It sounds like you have been hard at work!
So far, I have three 40ft rows of Kentucky Wonder bush beans, 7 hills of white scallop squash, a row of Fife Creek okra, 20 Black Beauty eggplant, 20 cayenne pepper, 10 German Queen tomatoes, 10 Big Beef tomatoes, 10 Jeff Davis tomatoes, and I have about 50 tomatos of various types (Prudens Purple, Brandywine, Missouri Pink Love Apple) that are just a little too small to set out. Next, I will be planting more Fife Creek okra, some Alabama Red okra, cucumbers, and Jackson Wonder lima beans....
So far, all is looking good. I've had just the right amount of rain and sun to make everything look much better than it did last year!
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 7:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [tech-chat] Gardening?
From: "William Bagwell" <[email protected]>
To: tech-chat <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [tech-chat] Gardening?
Bumping an old thread. Planted 29 hills of gourds today! Way more and in
better soil that where I have been planting them the past three years. Still
have some seed, so I *might* plant the old spot again too. Or not, since
time is a precious commodity here lately.
Wife has of course been busy planting the vegtables this past week. Mostly
while I'm at work. Most of which were started in cups in the new green
house. Have had a tiny 6' x 8' green house for years. Basically a walk in
cold frame... Right after this thread started in March, my daughter paid for
and took off work for four days to help build a bigger 10' x 16' real green
house. Had intended to take a bunch of pictures and put up a web page. Yeah,
right:-(
While I still don't have purple martins, do have blue birds (two fledged and
the second clutch started yesterday) and oddly enough bats. Counted 82 a few
evenings ago. Any thing that eats bugs is good in my book.
William
On Wednesday 12 March 2014, Allen Beddingfield wrote:
> Yeah, the rain last year ruined just about everything for me in the
> garden. I had a good crop of tomatoes, but most everything else drowned.
> Wow, a 1/2 acre garden sounds pretty nice. Right now, I just have two
> 45'x50' plots. I'm hoping to be able to move back out of the city and into
> the countryside in the next few years, and having a good spot for
> gardening will top the list of things I will be looking for in a place. I
> grow a lot of heirloom tomatoes (German Queen, Cherokee Purple, Jeff
> Davis, and Prudens Purple have made the list so far for this year), along
> with some Romas (I don't care for them, but my girlfriend does), eggplant,
> squash, green beans, lima beans, cucumbers, hot pepper, and okra.
> Hopefully your gourds will do better this season. Those gourd vines are
> HUGE. I remember us having some of those when I was in elementary school,
> and the vines wrapping the whole place up. My dad used to put up the poles
> for the martins, but those things get pretty aggressive. I remember
> walking near it and having them flying down and squawking over my head.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Bagwell
> Sent: 03/11/14 07:53 PM
> To: tech-chat
> Subject: Re: [tech-chat] Gardening?
>
> Have been an avid gardener off and on since I was a teen. Past ~15 years
> my wife and her parents have managed a 1/2 acre+ garden. They have two
> tractors so it could be much bigger except it has to be fenced to keep the
> deer out. Mostly herloom varieties, so only one of each to prevent cross
> pollination. I personally started growing gourds a few years ago with the
> intention of attracting a colony of purple martins. 2012 with the late
> frost and drought got a 1/2 dozen useable gourds. Not enough to bother
> putting up a pole... Last year, wetest is 20 years, got 1 (yes ONE!) more
> usable gourd:-( Hoping for a better 2014. -- William On Tuesday 11 March
> 2014, Allen Beddingfield wrote: > So, how many gardeners do we have on
> here? Anyone getting ready for the > 2014 summer gardening season? I'm
> about to get out the tiller and start > getting the rows ready for beans,
> squash, cucumbers, eggplant, okra, > pepper, etc... Tomato, pepper. and
> eggplant plants are starting to grow > under th e lights indoors, and I'm
> ready to get outside and start working! > While I love cold weather, I'm
> ready for it to go away, so I can get a > start on the garden :D
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better soil that where I have been planting them the past three years. Still
have some seed, so I *might* plant the old spot again too. Or not, since
time is a precious commodity here lately.
Wife has of course been busy planting the vegtables this past week. Mostly
while I'm at work. Most of which were started in cups in the new green
house. Have had a tiny 6' x 8' green house for years. Basically a walk in
cold frame... Right after this thread started in March, my daughter paid for
and took off work for four days to help build a bigger 10' x 16' real green
house. Had intended to take a bunch of pictures and put up a web page. Yeah,
right:-(
While I still don't have purple martins, do have blue birds (two fledged and
the second clutch started yesterday) and oddly enough bats. Counted 82 a few
evenings ago. Any thing that eats bugs is good in my book.
William
On Wednesday 12 March 2014, Allen Beddingfield wrote:
> Yeah, the rain last year ruined just about everything for me in the
> garden. I had a good crop of tomatoes, but most everything else drowned.
> Wow, a 1/2 acre garden sounds pretty nice. Right now, I just have two
> 45'x50' plots. I'm hoping to be able to move back out of the city and into
> the countryside in the next few years, and having a good spot for
> gardening will top the list of things I will be looking for in a place. I
> grow a lot of heirloom tomatoes (German Queen, Cherokee Purple, Jeff
> Davis, and Prudens Purple have made the list so far for this year), along
> with some Romas (I don't care for them, but my girlfriend does), eggplant,
> squash, green beans, lima beans, cucumbers, hot pepper, and okra.
> Hopefully your gourds will do better this season. Those gourd vines are
> HUGE. I remember us having some of those when I was in elementary school,
> and the vines wrapping the whole place up. My dad used to put up the poles
> for the martins, but those things get pretty aggressive. I remember
> walking near it and having them flying down and squawking over my head.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Bagwell
> Sent: 03/11/14 07:53 PM
> To: tech-chat
> Subject: Re: [tech-chat] Gardening?
>
> Have been an avid gardener off and on since I was a teen. Past ~15 years
> my wife and her parents have managed a 1/2 acre+ garden. They have two
> tractors so it could be much bigger except it has to be fenced to keep the
> deer out. Mostly herloom varieties, so only one of each to prevent cross
> pollination. I personally started growing gourds a few years ago with the
> intention of attracting a colony of purple martins. 2012 with the late
> frost and drought got a 1/2 dozen useable gourds. Not enough to bother
> putting up a pole... Last year, wetest is 20 years, got 1 (yes ONE!) more
> usable gourd:-( Hoping for a better 2014. -- William On Tuesday 11 March
> 2014, Allen Beddingfield wrote: > So, how many gardeners do we have on
> here? Anyone getting ready for the > 2014 summer gardening season? I'm
> about to get out the tiller and start > getting the rows ready for beans,
> squash, cucumbers, eggplant, okra, > pepper, etc... Tomato, pepper. and
> eggplant plants are starting to grow > under th e lights indoors, and I'm
> ready to get outside and start working! > While I love cold weather, I'm
> ready for it to go away, so I can get a > start on the garden :D
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