A new journey into homesteading "pic heavy"

[milkmansdaughter]

@Chic Rustler, have you considered adding ducks? @Beekissed had a great video of ducks eating potato bugs but I couldn't find it to add the link. But here's a link you might be interested in. I'm seriously thinking of adding some runner ducks here.
https://commonsensehome.com/duck-pest-control/​

 

[Chic Rustler]

Everyday!

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Likewise! Draw back here: 6 months of frozen ground. Not to mention, it would be just one more species needing protection from the predators. But, having ducks is never far from my "trying to convince myself that I must have" list.

 

[Chic Rustler]

sorry 2nd planting won't work, too hot already. Great harvest! I had so many one year that I dehydrated hash browns. I cut them on a mandolin, blanched, drained and dehydrated them. I put them in quart jars. It took 15 minutes to rehydrate them. They were good.

Agreed. The second planting should be in a fall garden. I dehydrate most of my potatoes. They go bad too fast otherwise here. I don't have a cellar (yet) or spot sufficiently cool yet to store things like potatoes.

Seems these potatoes need 90 days. I dont think we have 90 days of cool temps without freezing

 

[Lazy Gardener]

You can put potatoes in the ground up to 3 weeks before the last spring frost. If a frost is predicted after they've broken the ground, you can toss a few flakes of hay over the sprouts, or a blanket if it's a small enough planting. On the other end of the season, you might be able to protect them with a poly tunnel. Of course, a larger planting would be more difficult to protect.

 

[baymule]

You can plant mid August or the first of September, cross your fingers that we don't get an early killing frost.

 

[Chic Rustler]

You can plant mid August or the first of September, cross your fingers that we don't get an early killing frost.

Well its worth a shot i guess. If they dont make i aint out nothing

 

[Chic Rustler]

Corn is a little short this year

 

[Chic Rustler]

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Short corn doesn't catch as much wind and topple over so easily, lol. Everything looks great!