transplanted pepper seedlings into individual containers. began putting plants into my strawbales. i found out two things... the bales have...
yesterday we laid out 15 bales of straw in rows of 5 each. The next step is to condition the bales by jump starting the composting process. they...
i will do the same this week.
i had 15 Straw Bales delivered for an experiment with strawbale gardening this season. i will garden as i have been for the majority of the plot,...
two full hours of weeding an okra patch i forgot to mulch. dangit. i spread more manure/straw mixture around last of the squash plants. we have...
wow. my garden is growing crazy fast. i just picked (3rd or 4th) a collander full of snow peas. i have two cherokee purple tomatoes on the...
Been busy this weekend. Yesterday, mom and i mulched 4"-5" deep around all our tomato plants (about 90). Today was devoted to our container...
got cucumber seeds in the ground tonight! zucchini and carnival squash for the weekend and i will start to put in the pepper plants that will...
today i will till one more time the areas not yet planted. i will plant chinese green noodle bean, rattlesnake pole bean, and purple podded pole...
got a lot done yesterday and today. yesterday evening and this morning my mother and i put three rows of tomato plants in. two plants per hole,...
haven't done it yet, but the seedlings go in today and tomorrow! i will transplant from container to ground this week. we have too many...
i got my tiller back from the small engine repair in working order, so i tilled about 60% of the garden - turning under all the straw/horse manure...
I use the heck out of it. it has helped supress weeds more than any other technique by a long shot. i mulch 4-6 inches deep with leaf litter,...
i planted seedlings from mid february to mid march. so far i have Serrano; Cayenne; Purple Cayenne; Rooster Spur (i am a gamecock fan);...
Donna, my wife feels the same way about squirrels. cats love to eat them we have found. as long as you dont mind seeing some squirrel parts here...
busy this weekend! Laid out 2/3's of the horse manure / straw mixture onto the rows. in about three weeks i will turn it under with the tiller...
marlingardener, my mother insists that we fill in the holes in the block to plant. i don't have a choice really... :D
[img] smaller raised bed ( photo / image / picture from razyrsharpe's Garden ) [img] 3 new raised beds ( photo / image / picture from...
I built 4 raised beds in the garden today, with the help (paid help, but help none-the-less) from my son Wyatt and nephew Hank. Pics to follow...
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