Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Firstchic]

How great!

 

[jvls1942]

good morning, all coffee'd up already,, lots to do today..

it sounds like all 17 of the guineas are awake.. and the rooster is crowing..the ducks are calling and the geese are talking to each other,,, now this place feels alive once again..

Cooties, all guineas are welcome here..

I can't remember what I posted, so if I repeat myself, don't stop me,, I may want to hear it again..
and with my memory, it is new information to me..

I didn't get at Ollie yesterday,, maybe today ?? and by tonight I hope to have the potatoes planted.
If I can't find the hand planter, I will use a hoe..

this year I have to get to the greenhouse earlier and get a better selection of tomato plants.. last year all they had left were "Patio Tomatoes" nice tight bushes, but not much fruit ..
tomatoes are fruit..

"Lord give me the wisdom to know that a tomato is a fruit
And grant me the restraint from calling it that ."

..........jiminwisc............

 

[wyoDreamer]

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit,
Wisdom is not putting it into fruit salad.

@jvls1942 how did your potatoes do last year in the greenhouse? I don't remember if you said and i am too lazy to try to find it in this huge thread.

I am trying to decide if I want to plant potatoes in bags or in the ground. The bags make it very easy to harvest - just dump into a wheel barrow or tractor bucket and pick out the potatoes. But the bags also dry out really quick and need to be watered daily. I will also have to buy soil and amendments.

 

[jvls1942]

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit,
Wisdom is not putting it into fruit salad.

@jvls1942 how did your potatoes do last year in the greenhouse? I don't remember if you said and i am too lazy to try to find it in this huge thread.

I am trying to decide if I want to plant potatoes in bags or in the ground. The bags make it very easy to harvest - just dump into a wheel barrow or tractor bucket and pick out the potatoes. But the bags also dry out really quick and need to be watered daily. I will also have to buy soil and amendments.

we didn't get a great yield in the greenhouse under the straw.. It was my fault.. I didn't use near enough straw.. I was told that the straw has to be at least a foot deep..
the potatoes we did get were thick skinned, and rough skinned...

My daughter tried potatoes in a garbage can,, she ended up with only one potato about the size of a football..

how would plastic feed bags work ? seems they would hold the moisture better ?

couldn't you just keep adding straw into the bag as the potato grew ? Or alternate a layer of straw and then a layer of compost/dirt ..?

I like your tomato poem better.. I heard it that way before, but I couldn't remember how it went.

..........jiminwisc..........

 

[wyoDreamer]

I made some bags out of landscape fabric, they are 18" in diameter and I added soil mix as the potato plant grew until the bag was full. The soil mix was 1/3 composted steer manure, 1/3 bagged topsoil (wood compost mostly in that one) and 1/3 mushroom/peat moss mix. In Wyoming, I had to wrap the bags in plastic and I have some welded wire forms that they sit in to keep the antelope and other rodents from eating them off completely. The bottom of the bag needed to be able to drain, even out there in the high mountain desert, so the plastic only went around the sides.
Some of my concerns is that the soil here is OK but not really high in organics, there are clay pockets about 2 feet down and a high water table. I am worried about the potatoes rotting in place -I had that happen when I had the bags wrapped completely in plastic and we got a freak rainstorm of 3".

 

[bertgwen]

With all the losses being posted on here lately I thought everyone could use a dose of cute. Couple day old Australian Spotted Ducklings.

Been looking for a couple ASD's for some time, finally broke down and ordered the minimum from holderreads. Showed up this morning. Once I figure out what I have I'll be selling off the extras at cost if anyone is interested.

robert

 

[jvls1942]

I made some bags out of landscape fabric, they are 18" in diameter and I added soil mix as the potato plant grew until the bag was full. The soil mix was 1/3 composted steer manure, 1/3 bagged topsoil (wood compost mostly in that one) and 1/3 mushroom/peat moss mix. In Wyoming, I had to wrap the bags in plastic and I have some welded wire forms that they sit in to keep the antelope and other rodents from eating them off completely. The bottom of the bag needed to be able to drain, even out there in the high mountain desert, so the plastic only went around the sides.
Some of my concerns is that the soil here is OK but not really high in organics, there are clay pockets about 2 feet down and a high water table. I am worried about the potatoes rotting in place -I had that happen when I had the bags wrapped completely in plastic and we got a freak rainstorm of 3".

as I said before, I never tried the bag method..

BUT if I were to try it, I would do it this way.

I have some shallow oil drain pans from F&F . I would cut the bottom of a plastic feed bag open and set it in the pan, put some good compost in the bottom and set the seed potatoes. then as they grow add compost and straw mixture until the bag is full..
you could tell how moist the soil was by the amount of water in the pan.
I don't know if this would work or not, but that is how I would do it..

 

[FrenchToast]

Eat her???? OMG.  This is gonna take some getting use to.  Where is the get together the weekend after Memorial Day  and remind me again, when is Memorial Day?

Memorial Day is Monday May 25th
See my link in the post above for bash details

 

[FrenchToast]

Hah talk about repeating yourself. Lol turned on the phone and my earlier message looked liked it was not sent. So I sent it again! Oops

 

[irishrovr]

With all the losses being posted on here lately I thought everyone could use a dose of cute. Couple day old Australian Spotted Ducklings.

Been looking for a couple ASD's for some time, finally broke down and ordered the minimum from holderreads. Showed up this morning. Once I figure out what I have I'll be selling off the extras at cost if anyone is interested.

robert

Cute and fuzzy pictures are always welcome!!