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    Re: Who is growing their own this year?

    Awesome looking place BobV. Please post some finished pics when done.
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    Last year we put in a white fence along the side yard. My wife added some pots in front of it where she planted tomatos and cucumbers and peppers. Something about the reflected light off the white fence is making these plantsthrive. Things were booming until we noticed a family of chipmunks stealing everything a day or two before we were ready to pick. It's funny watching a chipmnk trying to manipulate a cucumber or large tomato across the lawn.

    I got my wife a toy wooden crossbow to shoot at them and get out her frustrations (rubber tipped arrows). It was a lot of fun listening to her rant and try and shoot at the chippies, but it didn;t deter them and we lost most of our crop.

    This year we have another bumper crop, but put some netting around the plants. It seems to be working well so far, except out tomatos have some kind of blight. The very tip of the bottoms are all black. Something to do with inconsistent watering. Will have to check into that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BobM View Post
    Last year we put in a white fence along the side yard. My wife added some pots in front of it where she planted tomatos and cucumbers and peppers. Something about the reflected light off the white fence is making these plantsthrive. Things were booming until we noticed a family of chipmunks stealing everything a day or two before we were ready to pick. It's funny watching a chipmnk trying to manipulate a cucumber or large tomato across the lawn.

    I got my wife a toy wooden crossbow to shoot at them and get out her frustrations (rubber tipped arrows). It was a lot of fun listening to her rant and try and shoot at the chippies, but it didn;t deter them and we lost most of our crop.

    This year we have another bumper crop, but put some netting around the plants. It seems to be working well so far, except out tomatos have some kind of blight. The very tip of the bottoms are all black. Something to do with inconsistent watering. Will have to check into that.
    I see you are east coast. We have had issues with early blight for a few years, but watering may still be your root cause.

    One thing cheap you can do for critters in flower pots and veggies, is to get some real cheap smelly pipe tobacco or cigars and put the loose tobacco in around the plants.

    We did this originally to stop squirrels in our deck flower pots and it was hilarious watching the squirrel moving backwards on a tree limb rubbing his face all over it trying to get the smell off. Been using this trick for many years.

    Had my first 2 ripe red cherries this morning. Sweet and juicy as expected
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    Re: Who is growing their own this year?

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowfax View Post
    Awesome looking place BobV. Please post some finished pics when done.
    Thanks Brian. Will do. This morning enjoying coffee on the back porch -- put a hummingbird feeder up the other day, now watching a half-dozen or more jockeying for a turn at the sugar-water'ing hole. And out in the clearing there are three 4-5 point bucks grazing. They're regulars here. And I just saw a coyote racing through the clearing. If he was still I'd have gotten out the AR, those bastards like to gobble house cats, and we're pretty fond of ours.


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    That's the same HB feeder we have at our house. For some reason those thumb sized birds like these inexpensive basic models better than the more elaborate ones. Just be sure to change the sugar water every 2 weeks, or it will start to ferment in the sun and they will leave it alone.
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    Hey Bob, I only put about 1 cup into the feeder, and in 24 hours its empty. It doesn't last long enough to go bad around here, now that they've come to know where to tank up, they've been telling their friends. I'm getting a couple more so there is a little less territorial bickering going on.

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    Next up, some high speed in-flight hummingbird closeup photo's.
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    Farm Report

    Well this has been the best garden year for me so far. Not sure if it was the below average temps, or that I am learning how to feed and prep the soil or both.

    My wife has been picking between 30 and 50 cherry tomatoes a day for the last month. The 3 main plants are nearing the end of production but we let 2 that just grew from last year mature and they are now putting out nicely. The 15 Red, Yellow, and Orange tomato plants have been producing large amounts and sizes of tomatoes all summer. Recently 10 to 15 per day are being picked.

    The Swiss Chard is also still producing 1 month longer this year than last. We made a batch of Swiss Chard-Cheese Squares last night and the night before that we used flatbreads and put our own Garlic, Onions, Scallions, Swiss Chard, Peppers and Tomatoes with some cheese on them. Yummy!

    The Bells, Jalapeno, and Cayenne peppers are also ripening nicely. Still have at least 60 more Scallions to eat and give away. The Onions did much better this year but not as well as I hoped. I got close to 60 at 2-3 inches.

    I also dug up my Potato patch 2 weeks ago and yielded about 10lbs of reasonable size to smaller potatoes, which we have been frying up with Peppers and Onions.

    When all the lettuce was done, we planted a row of Wax Beans which are ripe and ready to pick now.

    This was a great year for the garden and I wish some of you were local enough to share with. People where I work are reaping the benefits of growing Way Too Much! I am not looking forward to my water bill, but have been able to cut back on the watering recently. (using soaker hose and timer)

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    Re: Who is growing their own this year?

    Well, the lawn in front is due for its first cutting. I planted on Sept 1. Now I have 100lbs of seed due next week which I'll use to overseed the 11,000 sq ft area in front of my home and the lot next door (we bought that one when we bought this house.) So by mid-fall I'll have new grass coming up where the 7 years old lawn is looking pretty sketchy. There's a lot of work in that space to get it to come around, but for a lawn geek like me its just a new challenge.

    There are some thin spots here in the newly planted areas, but by this time next year it'll be like the first cut of rough at the best courses!




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    Golf Worthy!
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    Re: Who is growing their own this year?

    Looks great Bob.
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    Re: Who is growing their own this year?

    Bob, lawn looks fantastic. What seed blend did you use?
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    Re: Who is growing their own this year?

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    Bob, lawn looks fantastic. What seed blend did you use?
    Hey Dale, I started with a pacific nw blend of ryegrass from SeedSuperStore (dot com), which is 1/3 ea. Fiesta4, AmazingGS, and Pangea. To that I added about 10-15% Garnet Creeping Red Fescue. All, I believe, are grown right here in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, the grass seed capitol of the world!

    For the large stretch across the front of the property, I ordered just the ryegrass blend omitting the fescue as it is a very sunny spot. 100 lbs of grass seed is a lot of seed, but the site has been over-run with mostly poa. I have been cutting it down 1/4" at a time and blowing off the cuttings. When I get it down to 1 inch - 1 1/4 inch I'll use my thatcher/slit-seeder to tear through the old poa and thatch, which is going to create a mountain of debris. After that, mow one more time then overseed with my slit seeder.

    After a couple years of doing the same, the lawn will be fully 'renovated', though I expect 100 yards of topsoil will be spread over a few years to fill low spots and even out the surface. Of course, springtime aeration too.

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    Drew has recommended the ryegrass blend for my lawn as well. I have full sun.
    The Poa is my worst enemy right now. I have been bagging clippings to remove seeds. Tomorrow I am going to spray with Prodiamine WDG which is a generic Barricade hoping that will stop the Poa in it's tracks. What are your thoughts on using herbicides to control Poa?
    But that means overseeding will have to wait until spring. I am toying with the idea of buying a Billy Goat combo slit seeder/thatcher rather than having the hassle of renting.
    Keep up with the wonderful info, thanks.
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    Anyone grow tulips here? Tulip festival is on today, so I'll take The Ladies for a drive for some Dutch pancakes. It been 15 years since I planted bulbs.

    Anyone have a favourite colour or strain?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Katoomer View Post
    The Poa is my worst enemy right now. I have been bagging clippings to remove seeds. Tomorrow I am going to spray with Prodiamine WDG which is a generic Barricade hoping that will stop the Poa in it's tracks. What are your thoughts on using herbicides to control Poa?
    But that means overseeding will have to wait until spring. I am toying with the idea of buying a Billy Goat combo slit seeder/thatcher rather than having the hassle of renting.
    Keep up with the wonderful info, thanks.
    Hey Dale, two thoughts. 1) re: herbicide for Poa. I have studied extensively and read the University trials, go with Tenacity not the Barracade. You can apply Tenacity over new seed, but to control Poa you need the most proven approach, which is to apply 10% of the annual dose (5oz/acre) ten times, spaced three days apart for each application. You can have 80-90% poa control with this method. Poa is ongoing battle. If you apply a little more, but fewer applications, you will get slightly less control. If you were stateside I would send you some, I have an eternal supply (bought a gallon when it was new product, now you can get it in pints.)

    2) I bought a used Ryan Mattaway, but the rentals are just as good, and much cheaper. I would just rent if doing it again. And I wouldn't have to store something I use 1 or 2 times per year.

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    Re: Who is growing their own this year?

    So what did I do yesterday for my Birthday? Well, being a lawn geek, and with weather window closing, I got a major workout manhandling this beast of a thatcher/overseeder and cleaning up the debris. I knew I was biting off a big chunk. This area is across the upper part of my property, about 275' in length, averaging about 40' wide. There is an easement designating this as "common area" so it has been maintained by the HOA lawn service for the past 7 years. Which means they've mowed it and once per year added some weed&feed. I expect it was planted with a contractor mix, which means crappy seed and up to 40% annual grass—meaning after one winter 40% of the lawn won't survive. That has left the lawn open for an influx of poa, which spreads like crazy but doesn't create roots on the spreading stems. Grab a hunk of this grass and you might find the rooted plant a couple feet away. Also meaning it looks OK for a couple months in the spring, then goes dormant until the autumn rains return. If I had the time and mojo, I'd start from scratch like I did with the small patches in front of the house. But starting over on 11,000 sq.ft. would be a summer long project, so I'm going to just try to renovate with an annual overseeding for the next several years.

    (There is a 50 lb. weight on the front, making the whole thing weigh over 300lbs. Stopping, turning, raising & lowering the blades, ugh! Today I can feel it.)








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    Yeah, they can give you a real workout. I feel that way after tilling the gardens with my power tiller. Good workout if you could do 20 minutes every other day
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    That does look like a real workout Bob.
    I went ahead and sprayed the Barricade as a pre- emergent for the Poa. I'll get some Tenacity over the winter and start on that program in the spring. I have a small area of lawn in my front yard (350 sq. ft.) that is old and tired so come spring I will rent a sod cutter and start from scratch. I'm tempted to replace the boulevard lawn with artificial turf as it would save me fighting the losing battle of brown spots from the large dog population in our neighbourhood. Thanks again for your help. Some day I hope to be a lawn geek as well.
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    I had also ordered some pre-emergent barricade clone, then read the label and was worried about it stunting the new seed, so went ahead again with the Tenacity. For the new lawn just used annual strength on the soil before planting. In fact, was worried I'd overdone it, but the grass came up strong. I'm super cautious about the chemicals though as my cats love to be out in the lawn. I'll post some pics as the overseeded lawn starts to come up.

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    Ok Bob, I'm tired reading this and it's 9:10 in the morning.
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    Wow, December 22 and I just finished prepping the gardens for next year.

    The Garlic Patch was completed and planted the weekend before Thanksgiving as it should be. Planting before first frost is key. 104 heads have been planted, similar to last year's 100 heads which we are still thoroughly enjoying.

    I was finally able to turn over the whole main garden by hand, since I can only do a few square yards per day with my back issues. Got the compost spread as even as I could and mulched over with ground up leaves. All I need to do for planting is till it in when ready.

    I am not sure if it was the weather, other conditions, or if I am just getting a little better at this each year, along with adding nutrients every year. We had a bumper crop of everything we planted this past season. No Early Blight or any Blight on the tomato plants this year like the last 3 or so. We had hundreds of awesome tomatoes to eat and share along with close to 1000 cherries. Bell, Cayenne, Jalapeno, and all peppers did very well too as did Peas, String Beans, Potatoes, Swiss Chard, Lettuce and more did great also.

    Looking forward to another good year and weather in 2015 for another bumper crop.
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    Brian, it sounds like you had a super successful season! I wish I could say the same for me. With all the frost in the ground and rain we had this spring I got off to a late start. Our summer was cool and rainy which led to some really bad blight on my tomatoes and lots of mold on my cucumber vines. It wasn't a total disaster, but it certainly wasn't good.

    I actually had my largest harvest of raspberries this past season. It had to be well over 10 gallons from my small patch. I did get a good crop of acorn squash (about 30 of them), lots of broccoli, a good crop of early cucumbers (enough to pickle 15 or so quarts), a decent crop of peppers, and enough beans to carry me though the winter. I ended up getting my first killing frost on September 11th and then freezes on the 12th and 13th so that put an end to the season quite abruptly. Maybe things will go better for me next year.

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    Matt,

    Bummer on the weather and frost. We had a really decent summer compared to some of the latest super hot and rainy year.

    Better luck next year.

    Oh, I forgot to say that I was still pulling and eating fresh scallions right up until I turned the garden over.
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    Spent the weekend finishing the prep work on main garden and yesterday we planted 250 Peas, 100 Scallions, and 4 types of Lettuce. Had the babies out hardening too.

    I bought some new grow lights this year after a few bad years using hand me downs and getting really nice results this time.

    We planted about 80 Onions a few weeks ago in the front of the Garlic and all are doing fine. Looks like I will have another bumper crop of Garlic and many fine onions this year.

    Next up is final prep and planting of Potatoes and then all the Tomatoes and Peppers as they are ready as well as a row of Swiss Chard.

    Happy Gardening!
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    Wow, Congrats Brian

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    Everything we planted a week and a half ago is up and growing nicely. I got the soaker hose laid out and working for the first 3 rows, will continue that after the 4 rows of tomatoes and 2 rows of peppers go in soon.

    Sunday I also planted 60+ Potatoes. I prepped the location much better and added lots of organic material and food during planting this time so I hope to get some bigger ones this year. There is nothing like picking a fresh onion and unearthing a few fresh potatoes and frying it right up in the iron pan.
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    Yum!!
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    So it's that time of year once again. I am a little ahead this year which is a good thing.

    The Garlic ended up growing over the winter and not staying dormant since it was pretty mild. That just means it will be ready earlier this year, and we still have 20 heads from last season.

    All the Tomatoes and Peppers are growing nicely under the grow lamps and we have started hardening them outside for several hours a day.

    I had the main garden turned and tilled and leveled so over the weekend we got the first 3 crops planted. Two types of Lettuce, a bunch of Scallions, and three types of Swiss Chard.

    We are taking the first week of May traveling to Portland ME, and around for our 30th Anniversary so we will be planting Peas, Tomatoes and Peppers the week we get back. Then the Potatoes will go in.

    We were also given several Strawberry Plants that I got in a few weeks ago so we will see what they do.

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    Re: Who is growing their own this year?

    Well our 'mini grove' in our side yard, we have our Meyers Lemons, Mexican lime and a Pomelo tree all have passed their bloom and now we have fruit buds all over each tree. Nothing like free fruit. Lost our Valencia orange tree last year.

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    Re: Who is growing their own this year?

    Jim I'd recognize that red stuff anywhere. Dig a little, pick (axe) a little was my motto when we lived in S.C.
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    150 Onion plants went in yesterday. 50 sets of White, 50 sets of Red, and 50 plants of Yellow.

    Today I will start to lay out the Soaker Hose for the Lettuce, Scallions and Swiss Chard and by the end of the weekend a batch of Potatoes will be planted.
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    What a difference a little mulch makes.
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    Jim, That looks like a really nice quiet relaxing spot. Are you doing any Veggies?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowfax View Post
    Jim, That looks like a really nice quiet relaxing spot. Are you doing any Veggies?
    It's actually to the left of our front door(!) The backyard looks out over Lake Lanier. No place for a garden there.

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    Well it's that time again folks. Who is doing veggies this year, or other garden types?

    Yesterday I got my main garden ready, laid out, and some planting.
    Planted a section of Scallions, 2 rows of Lettuce - Romain and Black Seeded Simpson, 1 row of Swiss Chard - White, Red, and Neon Mixed Hybrid, and a row of 200 Peas.

    In the secondary gardens, the 100 mixed Onion plants are all about 8" tall from sets.
    The 100 heads of Garlic have grown right thru the winter and will need an early harvest for sure. Already dropping the first browned leaf.
    The row of Potatoes are all growing nicely but I need to get them netted so the Deer don't munch them all up.

    Today I hope to get the soaker hose laid out in the main garden and then start planting Peppers and Tomatoes.
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    Monsanto will come knocking ........

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    I thought the FBI were raiding Off-gridders in some US states and forcing them to dig up their organic home gardens? I've seen some stories with photos which depict a pretty sorry tail..

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    Wait a sec, it's just veggies I swear.
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    Re: Who is growing their own this year?

    This whole season has been very odd. I had no ripe tomatoes until 2 weeks ago. The Russet Potato plants died off in July so I dug them up and had a nice batch of medium and small potatoes. I also found that a few of the 100 cloves of Garlic did turn to heads, but with no real outer wrapper, just clusters of individual cloves. The Purple Potatoes from last year that I must have missed are still going and not ready to dig up. Scallions are now finally at a mature size and tasty, but over a month late like the tomatoes. Our Peas got burnt out to quickly because we had to reseed 2x and it just got too hot. The small batch we got were good. Here are a few things picked yesterday. The Yellow tomato in front is of normal size. The Yellow/Orange Cherries are more candy than Vegetable. The big one weighed in at 2.25lbs



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