First Serious Project - Clearing 1.5 Acres

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This one seems to show just how well the garden is prepared now. A huge difference from the start of clearing of the land.

 

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Looking down from left top at fence line toward the right bottom being watered now.

 

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A view from about 30 feet down on left top toward the right bottom.

 

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A view of the crops growing from the top left toward the rock on the right top.

 

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A close up of the Georgia Collards growing on Sept. 20th, 2005

 

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A close up of the Purple Top Turnips growing on Sept. 20th, 2005

 

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A close up of the Sugar Snap Peas growing on Sept. 20th, 2005

 

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A close up of the Bush Lima Beans growing on Sept. 20th, 2005

 

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A close up of the Rattle Snake Beans growing on Sept. 20th, 2005

 

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Jim, it looks like you have a good start on a fall garden. I hope you will continue to add plantings of turnips, probably up until Nov. 1. Those turnips will need to be thinned just as soon as they get big enough to make "salad." Those you leave after thinning will then have room to make roots and spread out and make lots of greens.

Even though you put down chicken manure, you will still need to add a little nitrogen. The nitrogen in the manure isn't available to the plant all at once. Don't get me wrong; chicken manure is very, very good fertilizer, and will continue to provide some N throughout the winter.

You might also want to thin some of the collard plants as they get about six to eight inches tall, and transplant those you pull up. Set them about 12 inches apart and they will make some big collards in a hurry.

Here is a picture of a collard patch I had several years ago. The pictures were probably made about the middle of November.
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