No garden for us this year. We are looking to move out of state.
2023 gardens (late)
I wasnt able to be on the computer for a long time due to stupid microsoft TRYING to install w-11 on my old computer and in the process destroyed it. Still dont have it back up 100% and when they destroyed it, --- I lost ALL passwords and the ones I had wrote down were no good anymore. I couldnt remember all of them and thru guesswork FINALLY hit my MTF one right! So thats whats up on this end and I am sorry for the mess!
I lost over 20,000 pics. too but most were just "saved" pics off the internet so no biggie but I did have another 20,000 on my external hard drive which was turned off at the time they hit, and they are safe for now.
As for the garden thread, ---use which ever one you like since I wasnt here!
I did get my 4.5 acres fall plowed,--did the last half in December of 22 and our onion plants are to arrive the week of the 23'rd of March, so like next week! lol! --- gonna be a bear getting them planted too! I can store them for up to 2 weeks if I do it right so thats the plan for now.
Got a couple more tillers to fix, (14 of them now), plus the KK72 that I use on the 340u tractor and its ready as soon as the ground dries up.
Anyway the ground is wet/cold/wind here. The whole winter has been a bear! Temps up and down, 2 small skiffs of snow all winter but TONS of rain!
Been down part of the winter but was logging some and did get a lot of lumber cut. Also got 2 big water tanks set up the other day and have several portable jobbers to hold water in, IF the freezing stops so I can start collecting and holding water. I can hold 11,000 gallons this year with the added tanks so that will help. If the rains dont come,--then I will have to fill the tanks from the river before it goes dry this summer.
A couple tank pix and a bit of lumber from a couple logs.
Sorry for the long post guys!! Forgive me! lol!
I lost over 20,000 pics. too but most were just "saved" pics off the internet so no biggie but I did have another 20,000 on my external hard drive which was turned off at the time they hit, and they are safe for now.
As for the garden thread, ---use which ever one you like since I wasnt here!
I did get my 4.5 acres fall plowed,--did the last half in December of 22 and our onion plants are to arrive the week of the 23'rd of March, so like next week! lol! --- gonna be a bear getting them planted too! I can store them for up to 2 weeks if I do it right so thats the plan for now.
Got a couple more tillers to fix, (14 of them now), plus the KK72 that I use on the 340u tractor and its ready as soon as the ground dries up.
Anyway the ground is wet/cold/wind here. The whole winter has been a bear! Temps up and down, 2 small skiffs of snow all winter but TONS of rain!
Been down part of the winter but was logging some and did get a lot of lumber cut. Also got 2 big water tanks set up the other day and have several portable jobbers to hold water in, IF the freezing stops so I can start collecting and holding water. I can hold 11,000 gallons this year with the added tanks so that will help. If the rains dont come,--then I will have to fill the tanks from the river before it goes dry this summer.
A couple tank pix and a bit of lumber from a couple logs.
Sorry for the long post guys!! Forgive me! lol!
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I have a champion trash pump I used for WVO transfer. They are cheap and work great.
I waited as long a felt possible. But a 2023 needed to be started.
I pulled the plug on my XP machine early when Microsoft started it's games. Not supported and we don't want you using it.
So far still doing the job it's meant to do without any outside help.
So far garden is planned. Seed bought. But mother nature has to cooperate.
Buy the time it dried up enough last year it was to late for a garden.
In the past I have had Behop's problem. It's hard to have a garden if your not there to tend it and harvest.
The goal is to set up raised beds at least 3 feet tall and build removable shelters for them.
I am tired of the you should have plowed and planted in a two day or less window. When the ground was dry enough and then it rains again.
I to will be building a water gathering system. But not a huge one without building an in ground sistern.
I pulled the plug on my XP machine early when Microsoft started it's games. Not supported and we don't want you using it.
So far still doing the job it's meant to do without any outside help.
So far garden is planned. Seed bought. But mother nature has to cooperate.
Buy the time it dried up enough last year it was to late for a garden.
In the past I have had Behop's problem. It's hard to have a garden if your not there to tend it and harvest.
The goal is to set up raised beds at least 3 feet tall and build removable shelters for them.
I am tired of the you should have plowed and planted in a two day or less window. When the ground was dry enough and then it rains again.
I to will be building a water gathering system. But not a huge one without building an in ground sistern.
.....I have some garlic in the ground since about 6 or 7 months ago and started this stuff inside...my brother gave me the grow light set up in which I have heirloom tomatoes and some eggplant..that is basil in the big pot...that stuff smells great once it gets growing, I have radicchio in the other planters..in the pods I have more tomatoes, red peppers, and some hot peppers..I have a lot of different lettuce seeds...they go right into the ground..probably take care of them tomorrow and some zucchini and cucumbers
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I have a bunch of water pumps to use. I catch water from the roofs into 275 gallon totes then haul it to the storage tanks. As for getting some from the river,--I can go over to the bridge and down on the neighbors side and put a pump over the bank with enough hose to reach up over the 1,200 gallon ss tanker then pull it the 800 feet to the storage tanks and pump it into them with another pump. Kinda got the set-up started last year but could only hold around 5,000 gallons. With the current tanks I can hold close to 12,000 gallons so once full that will last a while.
The river usually runs all summer cept extreem dry years then it quits but has ponds up and down the bottom and one big one under the bridge so hopefully that will make a crop.
Last year we had right at 20,000 pounds of produce that we took to the Midwest Food Bank and hope to hav a good year again so we can share again.
Our onion plants are s'posed to come the week of March 23 but planting will be delayed due to weather. 13* and skiff of snow here today and ground froze again!
Last year was a struggle to get them planted and we were 2 weeks behind before I got them in, so this year looks the same.
Havent started any plants yet other than the germination test.
The river usually runs all summer cept extreem dry years then it quits but has ponds up and down the bottom and one big one under the bridge so hopefully that will make a crop.
Last year we had right at 20,000 pounds of produce that we took to the Midwest Food Bank and hope to hav a good year again so we can share again.
Our onion plants are s'posed to come the week of March 23 but planting will be delayed due to weather. 13* and skiff of snow here today and ground froze again!
Last year was a struggle to get them planted and we were 2 weeks behind before I got them in, so this year looks the same.
Havent started any plants yet other than the germination test.
Ya,---4.5 acres is a bear to manage with my health conditions but gotta keep moving or I will be history so as long as the produce dont go to waste I will go as long as I can.
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