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Posted by Nathan Harder on 05-09-2023 06:31 AM:

I got the rest of my garden in this weekend before some showers started. Then we ended up with some nickel sized hail. Surprisingly enough, it wasnt too heavy and everything seemed to have made it.

We need some rain. The two lakes that fill the river, the Corps of Engineers dumped the levels expecting spring rains that never came. Really messed up my spring river catfishing expeditions. Going to head to a nearby lake in the morning to try out the bite.

What does everyone have planted this year?

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Posted by Rex Ridge on 05-10-2023 12:34 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by yadkinriver
Was wondering if you ever found Milorganite. Hope you have as much success with it as I have and several friends that have been using it. Finally got all my garden in last week. All I have up now are my beets but got them in early.

I asked my husband to ask at the feed store, he forgot. We usually don't plant any plants until after Memorial Day because if there's a full moon the first of June, we'll get frost.

Posted by RC-Abby on 05-14-2023 03:42 PM:

HAPPY MOTHERS Day!

A BIG Shout out to all you moms out there. HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Randi

Posted by Redneck Mafia on 05-16-2023 04:58 PM:

Thanks Randi!
Mom's garden is coming up and looking good. The basics mainly corn, green beans, cucumbers and tomatoes.
Tyler had planted anything you can think of. He said I'll plant it and then you girls can take care of it lol. The goats got out several times and were eating the sprouts that were coming up and a pup pulled up the garden stakes. The goats are now locked in a big coral and instead of just planting in the bare spots he disk up the whole thing with the tractor. Now it's been to wet to get back in it to replant and will likely be like a jungle when we do and everything comes up in random places that's been disked under lol!

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Posted by Rex Ridge on 05-17-2023 11:12 PM:

Thanks Randi. Hope Jenn and you had a nice Mother's Day.
We have a Frost Warning for tonight, that probably means no fruit this year.
We had asparagus last night with supper. I thought we had enough that we could freeze half, but my husband thought he could eat whatever I didn't want and he was right

Posted by RC-Abby on 05-18-2023 02:27 AM:

Frost!

We have a frost advisory for to night also. Not taking a chance. I have all the plants under plastic buckets. Chris fixes a cookie sheet full of asparagus every night when she gets home form work. I make sure it is all gone. Only have enough for 4 nights left. Once a year thing and I like it. Would like to get my sweetcorn planted tomorrow.

Randi

Posted by RC-Abby on 05-20-2023 02:50 AM:

Frost Sweetcorn And Rain

We did have frost on some roofs around. Windshields were frosty and tractor seat had some on. Very little to be seen on the grass.
Got 16 rows sweetcorn planted today. (300 ft long) Getting a nice shower as I type.

Randi

Posted by Redneck Mafia on 05-24-2023 03:22 AM:

Better late than never!

After Tyler tilled the planted garden under after the goats ate it then it rained and rained. Sunday he re-worked it again and yesterday evening and today Ash and I got it all planted again except for tomatoes and peppers. I'm thinking we'll just buy some good sized plants to put in the ground. It's supposed to rain again tomorrow, perfect timing. We've got a pretty long growing season with our first frost usually in late October. Harvesting will be a little later than normal but still plenty of time for a nice garden to grow.
She's so proud her asparagus patch is coming up but disappointed she won't get any to harvest for a couple of years.
Lettuce, onion, green beans, corn, both zucchini and yellow squash, cucumbers, butternut squash, watermelon, pumpkin, cantaloupes, potatoes and okra. Tomato and pepper plants soon and maybe some carrots oh and the herbs! I planted flowers along the edge #1 they look pretty and #2 they attract pollinators! My great grandmother planted over an acre garden when I was a little girl. I remember her pushing an old plow and canning over an open fire outside in a big metal drum. She had a fear of pressure cookers exploding and enjoyed her old ways of doing things. The front row of her garden was always flowers. It was the one of those perfect looking gardens, the kind I envy when I see one like it.
We'll do alot of canning if it does well and make some baby food too. I've always made food for the grand babies. It's nice to know where their first foods come from!

Posted by RC-Abby on 05-24-2023 11:14 PM:

Jen

Your last post brings back memories. My Grandmother and Aunt always had a great garden. They canned and froze from it all summer and ate from it all year around. I can remember the ole boiler canner sitting on the wood fired cook stove. Man the kitchen would get so hot you couldn't hardly breath. All the doors and windows were wide open to let heat out. Sure was good eaten though. Just had to share.

Randi

Posted by Redneck Mafia on 05-28-2023 04:35 AM:

Thinking back now I wonder what Great Gandma Bartlett did with all that food! There is no way 1 little old lady could have consumed it. Sure she shared with family but she could have supplied a farmers market for the summer! She lived to be almost 85 and died suddenly while rebuilding a wood box my uncle hadn't built to her specks going strong her way until then. I remember once when I was a little girl we arrived at her house at 8 am to help with the garden and she commented to my dad that she thought we were coming early. I'd guess that she had been out there with her old push plow since dawn and we were lately lol! Great memories! She also grew cotton. I asked her why once and she just said she didn't know why she just always had. She'd give me a big bag of cotton balls every year.
Down here we've finally caught up on rainfall and everything is green and growing. Cheyenne's flower beds and mom's garden are looking great. The farmers are just starting to bale hay this last week. The weather has been beautiful and the weatherman is calling for rain Tuesday, fingers crossed. Ashton has been putting the sprinkler on ours since the rain missed us Wed.
Happy gardening Everyone! Jen

Posted by yadkinriver on 05-28-2023 02:09 PM:

Cheyennes flower beds? lol
Had to come back and edit this post. Thought you was funning us but one of our friends set me straight. Sure can't criticize Chey for liking flowers. Seems to be an humble winner, something you seldom see anymore. Doesn't strut and crow just lets his winnings speak for him. As far as flowers, when my ex pulled out I inherited a rose bush, a desert rose and some african violets that I have kept alive. Even had to divide and repot the violets and gave every little bluehaired beauty in the community one that wanted one to the amusement of some of my buddies.
Have a great Memorial Day and an even better day to google "Angel Flight".

Posted by Redneck Mafia on 05-29-2023 11:30 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by yadkinriver
Cheyennes flower beds? lol
Had to come back and edit this post. Thought you was funning us but one of our friends set me straight. Sure can't criticize Chey for liking flowers. Seems to be an humble winner, something you seldom see anymore. Doesn't strut and crow just lets his winnings speak for him. As far as flowers, when my ex pulled out I inherited a rose bush, a desert rose and some african violets that I have kept alive. Even had to divide and repot the violets and gave every little bluehaired beauty in the community one that wanted one to the amusement of some of my buddies.
Have a great Memorial Day and an even better day to google "Angel Flight".

Oh they are definitely his! And he has one heck of a green thumb!
That's awesome to give those violets to the blue haired ladies! Don't pay any attention to the naysayer buddies. They may wish for pies or future companionship from a blue haired lady and are just jealous they didn't have any violets to pass around!

Posted by yadkinriver on 06-02-2023 04:09 PM:

In some borders where i usually keep sprayed I have something growing called purslane. My sister says its a good addition to salads. If anyone has ever eaten it I'd appreciate some info.

Posted by Redneck Mafia on 06-07-2023 04:06 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by yadkinriver
In some borders where i usually keep sprayed I have something growing called purslane. My sister says its a good addition to salads. If anyone has ever eaten it I'd appreciate some info.

I've never eaten it but it's supposed to be really good for you and high in all sorts of vitamins. Add some to a salad and let us know how it is. You may google what is the best part of the plant and when to pick. Dandelion is best when the greens are young it's kinda like lettuce if you let it go to long it's bitter.

Posted by Redneck Mafia on 06-20-2023 09:14 PM:

Mom has been canning green beans this week. She just sent me home with a bag of fresh. Green beans, new potatoes with bacon and onion is on the menu!

Posted by yadkinriver on 07-18-2023 05:59 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Redneck Mafia
I've never eaten it but it's supposed to be really good for you and high in all sorts of vitamins. Add some to a salad and let us know how it is. You may google what is the best part of the plant and when to pick. Dandelion is best when the greens are young it's kinda like lettuce if you let it go to long it's bitter.

I mixed some in a salad and couldnt tell it was in it. It may be healthy but it sure is invasive. Spray it with Roundup and it comes back even thicker.

Posted by Redneck Mafia on 07-19-2023 04:01 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by yadkinriver
I mixed some in a salad and couldnt tell it was in it. It may be healthy but it sure is invasive. Spray it with Roundup and it comes back even thicker.

Don't eat what you spray lol!!
We have zucchini running out our ears down here. Mom's tomatoes are really starting to produce. Been hot but we've still been getting a little rain to keep things going. Being it's July we'll take all the man upstairs wants to give!

Posted by Redneck Mafia on 07-19-2023 04:01 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by yadkinriver
I mixed some in a salad and couldnt tell it was in it. It may be healthy but it sure is invasive. Spray it with Roundup and it comes back even thicker.

Posted by yadkinriver on 07-19-2023 01:59 PM:

LOL I didn't eat where I had sprayed. I won't spray in my garden either but this stuff is starting to come up everywhere.
My greenbeans and beets are done and gone, okra just coming in. Cantaloupe patch looking real good and it won't be long before they start turning. Squash is finally slowing down but the cukes are still producing. Got my first tomato July 4th just now starting to come in strong. Overall a good year for gardening even after a late spring. Think February was warmer than may.

Posted by RC-Abby on 05-06-2024 01:38 AM:

May 5 2024

Time to bring this thread to the top. What's happening in the gardening world. I have been hammered with rain so nothing planted.

Randi

Posted by Redneck Mafia on 05-06-2024 02:15 AM:

After last summer with no garden and just eating from Mom's because my spot was dozed out for Cheyenne's new kennels concrete pad mine is in progress! I'm still a little bitter about my old spot lol! Especially when I came home and he had the guy haul off the big load of dirt/compost from it. So now he's put in some old electric polls to make a form a new garden in our backyard and we've had a couple of loads of dirt hauled in. The ground is to rocky to till up a regular garden spot. Now the ground is to wet to get the tractor in to put the dirt in. Cheyenne is all worried about me messing up his grass with the tractor 😂. I've been thinking about going and renting a little tractor to do it because if I wait until we could get the farm tractor in it will be July before it gets done.
On a good note his roses are blooming and looking beautiful.
Happy gardening everyone!
Jen

Posted by buff1978 on 05-08-2024 04:48 PM:

Put in over 300 onion plants 2 weeks ago.just bought 20 tomatoes plants and 12 pepper plants. Not in the garden yet as it's too wet.

Posted by RC-Abby on 05-13-2024 08:46 PM:

Still to wet here

quote:
Originally posted by buff1978
Put in over 300 onion plants 2 weeks ago.just bought 20 tomatoes plants and 12 pepper plants. Not in the garden yet as it's too wet.

LoL! That is a Salsa garden! Hope you have them planted.

Used the weed burner on my mound garden yesterday. Then tilled it couple hours later. Wish now I would have taken a nap instead of tilling. It has dried off on top. Hoping sun and wind will evaporate some moisture. Not a chance of planting today. Rain coming after midnight and off & on for next 3 days.

Good Luck Everyone!
Randi

Posted by yadkinriver on 07-01-2024 05:07 PM:

Just wondering if everyone elses gardens are burning up. Early beets did good but stayed cool and germination wasn't good on seed crops. Cantaloupes got replanted several timesand greenbeans in a sandy bottom started good then the weather changed Extreme hot and dry. Beans started making now turning yellow. Been watering cantaloupes and since grass and clover is dry and brown rabbits are eating vines and green fruit. Embarrassing since I have beagles but fat and out of shape and way too hot to run them. Tomatoes, squash and cukes are doing decent but in a place I can reach with a water hose. Drought conditions making it tuff but hoping too get better.

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