The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[sharron]

I got a catalog from them the other day, never heard of them before.

yeah, if you order anything from one then you get more catalogs from others hoping you will find something you can't live without

 

[sharron]

If my hosta plants recover, I will need deer protection. First they ate the expensive plants, then finished the dried out, burnt ,dying cheap ones.

Plus thanks to the electric company, they cut down some of my small trees along the fence. Now every deer in town will be stopping by.

we have a couple of does that jump over the electric fence and walk down the rows to see what looks good but they never find much they like, just a bean or two but they do like the apples

 

[ShrekDawg]

just remember that they want to sell seeds so altho they all sound good, think before you buy , just what you want in a veggie

Hmm, that’s true too but I had never grown most of these vegetables before so I kind of had to go for what sounded good. Though I did put a bit more thought into it than my post implied. I clicked on all the ones I thought sounded good and read the descriptions of them and everything and some I almost bought multiple kinds of a veggie but didn’t want to grow too many so then went back and narrowed it down to just one based on what you said, what I want in a veggie, but also ones with a good description/a label like all time favorite or staff favorite or whatever, or if it said it was good for the purpose I wanted. So a little more thought than just looking at the pictures and name of it and hitting add but I also have never grown most so some of it I just had to trust the website. I guess I could have asked here but got too deep into the website lol that’s how I ended up ordering $50 worth of veggies anyway, a lot of it will just have to be trial and error. We will see. I will trying growing the ones I bought and if I like them, we will try growing them again next year and if not, we will try another type or two. But based on the descriptions, I think I will like these ones. Hopefully.

Yep, some squashes will run a good distance. I don't think I find that with summer squashes (yellow, zucchini) as much as winter squash (butternut, Red Kuri). I've heard you can grow them on trellis or fence but I don't know how easy it is to support the fruit as it grows.

One thing I have heard about adding a lot of wood chips is that they will leech nitrogen out of the soil. Not sure what happens in a raised bed of wood chips. You can also use hay bales on edge, cut side up.


Watering shouldn't, not if you are doing it right. Very wasteful to use a sprinkler and it nicely waters all the weeds as well. Better to water at ground level. Make a trench next to things grown in rows. Make a moat around single plants.

Huh, might have to try the trellis thing with them but don’t want them to take over the whole trellis. Maybe I’ll just plant them in the back and let them run down the hill towards the garden. Plenty of room before it hits the garden. I’ll get a pic tomorrow. Dark now. Maybe I could get some help with planning too. But you are right, from what I remember of when FSIL had squash and zucchini, they seemed to grow more in a bush form. Quite a big bush but still a bush. Which could be good.

Hm, that’s true! I think I read a similar thing a while ago and it said it was a reason to not use the back to Eden wood chip mulch thing and rather use straw or leaf mulch/leaf mold. Definitely concerning. May not do that then. Although maybe in a raised bed or without direct contact to the plants it would be better. But I don’t like adding wood to compost for that reason. Plus it does seem like a bit of work to make those. I do like the hay bale idea! That is brilliant! Wonder if it would work for squash. One idea I read about last year was lasagna gardening and I did like that idea but never got to try it for last year’s garden. Was going to try it for this year but now we are just going to plant directly in the old chicken run which we have also been adding stuff to all year to make it into a compost pile sort of too. Think it will work out great. The tomatoes planted on the edge of it last year did the best. Gotta till it up though. I may try the lasagna garden thing another year. Maybe get started on a second garden for next year. Also going to get a compost thing going in the chicken run and hardware cloth around it so only the finished compost comes through and not big chunks.

Thanks for the watering tip! I do tend to just put the hose head on shower mode and spray away from the deck!! Probably quite wasteful and from what I have read, bad for tomatoes? I did try to water the tomatoes from the base but I also quite often just sprayed. I like that moat/trench idea. Thank you for the tip! I also notice you have hay/straw on the ground in yours. Is that for mulching purpose? Like to keep the moisture in, limit weeds, etc. like I have read about? How do you like it?

I got a catalog from them the other day, never heard of them before.

I received one from Johnny’s Seed the other day.

we have to put up electric fencing to keep the cats out of the garden, nothing makes me sicker than seeing the cats using my freshly dug garden used as a cat toilet and we have barn cats (or madder) after the fence is up, then i plant my seeds and sometimes pick a veggie and eat it, fil used to do the same thing

Thankfully we do not have outdoor cats. Just Luna. And she doesn’t go out and when she does (occasionally gets let out or escapes for only a couple hours) she usually just lays around in the sun in the front garden/walkway or on the deck lol I like the electric fence idea but I would probably wind up zapping myself continuously lol plus it makes me nervous having it near water (watering the plants).

I have 7' chicken wire fence all around the garden. Keeps the chickens and deer out.

Chicken wire is a good idea! Might use that. It is cheap. But we have a huge roll of hardware cloth so I may use that. The deer are mostly in our front yard and really do not come in the back. There is less woods and more houses back there. The chickens went in my garden a little bit but not too bad. My biggest issue, however, is with the dang chipmunks!! They get in and eat everything!! Which is another reason I think hardware cloth might be better anyway. Smaller holes. Although maybe with the trellis idea, they will be less of an issue. No more fruit on the ground.

I have not either.

We marry for better or worse, sometimes they get the worse!

Very nice!

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If my hosta plants recover, I will need deer protection. First they ate the expensive plants, then finished the dried out, burnt ,dying cheap ones.

Plus thanks to the electric company, they cut down some of my small trees along the fence. Now every deer in town will be stopping by.

Are the trees on your property? If so, how could they cut them down without your permission?

yeah, if you order anything from one then you get more catalogs from others hoping you will find something you can't live without

True! Lol I ordered from SSE and got a catalog from Johnny’s! Could be a coincidence but maybe not.

we have a couple of does that jump over the electric fence and walk down the rows to see what looks good but they never find much they like, just a bean or two but they do like the apples

Our deer are usually in the front plus I think our garden would be too small for them to jump in lol

 

[sharron]

Hmm, that’s true too but I had never grown most of these vegetables before so I kind of had to go for what sounded good. Though I did put a bit more thought into it than my post implied. I clicked on all the ones I thought sounded good and read the descriptions of them and everything and some I almost bought multiple kinds of a veggie but didn’t want to grow too many so then went back and narrowed it down to just one based on what you said, what I want in a veggie, but also ones with a good description/a label like all time favorite or staff favorite or whatever, or if it said it was good for the purpose I wanted. So a little more thought than just looking at the pictures and name of it and hitting add but I also have never grown most so some of it I just had to trust the website. I guess I could have asked here but got too deep into the website lol that’s how I ended up ordering $50 worth of veggies anyway, a lot of it will just have to be trial and error. We will see. I will trying growing the ones I bought and if I like them, we will try growing them again next year and if not, we will try another type or two. But based on the descriptions, I think I will like these ones. Hopefully.



Huh, might have to try the trellis thing with them but don’t want them to take over the whole trellis. Maybe I’ll just plant them in the back and let them run down the hill towards the garden. Plenty of room before it hits the garden. I’ll get a pic tomorrow. Dark now. Maybe I could get some help with planning too. But you are right, from what I remember of when FSIL had squash and zucchini, they seemed to grow more in a bush form. Quite a big bush but still a bush. Which could be good.

Hm, that’s true! I think I read a similar thing a while ago and it said it was a reason to not use the back to Eden wood chip mulch thing and rather use straw or leaf mulch/leaf mold. Definitely concerning. May not do that then. Although maybe in a raised bed or without direct contact to the plants it would be better. But I don’t like adding wood to compost for that reason. Plus it does seem like a bit of work to make those. I do like the hay bale idea! That is brilliant! Wonder if it would work for squash. One idea I read about last year was lasagna gardening and I did like that idea but never got to try it for last year’s garden. Was going to try it for this year but now we are just going to plant directly in the old chicken run which we have also been adding stuff to all year to make it into a compost pile sort of too. Think it will work out great. The tomatoes planted on the edge of it last year did the best. Gotta till it up though. I may try the lasagna garden thing another year. Maybe get started on a second garden for next year. Also going to get a compost thing going in the chicken run and hardware cloth around it so only the finished compost comes through and not big chunks.

Thanks for the watering tip! I do tend to just put the hose head on shower mode and spray away from the deck!! Probably quite wasteful and from what I have read, bad for tomatoes? I did try to water the tomatoes from the base but I also quite often just sprayed. I like that moat/trench idea. Thank you for the tip! I also notice you have hay/straw on the ground in yours. Is that for mulching purpose? Like to keep the moisture in, limit weeds, etc. like I have read about? How do you like it?



I received one from Johnny’s Seed the other day.



Thankfully we do not have outdoor cats. Just Luna. And she doesn’t go out and when she does (occasionally gets let out or escapes for only a couple hours) she usually just lays around in the sun in the front garden/walkway or on the deck lol I like the electric fence idea but I would probably wind up zapping myself continuously lol plus it makes me nervous having it near water (watering the plants).



Chicken wire is a good idea! Might use that. It is cheap. But we have a huge roll of hardware cloth so I may use that. The deer are mostly in our front yard and really do not come in the back. There is less woods and more houses back there. The chickens went in my garden a little bit but not too bad. My biggest issue, however, is with the dang chipmunks!! They get in and eat everything!! Which is another reason I think hardware cloth might be better anyway. Smaller holes. Although maybe with the trellis idea, they will be less of an issue. No more fruit on the ground.



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Are the trees on your property? If so, how could they cut them down without your permission?



True! Lol I ordered from SSE and got a catalog from Johnny’s! Could be a coincidence but maybe not.



Our deer are usually in the front plus I think our garden would be too small for them to jump in lol

 

[CapricornFarm]

thats always the way it goes, i make biscuits the same way as momma but hers were always so much better than mine

It is always better when someone else makes it!

 

[sharron]

see y'all tomorrow morning

 

[CapricornFarm]

I made a water warmer for the quail today.

 

[ShrekDawg]

My mom found this book Emeril’s New Orleans Cooking and my dad is looking through it now and he really likes the book but I was telling him, he doesn’t need a book, just ask all you people and was telling him how many people from the south there are here and some of the things you all were mention a couple weeks ago like the shrimp etouffe or whatever it was and off the boat. And he was practically drooling LOL

 

[007Sean]

see y'all tomorrow morning

Goodnight sharron!

 

[007Sean]

I made a water warmer for the quail today.View attachment 1659744View attachment 1659747

How is it working out?