How Does Your Garden Grow??????

GoRealUhGro

GoRealUhGro

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too larry said:
This is my first spring having the UTV, so I'm learning how to be lazy. I backed right up to the hole in the ground with these.

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Hey i love this!..i have been wanting to do the same for a long time.. We use to do this when my pap was alive ..be died when i was 6 so i never got to learn much from him... He had Alzheimer's so the whole time i knew him it was more spending time than learning... How cold can it be and things will be ok like this... And what are u using for a cover.. I have endless things for glass ..car windshields... Glass doors... I thoight something really clear might be bad.. But idk.. Do you insulate the hole w anything... Give me all the details if u would cause i will literally go build one the next pretty day....itll be perfect for puttin ny weed in on a cold night...i thought of lining it with wood..
 
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The past two years after breaking my back getting the garden planted and going i lost everything to deer and rabbits... Any idea on how to make a fence ..i dont have the money to but the kind i want.. Small enough to keep out rabbits and still keep out deer... So high too... I think what i use for training my plants would be perfect but its pretty high... I was thinking of getting snow fence but its kinda high too... I will eventually have a nive wooden fence with the training cage fencing around it... I have some rail fence i can use.. I make it actually...i thought of making a pretty rock wall but that's a lot of work and it blocks sun too... Any ideas... I also thought of steaking small tress i cut down and make a point on sticking up about two or three feet.. Then making something for the deer
 
too larry

too larry

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GoRealUhGro said:
Hey i love this!..i have been wanting to do the same for a long time.. We use to do this when my pap was alive ..be died when i was 6 so i never got to learn much from him... He had Alzheimer's so the whole time i knew him it was more spending time than learning... How cold can it be and things will be ok like this... And what are u using for a cover.. I have endless things for glass ..car windshields... Glass doors... I thoight something really clear might be bad.. But idk.. Do you insulate the hole w anything... Give me all the details if u would cause i will literally go build one the next pretty day....itll be perfect for puttin ny weed in on a cold night...i thought of lining it with wood..
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I use two shower doors and one piece of smoked glass for cover. I haven't used it for real cold nights. Just down in the low 30's. But I bet a light bulb would be all the heat you would need.

No insulation, just the heat from solar radiation. What I ran into was having to raise the glass a few inches to get enough ventilation so they didn't cook. {also helps with rain to have some rise to it}

Plan out how big your cover is before you dig the hole. I made mine a hair too long. There is a gap for rain to run in at ground level, and that can wash dirt down on your plants. I'll fix that soon.

I also learned to taper the walls. The first one I dug was straight up and down, and I had some calving. But if you are going to line it, that wouldn't be an issue.
 
too larry

too larry

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GoRealUhGro said:
The past two years after breaking my back getting the garden planted and going i lost everything to deer and rabbits... Any idea on how to make a fence ..i dont have the money to but the kind i want.. Small enough to keep out rabbits and still keep out deer... So high too... I think what i use for training my plants would be perfect but its pretty high... I was thinking of getting snow fence but its kinda high too... I will eventually have a nive wooden fence with the training cage fencing around it... I have some rail fence i can use.. I make it actually...i thought of making a pretty rock wall but that's a lot of work and it blocks sun too... Any ideas... I also thought of steaking small tress i cut down and make a point on sticking up about two or three feet.. Then making something for the deer
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I use five foot 2x4 dog wire for fencing. About 70 bucks a roll I think. I've bought more as the garden has got bigger over the years. But deer can jump over it. I need to put up a second fence, about 3-4 feet outside my current one. Deer have to see a landing spot, or they won't jump. Just string with flagging would work for the 2nd fence.
 
GoRealUhGro

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Shower doors would be perfect ..i wouldnt use them when its super cold.. 30 like u said... Have u ever stuck a thermometer in there to see how warm it stays on a cold night... Thanks for the info btw.. Ill see about getting one made this month or next and ill send u a pic.. Thanks man
 
too larry

too larry

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GoRealUhGro said:
Shower doors would be perfect ..i wouldnt use them when its super cold.. 30 like u said... Have u ever stuck a thermometer in there to see how warm it stays on a cold night... Thanks for the info btw.. Ill see about getting one made this month or next and ill send u a pic.. Thanks man
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Never checked the temp. It does get hot as hell if you forget to take the glass off on a sunny day. I've killed a few sprouts that way, but none with cold.
 
GoRealUhGro

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I habe a pretty big garden space.. Well we usually only use one half now.. Its about 75 80 yards wide and about 45 50 across... I usually plant in the middle cause the woods are on both sides... I have 8 apple trees.. Early harvest and fall and winter apples right beside the garden.. And a pear tree... Deer are always in there... They have a path right beside my neighbors coon dogs and bear dogs right to my garden... We can legally kill 2 a year for eating in the garden.. But 2 isnt shit... Iv seen 50 in there before... I still always pop me some though.... Honestly... Its the damn rabbits... Iv never seen so many rabbits in one place... I had a picture of 18 in my garden.. Nuts... They taste good to.. lil chewey lol
 
too larry

too larry

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GoRealUhGro said:
I habe a pretty big garden space.. Well we usually only use one half now.. Its about 75 80 yards wide and about 45 50 across... I usually plant in the middle cause the woods are on both sides... I have 8 apple trees.. Early harvest and fall and winter apples right beside the garden.. And a pear tree... Deer are always in there... They have a path right beside my neighbors coon dogs and bear dogs right to my garden... We can legally kill 2 a year for eating in the garden.. But 2 isnt shit... Iv seen 50 in there before... I still always pop me some though.... Honestly... Its the damn rabbits... Iv never seen so many rabbits in one place... I had a picture of 18 in my garden.. Nuts... They taste good to.. lil chewey lol
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We have farm cats, so no rabbits. But late in the summer, there is always a deer or two who figure out they can jump the fence.

Back when I was a regular on tractorbynet, there was a guy who bought a motion activated sprinkler for his garden. It worked real good for him. Here is one on Amazon, but there are tons of them.

https://www.amazon.com/Orbit-62100-Activated-Sprinkler-Detection/dp/B009F1R0GC
 
GoRealUhGro

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Yea, those are great... My freind has a large farm and he has some damn thing he made... U can buy them too.. But every 28 min.. You can adjust the time.. A loud explosion goes off.. Idk what he made it from.. But its like a shotgun.. Its loud.. Not for me.. I have a motion activated weatherproof hallowen skeleton i use for a scarecrow lol... It got broke but about 10 of them would be great... Plus id have a creepy garden.. Which im all about
 
too larry

too larry

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When I got out of the Navy, it was a couple three years before I got a real job. I ate gov't cheese {and all the other commodities} from the widow women in the neighborhood, and killed a ton of rabbits. I've cooked them just about every way you can cook a rabbit.
 
GoRealUhGro

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Do you think you could stick a thermometer down there on a few cold nights and see maybe how warm it says.. Maybe if u have one close to the house and your up late one night lol... If not its totally fine.. Im sure ill find out when i do it.. I jist wanted to know how soon i could do it in th year.. And a temp inside compared tl outside would be nice
 
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too larry

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I'll see if I can scrape up a couple of thermometer. I have one on my clock down at the camp. Also have an old Dr Pepper one that is old as hell. Will have to check and see how close it is to right. It's forecast to be 33F on Thursday morning in town. It's always a couple three degrees colder at the farm. I'll have it covered up then for sure.
 
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