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Nice! Are you burrying that or putting it above ground?
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Stove, you sound like me. What are u putting in?
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Nice selection. Jimmy Nardello peppers are my favorite. SSE has them. Really like your garlic choices. I have never grown it but prob will this fall.
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Nice crop of strawberries this year...Today's pickings.
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Bro, that post needs to be moved to the "farming" thread. Lol. Seriously, nice work right there. Send in some pics as it grows.
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This year's crops: Jerusalem artichokes, rhubarb, strawberries, several varieties of lettuce, onions, celery, kale, carrots, dill, oregano, fennel, several varieties of basil, several varieties of peppers, several varieties of tomatoes, two varieties of potatoes, crookneck squash, beans, cucumbers, and sweet potatoes.
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Like John, bone dry up here. Similar to recent springs...nice rains and that dang Bermuda high sets up shop early. Here is an early shot of the garden. Cold WX crops are becoming harvest ready. Warm WX crops went in the ground last weekend.
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A few buds, lots of daffodils, rhubarb is up, grass is a little greener...forest still looks like winter. However, the kids and I planted: -spinach -kale -several varieties of lettuce -radishes -cabbage -two varieties of short day onions -parsley Cold crops are planted...Derby weekend, the rest goes in the ground.
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Spring...
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Not up to the level of Coach B's operation...but fired up the wood stove tonight for the first time.
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Was just south of there. We were in the Sanibel/Captiva area. The southwest coast of FL is very underrated. Stayed on North Captiva which is a different island than Captiva. Have a great trip!!!
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Tomatoes are four weeks earlier than last year.
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Wasn't all stormy WX.
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Here are a few weather pics from my vacation to southwest FL this past week...
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Noticed that about fire flies. NE TN is well below normal on rain. My yard is ok, but teeters on crunchy at times. Here are some beans that are blanched and about to be frozen - Blue Lake Bush.
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Last year very little in the garden was ready before July. Three weeks early right now. Maters should be good unless we get a prolonged period of rain. Those will roll second week of July(main crop). Juliets within two-three weeks.
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Almost daily w/ cucumbers - very sensitive. We have had very little rain. I water every other day at the moment for everything else. The dry wind is making it tough. I water in the evening or it is gone in a flash.
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Bro, those look awesome. Seriously good.
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Squash and cucumbers are rolling early with this heat. Picked my first few last night.
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It is like magic!!! I agree. Even works as a fungicide. All organic.
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Mr. Bob, I encourage everyone just enjoy it. Pick manageable amounts and space. Grow interesting items, and especially grow food that you will eat. Make sure the soil has plenty of nutrients and organics. All gardens start with healthy soil - black gold the soil is. And some years, no matter how much experience that you have, the garden just doesn't do well. Just have to learn from it. Garlic is my next mountain to climb - going to be picking Stove's brain this fall.
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Mr. Bob, here are my favorites. Normally, anything published by Rodale is the best...to echo Stovepipe. 1. The Vegetable Gardener's Bible by Edward Smith...available at Amazon. I still read it. Super info. Sounds like a cheesy title, but it is a great book. 2. I also get Organic Gardening magazine. http://m.organicgardening.com/organicgardening/ 3. Joined Seed Savers Exchange. Excellent source for seeds. Excellent periodic publications. Slightly political, but really enjoy the membership. 4. On the light side, the $64 Tomato by William Alexander is pretty good.
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I will say that the less I have used fungicides and pesticides, the better my garden has done. I break down and use Seven once in a blue moon. I quit using most of that stuff when I read how damaging to bees it was, and now that I have kids in the garden. Cabbage worms...Have you tried bacillus thuringiensis, ie BT? Should come in a white powder and is organic. Use it as soon as you see the white butterflies. I am taking a couple years "off" with cabbage. Voles...No idea. I have to fight groundhogs, deer, and chipmunks. Blood meal or bone meal mixed in the soil has slowed the chipmunks down - that and the neighbor's cat. Guess they are like, "Whoaa! Something died here. Better leave." Groundhogs and deer...a good fence. I will say sometimes I am tempted to go Caddyshack on the gophers. Birds...If you have enough of them, they combat bugs. But they mess with my strawberries too. Poly nets work when needed. My big fight...is with flea beetles and blight. I do hear that there is a "tea" that can be made with chewing tobacco. Neem oil is a strong pest deterrent as well with just a touch of soap...Blight is my thorn of thorns. My garden gets noonday sun which is not optimum. Blight is best combated with morning sun that burns-off dew. I have to be careful to choose varieties that work well in the humid South. Our plants... I used to grow everything from seed...propagation mats, lights, the works. With four kids, it just took to much time away from them. I often direct seed lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, squash, and beans. Sweet potatoes are grown from slips. Onions are slips. The taters are just from cut tubers. One problem I had with seed starting, most seeds have characteristics that favor where they were harvested. You have to seed save several generations to get characteristics for your area. So, I buy local plants usually from nurseries in this area that are locally owned. Transplants have also allowed me to get a jump on the season early. Had an old farmer in Johns Island, SC, tell me once, "Plant enough for the animals, thieves, and yourself."
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Here are a few more sites for those interested in gardening and knowing where their food comes from... http://www.southernexposure.com http://www.seedsavers.org http://parkseed.com http://www.sandhillpreservation.com http://www.johnnyseeds.com http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/victorygarden/ http://leapingwatersfarm.com/?page_id=16. (Our meat CSA...highly recommend this.) http://www.seedsofchange.com
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I am excited...I have a sweet potato variety known as Carolina Ruby. Just came in today.
