What did you do in the garden today?

[CNJ]

I see people on YouTube show off their tomatoes ripening on the vine. I say to my self, if you did that in my yard, the birds and fruit flies would eat them. They must not have birds in their area.

I don't know if its true, but I have a book on gardening tips that say if we put a container of water by our tomato plants the birds won't eat the tomato. They only eat the tomato because they are thirsty.

Also the you tuber that claim spiders die after spraying them with vinegar was making a false statement. I have been spraying the spiders around my fish tank with diluted and straight vinegar and they have been laughing it off.

 

[Iluveggers]

@TJAnonymous @vall
I ordered from Baker Creek too. Needed romaine, kale, tomatoes, and a few other random items. This time, I got TWO free seed packs. I don’t love Mizuna but there are 10 foot tall feathered friends that I’m sure will make good use of it (one of my rows is dedicated to chicken plantings lol), and Datil Peppers. I hope that my growins season is long enough to try those bad boys.

 

[Ascholten]

Drop waterers, water that is heavy with minerals, almost always leaves deposits on the ends of them. Since they are drop devices, the holes are very small so clog very easily on them.

IF you do go this route, have plenty of extra's and the best way to clean them is, make sure you get the ones that screw in and out very easy, use a bit of teflon tape and just nudge them in they don't have to be stupid tight. swap out dirty ones for clean ones. and then the dirty ones you can soak in vinegar water overnight or better yet sodium carbonate, or in bad cases, Sulfamic acid. SulFAMIC NOT SulFURIC, big difference. sulafmic is found in the tile cleaning section of the hardware store. it will eat away any deposits all the carbonates and the maganeese and leave them like brand new.


Aaron

 

[Ascholten]

I see people on YouTube show off their tomatoes ripening on the vine. I say to my self, if you did that in my yard, the birds and fruit flies would eat them. They must not have birds in their area.

I don't know if its true, but I have a book on gardening tips that say if we put a container of water by our tomato plants the birds won't eat the tomato. They only eat the tomato because they are thirsty.

Birds will eat the tomato's if they eat fruits and veggies.
you have chickens?? they will eat the tomato's. At least mine did
tomatos will get bugs, birds may go after the bugs and peck into your tomatos too. If I found a bug in this one, let me check some of the others, see if there are bugs in there too. Mockingbirds unfortunately are fairly bad at this behavior. They'll tear up fruit trees.

Aaron

 

[TJAnonymous]

Ok, you better do your homework on wells FIRST before you get soaked, and not in a good way either.

So the city has a watertower, they may also be digging 1100 foot to hit an artisan aquifer too with a 12 inch wellhead. YOU are not going to do that, might not even be able to even if you wanted to OR could afford it. What are the laws on wells where you live? How deep do you have to go? can you or are you going to do it yourself? if not, wells are not cheap anymore !! How deep for GOOD water, good as in it won't kill you or your plants.

what kind of draw can you get, if you have a slow water table where you may only be able to get a few gpm out of the well, that is not enough to really water with, at least not directly. Now you may need a slo pump, fill an IBC then pump it out to your irrigation that way.

Id call a few well digging companies and pick their ears a bit on what it's like in your area, and how much they'd charge and what all you'd need,just to get an idea what you are getting into there. If you don't live in florida, or somewhere where you can dig 10 feet down and be in a water table, wells are not just dig a hole and drop a pump in.

What if you hit water at 25 to 30 feet but it's nasty ass Iron / Sulphur water? The grass will love it but it will stink like ass and stain everything it touches. Ok the next water table is now at 160 feet. No you are NOT going to jet that one out, especially if you are playing with hard pan or bedrock.

Just some food for thought.
Aaron

EDIT: Oh you are going to do a drippy irrigation setup ... yah good luck with THAT if you have ANY minerals in your water, those swizzle heads will be clogged by the end of the year.

Yes Aaron... I have been doing my homework. I'm not walking into this blindly. On top of the local research I'm doing in regards to water tables, water composition, etc, don't forget that my DH works for the state. He's one of a handful that are licensed to inspect septic systems. Different subject than a well, yes I know, but many of the companies who dig septics around here also dig wells. I'm not paying someone $5k - $8k when I can do it for under $1k with the right drill kit and knowledge. DH has the resources to know who to ask if we run into trouble or have questions.

 

[TJAnonymous]

it doesn't take much pressure, if you use drip lines, one the water hits the ends of the line pressure builds. You can also increase pressure by putting in ballcock stops at a few locations to make zones so you aren't watering the whole parade at one time. I can see three places off the bat.
Will your well have a pump to move water?
Or is it a hydrant pump off your mainline house pump?

Yes, I'll be putting in a pump (running either from battery or solar, haven't decided yet). This will only feed the garden. No connection to the house. My house is on city water.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I see people on YouTube show off their tomatoes ripening on the vine. I say to my self, if you did that in my yard, the birds and fruit flies would eat them. They must not have birds in their area.

I don't know if its true, but I have a book on gardening tips that say if we put a container of water by our tomato plants the birds won't eat the tomato. They only eat the tomato because they are thirsty.

Also the you tuber that claim spiders die after spraying them with vinegar was making a false statement. I have been spraying the spiders around my fish tank with diluted and straight vinegar and they laugh it off.

I've never had birds bother my tomatoes? Sunflower seeds and grapes....yes! But not my tomatoes.

 

[TJAnonymous]

@TJAnonymous @vall
I ordered from Baker Creek too. Needed romaine, kale, tomatoes, and a few other random items. This time, I got TWO free seed packs. I don’t love Mizuna but there are 10 foot tall feathered friends that I’m sure will make good use of it (one of my rows is dedicated to chicken plantings lol), and Datil Peppers. I hope that my growins season is long enough to try those bad boys. View attachment 3371199

In my order from Baker's, I got the spoon tomatoes and the Datil peppers as free seed. I don't really need or want either of them.

If anyone wants them, PM me.

 

[Sally PB]

Then it dawns on me, what if I have a heart attack in here?
How do you explain this to my next of kin?

Well we found him dead in the shower with a chicken. Nobody would EVER believe the truth...

Oh, Aaron, I'm so sorry for the PITA you have going on there. But this made me laugh.

10 foot tall feathered friends

You have 10' tall chickens!?!

 

[Iluveggers]

Oh, Aaron, I'm so sorry for the PITA you have going on there. But this made me laugh.


You have 10' tall chickens!?!

Whoops! ten chickens about a foot tall! Omg I needed that laugh!