has numerous setting for spacing. Got it fairly cheap, might have to spin it.

[freshtiva]

What does every good Irishman do on St Patrick's Day ? :mrgreen:

[200KGPGTP]

I doubt I'll even be able to keep up with harvesting all of this, lol. By far more than I've ever done. Lots of learning this year.