Anyone have a garden going this year?

Sal's ole timey feed and seed store!

 

Come for Sal, and get a good deal! After the pickin', do a whole lotta grinnin'.

 

You are very crafty and industrious, do some amazing and beautiful things. Let me offer you a heads-up on ground-contact boards. That approach may be the best option for places like Panama, but there's a much better option readily available on the east coast of the US. While you may pay an additional premium of 50% or so for treated lumber, you'll get 600% to 800% longer usage of the board. And you can save the time and resources used for charring for other things, not to mention the time and hassle of replacing boards in the future. Been there, done that! Cheers!

 

Thank you, I already have treated lumber beds the wood has been in ground contact for 8 years. Although the beds had been taken apart and reconfigured a few years ago and I was sure to turn the boards "inside-out" when assembling them in their current form. I like them and they have lasted a while, I'm sure I will get a few more years out of it before I need to replace them but I really enjoy learning new things and direct, hands-on experiences are often a good way to do that, lol, plus I already burned the wood

 

the leaves have a high concentration of oxalic acid , not good for your kidneys

 

Does charring the wood make them last longer?

 

Supposed to put off the initial microbe infestation which eventually eats up (rots) the wood of the board. So yeah, last longer. Ish.

 

Yes, in theory but I have no firsthand knowledge, that's why I am experimenting. FritzDaKatx2, post #42 on page 3 of this thread, put up a video that got me thinking about it. I have some space that I needed a few small beds for this year so I figured I would give it a try. If the wood lasts but I no long have use for those beds I will probably make window boxes out of it and if it doesn't last, I didn't spend too much on the wood and since it's not treated I can either burn it and return it to the garden or bury it deep in a bed to decompose.

 

Let us know how it works out.

 

I got a late start, but have most of my garden planted. Now hope mother nature is good to me this year.

 

if you can, get some blood n bone meal and fish fertilizer . garden lime for your tomatoes , and other vegetables like squash to prevent blossom end rot
if you use fertilizers , remember not to let the soil dry out. drying will concentrate the nutes and possibly burn your plants

 

Nothing stinks like bone meal but it works!

 

One of the newly put-in-the-ground cucumber plants got chomped. Other than that, everything's well in the garden : )

 

Mooches!
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Oh, that sucks!
The other day I took the tomatoes out of the greenhouse to start hardening them off and when I was inside eating lunch something decided to take off the tops of 4 of my plants, not sure what it was but it didn't even eat them, they were just laying in the dirt. The pieces were still fresh and un-wilted so I made holes in the dirt, stuck them in and watered them. By the next day they were looking like they might survive by rerooting. You can see them in the front left corner. That picture was taken 3 days ago and the plants are still looking good. The only problem is, I have no idea which variety they are because they were from 2 different kinds.

 

The previous owner of this home had a bunch of overgrown flowering bulbs in the planter boxes. It didn't even look all that organized and pretty when they bloomed. So I dug them all up, planted some blueberries, zucchini, peppers, jalapenos, blue tomatoes, lavender, and marijuana.

 

Good choices, 6

Good looking tomato plants, Moon

Mine are about half that height, haha.

 

Those tomatoes got a great start! All our stuff is still in the two-leaf stage. But definitely about to pop. Something does a similar thing to the grapevine shoots - cuts them off cleanly and the ends left on the ground. I can't catch whatever's doing it, or figure out why. They're not eating them or using them in any way that I can tell, just effing up the plant for fun like teenagers bashing mailboxes. So wasteful. I'm pretty sure whatever's doing it has wings. They're up high and I've never found beetles or caterpillars around. I don't expect birds can cut that cleanly and if they wanted them for their nest they wouldn't always leave them behind. Some kind of insect / bees?

 

Thanks I got started really late but but I planted into good compost and I put a cheap small greenhouse inside my larger one to keep the tomatoes and peppers warmer at night which helped them grow quicker. Their growth slows down when the temp drops below 55°F or so.

While I don't know what's doing it or why, I wouldn't disqualify the birds, they love eating the shoots of my pea plants and they snip them off nice and clean, most or the time I can't even tell unless I get close to inspect them.

 

How's your squirrel population? These small red "spruce tree rats" I have might do such a thing. Couple years ago had one took a liking to running down the strawberry row picking off the green ones and tossing them to the side.