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scott_vt · Jun 1, 2006

( IF the 8 tracks are of Willie Nelson they'll keep everything out of the garden. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )

Hey Mike,
Comon now, he does a great job of ( Moon Light in Vt) /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

scott_vt · Jun 1, 2006

( IF the 8 tracks are of Willie Nelson they'll keep everything out of the garden. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )

Hey Mike,
Comon now, he does a great job of ( Moon Light in Vt) /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Chuck52 · Jun 1, 2006

I've got about half my 30+ tomatoes in the rebar cages this year. I'd prefer to have them all staked because I never seem to have mulch material, and weeding inside the cages gets to be a pain. I used the cages again because I didn't have enough stakes, and I already had the cages. For those of you who use plastic mulch, how does that work with watering? Seems like it would keep the immediate root area from getting water.

Chuck

Chuck52 · Jun 1, 2006

I've got about half my 30+ tomatoes in the rebar cages this year. I'd prefer to have them all staked because I never seem to have mulch material, and weeding inside the cages gets to be a pain. I used the cages again because I didn't have enough stakes, and I already had the cages. For those of you who use plastic mulch, how does that work with watering? Seems like it would keep the immediate root area from getting water.

Chuck

TwinWillows · Jun 1, 2006

We used the stock panels last year & they worked well. I held the panel up w/tie wire to T-posts. Every so oftern during the week my wife tied up the plants to keep them off the ground. Worked great & we had many 5gal buckets off the 32 bushes we planted.

TwinWillows · Jun 1, 2006

We used the stock panels last year & they worked well. I held the panel up w/tie wire to T-posts. Every so oftern during the week my wife tied up the plants to keep them off the ground. Worked great & we had many 5gal buckets off the 32 bushes we planted.

Farmwithjunk · Jun 1, 2006

( IF the 8 tracks are of Willie Nelson they'll keep everything out of the garden. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )

While we were moving last fall, I did find a box of old 8-tracks. I'd given most of the "good ones" away when I bought my first "NEW" cassette tape player. What was left had been culled through by all my cheap buddies who still had 8-tracks.

Some of the noteworthy survivers were Best of the Guess Who. (Not a bad album. MAN- I AM old. ALBUM?) There was a couple old worn out Richard Pryor tapes. (Wish I still had an 8-track player for those) and some other 60/70's classics

And my best friends wife scarfed up any "Willie" tapes way back when. (Sadly, YES, I did have a few)

Farmwithjunk · Jun 1, 2006

( IF the 8 tracks are of Willie Nelson they'll keep everything out of the garden. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )

While we were moving last fall, I did find a box of old 8-tracks. I'd given most of the "good ones" away when I bought my first "NEW" cassette tape player. What was left had been culled through by all my cheap buddies who still had 8-tracks.

Some of the noteworthy survivers were Best of the Guess Who. (Not a bad album. MAN- I AM old. ALBUM?) There was a couple old worn out Richard Pryor tapes. (Wish I still had an 8-track player for those) and some other 60/70's classics

And my best friends wife scarfed up any "Willie" tapes way back when. (Sadly, YES, I did have a few)

escavader · Jun 1, 2006

A COUPLE OF TIPS I DO:
I have a mesh wire fence around the whole outside of my 1200 sq ft veggie garden.I plant my peas around the whole inside of it,and they grow up the fence.
I put hay down for mulch when the beans start blossoming.It keeps the weeds out,and when they tip over they are on clean hay,not in the dirt.
2 5 ft grade stakes and wire ties for my tomatoes,ive tried the cages,but they always got tippy on me.
Parsnips and carrots are always sweeter if they get left in frozen ground
just my opinion: farm manure brings weeds,chemicals hurt the environment and deplete the soil over time,compost is great stuff[can you tell i try to be organic? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif]
ALAN

escavader · Jun 1, 2006

A COUPLE OF TIPS I DO:
I have a mesh wire fence around the whole outside of my 1200 sq ft veggie garden.I plant my peas around the whole inside of it,and they grow up the fence.
I put hay down for mulch when the beans start blossoming.It keeps the weeds out,and when they tip over they are on clean hay,not in the dirt.
2 5 ft grade stakes and wire ties for my tomatoes,ive tried the cages,but they always got tippy on me.
Parsnips and carrots are always sweeter if they get left in frozen ground
just my opinion: farm manure brings weeds,chemicals hurt the environment and deplete the soil over time,compost is great stuff[can you tell i try to be organic? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif]
ALAN