What did you do in the garden today?

[jerryse]

Went to the foot doctor today for my wart. All along they told me they are not allowed to do surgery or burn off warts in the office. So last week they did a biopsy in the office. They took enough to require several stiches ( surgery ). I was told the wart would have to be cut out in the hospital. Lab confirmed it is a wart. Today they say come back in 2 weeks after it heals. They will then burn it off in the office. About 8 visits over a year plus. In 1964 they burnt them off in the office first visit. One visit and done.

 

[gtaus]

I am tired of having a compost heap far away that I have to shovel buckets and bring it to the garden.

Yep. I have been moving my raised bed gardens alongside my chicken coop and run where I make all the compost. Also, carrying buckets sounds like a lot of work. I have a couple of 4-wheeled Gorilla carts that make my life so much easier....

Although more expensive than buckets or even a good wheelbarrow, the Gorilla carts are worth every penny to me and allow me to move heavy stuff with ease - even at my age.

Why not have it right in the garden and just plant on top of it when it’s ready.

Have you considered making some kind of mobile chicken coop/tractor and moving it to the resting plot every year and letting the chickens work the soil - and fertilize it - and then rotating it to a different plot each year?

At one time, I think Justin Rhodes on YouTube was advocating that type of system.

 

[gtaus]

I use these on standard drink bottles. The water runs through at a good pace, depending on the size of the hole I've cut. I wouldn't get days out of it.

What are they called and where did you buy them? Amazon? Looks interesting.

 

[gtaus]

That is a great channel for gardening, Self Sufficient Me. He has lots of great videos on things that go right, and wrong, in his gardens.

I liked how he showed his raised beds started failing after a few years and what he had to do to fix them. Some designs are just better than others, but basically he appears to buy ready made kits which all look great for the first year or two, but then start to have sidewalls bow out or things just falling apart. I took a lot of his concerns and failures into the raised bed design I use for my gardens. No use to repeat someone else's mistakes. So, a big think you for those down to earth "fail" videos which teach us better ways to garden.

 

[gtaus]

Went to the foot doctor today for my wart. All along they told me they are not allowed to do surgery or burn off warts in the office. So last week they did a biopsy in the office. They took enough to require several stiches ( surgery ). I was told the wart would have to be cut out in the hospital. Lab confirmed it is a wart. Today they say come back in 2 weeks after it heals. They will then burn it off in the office. About 8 visits over a year plus. In 1964 they burnt them off in the office first visit. One visit and done.

Sounds like a scam to keep the money flowing into the doctor's office. Maybe there was a good reason to keep coming back, but I too remember in the 1960's and 1970's where one would go to the doctor's office for a plantar wart and get it removed at that visit.

I know some people who had platar warts and they said it was painful. They got a lot of relief once the wart was removed. Hope you recover well.

 

[WthrLady]

I have the opposite problem. If I leave a plastic bucket outside in the winter, right side up, it will fill up with snow, which in the spring will melt, and then at night will freeze and crack the bucket. If I store any bucket outside in the winter, I have to turn them upside down.

I live in northern Minnesota, and I don't think I've ever had a bucket crack from the sun and heat. But I have lived in warmer locations where that certainly would be a concern.

me either.
We used them all over the deck in florida and I didn't have heat or UV problems there either. I used them for 4 years, same buckets. (then we moved)

 

[Jenbirdee]

Yep. I have been moving my raised bed gardens alongside my chicken coop and run where I make all the compost. Also, carrying buckets sounds like a lot of work. I have a couple of 4-wheeled Gorilla carts that make my life so much easier....

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Although more expensive than buckets or even a good wheelbarrow, the Gorilla carts are worth every penny to me and allow me to move heavy stuff with ease - even at my age.



Have you considered making some kind of mobile chicken coop/tractor and moving it to the resting plot every year and letting the chickens work the soil - and fertilize it - and then rotating it to a different plot each year?

At one time, I think Justin Rhodes on YouTube was advocating that type of system.

ooohh that’s nice. i have wheelbarrow but the places i put compost was difficult to get the wheelbarrow through. i ended up using a hand truck and stack 3 - 5g buckets full on it . i was able to get that through the path and down the hill better than wheelbarrow. i live on a partly wooded hillside . but i only have 2/3 acres so i use every bit of it.

 

[gtaus]

me either.
We used them all over the deck in florida and I didn't have heat or UV problems there either. I used them for 4 years, same buckets. (then we moved)

Well, I know you can get some bitter cold winters in Nebraska as well. One thing about the bucket gardens that concerns me is that I know I would have to empty them out before winter, so no water is in the bucket to freeze and crack the plastic. Maybe not a lot of work, but still more work than my hügelkultur pallet wood raised beds require....

 

[gtaus]

ooohh that’s nice. i have wheelbarrow but the places i put compost was difficult to get the wheelbarrow through. i ended up using a hand truck and stack 3 - 5g buckets full on it . i was able to get that through the path and down the hill better than wheelbarrow. i live on a partly wooded hillside . but i only have 2/3 acres so i use every bit of it.

I used a wheelbarrow for many, many years. In fact, I still have the wheelbarrow that my father used. I had to replace the rotted wheel and some support hardware, but it is about as good as new now. I just don't use it very much anymore now that I have the Gorilla carts.

The 4-wheeled carts are just so much safer and easier on the back. Even better, all my 4-wheeled carts have the handles that convert to use as a tow-behind cart attached to a riding mower. If I have a very heavy load, I'll just move it across my property using my riding mower to tow the cart.

Picture of what my convertible handle looks like...

Some of the smaller 4-wheeled carts do not have that type of convertible handle. But if you have a riding mower, I strongly suggest only buying carts with the tow behind handle option.

FYI, a number of years ago, I bought some off brand "Gorilla" carts at Menards on sale, saving lots of money compared to the brand name Gorilla cart of the same size. Gorilla carts are maybe the best, but you also pay for the name. Unfortunately, Menards no longer carries the carts I bought. They only carry the Gorilla carts now. But this is the time of year to start looking for sales on those carts if you are in the market for one.

 

[Molpet]

, I bought some off brand "Gorilla" carts at Menards on sale, saving lots of money compared to the brand name Gorilla cart of the same size.

I bought one of those too . Still have it, works great.