I bumped up the size of my garden from a modist 8x8 patch outside the back door to an approx. 12x30 patch down in the field. just got it all dug up, and am ready to go buy some veggies!
so.... what are ya growing this year?
Gardners ?
I have 2 neighbors that have a 'garden compitition" and I hate to get involved. I have stuck in 3 types of tomatoes, a bush pickle, cantalope, strawberrys and watermelon. I keep out of the race with them. Since they are both single and they have to plant like 57 tomatoes and let em rot on the vine, they ask me everyday to take onions, tomatoes, peppers so I dont need to grow.
I do have a small garden pond with some huge goldfish and plants I enjoy messing with. Kinda an oasis.
I do like to grow a little "wild-wood-flowers"!!
When its havested all I need is a bag of chips or I'll raid their garden then! 
I do have a small garden pond with some huge goldfish and plants I enjoy messing with. Kinda an oasis.
I do like to grow a little "wild-wood-flowers"!!
When its havested all I need is a bag of chips or I'll raid their garden then! "Proud endorser of Saluda cymbals"
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With all the rain we had the past several weeks, I was close to digging trenches, planting rice paddies and bringing in some river carp to do some fish farming! 
Seriously, though, I just started planting earlier this week. So far, onions, potatoes, lettuce, collards and endive are in the ground. I started and bought in four varieties of tomatoes, plus hot and sweet peppers, celery, broccoli, brussels sprouts and cabbage plants. I'll also be planting corn, popcorn, carrots, beets, radishes, turnips, peas, beans (real ones, both snap beans and drying varieties), squash, pumpkin, cucumbers, okra, sunflowers and herbs.
My garden plot is roughly 25' x 50'. Some of that already has perennial stuff that comes up every year like asparagus, scallions (they re-seed themselves), three blueberry bushes, a blackberry patch, and concord grape vine area.
Seriously, though, I just started planting earlier this week. So far, onions, potatoes, lettuce, collards and endive are in the ground. I started and bought in four varieties of tomatoes, plus hot and sweet peppers, celery, broccoli, brussels sprouts and cabbage plants. I'll also be planting corn, popcorn, carrots, beets, radishes, turnips, peas, beans (real ones, both snap beans and drying varieties), squash, pumpkin, cucumbers, okra, sunflowers and herbs.
My garden plot is roughly 25' x 50'. Some of that already has perennial stuff that comes up every year like asparagus, scallions (they re-seed themselves), three blueberry bushes, a blackberry patch, and concord grape vine area.
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I got kinda soured on vegetable gardening as a kid. We were subsistence(sp) farmers, we grew most of what we ate, so our garden was huge... usually at least an acre of potatoes, and usually two. I didn't mind the planting and picking, but the in-between cultivating, weeding and mule-manure was a huge pain. Oh, yeah, we used mules to plow until I was 14 or 15. That part was a lot of work at the time, but there's just something cool about draft animals doing what they were made to do, you could hear the earth turning against the plow, and the deeper the blade went, the harder they'd pull. Amazing animals, mules are.
We grew taters, snap beans, green beans, limas, bread-n-butter sweet corn, lopes, cucumbers, squash, red beets and turnips (blecch!), sweet peas, carrots, big crybaby onions and giant tasteless tomatoes the size of a softball. My dad always had to grow the giant veggies, despite the fact that they tasted like... nothing.
Want to plant something that will grow like a science-fiction movie? Spaghetti Squash. We put in the seeds of one squash in between our sweet corn once, and got several pickup-truckloads of squash. We sold them for 50 cents each, then a quarter, then a dime, and still had plaenty to feed our chickens on most of the following winter! They do taste okay (boil it and either put butter or spaghetti sauce on it, just like the pasta), but after having it daily for a month, you get a bit sick of it. Plant one or two seeds!--->JMS
We grew taters, snap beans, green beans, limas, bread-n-butter sweet corn, lopes, cucumbers, squash, red beets and turnips (blecch!), sweet peas, carrots, big crybaby onions and giant tasteless tomatoes the size of a softball. My dad always had to grow the giant veggies, despite the fact that they tasted like... nothing.
Want to plant something that will grow like a science-fiction movie? Spaghetti Squash. We put in the seeds of one squash in between our sweet corn once, and got several pickup-truckloads of squash. We sold them for 50 cents each, then a quarter, then a dime, and still had plaenty to feed our chickens on most of the following winter! They do taste okay (boil it and either put butter or spaghetti sauce on it, just like the pasta), but after having it daily for a month, you get a bit sick of it. Plant one or two seeds!--->JMS
Now that I have mine totally planted and some stuff is growing, I thought I'd share a few pictures of my garden...
From the lower end of my garden looking up a slight hill...the stuff under the cage and trellises are beans (the cages are to protect them from marauding rabbits until I can get a fence up around them).
My cabbages, broccoli and brussels sprouts, all with 2-liter pop bottle collars around them to keep the rabbits off of them until they're big enough to fend for themselves. And note the dangling CD's, another rabbit repellent. That reminds me of my CD reviewing policy; if I like your CD, I'll review it on Rockpage and Pennsylvania Musician; if I don't like the CD, I have other uses for it...
More CD's, protecting my corn and squash patches. Okay, I confess...the CD's aren't actually music CD's, but outdated public service announcement CD's from my former broadcast job as public service director. Instead of tossing out the old discs, I put them into use in my garden.
Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes. They're blossoming; soon I'll be overrun with the things!
At the top end of my garden, potatoes in the left (top) row; onions, lettuce and endive in the row on the right.
My grape arbor from Hell. I haven't trimmed the thing back in over a decade. There may be dead bodies hidden underneath it, I forget.
The lower part of the garden, from a different angle.
From the lower end of my garden looking up a slight hill...the stuff under the cage and trellises are beans (the cages are to protect them from marauding rabbits until I can get a fence up around them).
My cabbages, broccoli and brussels sprouts, all with 2-liter pop bottle collars around them to keep the rabbits off of them until they're big enough to fend for themselves. And note the dangling CD's, another rabbit repellent. That reminds me of my CD reviewing policy; if I like your CD, I'll review it on Rockpage and Pennsylvania Musician; if I don't like the CD, I have other uses for it...
More CD's, protecting my corn and squash patches. Okay, I confess...the CD's aren't actually music CD's, but outdated public service announcement CD's from my former broadcast job as public service director. Instead of tossing out the old discs, I put them into use in my garden.
Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes. They're blossoming; soon I'll be overrun with the things!
At the top end of my garden, potatoes in the left (top) row; onions, lettuce and endive in the row on the right.
My grape arbor from Hell. I haven't trimmed the thing back in over a decade. There may be dead bodies hidden underneath it, I forget.
The lower part of the garden, from a different angle.
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sweet jp! lookin good man, i stepped up my operation a bit this year from my 8x8 of last year to about a 10x30. i didn't even think i was going to be able to get one in but was able to barrow a neighbors tiller one day and put in a new patch but i didn't know what i was doing, i wish i could have planned it out a little better, but.... i got her in. nothing is really doing great. could that be cuz of it being the first year and i just tilled it up? i set up a sprinkler and water it every night. i don't know, i'm still learning alot. i.m just glad i got it in. i'll plan it out alittle better next year. i'll try to get some pics up tomarrow.
i just got home from vacation today and found i have a family of 5 skunk liveing here, tearing up my yard like crazy. i think theyre under my shed.
thats going to be a problem, for them. skunks on your property is not good, i hate to kill them, inever really killed stuff but i may have to change my policy on that. they are fuckin my yard all up.
what do you do?
somebody once told me a crushed up light-bulb (real fine glass) in some hamburger they eat it and go away, you know the rest. or shoot them all, i'm not real big on either but..... they are really fuckin my yard up.
someone else said you could get like a what ever size piece of pvc pipe, cap one end, put some burger in there, they crawl in to get it, then you cap the other end while they're in there
. they supposedly cant spray if they cant lift their tales. then you can transport them whereevr you want. that sounds good on paper but i just don't think i got the nads for putting that other cap on unless the pipe was 25' 
skunks are pretty vicious(sp) with some big ole teeth, i counted 4 little ones and a mama skunk. i really hate to wax them but........maybe if i just shot one the others would leave.
looking for an alternative.
any suggestions?
i just got home from vacation today and found i have a family of 5 skunk liveing here, tearing up my yard like crazy. i think theyre under my shed.
thats going to be a problem, for them. skunks on your property is not good, i hate to kill them, inever really killed stuff but i may have to change my policy on that. they are fuckin my yard all up.
what do you do?
somebody once told me a crushed up light-bulb (real fine glass) in some hamburger they eat it and go away, you know the rest. or shoot them all, i'm not real big on either but..... they are really fuckin my yard up.
someone else said you could get like a what ever size piece of pvc pipe, cap one end, put some burger in there, they crawl in to get it, then you cap the other end while they're in there
. they supposedly cant spray if they cant lift their tales. then you can transport them whereevr you want. that sounds good on paper but i just don't think i got the nads for putting that other cap on unless the pipe was 25' skunks are pretty vicious(sp) with some big ole teeth, i counted 4 little ones and a mama skunk. i really hate to wax them but........maybe if i just shot one the others would leave.looking for an alternative.
any suggestions?
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HOLY GREENAGE BATMAN!!!!!!
I live intown Huntingdon and do not really have a place for a effin garden. However, looking at JP's operation, I am thinkin you should have some migrant workers coming in and helpin you out. And by the way, my brother-in-law has a garden and send some radishes and onions up and JESUS H CHRIST were the radishes hot.
Also, those long green plants those nice police officers were pulling out better watch out, they may get poison ivy with that
I live intown Huntingdon and do not really have a place for a effin garden. However, looking at JP's operation, I am thinkin you should have some migrant workers coming in and helpin you out. And by the way, my brother-in-law has a garden and send some radishes and onions up and JESUS H CHRIST were the radishes hot.
Also, those long green plants those nice police officers were pulling out better watch out, they may get poison ivy with that
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mjb wrote:sweet jp! lookin good man, i stepped up my operation a bit this year from my 8x8 of last year to about a 10x30. i didn't even think i was going to be able to get one in but was able to barrow a neighbors tiller one day and put in a new patch but i didn't know what i was doing, i wish i could have planned it out a little better, but.... i got her in. nothing is really doing great. could that be cuz of it being the first year and i just tilled it up? i set up a sprinkler and water it every night. i don't know, i'm still learning alot. i.m just glad i got it in. i'll plan it out alittle better next year. i'll try to get some pics up tomarrow.
i just got home from vacation today and found i have a family of 5 skunk liveing here, tearing up my yard like crazy. i think theyre under my shed.
thats going to be a problem, for them. skunks on your property is not good, i hate to kill them, inever really killed stuff but i may have to change my policy on that. they are fuckin my yard all up.
what do you do?
somebody once told me a crushed up light-bulb (real fine glass) in some hamburger they eat it and go away, you know the rest. or shoot them all, i'm not real big on either but..... they are really fuckin my yard up.
someone else said you could get like a what ever size piece of pvc pipe, cap one end, put some burger in there, they crawl in to get it, then you cap the other end while they're in there
looking for an alternative.
any suggestions?
you could try calling a wildlife or forestry service. like the game commission. if they can't get rid of them for you, i'm sure they would at least have something you could try to get rid of them.
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mjb wrote:
sweet jp! lookin good man, i stepped up my operation a bit this year from my 8x8 of last year to about a 10x30. i didn't even think i was going to be able to get one in but was able to barrow a neighbors tiller one day and put in a new patch but i didn't know what i was doing, i wish i could have planned it out a little better, but.... i got her in. nothing is really doing great. could that be cuz of it being the first year and i just tilled it up? i set up a sprinkler and water it every night. i don't know, i'm still learning alot. i.m just glad i got it in. i'll plan it out alittle better next year. i'll try to get some pics up tomarrow.
i just got home from vacation today and found i have a family of 5 skunk liveing here, tearing up my yard like crazy. i think theyre under my shed.
thats going to be a problem, for them. skunks on your property is not good, i hate to kill them, inever really killed stuff but i may have to change my policy on that. they are fuckin my yard all up.
what do you do?
somebody once told me a crushed up light-bulb (real fine glass) in some hamburger they eat it and go away, you know the rest. or shoot them all, i'm not real big on either but..... they are really fuckin my yard up.
someone else said you could get like a what ever size piece of pvc pipe, cap one end, put some burger in there, they crawl in to get it, then you cap the other end while they're in there . they supposedly cant spray if they cant lift their tales. then you can transport them whereevr you want. that sounds good on paper but i just don't think i got the nads for putting that other cap on unless the pipe was 25' skunks are pretty vicious(sp) with some big ole teeth, i counted 4 little ones and a mama skunk. i really hate to wax them but........maybe if i just shot one the others would leave.
looking for an alternative.
any suggestions?
the Game Commission will not come and take them away unless they are rabid. The way to tell if they are rabid is if you see them during daylight hours. Skunks, along with most animals along the same breed are nocturnal animals i.e. opposums, racoons, porcupines, etc. Unless you sit up at night with a "very" quiet pistol or rifle (.22 caliber) or live out in the boondocks somewhere, there is not a lot you can do about Pepe LePew and his four family members.
However, as far as getting rid of them, someone once told me that if you place lime, not the fruit, down along the edge of the garden this should deter the critters from getting in.
sweet jp! lookin good man, i stepped up my operation a bit this year from my 8x8 of last year to about a 10x30. i didn't even think i was going to be able to get one in but was able to barrow a neighbors tiller one day and put in a new patch but i didn't know what i was doing, i wish i could have planned it out a little better, but.... i got her in. nothing is really doing great. could that be cuz of it being the first year and i just tilled it up? i set up a sprinkler and water it every night. i don't know, i'm still learning alot. i.m just glad i got it in. i'll plan it out alittle better next year. i'll try to get some pics up tomarrow.
i just got home from vacation today and found i have a family of 5 skunk liveing here, tearing up my yard like crazy. i think theyre under my shed.
thats going to be a problem, for them. skunks on your property is not good, i hate to kill them, inever really killed stuff but i may have to change my policy on that. they are fuckin my yard all up.
what do you do?
somebody once told me a crushed up light-bulb (real fine glass) in some hamburger they eat it and go away, you know the rest. or shoot them all, i'm not real big on either but..... they are really fuckin my yard up.
someone else said you could get like a what ever size piece of pvc pipe, cap one end, put some burger in there, they crawl in to get it, then you cap the other end while they're in there . they supposedly cant spray if they cant lift their tales. then you can transport them whereevr you want. that sounds good on paper but i just don't think i got the nads for putting that other cap on unless the pipe was 25' skunks are pretty vicious(sp) with some big ole teeth, i counted 4 little ones and a mama skunk. i really hate to wax them but........maybe if i just shot one the others would leave.
looking for an alternative.
any suggestions?
the Game Commission will not come and take them away unless they are rabid. The way to tell if they are rabid is if you see them during daylight hours. Skunks, along with most animals along the same breed are nocturnal animals i.e. opposums, racoons, porcupines, etc. Unless you sit up at night with a "very" quiet pistol or rifle (.22 caliber) or live out in the boondocks somewhere, there is not a lot you can do about Pepe LePew and his four family members.
However, as far as getting rid of them, someone once told me that if you place lime, not the fruit, down along the edge of the garden this should deter the critters from getting in.
I let the popcorn dry out on the stalks and harvest it in mid- to late-fall. I then separate the kernels from the cobs and store them in plastic containers. I have an old-school popcorn popper (one that you put oil in), and I've had a lot of success with popping the homegrown popcorn over the years. Good stuff!
Regarding the skunk question, I've heard about some folks who removed skunks by setting cage traps, and covering the cages before removing the skunks and transporting them to wooded areas. (This sounds very tricky, getting the cover over the cage without spooking the skunk into "firing.")
Otherwise, you might try skunk and critter repellants such as dried blood, tobacco, hot pepper (or hot pepper sprays along borders you don't want skunks invading). Mothballs might work, especially if you toss them in the entrance to where they're burrowing.
You can also try the hillbilly method, taking a late night leak in the backyard where you don't want the skunks to go; animals sometimes will avoid areas that have been "marked" by other animals.
Regarding the skunk question, I've heard about some folks who removed skunks by setting cage traps, and covering the cages before removing the skunks and transporting them to wooded areas. (This sounds very tricky, getting the cover over the cage without spooking the skunk into "firing.")
Otherwise, you might try skunk and critter repellants such as dried blood, tobacco, hot pepper (or hot pepper sprays along borders you don't want skunks invading). Mothballs might work, especially if you toss them in the entrance to where they're burrowing.
You can also try the hillbilly method, taking a late night leak in the backyard where you don't want the skunks to go; animals sometimes will avoid areas that have been "marked" by other animals.
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JP garden photo update...
My giant sunflowers are getting ready to bloom. The biggest sunflower heads could be over a foot wide when they reach their peak.
My onion tops are starting to fall down. Once the tops have fallen and died off, it will be time to harvest the onions.
Dammit! Something stripped off a lot of the foliage on my brussels sprouts and broccoli plants. The plants should rebound in enough time to get a harvest, but this was a setback. The nextdoor neighbor told me she saw a groundhog in the vicinity in the past week; this was likely the culprit.
Next step...set a trap! I'm trying piece of bread with peanut butter; we'll see if it works...
My tomato crop...Hopefully I'll have my first cherry and roma tomatoes in the next couple of weeks.
Beans (real ones)...limas and black beans climbing the trellises, kidney beans in the foreground. I also have green and wax beans growing around my cornstalks and on my back porch.
My sweet corn is starting to go to tassle, and my winter squash vines are starting to spread out.
Yours truly takes batting practice with one of my mammoth zucchinis. Maybe I'll use it to club the groundhog if the little bastard tries to eat my broccoli again...
JP garden photo update...
My giant sunflowers are getting ready to bloom. The biggest sunflower heads could be over a foot wide when they reach their peak.
My onion tops are starting to fall down. Once the tops have fallen and died off, it will be time to harvest the onions.
Dammit! Something stripped off a lot of the foliage on my brussels sprouts and broccoli plants. The plants should rebound in enough time to get a harvest, but this was a setback. The nextdoor neighbor told me she saw a groundhog in the vicinity in the past week; this was likely the culprit.
Next step...set a trap! I'm trying piece of bread with peanut butter; we'll see if it works...
My tomato crop...Hopefully I'll have my first cherry and roma tomatoes in the next couple of weeks.
Beans (real ones)...limas and black beans climbing the trellises, kidney beans in the foreground. I also have green and wax beans growing around my cornstalks and on my back porch.
My sweet corn is starting to go to tassle, and my winter squash vines are starting to spread out.
Yours truly takes batting practice with one of my mammoth zucchinis. Maybe I'll use it to club the groundhog if the little bastard tries to eat my broccoli again...
WOW! Nice man. Impressive.
my garden finally seems to be kickin in, was lookin pretty grim there for a while. thought maybe it's because i just turned the ground and threw it in, i'll have a better plan of attack for next year , but i ain't complaining.
i'll be hitting you up for some pointers and lay-out suggestions for next year.
thats a helluva nice garden jp and thanks for the updates!
my garden finally seems to be kickin in, was lookin pretty grim there for a while. thought maybe it's because i just turned the ground and threw it in, i'll have a better plan of attack for next year , but i ain't complaining.
i'll be hitting you up for some pointers and lay-out suggestions for next year.
thats a helluva nice garden jp and thanks for the updates!
All of this. Not to mention I HATED snapping beans. HATED IT then andsongsmith wrote:I got kinda soured on vegetable gardening as a kid. We were subsistence(sp) farmers, we grew most of what we ate, so our garden was huge... usually at least an acre of potatoes, and usually two. I didn't mind the planting and picking, but the in-between cultivating, weeding and mule-manure was a huge pain.
don't see myself liking it any more now...though...do have a kid who I can
make do that part of the job....Hmmm....
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