Gardens

[Urblock]

Love them but hate the prep. Just finished day 2 of getting my ass kicked by the tiller. Time to go get the plants and get them in. Should be done by mid afternoon with rain coming tonight. Tomatoes, green peppers, some dope plants and whatever else my wife wants. What about you guys.

 

[airtime143]

Love them but hate the prep. Just finished day 2 of getting my ass kicked by the tiller. Time to go get the plants and get them in. Should be done by mid afternoon with rain coming tonight. Tomatoes, green peppers, some dope plants and whatever else my wife wants. What about you guys.

I am almost done with mine... some small stuff to sort out but mostly finished.

The tiller is an ass kicker. Next year I am renting one that couples to the tractor.

Tomatoes, bell peppers, tomatillos, squash, pumpkins, watermelon, beets, corn, brussels sprouts, jalepenos, banana peppers, cucumbers, starting year one of Asparagus, and the one I am most excited for- my onions.


I bought my lady an auger that fits in to my drill for planting tulip bulbs last year... I used that to set the onions... it was easy as could be. Drill, dump in a scoop of topsoil, pop them in, and cover with more topsoil.

 

[HeHateMe]

Love them but hate the prep. Just finished day 2 of getting my ass kicked by the tiller. Time to go get the plants and get them in. Should be done by mid afternoon with rain coming tonight. Tomatoes, green peppers, some dope plants and whatever else my wife wants. What about you guys.

You shouldn't till. It stirs up all sorts of weeds. I build boxes and have a dump truck full of dirt/compost mix fill them up. You could also just put down some newspapers over the grass where you want to plant and leave it on there for a week after watering, then remove the grass buddy.

 

[airtime143]

You shouldn't till. It stirs up all sorts of weeds. I build boxes and have a dump truck full of dirt/compost mix fill them up. You could also just put down some newspapers over the grass where you want to plant and leave it on there for a week after watering, then remove the grass buddy.

I am trying straw this year for weed management.
I got 20 bales to stack around the henhouse to keep them warm over the winter, so once my plants get a little bigger I will spread it out and see what happens.

 

[HeHateMe]

I am trying straw this year for weed management.
I got 20 bales to stack around the henhouse to keep them warm over the winter, so once my plants get a little bigger I will spread it out and see what happens.

nice. you better be making tea out of that chicken poop. you'll get a really nice haul.

 

[Ares]

Here I was, all excited to talk about gardens.

But this thread is clearly about chicken coops.

 

[airtime143]

I hope my Brussels sprouts do well this year.
The last couple years have been disappointing, but the new place is a far better place to grow.
I always let those go till the first frost, making them the last of the year.
It is always fun to get a big haul and cook em up with bacon bits and butter.

I am also hoping I did my asparagus right- I wont know till next year.
I fucking LOVE roasted asparagus.

 

[airtime143]

I forgot- I also planted beans. Both vine and bush beans.



For all you seasoned gardeners- Have you ever taken a branch off of the shady side of your tomato plants and planted it? How long did it take to produce?

 

[Ares]

I don't have a garden, but kinda like the idea if I ever get myself out of this condo and on to a larger property.

I landscaped privately for a guy in Frankfort, and we had some garden beds we planted/maintained for the owner.

We did those the way @HeHateMe described.... wooden planter boxes filled with topsoil/compost.

One big one had blackberries, red raspberries, and blueberries IIRC.

I wouldn't mind being able to pick blueberries fresh for muffins or pancakes or the like.

The other bed had veggies, and I joke not, some of the biggest fucking eggplants I've ever seen.

This was before eggplant emoji became what it is today, but I recall pointing at one and saying "If you were a girl, using these for.... I mean, how would you even?"

 

[airtime143]

I don't have a garden, but kinda like the idea if I ever get myself out of this condo and on to a larger property.

I landscaped privately for a guy in Frankfort, and we had some garden beds we planted/maintained for the owner.

We did those the way @HeHateMe described.... wooden planter boxes filled with topsoil/compost.

One big one had blackberries, red raspberries, and blueberries IIRC.

I wouldn't mind being able to pick blueberries fresh for muffins or pancakes or the like.

The other bed had veggies, and I joke not, some of the biggest fucking eggplants I've ever seen.

This was before eggplant emoji became what it is today, but I recall pointing at one and saying "If you were a girl, using these for.... I mean, how would you even?"

maybe it is a stupid question... but I dont know-
Were the berries annual?
I had a mulberry tree at my old house that I would occasionally make jam out of, and I would love to do so with blackberries or red raspberries.

 

[Ares]

maybe it is a stupid question... but I dont know-
Were the berries annual?
I had a mulberry tree at my old house that I would occasionally make jam out of, and I would love to do so with blackberries or red raspberries.

When we said annuals that always meant the pretty flowers I planted once each year because they'd die off come Winter.

Assuming that's what you mean, no these were perennials as I recall, they were like small bushes in rows and they'd flower and give off the berries during Spring/Summer, and then whither like a rose bush for Fall/Winter.

They had thorns ala rose bushes as well.

 

[BBBF]

I hope my Brussels sprouts do well this year.
The last couple years have been disappointing, but the new place is a far better place to grow.
I always let those go till the first frost, making them the last of the year.
It is always fun to get a big haul and cook em up with bacon bits and butter.

I am also hoping I did my asparagus right- I wont know till next year.
I fucking LOVE roasted asparagus.

I'm trying brussel sprouts for the first time this year.

Most of my weekends this spring has been spent putting in fence posts and planting a dozen cherry & apple trees. I still need a couple more trees, but I'm going to try and get some cherry cuttings to root and had cuttings from a couple of the pricier apple trees grafted onto new rootstock.

Now that I think about it... I still need to get some of last years salad seeds into the dirt.

 

[BearFanJohn]

For the most part, I used to take care of all of our landscaping except spreading mulch. We had raised beds in our last house, not a lot of room, but enough for peppers, several tomatoes, peas, carrots, among others. Lots of herbs. Now that we have a condo just a few things in containers. We also have a couple of great farmers markets so I don’t miss the gardens as much.

 

[airtime143]

I'm trying brussel sprouts for the first time this year.

Most of my weekends this spring has been spent putting in fence posts and planting a dozen cherry & apple trees. I still need a couple more trees, but I'm going to try and get some cherry cuttings to root and had cuttings from a couple of the pricier apple trees grafted onto new rootstock.

Now that I think about it... I still need to get some of last years salad seeds into the dirt.

I am going to google how you did that and try for some fruit trees- that sounds fascinating and fun!

 

[Ares]

For the most part, I used to take care of all of our landscaping except spreading mulch. We had raised beds in our last house, not a lot of room, but enough for peppers, several tomatoes, peas, carrots, among others. Lots of herbs. Now that we have a condo just a few things in containers. We also have a couple of great farmers markets so I don’t miss the gardens as much.

One of our landscaping duties was "fluffing the mulch".

Laughed every fucking time my Uncle said it.

 

[HSBOB]

I hope my Brussels sprouts do well this year.
The last couple years have been disappointing, but the new place is a far better place to grow.
I always let those go till the first frost, making them the last of the year.
It is always fun to get a big haul and cook em up with bacon bits and butter.

I am also hoping I did my asparagus right- I wont know till next year.
I fucking LOVE roasted asparagus.

Planted asparagus myself this year and since it could be a ten year perennial,I made sure to watch the vids,dig the ditches and hopefully do it right. Now I have to put another 2 inches of soil over em every two weeks or so or as soon as they break ground I guess.....wore me right out!

I plant three 36' high 4'X10' raised beds and I have a pretty big,pumpkin,squash, miscellaneous patch.

 

[HeHateMe]

Sooo, got 4 4x8 beds to get the vegetable garden started this year

1 - spinaches, kales, collards, cabbages
2. summer squashes, pole beans, radishes, beets
3. hot peps - thai chilis, poblanos, hot banana, serrano, bonnets
4. 8 different types of heirloom tomatoes

In addition to that, one of my 3 neighbors won't take down their ugly chain link fence so I can put up wood fencing on our property line - so I got various prairie grasses that grow 8-12 feet tall and are super aggressive. planted 60 little pots of these every 2-3 feet along their fence line. after a week we got about a foot tall now. Pretty sure in a month or so that view will just be grasses and coneflowers. #dank

aside from that I planted a red dogwood tree and a lilac bush and am going to have our tree service come out to consult about planting 4-5 fruit trees to divide part of our back yard from the vegetable garden. I've planted over 100 various native perennials around the property as well, while pulling stuff that doesn't naturally grow in the region out.

Next year I'll add five more 4x8 boxes because I want to go a little bigger and have the space to do it. Probably fencing that all in and getting crushed stone for the 4 foot paths in between and surrounding them.

Its a pretty massive project transforming this yard but it's been fun and probably by end of next season it will be tour-worthy.

 

[airtime143]

I had some extra seeds left from when I started things indoors, so I direct planted them last week... all I have so far is mud.
I dont know that they are gonna show themselves... the early starters are my only hope!

I thought the corn would be burly enough to gro on their own... we shall see.

 

[airtime143]

Sooo, got 4 4x8 beds to get the vegetable garden started this year

1 - spinances, kales, collards, cabbages
2. summer squashes, pole beans, radishes, beets
3. hot peps - thai chilis, poblanos, hot banana, serrano, bonnets
4. 8 different types of heirloom tomatoes

In addition to that, one of my 3 neighbors won't take down their ugly chain link fence so I can put up wood fencing on our property line - so I got various prairie grasses that grow 8-12 feet tall and are super aggressive. planted 60 little pots of these every 2-3 feet along their fence line. after a week we got about a foot tall now. Pretty sure in a month or so that view will just be grasses and coneflowers. #dank

aside from that I planted a red dogwood tree and a lilac bush and am going to have our tree service come out to consult about planting 4-5 fruit trees to divide part of our back yard from the vegetable garden. I've planted over 100 various native perennials around the property as well, while pulling stuff that doesn't naturally grow in the region out.

Next year I'll add five more 4x8 boxes because I want to go a little bigger and have the space to do it. Probably fencing that all in and getting crushed stone for the 4 foot paths in between and surrounding them.

Its a pretty massive project transforming this yard but it's been fun and probably by end of next season it will be tour-worthy.

The grass fence idea is bad ass.

The native plantings are super cool too. I love native landscaping.

 

[Urblock]

Sooo, got 4 4x8 beds to get the vegetable garden started this year

1 - spinaches, kales, collards, cabbages
2. summer squashes, pole beans, radishes, beets
3. hot peps - thai chilis, poblanos, hot banana, serrano, bonnets
4. 8 different types of heirloom tomatoes

In addition to that, one of my 3 neighbors won't take down their ugly chain link fence so I can put up wood fencing on our property line - so I got various prairie grasses that grow 8-12 feet tall and are super aggressive. planted 60 little pots of these every 2-3 feet along their fence line. after a week we got about a foot tall now. Pretty sure in a month or so that view will just be grasses and coneflowers. #dank

aside from that I planted a red dogwood tree and a lilac bush and am going to have our tree service come out to consult about planting 4-5 fruit trees to divide part of our back yard from the vegetable garden. I've planted over 100 various native perennials around the property as well, while pulling stuff that doesn't naturally grow in the region out.

Next year I'll add five more 4x8 boxes because I want to go a little bigger and have the space to do it. Probably fencing that all in and getting crushed stone for the 4 foot paths in between and surrounding them.

Its a pretty massive project transforming this yard but it's been fun and probably by end of next season it will be tour-worthy.

**** that guy. Put up your wood fence right at the edge of your property. Nothing he can do about it. It's your property. Love the grass idea.