Green thumb is itching, anyone else?

[Chickenfan4life]

Excited for spring. I am going to have a garden of my own. Would like to mostly grow herbs, flowers, and a few of my favorite veggies. It sounds fun.

 

[yinepu]

Excited for spring. I am going to have a garden of my own. Would like to mostly grow herbs, flowers, and a few of my favorite veggies. It sounds fun.

I think Spring has already sprung here.. found this little guy today as I was out tending to the beasties

 

[queenchick16]

I think my green thumb has frost bite

 

[rancher hicks]

I think Spring has already sprung here.. found this little guy today as I was out tending to the beasties

I got a Texas vacation package in the mail today. Oh Lord why couldn't I have been born rich instead of handsome?

 

[wyoDreamer]

I grow my potatoes in a 18" diameter bag I made from landscape fabric. Made a cage for it from 1/2" welded wire fabric that stands 3 feet tall. The cage is to keep out the gophers, rabbits and antelope here on the prairie. Wrap the cage with plastic to keep the wind off the plants, this prevents the plants from breaking as they grow, holds in the moisture and keeps the soil in the bag and not in the next state.
Roll the edges of the bag down to 6" high and put it in the bottom of the cage. Fill with compost/garden soil mix and plant 3 or 4 potato slips in each. Water regularly, there is no danger of overwatering, as the bag allows excess to drain off. As the plants grow, you unroll the bag and add more dirt.

This system has worked for me for 3 years now. I have 4 of them that I use - 1 for red potaotes, 1 for Yukon Golds and 2 for Russetts. At the end of the season, when the tops die off at teh end of the season, stop watering and the soil will dry. This makes it lighter for dumping and also makes it easier to pick the potatoes. I dumped mine into a wheel barrow the first two years, but last year I dumped them into the bucket of the tractor. Kinda rolled the cages into the tractor bucket at ground level, then raised the bucket to table height, dumped the bags over and removed the cages. Sat on a chair and sifted through the dirt to find the potatoes. With the soil completely dry, I simply brushed the dust off and they were clean enough for storage. Soil then goes into a garbage can to store for the winter then I either use it again the next year or fill a raised bed with it and make a different batch for the potatoes. This prevents disease and bugs from becoming a big problem.

Now that we have a tractor with a backhoe attachment, I am going to bury a garbage can to store my potoatoes in as a mini root cellar.

 

[michaelf]

I am ready for spring. I have numerous flowers that I keep up. Everything from butterfly bush, assortments of day lily, red-yellow-yellow orange canna lily, red leaf canna lilies,roses, multiple color irises, lantana, salvia, dahlia, and some pink water lilies. Some pictutes on my profile you can look at. I need to add more pictures.

 

[queenchick16]

I am ready for spring. I have numerous flowers that I keep up. Everything from butterfly bush, assortments of day lily, red-yellow-yellow orange canna lily, red leaf canna lilies,roses, multiple color irises, lantana, salvia, dahlia, and some pink water lilies. Some pictutes on my profile you can look at. I need to add more pictures.

Beautiful flowers..
My gardens were my first passion (flowers) then came the veggies and now it's my girls. It's very hard juggling all of them and keeping up with everything else. No wonder some days I don't brush my hair. Thanks god my chickens don't mind.
When it comes to plants (for everything when I think about it) I go for the unusual or strange. I have some very nice day lilies. When the snow clears and things start to grow if they need thinning we should talk.
Carol

 

[michaelf]

My oldest son and I are out transplanting. We are moving things around and thinning bulbs out. So much fun. Our whole family are outdoors people.
Alway outside when weather permits. We have an oak tree to remove soon and maybe a pecan. The pecan was hit by lightning several years ago.

 

[michaelf]

My oldest son and I are out transplanting. We are moving things around and thinning bulbs out. So much fun. Our whole family are outdoors people.
Alway outside when weather permits. We have an oak tree to remove soon and maybe a pecan. The pecan was hit by lightning several years ago.

 

[michaelf]

Sorry for all the same post. Stupid phone or operator! Lol