Thank you sir I think I'm gonna take the trash barrel approach this year
Does anyone grow their tomatoes through plastic
Anyone Garden?
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Does anyone grow their tomatoes through plastic
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I transplant my tomatoes and all my hot weather crops into bottomless buckets. I start with 4 gallon square buckets from pizza places, cut the entire bottom out of them and paint them black. Then I transplant my tomatoes and other hot weather crops into them, and plant them into my garden. They need much additional watering, but they grow fast, their roots grow down and into the garden soil, and I get a much greater yield.
I just harvested a bunch of rhubarb and am cooking down a batch of marmalade.
Do you rotate crops so that the tomatoes don't go in ground that had tomatoes in them for the last 2-3yrs.?
dog sat there all day, pretending he was going for a ride.... when he is in the fence, he barks at everything that walks by. when he is in the back of the truck, he's totally silent.
Yeah, dogs can be weird about fences. I've had my own snarl at me for standing on the other side and reaching over. Short chain link fence so it wasn't visibility. It's some kind of "boundary" you just don't cross.
Nice progress. There should be something popping up soon. How much sun do the far beds closest to the tree get? If less than 6 hrs a day you might want to try cool crops there like lettuce, spinach, radishes, broccoli, etc..
I should have switched them, but they get morning sun and then afternoon sun. I put the lettuces and spinaches in the first 2 beds, and will probbaly and up building a small shade. We have historically had our tomatoes grow to be 6-7' tall, so we* (the collective we.... i might add) didn't want to block the view of the yard and the patio that we are going to finish up one of these years....
That tree is looking like firewood to me.
there is a box elder in the background that is going to be firewood first.... the pine tree is pretty well established and i have not been given permission to make it go away... especially since it gives pretty nice shade to the back yard, and it is 60' tall or so..... not to mention the other piles of firewood that I haven't gotten to or the 9 other 16" box elders out back that need to come down.....
jb6l6gc
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jb6l6gc
Minister of Fire
Can't keep up eating spinach kale and lettuce fast enough lol. Trying to eat healthier not loosing any weight though...could be ther beer!
jb6l6gc
Minister of Fire
Had to build an overflow garden box in the back by the fire pit to put plants I get from my Neighbour. He works for agriculture Canada (federal govt) and brings me tons of plants every year!
Yes sir we certainly do. I should have tomato's in about two weeks which is very early for my area. The combination of good plants, and my technique really paid off this year
Picked lettuce, and kale already everything else looks healthy
i need to put some more lettuce and spinach seed in. Some of it decided it wasn't going to come up. the stuff that did is coming up great! i mixed up my cucumber and my squash plant, so we will see how that goes.... My radishes and beets are doing great, by basil is doing well, and my tomotoes no longer look like they are going to die. The peppers are loving the heat right now.... i am just starting to get a few flowers.
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