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CH4Ohio
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Sonny580, Do you guys hear those wind turbines much? Is there anything to the claims of "infrasound" being a problem? Looks like you might know . . . Thanks.
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Sonny580
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no problem with wind turbines here! We have 2 on our farm and they dont bother me any! I enjoy them myself!
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Finally, some rain for a day of rest. 200+ cabbage plants set Sunday afternoon. In the morning, I planted 4 rows of Phacelia to attract bees, plus 4 rows of Sunflowers around the perimeter to make a hedge fence to keep Deer out. I thought 1 lb. would do it, but ran short. Went back to the seed dealer early yesterday morning and got 4 more lbs., enough to make 10 rows. Watered the plants in well with Fish fertilizer, just before dark.
Rain was supposed to be here by 11:00 a.m. Still no rain so planted some Daikon Radishes alongside the cabbage plants to draw those pesky whit butterflies away from the cabbage. Checked the radar and nothing remotely close, so jumped into it and hooked the disk, modified to make hill rows up to my little Sears ST10 and made two hill rows for onions and the other for Beets I grow for some friends.
I made the drop tube for planting onion sets and is really handy for planting beets. It takes a few minutes longer to drop them one at a time for proper spacing and not wasting seed. It took me around 8 minutes to plant that 90' row but will probably save me hours when it comes to start hoeing in 80º heat.
Getting somewhat of a break today but planning on canning up some Asparagus friends let me pick from their patch. I find it amazing friends of mine sell Asparagus for $6 lb., but these folks can hardly give it away for the cutting. I bought this weeder at a yard sale for 50 cents a few years ago to spot weed Jimson weed and a few others in the garden, it makes a dandy Asparagus cutter..!! It has a 3' handle but choke up on it at around 2', grab the Asparagus by the top place the "V" at the bottom of the stalk and give it a little jab below the surface of the dirt and it cuts right off. I dressed it up with a file, then finished by polishing up with my air angle grinder with a fiber Roloc gasket removal disc for a good sharp edge. Sure beats paying $20+ for an Asparagus knife which looks exactly the same, only with a shorter handle.
Rain was supposed to be here by 11:00 a.m. Still no rain so planted some Daikon Radishes alongside the cabbage plants to draw those pesky whit butterflies away from the cabbage. Checked the radar and nothing remotely close, so jumped into it and hooked the disk, modified to make hill rows up to my little Sears ST10 and made two hill rows for onions and the other for Beets I grow for some friends.
I made the drop tube for planting onion sets and is really handy for planting beets. It takes a few minutes longer to drop them one at a time for proper spacing and not wasting seed. It took me around 8 minutes to plant that 90' row but will probably save me hours when it comes to start hoeing in 80º heat.
Getting somewhat of a break today but planning on canning up some Asparagus friends let me pick from their patch. I find it amazing friends of mine sell Asparagus for $6 lb., but these folks can hardly give it away for the cutting. I bought this weeder at a yard sale for 50 cents a few years ago to spot weed Jimson weed and a few others in the garden, it makes a dandy Asparagus cutter..!! It has a 3' handle but choke up on it at around 2', grab the Asparagus by the top place the "V" at the bottom of the stalk and give it a little jab below the surface of the dirt and it cuts right off. I dressed it up with a file, then finished by polishing up with my air angle grinder with a fiber Roloc gasket removal disc for a good sharp edge. Sure beats paying $20+ for an Asparagus knife which looks exactly the same, only with a shorter handle.
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CloverKnollFarms
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Got (5) 100' rows of sweet corn in. 15 more to go. And 300 bush beans planted
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HawkinsHollow
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Has anyone done the beer trick to attract and kill slugs? I have slugs eating my lettuce. It is a little too rainy right now but as soon as we get a couple of clear days I am going to give it a try.
CloverKnollFarms
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Last year our sweet corn did pretty well... This year I'm trying side dressing with urea to see how the growth compares
workinonit
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I'll be interested in how that works out. Did you use pellets or liquid?
CloverKnollFarms
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46-0-0 granules. Used the walk behind seeder with a large pea plate to insert it about 1.5" under the soil
workinonit
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I would run it in my fert distributor on a 140.
