My 2014 Spring Garden

[Travis_R]

What, NO OKRA in Louisiana ?? How can you make Gumbo?

Oh yes! I haven't mentioned it yet but I do plant okra. The Cow horn variety. I love okra any way it's cooked!

 

[Travis_R]

Quarter acre about to get plowed. My first ever garden with my first ever tractor and the first implement ever hitched to it.

That is a fine setup you got! One day I will have a 2 bottom plow for my tractor.
I've always been a tractor enthusiast. It's my main hobby. Not that I actually need a plow, but "a plow and a Massey" just go together...

 

[Travis_R]

Ok I just got my tractor back together and turned the garden over with the tiller! Gonna geep turning it over until it dries out.
If we don't get anymore rain I'll be able to plant this coming week, although I may wait until Good Friday to plant depending on the weather forecast. It would be the 1st time I planted on Good Friday.

 

[TomSeller]

Ok I just got my tractor back together and turned the garden over with the tiller! Gonna geep turning it over until it dries out.
If we don't get anymore rain I'll be able to plant this coming week, although I may wait until Good Friday to plant depending on the weather forecast. It would be the 1st time I planted on Good Friday.

I hope you post pictures throughout the year. Looking forward to them

 

[Travis_R]

I hope you post pictures throughout the year. Looking forward to them

I sure will Tom. That's 1 reason I started this thread so I can go back and look myself.

Also, THANK YOU for all your help with the tractor on my other thread. Everything is fine now. The radiator cap and temperature gauge was the problem.

 

[gks]

I did it. I'm tickled pink. I feel like I really achieved something huge. First plowing a field. Soil looks great too.

 

[Travis_R]

I did it. I'm tickled pink. I feel like I really achieved something huge. First plowing a field. Soil looks great too.

Looks good! That is some fine lookin soil. Breaking ground in new soil for the first time usually always makes the best garden.
I sure hope you got a cultivator for that tractor. If u don't, you'll know why I said this later on in the year!

 

[gks]

Looks good! That is some fine lookin soil. Breaking ground in new soil for the first time usually always makes the best garden. I sure hope you got a cultivator for that tractor. If u don't, you'll know why I said this later on in the year!

I plan to buy the Everything Attachments Garden Bedder and use it also as a cultivator.

 

[Travis_R]

I plan to buy the Everything Attachments Garden Bedder and use it also as a cultivator.

You're not gonna regret that purchase. Smart move! Make sure you get the right size "sweeps" that u need. You want to take out your tire tracks as much as possible. Especially with those wide R4s.

 

[Travis_R]

Ok I re-tilled the garden twice today. I could have done it a few more times earlier this morning but I slept in and it took a while getting the tractor back together. Not that it was a lot to do, but the hood is very frustrating to get back on.

Anyway, I might end up planting Monday. I think there's a slight chance of rain this coming week (maybe 50% Monday evening?) so I need to get seeds in the ground. Plus it takes a little time hooking up different attachments and taking pictures.
If it looks like it isn't gonna rain between Monday and Good Friday then I'll plant Friday. If we don't get any rain between now and Monday, I think I'll only have to till a couple more times before the ground is ready for the fertilizer and row discs.

Them tater vines sure are lookin' fine!! I noticed more sprouting up through the dirt today! If they don't get destroyed somehow, these plants will look much better than the 1st time I planted potatoes 3 years ago. I just hope the yield is better.
As for planting potatoes, I have learned to BE SURE not to plant them deep and add that fertilizer! Only 2 or 3 inches of dirt on top of the seed potato.

I plan on getting some new pictures up of the garden tomorrow.