Cynthia what great fireworks photos - you must have quite a camera to catch that so clearly. I am very impressed, and must admit I love fireworks better this way - no ^%^*% noise all night long.
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I'm with you!! I hate the endless noise. FOrtunately the horses have gotten used to the BOOOMs. Every town around use has fireworks. Our econmomy can't be that bad if there is money for fireworks!!Cynthia what great fireworks photos - you must have quite a camera to catch that so clearly. I am very impressed, and must admit I love fireworks better this way - no ^%^*% noise all night long.
Hi Bunnylady! I agree totally that it is impossible to grow everything at the same time. You are in Wilmington and I am west of you in the middle of the state. I have been trying to grow things that are really easy and that are heat tolerant. Here are some ideas for planning your beds that you might like to try. First I have to say that straw bales are the way to go! You won't have to deal with weeds and other problems that are associated with growing things in the ground. I have a small garden plot about 20 x 20 that used to be one of my chicken lots years ago. The soil in that garden is really rich and I put a few inches of my oak leaves in there in the fall and let the earthworms do all of the tilling. I plant my tomatoes in there and my cabbage and broccoli. I have to spray the cabbage family veggies with a very light solution of Sevin, or the cabbage maggots would just wreck my broccoli. I have tried soap and other natural methods without success. I figure my uncles and todays farmers use similar or worse thing and I don't spray anything for 2 to 3 weeks before I harvest. I only use it very sparingly!For some reason, this struck me as funny. We love salads here, but it's impossible to grow all of the ingredients at the same time. We can grow some cole crops in the winter; lettuce we can do in the greenhouse at that time. It is too hot to grow lettuce here in the summer - it bolts immediately, and tastes really bitter. Peppers won't set unless the nights are in the 60's (Hubby finally learned that, so he raised the nighttime temp in the greenhouse, and we've been snowed under with peppers this year). We get one good burst of tomatoes at the beginning of the summer, then as the high humidity gets here, most of the tomatoes get fungi that make them rot before they get fully ripe. Cucumbers? Let's see - bean beetles, powdery mildew, vine borers - short season on them, too. Makes me wonder what all the folks with the produce stands must be spraying!
Hi, thanks! I planted the watermelons and 'lopes from seeds. The seeds don't work there way down, because I crammed lots of dirt between the cracks from the top and the soil was tamped in tightly. They germinated perfectly in the soil. I have only used seeds at this point, but I plan to use some plants next year. It works really great to plant anything on. I took an extra bale and put it in front of my potato cages. I shoved some holes in the top of the bale and added about 3 inches of dirt to the top and planted 4 packages of Zinnias. I got the Zinnia seeds at Dollar General, 4 for a $1.00! Then I covered them lightly with more soil, about 3/4 inch of soil, and watered them. That's about it! I grew my potatoes in cages made from 2 foot wide 2 x 4 welded wire. I made big round cages and piled them with layers of straw, soil and 'Taters! I planted red, yellow and white "Taters in those cages.BunnyMomma I love your straw bale raised garden beds, I wonder tho if the seeds might work their way too deep down in the straw to germinate. Or do you only sow large seeded plants?
Do you think it would also work if you set actual plants in the straw??
Thanks! No need to have garden envy, but don't use hay, use straw. Hay is full of weeds and you will have problems if you use hay. You have to try this! It is the best garden I've ever grown! I am not a genius! I am too busy to be breaking my back with a tiller, and hoeing weeds, etc.BunnyMomma, I have never had garden envy before, but I do now!
Everybody else has better gardens than mine; obviously folks know what they're doing. But your hay bale system is so remarkable. You're a genius!
BunnyMomma I love your hay bale garden! I think I will try one next year for my tomatoes!
BunnyMomma, I have never had garden envy before, but I do now!
Everybody else has better gardens than mine; obviously folks know what they're doing. But your hay bale system is so remarkable. You're a genius!