How Does Your Garden Grow??????

too larry

too larry

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
i hate to like okra, but i guess you ought to be glad anything is still growing
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Was growing. The fence is all down, and I didn't think about the deer. Now I have nude stalks.

I'm going to take down the rest of the fence anyway. The garden is the only spot I have to put stuff I'm salvaging from the wreckage. We did get word the timber broker is going to be able to take the wood. They should get started in 2-3 weeks. After the trees are gone, I'll buy a shed. And as soon as I can find some metal roofing, I'll get the two sheds still standing re-roofed. My back porch is piled so high with shit I can't fit anything else in there.
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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too larry said:
Was growing. The fence is all down, and I didn't think about the deer. Now I have nude stalks.

I'm going to take down the rest of the fence anyway. The garden is the only spot I have to put stuff I'm salvaging from the wreckage. We did get word the timber broker is going to be able to take the wood. They should get started in 2-3 weeks. After the trees are gone, I'll buy a shed. And as soon as I can find some metal roofing, I'll get the two sheds still standing re-roofed. My back porch is piled so high with shit I can't fit anything else in there.
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that's cool, at least it isn't all a total loss. may be hard to find materials right off the bat, places will be sold out from people trying to get shit back together. that's the way it was here for over a year after the fire
 
too larry

too larry

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
that's cool, at least it isn't all a total loss. may be hard to find materials right off the bat, places will be sold out from people trying to get shit back together. that's the way it was here for over a year after the fire
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We are talking to a roofing company out of Tampa. They are cousins of my wife's niece, and are up here doing some jobs for folks they know. They said they would put us to the head of the line since we were "family", but my wife told them we were in no rush. 90% of the roof is fine, so I will be making sure that it gets to the ground without getting bent up, and I will have plenty of shed roofing then.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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Grow for fun only said:
The coffee tree is producing more flowers & bigger beans. The sweet's coffee blend coming soon. :P:P:P

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I have two coffee plants growing indoors. They're only a couple feet tall and will probably never produce any beans and if they do just a few. They are nice looking plants though and that's why I bought them. I stopped drinking coffee almost thirty years ago when I stopped caffeine. But I sure wish I could grown them big outdoors. No go with my growing zone.
 
Grow for fun only

Grow for fun only

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xtsho said:
I have two coffee plants growing indoors. They're only a couple feet tall and will probably never produce any beans and if they do just a few. They are nice looking plants though and that's why I bought them. I stopped drinking coffee almost thirty years ago when I stopped caffeine. But I sure wish I could grown them big outdoors. No go with my growing zone.
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That's fine, not drink coffee but still grow it, because you love it. I like drink coffee ,and drink a lot a day, coffee with my daily life for over 20 years, they are not bad :P:P. if you would grow a coffee tree outdoor you can find a good strain and take good care of it, love it. :bigjoint::bigjoint:
 
too larry

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socaljoe said:
I've been harvesting a few pumpkins lately. I've been waiting for them to orange up, but I think this variety doesn't necessarily turn orange when ripe. Cooked up a green one earlier in the week, and it was as pumpkiny as an orange-shelled one. My dog loves her some roasted pumpkin.View attachment 4230897
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Those look nice.

But it reminds me I'm jonesing for pumpkin seeds. My local Big Lots was where I bought my soybeans, soynuts, granola, pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries that I mix with my Kashi breakfast cereal. But the roof came down in their whole shopping center, and the next closest Big Lots is in Dothan Al. I had hoped to get up there tomorrow, but we have a chainsaw crew camping at my work, and they are going to help clean up some of our downed trees. Sunday is their only day off, so that is when they are going to help us. So I'm coming in on my day off to run a chainsaw. Joy.
 
xtsho

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We had frost this morning. Everything in the garden has been ripped up. Sure looks smaller without any plants. It's still a tight fit but at least I still have some yard for the dogs and entertaining. I'm going to mix up some amendments, crab meal, alfalfa, kelp, azomite, rock phosphate, and a few other things and til into the soil with some manure and compost and either plant some cover crop or cover with black plastic after it rains good for awhile. I should have planted the cover crop already but never mind about that. There are still a few things I can plant that will grow over the winter.

Even though it's months away I find myself thinking about and planning next years garden. Irrigation is going to be much different. That's going to be completely automated. I have most of what I need I just need to plan it out correctly which will be easy since I only have a few beds.

Some Walla Walla Sweet onions I started from seed. I'm not getting seeds from this place again. Very poor germination. I messed up anyway by sowing them in a segmented tray. Should have just sown them in an open tray. It's easier to get them out.


 
too larry

too larry

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I haven't had any lows in the 30's yet. But Friday morning is forecast to be 35F I had to air up a tire on my small tractor, and topped it off with fuel. The plan is to switch to the tine harrow for raking leaves, but I did bush hog the grass in the garden. Started cutting the late sweet corn down, but saw a few ears almost ready, so I stopped. I doubt it will be worth the trouble, but I will keep an eye on.

I need to get some greens planted. It's good above ground days now.
 
socaljoe

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too larry said:
I haven't had any lows in the 30's yet. But Friday morning is forecast to be 35F I had to air up a tire on my small tractor, and topped it off with fuel. The plan is to switch to the tine harrow for raking leaves, but I did bush hog the grass in the garden. Started cutting the late sweet corn down, but saw a few ears almost ready, so I stopped. I doubt it will be worth the trouble, but I will keep an eye on.

I need to get some greens planted. It's good above ground days now.
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We dropped into the high 30's in the wee hours today. I hate this time of year, but I also love it.
 
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