PLANTED GARDEN TODAY - anybody planting yet?

[RhodeIslandReds]

Thanks for all the info Acre of Blessings and math ace!!

Truly,
Tony

 

[vfem]

Peaches:

Pears:

Radish:

Grapes:

Peas:

Strawberries:

I've also planted; squash, tomatoes, thai peppers, red peppers, basil, leeks, onions and potatoes. Waiting to see if my aparagus will ever come up, or the voles got them.

 

[RhodeIslandReds]

Well just have one more question for vfem sense you have grapes.

1:Where did you buy the grapes at and what do you think the best grapes tree is?
2: What do you do with the grapes during winter and what do they grow on?

Anyone else that has grapes please help as well.

Thanks all,
Tony

 

[Acre of Blessings]

TOny I can tell you one thing about grapes, other than they are so good,....that is is you plant a young grape vine.....keep all male cats AWAY!!!!! I had some vines planted and our male cat killed them by spraying them.

darn cat

 

[vfem]

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I am not much help! I bought a grape vine that was 2 years old from a nursery last spring. I killed it by August!

I think the leaves got scorched from my bad watering time.

This grape vine was a gift from my neighbor, its 5 years old, and this is the first fruit it is bearing. He's got 9 vines all concord and this one random thompson grape which my husband wanted. We trade chickens, eggs, bushes, seeds, flowers.... so I don't even recall what I gave him for the vine.

I do know in the fall is when you prune the vine back and try to get 1 good trunk and 1 or 2 good trailing vines/branches off of that. Other then that, he never did anything special to his grape in winter. They just come back.... no matter how dead they look!!!

 

[vfem]

Oh wow! LOL I took this picture the other day, I don't know if you see it... but in the photo of the peas, in the bed, in the center of the photo... you see one of my silkie's eggs! One of them was in and around the garden while I was working and made their way up to give me a surprise. I didn't remember that photo was that day.

 

[KybraBoss]

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best thing to do is ask, a friend of mine in town grows veges in the back yards of 5 of his neighbours, he actually owns the house next door that he rents out but the other couple of gardens he just arranged a deal with the owners. He has gates between each of them so he can move his gear through. Some of the neighbours get a 'cut' of the harvest some of them are just happy to be able to look out at the greenery without having to lift a finger to contribute. In passsing I've talked to most of his neighbours and one of the things they love is the security of having him around the yard at different times of the day nearly everyday, none of them have had problems with break ins or yard theft since he's been doing this but every other house in the street has been done over at least once or twice.
So broker a deal with the neighbour, tell them about the security thing offer a cut of the crop and get it happening

 

[RhodeIslandReds]

Thanks for the info of the grapes..should i built like a type of fencing by it so it can vine on...

Thanks alot,
Tony

 

[math ace]

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1. We have a troybilt rototillier. We bought it used and have had no problems with it.
I think it is more important to get the "right" sized tiller than worry about brand.
A tiller too small won't do the job and a tiller too big is hard to manuever in a small space.

2. We use the furrowing attachment to make our rows in our garden.
We make them wide enough that I can get two rows of things like beets, carrots, and lettuce planted.
I like to plant some seeds in a row and then 2 -3 weeks later plant a second set of seeds in the same row.
This is why I make the rows a little wide, so that I can plant twice in the same row.

3. We bought everything we needed to do our irragation from Home depot. We use misters.
IMPORTANT: Invest in a good water timer.

 

[LarryPQ]

My garden season is getting ready to end **sniff** but I finally got around to getting you a picture. I will still be able to have peppers, tomatoes, and squash, but most other things start dying pretty soon.