Anyone growing a garden this year?

[Allie]

That was after a 2 inch rain..  everything had drainage issues.  Since then there has been a drainage ditch built...

The fig tree is huge and takes up a huge part of my yard.,.  my dad doesn't prune it and I'm allergic to it.

The kids love it though...  climbing thru it during the off season is a treat, apparently.  Id add pics but Ive consumed this thread with enough pics already.

[BAMAWV]

Everyone has their personal favorite variety of corn. Mine is PEACHES AND CREAM. A 70 day corn, it yields large, full ears and the flavor is the best I have found.

Put a drop or two of cooking oil on your silks and you will never see worms again. Sucker your corn as you do your tomatoes, or not. Start your seed on substantial, well tilled rows to allow for deep roots. Always plant several rows (not one long row) to assure proper cross pollination. I use bird netting to keep crows and squirrels from eating my seed or starters.

[Terrie1959]

BAMA - just wanted to let you know that I did find seeds for California Wonder Bell Peppers. I'm going to plant those and see if I have better luck this year. Thank you

[TAZRUGBY]

Our onions seem to be coming along nicely so far

[BAMAWV]

Too late for this season, but does anyone have asparagus beds. Heirloom.

[#1Tidefan]

So far...so good at the farm. No problems with the seedlings that have come up. We are blessed with the warmth we have had, and everything looks great!......:crossingfingers:

[Crimson Phoenix]

Thanks for all the gardening tips and discussion everyone.  It's a great way for beginning gardeners to learn. BAMAWV....I am copying everything you said about soil preparation and growing plants.  Tidefan....thanks for the Farmer's Almanac link....everyone else's input too.


I have grown a few vegetables in the backyard before....but not really much of a garden.  Just spots of some things. This year, I plan to do a little more.


QUESTION:
How did the farmers of old times grow fields of vegetables by just plowing up the soil using mules and dropping seeds? Will vegetables grow in decent backyard soil without all the fertilizer and bother?   Why is soil preparation more important today?

Thanks.  

[BAMAWV]

Thanks for all the gardening tips and discussion everyone.  It's a great way for beginning gardeners to learn. BAMAWV....I am copying everything you said about soil preparation and growing plants.  Tidefan....thanks for the Farmer's Almanac link....everyone else's input too.


I have grown a few vegetables in the backyard before....but not really much of a garden.  Just spots of some things. This year, I plan to do a little more.


QUESTION:
How did the farmers of old times grow fields of vegetables by just plowing up the soil using mules and dropping seeds? Will vegetables grow in decent backyard soil without all the fertilizer and bother?   Why is soil preparation more important today?

Thanks.  

Soil prepararation was as important then as it is now. I imagine early farmers used compost and composted manure. Also they added nails to planting holes for iron or fish for potassium. BTW, I've tried plowing using a draft horse and it would be an extremely long day.

[Crimson Phoenix]

Thanks BAMAWV.  Good information.  I have wondered about that for quite a while.

[ricky023]

The Older farmers fertilize at a proper time wehn planting. You plow a furough strow fertilizer down the row. Drop in your seeds. Cover with 1/4" dirt. Make sure you don't have birds and crows bothering your spot. If you put plants in the ground make sure to put in water first bury down next to the 1 set of leaves. Cover the hole good, and break off a little piece of stub like a mtach stem and put down beside your Mater plants. Reason you ask: To keep the cut worms from cutting down your plants. Good luck. RTR!

[Crimson Phoenix]

Thanks Ricky.  I'm learning more about gardening here than from reading books and web articles.

One thing for sure.....FARMERS WORK HARD.  I just hope to find the energy to make a successful small garden.

[ricky023]

Well Crimson I grew up on a Farm with my Dad and Grandma and I learned to plow a mule at the age of 13. Feeding chickens in chicken houses and raising cattle. RTR!

[BAMAWV]

Thanks Ricky.  I'm learning more about gardening here than from reading books and web articles.

One thing for sure.....FARMERS WORK HARD A FEW TIMES A YEAR.  I just hope to find the energy to make a successful small garden.

FIFY

[Crimson Phoenix]

Well Crimson I grew up on a Farm with my Dad and Grandma and I learned to plow a mule at the age of 13. Feeding chickens in chicken houses and raising cattle. RTR!

You can call me CP Ricky.  Everyone else does.

I grew up on a pretend farm about six blocks from town.  I guess this would be outlawed today.  We lived on 15 fenced-in acres with two large ponds (with row boats) and a barn.    I was usually outside with my brother and two sisters.

We had white faced Hereford cows and a prize bull, Tennessee walking horses, a few Shetland ponies, fish (bass and bream), turtles, wild ducks that spent the winters on the ponds, a pen full of birddogs, bantam chickens that went anywhere they pleased, a goat, several geese, lots of dogs and cats, and a wonderful peacock that paraded around the yard and slept in the oak tree in our front yard.  Peacocks are very loud sometimes, and it had a yell that sounded like a child screaming for help.  My mother never could tell the difference and finally made my father get rid of the peacock.

Cattle, farming, and hunting were some of my dad’s hobbies.  He rented a farm in Fairview (12 miles down the road) and grew some things.  Other than that, he had a business in town that supported us.



****I realize now how blessed I was to have been given such a wholesome and protected childhood.  Of course, we had our share of tragedies the same as other families.

[BillBrosky]

Mine is growing like weeds

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