The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[rjohns39]

Thanks Bob, been a dreary day here...spitting rain, cloudy but warm.
Looks like 'good ol' Aggie ingenuity'!

Hey, I'm good as long as I don't have to deal with horizontal loads.

 

[007Sean]

Hey, I'm good as long as I don't have to deal with horizontal loads.

What ya got growing? and what's in the ones with lids on them....I'm nosy?

 

[N F C]

Good evening Sean, hope you've had a great day.

Well, the job that was supposed to be an hour or so, has turned into something much grander. I thought the top boards on my planter shelves were rotten. Turns out the underlying structure was. So here's country engineering at its finest to get me through this growing season. I'll likely do a complete redesign and rebuild next year. Yes I need to get more 1/2 PVC, but I have it laying around here somewhere. Thankfully, the 2x6's that hold the pipes are not structural. Hoping they hold the pipes throughout the growing season.
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That's impressive Bob, nice system!

 

[007Sean]

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Looks better than my growing structure! mines called, patio!

 

[N F C]

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Looks better than my growing structure! mines called, patio!
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Are those tomatoes Sean?

 

[rjohns39]

What ya got growing? and what's in the ones with lids on them....I'm nosy?

Mostly Tomatoes. Hoping to get enough to do some canning. Top row will be super sauce, second row will be mortgage lifters, bottom left will be early girl then a jalapeno and a cherry tomato. I'll plant more tomatoes and peppers in pots around the deck. I haven't been getting my normal yield here in TN, so thinking it's the Ph of the water. I'll be testing it soon.

 

[007Sean]

Are those tomatoes Sean?

Sunflowers...planted 8 days ago!!! what little sun we've had lately, their spindly...need to transplant them around the outside of my pens.

 

[N F C]

Sunflowers...planted 8 days ago!!! what little sun we've had lately, their spindly...need to transplant them around the outside of my pens.
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Love me some sunflowers! Those are some pretty ones, hope they do well for you!

 

[007Sean]

Love me some sunflowers! Those are some pretty ones, hope they do well for you!

Thanks Debby, there mostly low growing ~3' high. I really like the Mexican Sunflowers, so do butterflies and hummers.

 

[N F C]

Thanks Debby, there mostly low growing ~3' high. I really like the Mexican Sunflowers, so do butterflies and hummers.

Growing up in KS, I saw fields and fields of sunflowers...always loved them! I used to grow the tall 7-8' tall ones in FL (they would't last a day in this WY wind).