TOR Victory Gardens
- Thread starter Taco Loco
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Oswego
n00b
I need a good fence before I plant anything else. Tired of coming home from work to a mess in my beds. Somehow Ive attracted a rabbit as of yesterday and he's digging and eating like crazy. Scared him off with a close .68 cal warning shot yesterday. Relocated one critter to meet his 72 virgins and another fills his place the next day....now I get the game "whack a mole" 
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
A former coworker of mine is going through some rough times, he was the soul income provider for his family of four. About a year ago he was challenged with some unknown major medical problems and became unable to work. A couple months ago the doctors finally figured out what he was suffering from, he has autoimmune encephalitis (the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy brain cells , leading to inflammation of the brain) and he is currently doing regular
intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) infusions/treatments. He also happens to be one of my neighbors, he lives about 2 streets over from me. Basically in the past year, they have had to sell off a lot things(boat, jewelry, golf cart, family heirlooms) to make up for loss of income, they are in the process of filing for a disability retirement from the government which will provide about 40% of his pay and they are currently in the process with filling with social security as well. I often give them some money every now and then and offer my help around the house, but his kids have been keeping up with that. Recently I offered them some of the excess vegetables that I have and of course they kindly accepted and we’re very thankful.
The Bottom line.
Victory in the garden is growing food and sharing food.
7lbs of Vegetables, homemade pickles was delivered this evening.
Oswego
n00b
I just lost the middle tallest stock on my blackberry bushes to the high winds the other day. Not a big deal - think it lost 10" so now it will just get even 'bushier'
Joel's take on small farming is interesting. He drinks water from his feed troughs every morning & hasn't been sick in decades or so he says.
States some pretty disturbing data on top soil loss as well as water surface area loss by us killing off 800 million beavers when we arrived. Says the current system is not sustainable and needs to go back old school small scale farms and residential gardeners
Joel's take on small farming is interesting. He drinks water from his feed troughs every morning & hasn't been sick in decades or so he says.
States some pretty disturbing data on top soil loss as well as water surface area loss by us killing off 800 million beavers when we arrived. Says the current system is not sustainable and needs to go back old school small scale farms and residential gardeners
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Interesting. I will have to view more when I’m not so exhausted. I barely could make it out to the garden this evening to pick veggies.
Fried Okra will be a new choice on my dinner plate and I picked my first strawberry
Oswego
n00b
We ended up getting rain all night and still going now w/some nice lightning and thunder in the distance
Germination is much slower than the GMO Scott's grass I seeded around the same time as the wildflowers, but overall I'm happy so far. Spots that get the most sun are doing well. Spots with less sun not so much yet, but just a week ago we had temps in the low 30's so hopefully with some more time it springs to life.
most sun
medium sun
least sun
still trying to figure out what to make a front border out of. right now it's weeds and sticks I pulled from the bed, but thats creating super weeds from the mulch effect ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
also next time - I won't make as many rookie mistakes. I screwed just about everything up. Guessing I had a good deal of seed get covered too deeply and blow around. Should of done it all in fall and tilled/watered in/slight compact/seed/roll seed in.
Germination is much slower than the GMO Scott's grass I seeded around the same time as the wildflowers, but overall I'm happy so far. Spots that get the most sun are doing well. Spots with less sun not so much yet, but just a week ago we had temps in the low 30's so hopefully with some more time it springs to life.
most sun
medium sun
least sun
still trying to figure out what to make a front border out of. right now it's weeds and sticks I pulled from the bed, but thats creating super weeds from the mulch effect ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
also next time - I won't make as many rookie mistakes. I screwed just about everything up. Guessing I had a good deal of seed get covered too deeply and blow around. Should of done it all in fall and tilled/watered in/slight compact/seed/roll seed in.
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Planted almost an acre of iron clay cow peas on Saturday. First food plot we have done so this is more of a trial to see how it goes before investing time and money into more.
Also got a 40 year old tractor running. Oil change, new fuel lines, air filter, fuel filter, radiator hoses, belt, thermostat, and new hydraulic fluid.
Discovered one of the hydraulic rams has a leak so need to get that rebuilt but this thing will be very useful getting more plots planted.
Also got a 40 year old tractor running. Oil change, new fuel lines, air filter, fuel filter, radiator hoses, belt, thermostat, and new hydraulic fluid.
Discovered one of the hydraulic rams has a leak so need to get that rebuilt but this thing will be very useful getting more plots planted.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
when I used to do food plots I would put up a roll of fence horse/cow wire, any where from a 4 to 6 foot diameter staked down, that kept the deer from eating my control plants, it’s good ideal to know how well those plants did without any animals from constant browsing, this also gives you a good ideal wether you want replant that particular seed again. The wire ring can also be placed near an ideal bow shot from a hunting stand perspective, and the ring can be removed a few days prior to the season opens.
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
I have seen that done before on food plots but we wont be up there for another 3-4 weeks so relying on the 2 game cameras to help with showing how well it does. If we plant more then we may look into keeping the deer out of it at first but we also have cows on the other parts we want plots.
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
What kind of seeds are those?
I have ordered seeds from here and no complaints at all.
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I have ordered seeds from here and no complaints at all.
Reimer Seeds, Seeds, Vegetable Seeds, Garden Seeds, Heirloom Seeds, Flowers, Flower Seeds, Annuals, Perennials, Organic Seeds, Garden Supplies, Fruits, Herbs, Herb Seeds, Trees, Tree Seeds, Vegetable Seed Catalog, Hot Pepper Seeds, Greenhouse Seeds, Habanero, Red Savina, Hottest Peppers, Chili, Chilli, Peppers, Chili Pepper Seeds, Hot Sauce, Tomato Seeds, Seed Catalog, AAS Varieties, Naga Jolokia, World's Hottest Peppers, Gardening - Reimer Seeds, Vegetable Seeds, Flowers Seeds, Herb Seeds, Garden Seeds, Greenhouse Seeds
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
ha ha, I don’t know, I ordered a bunch of stuff, it was mostly seeds that were not available from websites like you posted, it’s not labeled and can’t cross reference tracking # with Amazon to the seeds, I will have to wait until they all arrive from various companies to nail down which seeds these are, it is a bean type seed, that I know.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Today’s pickins. Except for the red Roma’s.
Probably another 10-12 cucumbers will be picked tomorrow for the 3rd round of canning.
Pretty soon we’re gonna start running into lots of excess of maters, and that will be donated out to a couple of families in need that I know.
Probably another 10-12 cucumbers will be picked tomorrow for the 3rd round of canning.
Pretty soon we’re gonna start running into lots of excess of maters, and that will be donated out to a couple of families in need that I know.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
yeah we are gonna make salsa too, plants that grow bigger tomatoes are loaded down, I have about 30 mater plants in the ground, only about 8 are producing now, here in the next 2 weeks, it will be at the rate of avg. 60 maters a day, and production will continue to increase until about mid July.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Got a stock tank from TCS on Saturday for a planting bed. Picked up pavers and organic dirt for it today to get it ready for plants. Uses child labor to help move the dirt. LOL Little one and her BFF.. they work for popsicles.
The little one is not a little as I remember. What are you feeding her?