Anyone growing a garden this year?

[Terrie1959]

Thanks BAMAWV

[BAMAWV]

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[Allie]

We freeze and can lots of it.
We normally have about 150 tomato plants...  salsa, tomatoe sauce, homemade spaghetti sauce, etc- all in the freezer.

My 'colored' bell peppers aren't ever as big as the ones in the store but theyre good and much better than paying $2-$3 for a red bell pepper.

Sidenote:  The guy who killed the snake used a hoe..  There is no way in hell I'd get close enough to do that.  I would've called 911 and put up with the grief everyone would've given me for doing it. 

[ricky023]

Wow this garden has gotten big now with all these pages. RTR!

[#1Tidefan]

I never thought it would have gotten this far...lol

Kudos for the great insights & tips from our members on here.

Thanks!

[ssmith general]

This is where the garden will be....

If you knew what I knew you probably wouldn't let your kids play in that mud like that, by the looks of that barn, that is a farm historically. 

[BAMAWV]

I never thought it would have gotten this far...lol

Kudos for the great insights & tips from our members on here.

Thanks!

It is a process. What is wrong with mud, Smitty?

[ssmith general]

I never thought it would have gotten this far...lol

Kudos for the great insights & tips from our members on here.

Thanks!

It is a process. What is wrong with mud, Smitty?

Alabama has naturally high arsenic and lead.  Plus, if it's a historical farm, you have pesticides and unique bacteria to children.  Also wouldn't be surprised if there is old cow dip or two.  

In particular, it looks like they are playing in the low spot.  That would be like getting in a farm pond.

[Allie]

I never thought it would have gotten this far...lol

Kudos for the great insights & tips from our members on here.

Thanks!

It is a process. What is wrong with mud, Smitty?

Alabama has naturally high arsenic and lead.  Plus, if it's a historical farm, you have pesticides and unique bacteria to children.  Also wouldn't be surprised if there is old cow dip or two.  

In particular, it looks like they are playing in the low spot.  That would be like getting in a farm pond.

Could it be why my youngest child and my brothers oldest child are so hardheaded and stubborn???

That's actually in the back-back of my yard.  (toward the very back of the field behind my house)  There's been a garden there all the 29 years of my life.   
I played in that mud when I was little.
(might explain a lot) 

We have had the soil tested but I don't know if they'd check for things like that.  We were more interested in the acidity and where the best spot for the tomatoes would be. 

[Allie]

The mud pics were year before last... maybe they've outgrown it. 







BTW- I hate that barn but my dad won't let me destroy it,,, he had my property line drawn up around the barn and the fig tree so I don't technically own either.
I've told him when he's gone both of those will be  soon to follow. 

[N.AL-Tider]

The mud pics were year before last... maybe they've outgrown it. 







BTW- I hate that barn but my dad won't let me destroy it,,, he had my property line drawn up around the barn and the fig tree so I don't technically own either.
I've told him when he's gone both of those will be  soon to follow. 

And exactly what is wrong with fig trees?

[Kupkake]

I use to have one every year till my back went out and I had to quit. My wife had some bucket stuff last year but this year we have quit. We will be going to the Farmers Market @ Montgomery probably. RTR!

Ricky-

If you like tomatoes buy a couple of Topsy Turvy Tomato holders and plant your favorite types in them and hang them from a tall bird feeder.  I love the yellow pear tomato so I planted that in a Topsy Turvy so I wouldn't have to bend over.  It had so many tomatoes and the vine got so long I draped it over an ornamental metal stand I had.  I took a sucker from it and planted it in a large pot and let it run up the basketball pole.  It got too high for me to reach.  I picked my tomatoes without bending over while Hedduk planted some in the field that did okay but not as well as mine.  This year we are planting 2 topsy turvy's - reusing ours and one we got from his son's house when he moved.  I plan to dump out the soil and replace it with fresh potting soil.  (I have back trouble too).

[Terrie1959]

I have a friend who made their own topsy turvy holders using 5 gallon buckets. If you google, I bet you can find instructions on how to make your own.

[BAMAWV]

I never thought it would have gotten this far...lol

Kudos for the great insights & tips from our members on here.

Thanks!

It is a process. What is wrong with mud, Smitty?

Alabama has naturally high arsenic and lead.  Plus, if it's a historical farm, you have pesticides and unique bacteria to children.  Also wouldn't be surprised if there is old cow dip or two.  

In particular, it looks like they are playing in the low spot.  That would be like getting in a farm pond.

Kids are a dime a dozen but what got my attention is planting in an area with poor drainage. It could be a recipe for disaster. BTW, I don't even watch the Topsy Turvy commercials on TV for fear of being laughed at by the entire gardening world.

[BAMAWV]

Plants vs. Seeds:

I am climatically challenged in this area of WV (mtns). My frost free date is not until June 1. By September 1 the threat of a freeze returns. We start our own plants, from time to time, from seed but for the most part buy plants. But with the short growing season, every move has to be calculated.

Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, zuchini, brocholi, watermelon, cantelope, are all started with plants. I have even started my onions from plants, instead of sets, but they are hard to find. Corn, beans, carrots, radishes, pumpkins, etc. started by seed. But I have more than once started my corn indoors to try to get a jump (I'll start a corn comment next).

This is a big house (7bdrm) but there is really no suitable window for starting seedlings. I wanted to make the girls sleep with the boys to use the empty beds for seed starting, but it seems child protective services gets crappy about that stuff.

But even buying plants is a challenge in itself. Your garden centers, and most definitely my garden center, put plants out way too early. They hope you will kill those, and come back for more. But if you wait to buy them, all the nice plants (and seed racks) will be gone. We end up moving plants in and out of the garage each day until planting time, which gets tedious.

Saving the seeds from your produce at the end of the season will provide seeds for next year. Starting seeds indoors will save money. But gardening is in itself a escape from the drudgeries of day to day life and if you get in it to save money...

 

 

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