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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.
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    Here is my garden log for the summer...Absolutely in no way is this to brag, just to show what you can grow in a backyard garden..... Garden 2014 (varieties listed below cultivar) Peppers Giant Marconi Hungarian Wax Red Bell Cubanelle (did not plant Jimmy Nardello sweet peppers this year...but are my favorites) Tomatoes Atkinson Yellow Pear Big Beef Early Girl Cherokee Purple Juliet Sweet 100 Lemon Boy Potatoes Irish Cobbler Sweet Potatoes Puerto Rican O'Henry Novelty Jerusalem Artichokes(for the roots) Herbs Sage Basil(Thai, Cinnamon, Purple, Genovese, Baja) Thyme(green and silver varieties) Rosemary Bee Balm Three Varieties to enhance pollination... Beans Blue Lake Triomphe de Farcy(French filet bean) Fennel Sweet Strawberries Unknown Kale Winterbor Rhubarb Strawberry Squash Yellow Straight Crookneck Genovese Onions Yellow Granex Red Lettuce Black Seeded Simpson Red Oak Leaf Seed Savers Variety Pack Romaine Marigolds Multiple Varieties Chives Unknown Oregano Marjoram Blueberry Rabbiteye Cucumbers Straight Eight Bush Crop Suhyo (Japanese)
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    Here you go...early June garden pics taken today. Stove, love the garden pics BTW!!! Potatoes(trench/straw method) Thai Basil Fennel Garden Red Onion Sweet Potatoes Kale Marigolds Juliet Tomatoes Big Beef Tomatoes
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    Coach, I have always wanted to do my own wood cutting and splitting. Do you go out and get your own wood? Impressive sight. Also, do you have a wood burning stove...you must?
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    I'll add this to the historic cold thread....probably a better graphic out there. I'll see if I can't grab MRX's graphic on FB. If somebody beats me to it, won't hurt my feelings. Anyway, here is the re-written record book for January @ Tri-Cities, TN.
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    Man, that is crazy! Great pic.
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    Put several of these on the website list.
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    Included in the master list above...Thanks! Also, finally put our sites into categories...
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    Included now. Thank you!
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    Thanks, Reb. I put it on the master list above.
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    Coach B, I didn't realize that it has been 50 years since Nashville has received a 10" snow event. Great article, and informative.
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    That is excellent data and a great contribution to this thread because it is unique to our region and is data your family collected.
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    I do 90% of my fishing in rivers. Wade most of the time. This wx hobby gives me an advantage. I have learned to paint my own poppers with the fish scale pattern. I use the fly rod on the S. Fork of the Holston. Lots of big browns and rainbows. I like using a spinning rod for smallmouth.
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