Redneck Mafia
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Been slow going with the weather this spring and time since it decided to stay warm but I finally have most of the garden in.
Most of you that follow this thread I don't have a traditional tilled garden living on a rock pile it there is not enough good dirt and I organic garden with no pesticides and only heirloom varieties of plants. Cheyenne increased the size of the beds around the house and I have taken them over before he planted flowers and shrubs. The little fenced in garden with slightly raised beds I am putting some cattle panels in arches for cucumbers and beans to have some more space to climb and under the panels some plants that don't mind a little shade when summer heat hits. Lettuce will be planted a little every couple weeks for a summer long harvest and plenty of beets since tar never shares with any of us. I counted last night and I have planted 50 tomato plants different heirloom varieties and lots of peppers. Last year heirloom plants and organic gardening worked out pretty well it's a little bit more work on the pest control but worth it to me feeding my family. With everything being in beds it is all mulched for weed control and the edges and paths sprinkled with farm salt. Last year I applied salt only twice and never had to weed eat around any of it. I do have an area in back of the house where Chey did work on the septic lines over the winter that i need to spray with vinegar, water and salt to kill out the weeds until I have time to work the ground and get and get some grass growing also going to try this mixture at the farm on fence rows and any thistle that pops up. I had to go rescue garlic from the compost pile the husband pulled it up thinking they were weeds while helping to get it all ready 😑 love him and wanted to hit him at the same time! The garlic has been in the same place for several years so hopefully he remembers now.
Grandma turned 90 last fall and is still going strong and gave me her Mother's Day order of 12 tomato plants, 4 bell pepper, cucumber, letyuce and radishes. She will probably grow more on 12 than I do on 50 lol. She used to plant a huge garden but has cut back to just this little bit planted in her upper yard along the corrals. Cutting back has given her more time for picking up rocks, cleaning fence rows and picking up sticks in the timber, her favorite past times lol. She told me as a child their garden was several acres 5 of which were planted with tomatoes that they grew to sell to the local cannery, the rest was canned and stored to feed a family of 12 and their animals. Grandma has no recollection of the Great Depression being completely self sufficient kept them fed well.
Mom finished up the big garden in the bottom at her house last week, she grows plenty of corn since space and soil doesn't allow me to here. Today Mom is cagging he tomatoes. If I had her dirt I'd till the whole yard lol.
Happy gardening everyone, feel free to share your ideas and tell us about your garden.
Jen
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