THE OFFICIAL GARDENING AND PRESERVING CHALLENGE

[FarmerJamie]

Cousin came with hi tractor today and broke ground for my garden I am so tickled! I will get pics tomorrow if I can find my dang camera batteries

didn't you say you last saw them on the shelf next to your sanity?

 

[Wannabefree]

Cousin came with hi tractor today and broke ground for my garden I am so tickled! I will get pics tomorrow if I can find my dang camera batteries

didn't you say you last saw them on the shelf next to your sanity?

Oh yeeeeeeeeah!! Now where's that shelf? Hmmmmm............

 

[FarmerJamie]

hopefully it's nowhere near the dog here.... I think she caught and ate a mouse yesterday, the back-draft is deadly.....

 

[Wannabefree]

hopefully it's nowhere near the dog here.... I think she caught and ate a mouse yesterday, the back-draft is deadly.....

EWWWWWWW!

 

[FarmerJamie]

hopefully it's nowhere near the dog here.... I think she caught and ate a mouse yesterday, the back-draft is deadly.....

EWWWWWWW!

The eldest is sick to her stomach right now (just days before the big trip) and I thought she was hurl. My poor baby.....

 

[Neko-chan]

Started pulling up the tomato plants yesterday, because I need to the rework the soil of the box and get the snow peas planted with their stakes if I want the plants to survive. They got a good soaking in the day and half of rain we had gotten, but I'm afraid that the potting soil isn't going to support them much longer.

As I was emptying the kitchen scraps into the compost bin again, i noticed that, since we installed it a few months ago, we have managed to fill it up quite a bit. At this rate, I'll have to set up a second bin to put stuff in while that one composts.

Question: can crushed eggshells be used like oyster shell for tomatoes and so on? Just curious.

 

[FarmerJamie]

Started seeds today:

Tomatoes:
6 Hawaiian Pineapple
6 Cherokee Purple
6 Brandywine
16 Roma
2 Better Boy (thought I HAD more seed)

Peppers
18 Sweet Bell Mix
6 Banana

12 Cabbage


I FORGOT THE TABASCO SEEDS!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[FarmerJamie]

Started pulling up the tomato plants yesterday, because I need to the rework the soil of the box and get the snow peas planted with their stakes if I want the plants to survive. They got a good soaking in the day and half of rain we had gotten, but I'm afraid that the potting soil isn't going to support them much longer.

As I was emptying the kitchen scraps into the compost bin again, i noticed that, since we installed it a few months ago, we have managed to fill it up quite a bit. At this rate, I'll have to set up a second bin to put stuff in while that one composts.

Question: can crushed eggshells be used like oyster shell for tomatoes and so on? Just curious.

Crush 'em up for calcium, should work....

 

[I'm A Gardener :)]

Does anyone use a cold-frame? I made a very nice one, and was wondering...
Do you start the seeds inside if it is too cold outside and then once a little bigger out in the cold frame? Could I start them in a cold frame during the summer? Thanks!

 

[BarredBuff]

Does anyone use a cold-frame? I made a very nice one, and was wondering...
Do you start the seeds inside if it is too cold outside and then once a little bigger out in the cold frame? Could I start them in a cold frame during the summer? Thanks!

Im using about 3 cold frames right now for cold weather crops (lettuce, cabbage, brocolli, and carrots)