2011 Veggies

whodatnation

whodatnation

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mcpurple said:
thanks man, my boss is looking for another farm hand, we have me and him and we maintain every thing, from sales to growing the food, and supplying restraunts. next week we are gonna start brewing beer on a small scale till we get a good recipe and then we will make a bulk load and see how it sales, we are hoping for a 9.0% alc. or higher but still taste great.
and yes alot of learning i have done since i have started theri, my boss is already talking about when he goes to Hawaii in dec. that i will be in charge of the farm and every one that he is soon to hire, we get along great and drink beers for the last half hour of the day, i think he is a stoner as well but i dont want to ask him or give my self away.
and yes the plants are very happy
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Thats really cool bro. I know its hard work but some find it a labor of love :-) and that with a good work ethic will take you to great places :mrgreen: Man brewing too! haha sounds almost perfect. Once again im really happy for ya bro, keep it going man.
 
4tatude

4tatude

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mc great your loving your job, id love to just work in my garden. im sure you look at it as your garden, the work i mean. i grew up on a farm n altho i miss it, at the same time i dont. was always too much to do n not enough time. i just garden for myself n old lady now n that i like. 365 rain sun or whatever is too much, no i dont really miss it all that much.
onions finishing up, dug some spuds, eggplants are flowering their ass off but no fruit yet, but the squash are pumping out fruit as always lol the garden is coming to life finally, glad its summer finally.

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4tatude

4tatude

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billcollector99 said:
How long did your potatos take, and how did you know they were ready??
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think i planted 1st week of march, so 100 days or so. i just watch the vine/plant after they flower. you can dig some new potatoes after flowering but if you want nice big spuds let the vine almost be dead before digging. see how trashed the leaves are? not sick just finished.
 
4tatude

4tatude

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this yr has been hard on tomatoes so far here. im too close to the coast to be very sucessfull with tomatoes. marine layer is too cold for lots of strains. ive found the blacks/purple strains do best here n the taste is incredible. this is 3rd generation seed grown in the same garden. cherokee purple, black krim, black truffle. i had to pull some cherokee purple due to early blight, but set in some of the same i think as the new were vollinteers n not saved seed. anyway the fruit set has begun


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billcollector99

billcollector99

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We have a pretty wicked marine layer down here during June, Im sure you have heard the phrase " May Gray June Gloom" Down here every year is the same thing. Thankfully July is around the corner which equals nice sunny days with a cool breeze. We have been thinking about investing in a windmill, just because it is always windy here.
 
DST

DST

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Great stuff McP, Whodat, 4tatude and BC....looks like summer is here, well I wish someone would tell that to the weather man. Although we just had the longest day, we have also had over 2 weeks of rain solidly now!!! wtf.

Anyway, sunny indoors which is the main thing. Let's hope August is dry this year as it rained every day here in August last year.

Peace and sunshine to all,

DST
 
CarbonX

CarbonX

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I'd love to work on a farm but sadly here there's not many around here that is close and I'd love to have it a fun environment. I also wouldn't mind having my own little farm to help supply some of the small restaurant and such around here or even to sell to the stores but sadly you need to get things passed and that's not fun.
 
mcpurple

mcpurple

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4tatude said:
mc great your loving your job, id love to just work in my garden. im sure you look at it as your garden, the work i mean. i grew up on a farm n altho i miss it, at the same time i dont. was always too much to do n not enough time. i just garden for myself n old lady now n that i like. 365 rain sun or whatever is too much, no i dont really miss it all that much.
onions finishing up, dug some spuds, eggplants are flowering their ass off but no fruit yet, but the squash are pumping out fruit as always lol the garden is coming to life finally, glad its summer finally.

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4tatude said:
this yr has been hard on tomatoes so far here. im too close to the coast to be very sucessfull with tomatoes. marine layer is too cold for lots of strains. ive found the blacks/purple strains do best here n the taste is incredible. this is 3rd generation seed grown in the same garden. cherokee purple, black krim, black truffle. i had to pull some cherokee purple due to early blight, but set in some of the same i think as the new were vollinteers n not saved seed. anyway the fruit set has begun


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those look great man, i just planted my potatoes yesterday, i hope they take.
looks like you will be having some nice harvests soon

CarbonX said:
I'd love to work on a farm but sadly here there's not many around here that is close and I'd love to have it a fun environment. I also wouldn't mind having my own little farm to help supply some of the small restaurant and such around here or even to sell to the stores but sadly you need to get things passed and that's not fun.
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it is great if it is what you like to do, i think the only certification we have and need is certified organic
 
CarbonX

CarbonX

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mcpurple said:
it is great if it is what you like to do, i think the only certification we have and need is certified organic
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Yea I would be doing a mix organic and non organic but mostly organic. Along with the Red Onion Sets and Lettuce that I bought I also bought an Stainless Steal Espresso Machine. ;)
 
4tatude

4tatude

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DST said:
Great stuff McP, Whodat, 4tatude and BC....looks like summer is here, well I wish someone would tell that to the weather man. Although we just had the longest day, we have also had over 2 weeks of rain solidly now!!! wtf.

Anyway, sunny indoors which is the main thing. Let's hope August is dry this year as it rained every day here in August last year.

Peace and sunshine to all,

DST
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DST
yea the last couple yrs has been weard for weather. i think it makes us addapt to n maskes better gardeners of us but it would be nice to have some sort of similarity to the season.
lol we sound like the old frmers when i was a kid n they all got togeather at the cross roads store. they would all drink strong black coffee, n smoke camel non filter cigs while toeing the dirt and speculating on what the weather would be like that year or the prior yr.
 
DST

DST

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I can just picture it!!! hehe, and some of us I guess are old farmers...in a way.

I was chatting to my wife about our pumpkins and need to do a bit of further research (heading off to the brewery for a beer after this post though!) I noticed you guys and gals squash (or related) plants still had flowers on the fruit and at a reasonable size, whereas all our pumkins (and there is a fair amount) flowers have kind of shrivelled up. Does this mean we will end up with mini pumpkins or do you still think these will pull some weight? Anyway, unfiltered, unpasteurised, triple distilled beer awaits me. Laters 4tatude, have a good one bru.

DST
 
billcollector99

billcollector99

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This is my first time growing squash so it is all new to me. Prior to this year my veggie experience has been limited... last year was tomatos and corn that did outstanding so i tried to expand my selection this year. I guess we shall see in a bit how it all comes out.
 
CarbonX

CarbonX

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At the rate we are going we could group together and have a nice massive farm. I envy how well your guy's stuff has been doing. The weather here is messed up. 2 days ago it was cool, yesterday it hit 30c, that day at night it started to rain and today its been raining, thundering and lightning and there's a bit of blue sky here but over the years that I've lived here when I was 17 is when the weather started to get really out of wack.
 
littlegrower2004

littlegrower2004

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everybodys gardens are looking great!!

MC- your post about the farm almost make me wanna move up there and get my hands dirty haha. too bad i got damn school.

Whodat- bring your woodworking to cali and ill take it over for you haha. you been thinking about moving back home for the farm or staying in CO.?

D- i think they will continue to grow, tomatoes do the same thing so i wouldnt be too worried. dont get too hammered at the brewery and ride that bike back safely! look both ways.

BC- fuck the june gloom. yesterday it carried all the way into my area which is real surprising. be careful with those cantaloupe they are real delicate on the stem at that age, i found out the hard way haha.

4tatude- very nice garden! pretty awesome to have a good chunk of area and to truly devote sections to each veggie like that.
 
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