Gardening

Any starting a new garden this year ?

How big ?

How you keep the critters out?

My uncle used to buy cow crap, mix it with water, his veggies were huge.... zukes the size of a Nissan Leaf.

I'm putting one in 50 x 100. I'll plant anything and everything. Tired of somebody else making so much off of something we need, and I'm not talking about a farmer either. I have a John Deere 214 with a tiller to make the soil good for planting. I bought a John Deere 71 flex planter to hook up to do my planting just like the big guys do.

Keeping critters out is easy just be nice to your neighborhood Barber/Barbers and ask him to save the hair for you for a while and spread the hair around your garden area.
I'm also able to sink a well to water my plants here easily so thats on the agenda this year also. 50ft here and you hit water, and with a sledge and some sweat you can put the pipe in yourself in a day.

I'll be taking a lot of pics this year. Last year was my first year here and did a trial garden just to see how things would go and was surprised how good everything tasted.

I have purchased a pile of seeds - as they came out on display and on sale I couldn't pass by. This will be my third year on some ground last gardened in 30's and it works great - but I won't plant my bug garden this year -or maybe Ill work it and plant a plow down crop of mill oats ???

It depends - but I hope to be consumed by selling and moving from the place in town vs gardening this season.

Iv'e started seeds for 12 different veg's im trying that new "wonder soil" stuff. its fun to add water and watch it grow!! worm casings.....

Ohhhh, that's why we're gussyin up the house I do a 60' X 40' & end up giving a bunch to some families worse off then me Good luck w/ that selling the house project my friend. Yea,I think you belong out in the country.

Sting wrote:I have purchased a pile of seeds - as they came out on display and on sale I couldn't pass by. This will be my third year on some ground last gardened in 30's and it works great - but I won't plant my bug garden this year -or maybe Ill work it and plant a plow down crop of mill oats ???

It depends - but I hope to be consumed by selling and moving from the place in town vs gardening this season.

Uglysquirrel wrote:Any starting a new garden this year ?

How big ?

How you keep the critters out?

My uncle used to buy cow crap, mix it with water, his veggies were huge.... zukes the size of a Nissan Leaf.

5th year.
About 20' X 40', it will be bigger next year as I need to cut down more trees.
The deer are murder on gardens, I think I'll use bear traps this year.
Getting a load of chicken poo tomorrow, and it's free!

Kinda hard to think about the garden yet, not even sure where it is & I don`t have a good place to put those starter pots it would be nice to have some started but then knowing my luck we would have a late frost.

Be careful with that chicken poo Coldsweat it's very potent stuff . Unless it is old and well rotted it can burn you'r plants if it touches them just like commercial fertilizer can

rick

I was under the same impression with horse & to a lesser extent cow poo`s, they should be well seasoned before use. But then again being more on the liberal side it`s not an area of expertise.(just having fun on the last part) This having to explain everything is gonna get old.
Kind of would like to know about the horse & cow poo for sure, theres plenty of it nearby I can take all I want.

I till chicken,horse,cow,pig, whatever in a couple 3 wks before I plant anything & have never had a problem burn wise--when I say till--I mean till it in real good. Ain't that some shiiit.

coaledsweat wrote:

Uglysquirrel wrote:Any starting a new garden this year ?

The deer are murder on gardens, I think I'll use bear traps this year.
Getting a load of chicken poo tomorrow, and it's free!

Coaled, FOR DEER REPELLENT, low cost

1) string up the cheapest soap you can find from the dollar stores. it has tallow in it and deer hate animal smell. I have tried this, works. I drill a hole in the center and hang by a wire on a wood post, do every 10' feet or so.

2) Petition your local salon for human hair and spread it all around, pretty grosse' but it I heard it works.

3) Drink a lot of beer and walk the perimeter of your garden. Your neighbors say you do this already.

Best deer repellant is the .270 winchester. I apply a one dose per deer. More than one usually doesn't help This repellant is universal. Works on foxes, woodchucks, racoons, coyotes, hawks,and my favorite, crows.

A 270 will really scatter the feathers...

Head shoot.

stokerscot wrote:Best deer repellant is the .270 winchester. I apply a one dose per deer. More than one usually doesn't help This repellant is universal. Works on foxes, woodchucks, racoons, coyotes, hawks,and my favorite, crows.

One word...........Crossbow. No sense alerting the entire neighborhood !! And the "spent casings" can be reloaded easily.




Rick