Garden Time, JINMAN ??????

jinman · May 27, 2007

I was planning to use my middle buster and dig a ditch to lay irrigation to our garden yesterday, but...the rain showers just kept coming on and off all day long. My wife told me I'd just make a muddy mess if I tried, and I had to agree.

So, we just put on our waders and picked English peas because they have needed picking for several days. Here's a picture of our "haul.'

Bird · May 27, 2007

Jim, our forecast says the sun's going to come out next Friday.

My yard is in dire need of mowing, but it's also got lots of puddles. Another inch of rain last night makes about six and a half inches so far for the month.

My wife is quite fond of English peas, and I eat'em; just not real fond of'em so I never planted any, and I've asked Margaret to not buy any except the LeSeur small early peas. They cost more, but for my taste they're worth it.

JC-jetro · May 27, 2007

Gentelmen... I love this thread.

Mighty fine looking mess a greens (yellows, reds and everything in between

) y'all grow. My prize tomatoes are coming along. Due to weather I was late in planting the stuff but they are growing strong and have many flowers on them. I'll post pics when I got something to show

randy41 · May 29, 2007

these plants were set out the 3rd week in april and i uncovered them this morning. saw quite a few green tomatoes.

JC-jetro · May 29, 2007

randy41 said:
these plants were set out the 3rd week in april and i uncovered them this morning. saw quite a few green tomatoes.

That looks great Randy,

Mine will look like yours in about two weeks time. I have two rows and about 95 plants and the same spacing as yours. I have mulched the plants using weed block rather than plastic sheating. Are you planning on staking or some other form of tomato cage. I have done it in many different ways at home to cage about a dozen plants. I was thinking may be buying some fencing or cattle panel, and I was thinking of spacing T-post 8' on centers and leaning the panels next to the cattle panel and securing them by bailing wire. I would tie the tomatoes to the panel then. what do you think?

Thanks,
JC

jinman · May 29, 2007

Randy, I see the telltale marks of a KK tiller's skids in your tilled dirt. Those tillers sure do a nice job don't they? Like JC-Jetro, I too am impressed with your creative use of plastic. Do you find that the plastic also inhibits bugs? Do you ever have a problem with tomato hornworms? I don't know what I'm doing right, but I've only sprayed insecticide once this year and my plants are virtually bug free except for bees and ladybugs - the good guys.

My tomato plants are out of my 3' and 4' cages. I bought some Sweet 100 plants and thought they would be small, so I used small cages...oops! They are out and falling to the ground. As soon as it gets dryer, I'll have to do some tomato cage "911" and get them fixed. I'll try to post another picture soon.

Have you guys seen Jim57's garden thread? He has an irrigation system with sprinklers. If he does any better at production than he did last year, he may put us all to shame.

I drop over there and "spy" on him from time to time.

randy41 · May 29, 2007

I don't stake those. I have others that I will stake. These should be done producing by early August. When I stake them I just use a 1x2 I drive into the ground and tie 2 plants to it.
I need to figure out how to trellis 100' row of pole beans.

Toiyabe · May 31, 2007

Here's my garden. If the Mormon Crickets don't swarm in and eat everything like they did last year I may just get one mouthfull per hour of effort.

I did find one volunteer for the team while planting beans. He's a Spadefoot Toad. I was poking a hole to plant a bean when I felt something squishy. I pried it up, and there he was. I hope I didn't hurt him.

They live just below the surface all over the desert, waiting for a bug to come along. If it rains enough, they'll run off and try and find a pond to make tadpoles in quick before it dries up.

jinman · Jun 2, 2007

This thread is a lot of fun for me, but honestly, it has moved into many things beyond tractors, so I'm moving my photos to the Rural Living forum under a new thread there. Here is a link:
Jim Inman's Garden

Of course, you are welcome to keep posting here since many of you are just now starting your gardens and definitely using your tractors. I'm just moving my new pictures of my producing garden.