Off subject BUT thanks for all who posted concerning a garden
Submitted by RJ on Fri, 08/07/2009 - 18:30
I want to thank all who posted on planting a garden earlier this year , it made me want to plant one so I planted one and have enjoyed the vegetables so much.I used no chemicals and I have the prettiest garden and it has produced more than I ever thought, I have been canning and freezing veggies all summer, from tomatoes, butterbeans, okra, squash, corn. etc. again thanks
How are your gardens doing?
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I just knew this would
be a thread I would want to bookmark, thanks. My husband is the gardener we have so many deer and rabbits that nothing survives. I have posts around my three apple trees and my cherry tree with fishing line. The one limb not inside the line picked clean no leaves. It is terrible.
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I don't have deer
... but I have raccoons, possums, skunks, squirrels, and birds. I solved a lot of those problems with a $100 Have-A-Heart electric wire (fence). I test it by touching the wire with the back of my hand, charges my battery, and wakes me up. Good for grape vines (raccoons). I have caught 4 raccoons in one trap twice. We have a creek by our garden.
I hate catching skunks, I won't tell you what happened. Electric fence way to go.
Oh, before I forget, you can wrap stove pipe around your fruit tree trunks to keep the squirrels and raccoons from climbing up the trunk.
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It has been cold for the tomatoes
The plants are small with few tomatoes. The weather's getting hotter so hopefully they'll do better.
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MikeLawson posted the following back in June
waiting to hear more about the rock dust , pebbled & coolered tomatoes, and whether he really got corn from short stalks (?cold temps??)..
"I used organic heirloom seeds and mineral super-boost from www.pureearthfarms.com and everything is coming in big and healthy. I tried the "wild garden" method in one spot this year too; big mistake. It looks like a total mess but I will say the peas seem to love it. The corn is about 4-5 feet tall and I'm already getting silk. The tomatoes are doing very well and I've been really impressed with the upside down planter I made from an old water cooler bottle. To test to effectiveness of glacial rock dust in growing, I also have a tomato plant growing in nothing but pebbles from a glacial-zone quarry. Every day, I look in my special box and think, "I should just plant a whole row of this and see if anyone even notices". My fear is someone might. One day. One day."
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I did get AWESOME corn from the short stalks
The tomato plant grown in rocks is producing 1 tomato. But hey, it's growing in rocks.
I'm swimming in cucumbers and making tomato sauce almost nightly. The second shift of corn will be ready in a week or two. Everything is growing like a champ.
The upside down planter stinks. Like it smells bad. But it makes nice tomatoes. Other than the stinky planter, good year.
I'm all baffled right now because for the last 2 days, my 5 chickens have made 6 eggs.
Oh, anyone know any good recipes for sunberries?
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Apparently you had better luck where you are
Our garden here in a Chicago burbs close to O'Hare International Airport, the tomatoes are just starting to ripen, cucumbers didn't do well, along with everything else compared to last year. First year the squirrels left the pears alone, but also the first year they are blighted (squirrels not dumb).
It is so cheap to buy produce that we are probably paying triple to have a garden here. We need something to do since we are retired, important for us.
Glad it is working for you :)
Actually, it was my dinner this evening!
Nice to go out to the yard (sent my wife, truth be told) and pick dinner. Lettuce, tomato, cucumbers, peppers. Zucchini will be up soon.
Bigger and better next year!
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We just planted a small patch
this year, we didn't know we'd be off the road when we planted, or we'd have planted more! Tomatoes are slooowly turning and mild peppers are doing well:
I'll be canning my Super Salsa this fall, for sure!
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