BYC gardening thread!!

[Smithyard Farm]

Has anyone ever raised any Zucchni squash using a trillis or cattle panel to keep the vines from running all over the garden?
I am thinking of trying this, I don't have a lot of space so I need to keep the vines from running all over.

I haven't done it with zucchinis but do it with cucumbers. Love love this.....

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Quote: Awesome!

 

[draye]

Has anyone ever raised any Zucchni squash using a trillis or cattle panel to keep the vines from running all over the garden?
I am thinking of trying this, I don't have a lot of space so I need to keep the vines from running all over.

I haven't done it with zucchinis but do it with cucumbers. Love love this.....

That's awesome, I thnnk I'm gonna give it a try anyway.
Thanks to all who gave answers.

 

[SunnySkies]

I'm thinking of using cattle panels for a lot of things this year, just so I don't have to bend over, lol.

 

[mlongworth]

Love those cukes on a panel. I am in town and always short on space in the garden. Will definitely try that this year.

 

[lazy gardener]

cattle panels are awesome. In addition to making hoop buildings out of them, you can erect them A-frame style, or put 2 lengths parallel to each other about 15" apart and grow tomatoes in the middle. Or you can use them over a hay bale frame to make an instant grow frame. The good thing is that they never wear out.

 

[SunnySkies]

cattle panels are awesome.  In addition to making hoop buildings out of them, you can erect them A-frame style, or put 2 lengths parallel to each other about 15" apart and grow tomatoes in the middle.  Or you can use them over a hay bale frame to make an instant grow frame.  The good thing is that they never wear out. 

Exactly. And easy to cut if you need to...we ended up cutting one down a bit to make a hoop hog house on an emergency basis. We cut it with a hacksaw because I can't find the bolt cutters. When I don't need the hog house, I can reuse it in the garden again. I love them. I watch CL for people selling them for $15 and snatch them up as fast as I can. They aren't on there often, but they are so valuable to me that I keep an eye out.

To move them by myself, I tie a string to one end, roll it in half, tie the string off and then roll it around. Stand back when you cut the string!

 

[mlongworth]

Looking for a good place to get banana plants from or someone with some to swap. Thanks.

 

[SunnySkies]

Between the feed sacks and cardboard boxes I have been collecting from local stores (and our garage, as I unpack boxes from when we moved, um, 18 mi ths ago) I should have enough stuff to layer that huge garden and prevent weeds by February or March, just in time to start kale, lettuces, and the like.

For those who have done this, do you layer over a drip system or just lay the drip system over the cardboard and then put straw down? I could do it either way. I am leaning to putting the drip system over the cardboard, mostly so I can push the straw aside and see where to plant instead of stabbing blindly in and damaging my tape (yes, I can see me doing this...)

 

[lazy gardener]

Follow your logic. As I don't irrigate, I wouldn't have even thought about damaging the system. I once tried to dig through a buried electrical cable with my spade.