Don't worry sweetie I planted weed in all the planters today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Van_skier
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Don't worry sweetie I planted weed in all the planters today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Van_skier
Liar :mad: :nonono2: :mad: :nonono2: !!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by shirk
I thought you decided to contribute to the garden with a brilliant idea only to discover it was all a lie: the planters were still empty this morning :confused:
:rolleyes: To think I was already dreaming of the extra skis & the new bike parts that I was going to buy with the proceeds :frown: :mad:
pssstttt you have to wait for a few days before seeds start to sprout.
Just peeled some old dead stuff off one of my gardens in passing, and found the lupine have already started to come up! THAT'S what's in the air today... spring!!! :smile:
Well as happens on all my little construction projects yesterday was no different:
Built one sunbox/hotbox for our raised beds (6.5' x 30") but forgot to look at the palruf dims, which was only 26". DUH. So I only made one, maybe finish the other (only 2 planned) this weekend. Threw it on the box that has perennials and early season stuff: sorrel, chives and some leeks(dunno where they came from) plus some volunteer lettuce that didn't sprout last year and a bunch of cold season greens I planted the other day. Need to finsish some edges and whatnot but it turned out pretty okay.
Otherwise, the garden is in pretty nice shape: strawberries lookin nice, all the berry plants are starting to bud out. Sorrel is kicking ass as are the chives and horseradish. Had a bunch of asparagus start to come up and got killed back by the frosts the other week but…new shoots are coming up so we should have a fair amount of that this year.
I started preparing our beds last weekend, but then it all got covered under 14" of snow. Many of the seeds I started have germinated, but are still too small to pot up: lavender, oregano, thyme (talk about tiny seeds with those last two, but they sprout like crazy), basil, and lettuce. Rosemary and cilantro are slower to pop. These will grow indoors for another 2 weeks or so, then will be potted up and moved to a sunbox until I'm reasonably sure frosts are passed (e.g. May). It's also time to start my tomato and pepper seeds, and it will soon be potato planting time (I grow Kennebecs, seeing as I live on the west bank of the Kennebec). Carrots to be sown whenever the snow is gone. Volunteer chives did well under the leaf mulch and snowpack.
I'm thinking of putting in a patch of berry canes, as well as doubling the number of wild-type strawberries. I may also try garlic and Egyptian onion.
Got my hands on a 40' by 60' plot for the summer and sowed some starters last weekend: toms, peppers, basil, lettuce, cucs, and oregano. Of course, lettuce shot right up and waiting on the rest.
First real attempt at a plot this large, other plans include: corn, potatoes, butter beans, snap peas, eggplant, pumpkins, radishes, onion (chives), carrot, and a large herb garden.
I'd love to hear where folks are bulk ordering seeds (1-3# bags)...Pinetree? Johnny's? Fedco?
Jesus dude, starting to farm huh? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ECbum
40x60 is fucking enormous. Have fun! :) Do you have a plan for what you're gonna do with all the excess?
I'm no farmer, so I passed on the 1# bags... but I'm very impressed with Johnny's service quality and germination rates. (And they're local to me.)Quote:
Originally Posted by ECbum
love to ride them, but totally deny to friends....
Don't you guys feel a little pussish talking garden talk instead of killing straightlines?
Don't get me wrong, I'm a fucking farmer. but dammit i feel like a big pussy talking about it....
Just me?
Yep, just you.
Not everything in life is about machismo. Some things are just nice to do :) And really, it's a garden, it's not like we're talking about how hot Mikhael Borishnakoff (sp? I know I fucked it up) looks in a bannana hammock.
Just a couple of pictures of my new sunbox (just the top layer is new the two bottom boards are old)
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1175992694
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1175992694
and the perennial stuff (the white is some ice from the water bucket) these have been under the first box I made so it seems okay even with the cold weather.
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...2&d=1175992812
and so nobody thinks this is toooooo gay, a ski shot:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1175993092
Sharing the plot with 4-6 other gardners, but I'm taking the lead on how to organize it. In total, we should be feeding 20 or so folks throughout the summer! It's gonna be great...now just waiting for the snow to melt...they're talking about another foot up here this week!Quote:
Originally Posted by lemon boy
a few garden pics from today
the first sprouting pole bean
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1176935946
the boxest with the mostest
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1176935946
almost ready for a little microgreen action
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1176935946
How effective is a sunbox at getting seedlings germinated & growing faster? What's the risk of torching them on a hot day?
This is my first attempt with them and so far I'm pretty impressed. We've had a few hard frosts and a couple of snows since I put them on and everything seems to be growing underneath them great. Looking back at this thread I'd guess all the little stuff got planted around the first week of april (FF date = 5/15), so I'm pretty happy with how it is coming up.
As for torching, you're supposed to pull them open during the day once it starts warming…our daytime highs have been <70 so I haven't been bothering although it does get really warm in there during the day.
Side bonus: soil stays moist MUCH longer (duh I guess).
Probably this week I'll put in tomatoes in some wall-o-waters and probably some cuces under hotcaps.
So far I have planted 9 bell pepper plants, 3 cayennes peppers, 20 tomato plants. Still have to plant the pole beans and squash and okra. The okra will come sometime in May.
The problem I am having now is the damn fire ants. I have some stuff to get rid of them but don't know about using it in a garden. Is there enough time between now and fruitation to get all the poison out of the ground? I hope so.
meh...I would first try an old standbye.....
chewing tabocco and water and soap.
go to the store and get 4 packs of real chaw.
ya know, the long cut stuff that comes in a bag.
soak over night in 2 or 3 gallons of water. then add a couple of long squirts of Joy dishsoap when the water is nice and murky. strain through something into your hose sprayer thingys (miracle grow thingy) and spray the shit out of the mound. or anywhere really. Not damaging to the plants....not a chemical...organic!
Tobacco is an enemy to all, specially them dang ants, and the soap helps it stick to their creepy little legs.
That's a hot box there LB! :D
Plant a virtual garden (just click on it, or drag your mouse around while down-clicked): http://www.procreo.jp/labo/flower_garden.swf
After the next storm clears out I'll get started with the garden biz again. I already have folks with southern aspects clamoring for winter cleanups.
I'm putting a house on the Summit County garden tour this year!!!!!! So freaking excited about that. I busted ass all last summer on this place in Breck and it should be amazing.
I guess I'll grow some herbs on my balcony.
Thanks Mir, I'm pretty happy with them. This w/e I might try adding some hinges and setting up some sort of prop. The sorrel has already started to bolt under there a bit and I believe we'll be having another round of sorrel soup this w/e plus a salad and probably pull up a bunch of micro greens.
Also picked up 5 of 6 tomato plants to go in W-O-Ws today or tomorrow. Probably fill the mostly empty sunbox this w/e too.
Congrats on the G-tour. Is it going to be Gyptians house ;)
I have 3000 sq ft I would like to offer up to someone to garden. I don't want a lawn and don't have money to xeriscape it all this Summer. Someone suggested that a church group might be interested. I don't really dig on church groups...Anything else? They could have free daily access and all of the produce. Only problems are local raccoons and lots0squirrels.
Anyone have a heavy duty rototiller they want to rent out? Preferably with a trailer to put it on?
Mir what is your hourly landscaping design rate? Down in Denver much? I could use some ideas of what native plants would work well.
No, not gyptian's. It's not actually his place any more. I need to contact the new owners this week. The garden tour house is a bigass mansion up on peak 7/8.Quote:
Originally Posted by lemon boy
Rideski-
Rent a roto from one of the rental equip places. They're probably not that expensive and come on a trailer (well..one big enough to do what you intend will).
If you're gonna roto your whole yard…I'd suggest getting a util locate first ;)
Congrats again on the house Mir. (BTW, you better show for LBD)
Spent all w/e on the lawn & garden. Sprayed the apple trees, sprayed the lawn for crab grass. Weeded in the garden (fucking CRABGRASS!). Turned some new beds. Planted dried strawberries (need another 2 dozen or so). Ate the first asparagus (damn fine). Planted 6 tomatoes (all in W-O-Ws), 5 sets of cuces (wax hotcaps), a whole bunch of brocholi, okra, chard, basil, margorjam, parsley, cilantro, onions, microgreens (replanted cause we ate the first round yesterday), add'l sorrel, radishes and carrots. They should survive the cold tomorrow fine and hopefully that'll be it down here.
Probably wed. I'll go pick up some more asparagus & strawberry sets and it was determined by default that one of my sun box beds will get the peppers this year so I can go ahead and move on those. :D
Oh and I also added hinges and rotating struts to the sun boxes so they're easy to open & close.
I was a busy boy.
I didnt read the entire thread, but I saw these pretty pics (nice gardens, everyone, btw) and wondered if this is what it looks like. Youre not using pressure-treated lumber for a veggie garden box, are you?!? (sorry if this was brought up before--like I said, I didnt read the entire thing, but just parused and didnt see anything)Quote:
Originally Posted by lemon boy
Indeed…it is.
Hmmm I guess I never even gave it a second's thought about using PT boards. Now the question of course is: real issue or issue only in organic hippy land?