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04-26-2020, 09:46 AM #76
looks great cept
only thing worse than lowes
would be using lowes drive thru
tried to go to glovers our local nursery last sat
utter shit show
better 1/2 bailed because i can fish the rest of the summer and not reach that level of potential virus exposure of 1 trip to the none essential nursery depot was wait outside in line worse
been hit or miss ordering online gardening stuff
will have to try lamberts
workin the spread a good bit
hopin the irrigation water gits turned on soon
system got pressure tested a couple weekends ago
hand watering sucks
redid the strawberrys patches
and thinned the rasberries pretty good
rhubarbs lookin good
transplanted a bunch of thorned blackberrys to the back 40
and pruned out the thornless
hops are doin their thing
harvested
and pickled some shoots
that citrousy ipa worked well
thanxs again KQ
next level bloody mary game stuffs
hopefully the rhizomes i gave bmc prosper
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04-26-2020, 01:53 PM #77yelgatgab
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Garden 2020
I’ve never once had a Lowe’s online order be ready for pickup, even during normal times. The local building supply place has been really good about having stuff ready and it’s not much more expensive, if at all.
Tomates are in. They’re a little crowded, but I think they’ll be fine with some creative staking.
No slugs here but squash bugs, squirrels and blight keep me on my toes. Tobacco horn worm can be an issue, but between the wasps and my dog, they typically aren’t able to do much damage. So cool to see one munching away with a back full of wasp eggs sucking the life out of it.Remind me. We'll send him a red cap and a Speedo.
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04-26-2020, 07:07 PM #78
I’m good, one little group has taken root. I’ll milk that shit into a wall of it by next season.
Moved some more compost around the yard after fishing with the two boys in the morning. Brought a wagon load over to the old guy that lives across the street. I gave him the rest of my onion starts I didn’t have room for a week ago, he told me his dirt was pretty bad so I hope this helps him out.
Btw, gorilla wagons rule, large load capacity and the ability to dump make it a no brainer. If you’re looking for a wagon or wheelbarrow go Gorilla.
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04-26-2020, 08:50 PM #79Registered User
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04-28-2020, 06:50 AM #80Registered User
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Credit goes to my wife, this is her project that I also put a ton of work into. This all started with no fence, all grass except for 2 planter boxes. Finally 'done' this year. (Kinda not really.) Just waiting for warmer weather to start planting here in SLC. Got some asparagus though already. Looking forward to this year more than most.
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04-28-2020, 07:39 AM #81yelgatgab
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This is only the third time I've done it, and I've only used them for tomatoes, but I've had pretty good luck. It's a struggle keeping tomato plants alive in my garden due to disease. Getting them up off the ground, planted in fresh soil has made a huge difference. That and using disease-resistant hybrids. The extra square footage is an added perk.
Remind me. We'll send him a red cap and a Speedo.
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04-28-2020, 09:09 AM #82
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04-28-2020, 10:12 AM #83
Damn, props to Ms Muted, that is a nice little oasis you got there...
Ms Boissal has been crushing it with the garden this year, came home yesterday to find 12 tomato plants in the ground and a whole bunch of peppers ready to go. Onions and garlic have been in the ground since the fall and are going crazy, all the herbs have either come back or been replanted, and greens are blowing up. The arugula I transplanted has already colonized a new area and will need to be mowed back soon. Our neighbor got bees and there's a literal army of pollinators out and about in the yard, things should go well this year although I did spot a stink bug already. Those fuckers killed 5 of our tomato plants last year. I'm going to bring genocide to their species...
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04-28-2020, 10:28 AM #84Registered User
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04-28-2020, 10:50 AM #85
anyone here have a nice vegetable garden above 6800'? We have a pretty short growing season.
Not much grows here and I am looking for ideas“How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world? I don’t know, go ask Rory Gallagher”. — Jimi Hendrix
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04-28-2020, 10:56 AM #86
I’m getting triggered here.
You killed that little fucker on sight I hope.
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04-28-2020, 11:00 AM #87Registered User
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04-28-2020, 11:04 AM #88yelgatgab
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That's impressive, muted! Utards giving me some garden envy. The only gardening my wife does is eating the stuff that comes out of one.
You guys must have different stink bugs than we do. Ours don't do anything but laze around indoors and stink if you squish them.Remind me. We'll send him a red cap and a Speedo.
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04-28-2020, 11:29 AM #89
I’m at 5,400 and get Spring and Fall hail.
It’s not for the meek.
That said, I’m guessing your zone is probably as important as elevation.
There was some zone talk in last year’s thread.
I don’t really know a ton about it, might try to learn more this year depending on what transpires with the work situations.
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04-28-2020, 11:30 AM #90
Go indoors.
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04-28-2020, 11:42 AM #91
Gorgeous slug pics! That succulent garden is heavenly.
Ms Boissal got a bit aggressive with the planting this year (that's the issue with her new COVID schedule, she works a week straight then is off for 2 weeks, by the time the 10th day off rolls around she's out of things to do and gets a bit ahead of herself). I managed to stop her from getting the peppers and melons in the ground at least, I'll start hardening them next week and will plant mid month. I have some covered cages I made last fall to extend the tomato growing season so I'm going to be covering the plants whenever the nightly temps drop below 40. Temps look super warm for the coming week but frost the first couple weeks of may is not unlikely...
We saw them for the first time ever last year. Green fuckers everywhere under the tomato leaves. Some gardening guru told us it was not a UT thing but the very wet and cool spring brought them out. We tried everything to get rid of them, Ms Boissal even used the shop vac to get them off the leaves, but eventually 5 of the 15 tomatoes died. I suspect it had more to do with the soil not draining well and too much water rotting the roots of the plants but Ms B is convinced the bugs did it and she will wage an unending war against them. The first one she saw yesterday bit her, the whole species is going to pay for that crime. I imagine all 7 of the chickens will be chained to infested tomato plants with orders to eat as many of the bugs as possible...
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04-28-2020, 11:43 AM #92
Okay okay.
I feel bad I had my 5yr old daughter out there killing slugs, she seemed to really enjoy it. I had to tell her “honey, we don’t kill things for fun, we kill them for a reason because they destroyed our garden last year”
Trying to prevent a little serial killer.
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04-28-2020, 12:58 PM #93Registered User
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^^ nice set up muted and find this thread inspiring. got two raised beds just about ready to go... our neighbor also has bees so hoping for similar pollination, but on sunday, man his hives were so packed that they broke out in this pretty rad swarm onto one of his trees.
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04-28-2020, 02:06 PM #94yelgatgab
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04-28-2020, 02:54 PM #95Registered User
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No reason to hide the truth! My daughter was so excited to find one this morning, I just didn't want to explain everything then. If she instead said 'ewwwww, gross!!!!' we could have bonded over extermination today. You will look back on your murdering days with your daughter fondly.
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04-28-2020, 08:45 PM #96Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
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04-28-2020, 09:34 PM #97Registered User
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tomatoes are difficult unless you have the space to do serious crop rotation. I don't, so the last few years I have gone to growing most of my tomatoes in containers. You have the hassle and expense of new growing medium every year, but much more consistent yield. My inspiration in that direction was from the book Epic Tomatoes. It's an interesting read from a historical perspective even if you don't care to garden differently.
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Very nice yard space. My planting is almost exclusively planter boxes but all natural using the 7 trees that came down in the yard last year and 2 others that have been down for years. As they rot internally it's like a constant stream of free organic fertilizer.
I'm over trying to get a reasonable amount of tomatoes in anything other than hanging baskets, the damned bugs are a killer otherwise so no more ground planted tomatoes here. I'm going to build a burly frame to hang 5 gallon buckets from later today using parts from an old dry-cleaner overhead conveyor system. I did it once before and got 4 plants per 5 gallon bucket. Up the sides of the frame will be indeterminate cucumber plants and I may get adventurous and try a grape vine on the other upright.
Gonna head out now and get another 20 bags of soil and get this whole project rolling so I'll get pics when it's all set up. There's currently 36 plants started inside and at least that many getting started later today or tomorrow. I finally convinced the wife to let me turn half the sunroom into a permanent greenhouse. Stoked! What's a really great, easy to make hydroponic setup? I've been looking and there's no way I could justify hundreds of dollars. Is it reasonable to use PVC pipes? I have about a hundred feet of assorted sizes so would just need corners and a pump to make something like I see for $200. Or would I just be better off keeping it simple and using 4-6" pots and keeping plants smaller? Are the $20 grow lights worth it or do you have to spend more to get good light that will work well?
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What about corn in containers or buckets, good or no? I don't have bed space for something that needs to be 3 feet apart.
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04-29-2020, 09:36 AM #100one of those sickos
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We plant our corn a lot closer than that (as do farmers). Plants are about 12" apart, rows about 24". It might grow in containers if they are big, but you'll want at least 10 plants for proper pollination and a yield that justifies the trouble. Each plant will produce 2 good ears if you're lucky.
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