lettuce is already huge, I got a earlier start than most (farmers almanac dummies) carrots maters peppers japs rosemary and basil already out of the ground.
Have you found a place to order bees from? Most are all taken by this time. When you find out when you'll get your equipment in, you need to get the bees ordered ASAP for after that date.
The flow hive estimated delivery is December of this year so I don't have to worry about buying bees until next year. Looks like most online places are sold out of their 2015 bees anyway. So hopefully this time next year I'll be all set up.
I DONT KNOW!! :guyrunningaroundincircles: j/k, I think they are like celebrity, big boys, romas, and beefsteak all from some texas based place bought at HEB
Celebrity - Determinate Big Boy - Indeterminate Roma - Determinate Beefsteak - Indeterminate That's a boring ass list, by the way. All red and all about the same size aside from the Romas.
Reading your post gave me a flashback to college. I think it was a statics class where we had beam loading problems and we had to classify as determinate or indeterminate loadings
Glad I don't eat tomatos- those look confusing. I'd love to get some Bees, but I'd have to keep them at my hunting camp an hour and a half away and wouldn't get to go up there but every other week at times.... guess Bees are out of the question for me (until I buy more land)
:lol I havent had the motivation to get to into spending time finding much variety on the garden, I usually just grab whatever is available at the HEB or HD, I really just want some home grown tomatoes, peppers, and strawberries usually do some cuke's and squash too Wife always gets all into wanting to try growing all these different things that I dont care about, says she knows how to grow them cause her momma did, but then her soap opera watching on the DVR every evening gets in the way of her actually making out to the garden, ever........add it to the stupid shit your wife does thread
Alright, I'm finally ready to join the club here and start my first garden. I know that I'm probably late in the season but this is really the first weekend that I have had free to do anything. A question: -The only place in my yard that gets enough sunlight is on a slope, so I am going to build a raised bed to embed into the hill to keep it level. I think the dimensions will be 4x8 or so. Is cedar wood my best option or are there cheaper options?
If you aren't growing Poona Kheera and Armenian cukes you're missing out. Cukes grow sooooo easily from seed and you can get them cheaply on line.
Cedar is bad. It can kill plants and inhibit germination. Get you some pine 2x12s and use them. NO TREATED WOOD. The chemicals leech out and can hurt your plants.
How severe is your slope? Like, how much drop do you have over a 10' span? My back yard has a pretty aggressive slope and it's not really an issue. Soil type and drainage will also play a role. If you've got a clay dominant soil, you're going to have a tougher time planting on a slope than if you have a sandy or loamy soil. You can use contour planting if the slope it extremely steep and you're worried about runoff.
Just got done planting 1/3 of my corn, 3 cantaloupes, 3 watermelons, and 4 strawberries. Will plant the next 3rd and the rest of the others in a couple weeks to space out the harvest. Last year I got 20 cantaloupes in a 2 week period and had to freeze a lot of it or give it away. Also planted another blackberry bush and some lavender.
Unless you're lumber was soaked in roundup that probably wasn't the reason. CharlieKelly may have more/better info on this but these days it seems to be more of an old wives' tale that you shouldn't use pressure treated wood. The original concern over its use was the arsenic infused in CCA pressure treating but the plants were found to not be able to uptake or store enough of it to be considered harmful. Then, among growing public concern in 2003, an EPA ban prohibited the sale of arsenic treated lumber (CCA) anyway. What you buy today does not contain arsenic and is considered safe according to these articles: http://www.gardeningblog.net/2009/04/12/using-pressure-treated-lumber-in-raised-garden-beds/ http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/is-treated-lumber-safe-for-building-raised-bed-vegetable-gardens/ http://www.finegardening.com/does-pressure-treated-wood-belong-your-garden If you bought from Home Depot or another hardware store you likely bought ACQ, CA, or MCQ; not CCA and is considered safe. http://www.homedepot.com/c/discover_benefit_pressure_treated_wood_HT_BG_LC I guess the question is: do you want to avoid anything that could potentially hurt your plants (Like chemicals) or are you going to save a little money and time by putting your trust in the science? Spoiler For the record, my beds are pressure treated. I confirmed with HD they were ACQ/MCQ before purchase. Please don't be mad at me Charlie.
Who was it that made that god-tier hammock blackberry trellis architectural masterpiece? I wanna say it was either lhprop1 or billdozer but am not sure. Whoever it was, I want to rip off your idea and take all the credit from my friends. Can you point me to any info you think would be helpful? Oh and pictures for the new guys if you can. Likes will be delivered and if you are ever in central florida, many beers will be shared.
Can't get the pics to pull up on my iPad will post them at work tomorrow- and can help with any questions... Really was very easy if you have a wooden a frame swing set available Edit never mind got a few see below
Yes, skeptical hippo. Thanks, bro. I will be building everything from scratch. I love starting projects from the ground up so not too worried. (As I say that I have two barrels waiting for the past year to be made into UDS). Thats why I pay for supplies in cash so there's never a paper trail for the wife to find. You married guys know what I'm talking about.
The supports on the back side are flush in the frame- on the side they are not, to give more support for the hammock. I doubled up the 2x4 for hammock one flush inside, one screwed to that one on the outside. Really it doesn't matter within a year you'll be cutting the blackberry bush with a weed eater because it's taking over everything
Thanks. I might ask you more later if you don't mind. I am hoping to get started this Sunday if I can.
I'd like to get some small potted herbs for the balcony of my condo. No idea where to start. Please advise.
lets talk watering for several years i was using impact heads on stakes and my tomato production was so much i couldnt keep up, then i saw something about not watering the leaves so last year i went with drip hoses on a timer, and since my production has been so high, i cut back on plant numbers well production was shit across the board (not jus tomatos) last year, i blamed the drip but am not sure
What I've read is if you do air watering just do it in the morning so the leaves won't be wet at night. Drip was the recommended practice. Maybe you don't have them placed right, have enough, or aren't doing it long enough . I don't know about your drip line set up, but I used the punchable nozzle that you can place yourself. There are different gpm ratings for each, if you have those, maybe you can try switching them out? Here's Clemson's guidance. http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/vegetables/gardening/hgic1260.html
I switched to drip this year but we've had so much rain I've only turned it on a few times. When I do it's for 30-45 minutes for 75 ft. Everything i have is growing great so far
thats a good link, thanks I think I am gunna stick with the overhead watering this year and just set the timer to water at like 7 each morning I have a very good well, so I am not worried about losing water to evaporation or anything like that
friends mainboarders gardeners I'm closing on a house May 4. I'll be in Kentucky, if that helps for climate. I have a nice, large, square, unadorned, fenced back yard. I want to get my garden on. Speak to me of: beds rookie seeding rookie 411 etc mickey replenishment from the great crash of 2015 shall be thy reward
I got everything planted last week. 6' by 4' - Raised Bed These were all bought at a local nusery 3 - Romaine Lettuce 3 - Leaf Lettuce 3 - Butter Lettuce 2 - Cabbage 2 - Red Bell Pepper 2 - Purple Bell Pepper 6' by 4' - Raised Bed Everything except the peppers and strawberries were seeded directly 3 - Kale 1 - 4' row Carrots 1 - 3' row Beets 4 - Random Lettuces 1 - 4' row Chard 1 - Red Bell Pepper 1 - Purple Bell Pepper 2 - Strawberries I didn't have space for everything, so I cleared a patch of dirt up by the road that gets decent sun and was just natural area and planted in the ground 4 - Cabbages 4 - 2' rows of Radishes 2 - 2' rows of Beets 2 - 2' rows of Carrots 2 - 2' rows of Green Onions Then across the road their is an airpark that cleared all these trees and left a large open area that is just covered with sawdust chips and randomly planted so kale and green onions. Basically nobody would walk around there because it isn't near anything and it is mainly just weeds. If anybody does though they will just assume they are weeds if the plants even grow. Just expanded my farming territory to wherever I can find some sun.
Team raised beds. Landscape timbers 2, 3, or 4 tall, or can do a tiered bed to look better- drill, rebar.... build your watering system in it before you fill with dirt (i didn't do this and wish I had)
are you already plannin on going raised bed? maybe see if you can spot some other gardens around the hood and see if they are all raised or just in the ground we are with some really good sandy loam soil round my house, so everyone here puts em in the ground, just a little fertilizer and tiller each year
Well, depends on what your winters are like. If it snows, you can't go wrong with cabbage. Radishes, lettuce, greens, etc.
If you just want to make what's best for your garden, don't plant anything you intend to eat. Instead, put out a winter groundcover you can till under in spring. SOOOOO good for your soil. Buckwheat is a good one.
http://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx 1. enter your address on the left 2. define your AOI by clicking one of the AOI buttons above the map and highlighting the area you want to plant 3. click over to the Soil Map tab and display the map legend to see what soils are in your AOI edit: this isn't a 100% accurate look at your soil - just an educated guess put together by soil surveys