How does your garden grow?

[TomSeller]

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I know a lot of you are ahead of me, but I'm still excited about the progress my garden is showing.>

You are way ahead of me, my corn just sprouted. But some a just getting rid of snow, so I don't feel bad.

 

[Depmandog]

Hi guys! You all's gardens are looking good! I took a step forward then 5 backwards! We lost all of our sets (about 100 plants) to a late season frost. Plus all of our bush beans. Our forecasted low was 38, never dreamed it would frost.

Then my earthway planter slipped a belt as my son-in-law was planting corn - he didn't notice / nor did I till we had only 10% sprout and I went to investigate the cause.

So we basically started over last Saturday. Re-tilled 95% of the garden. Got about 800' of sweet corn in. Hope to plant another 2000' in a couple of stages. Planted Bodacious, man I love that corn. Checked tonight, looks like good germination on this round, with corn sprouts poking out everywhere.

Replanted 300' of bush beans, and set about 60 plants - tomatoes, peppers of all variety, a few watermelon, squash, etc tonight. Lucky to find some decent sets...I wasn't the only one replanting due to frost.

I expanded our garden this year to be able to tractor garden as much as possible. Bought a 6' tiller, and a hiller / cultivator / middle buster. Sprung for a drip tape irrigation system. I am really liking planting in raised rows and this drip irrigation.





Pic of sweet corn and the drip irrigation.





Pic of the main line and valves for each row. Both pics from last Saturday after replanting the corn.

 

[TomSeller]

I like the drip system a lot. Mice seemed to chew up the tape when I used it, but don't seem to bother my soaker hose. I don't know why unless the soaker hose drains better than the tape. I know, I know, If I weeded better then I would have less mice.

Great thing about drip, it does not water all the space between rows so less water used and less weeds being watered.

 

[TomSeller]

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[Depmandog]

We let the drip system run all night - and here is the result.

 

[lakngulf]

We let the drip system run all night - and here is the result.

Good job on the purchase of the tiller. Certainly made the 95% re till a lot easier and faster. Good luck with your garden. That direct water application should do the trick

 

[Larro Darro]

We let the drip system run all night - and here is the result.

That looks nice. I started the soaker hoses before coming to work, and set two hours on a timer for Margie to go out and turn them off. We saw the first little tomatoes this morning. It won't be long now. I might have to eat a tomato, squash and Jalapeno sandwich, with a side of bush beans

Larro

 

[Western]

I like th main line for drip tape, may look in to that next year. Hunterridge also uses it

 

[Western]

Picked about 10 gallons of snap beans and 5 gallons of squash, my back is killing me now. (bucket on the left is a 7g)

 

[Depmandog]

I like th main line for drip tape, may look in to that next year. Hunterridge also uses it

It's pretty slick. You have a cheap coring tool that only takes a few seconds to cut a hole, then the valves push / twist into the main line. It's less then a minute to hook up the drip tape to the mainline.