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« Reply #2175 on: July 21, 2012, 09:21:22 AM » |
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Just got in from picking 2 bushels of white half runners. Amazing how 78 degrees just don't seem that hot till you are in the bean patch, I must have sweated out a gallon this morning. The humidity is about 95% this morning. Now to break, wash, and freeze. Be good eating this winter.
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Wheelhorce C-141(dead still sitting in the field as a yard ornament), Brinly disk-10" plow and craftsman brinly cultivators, Craftsman Tiller, IH 140 Farmall, 21" double bottom plow, 8' disc, layoff plows, cultivators, bushhog, and hillers. Earthway planter, Yardman mower.
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« Reply #2176 on: July 21, 2012, 10:31:56 AM » |
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I'm getting my daily rain now. This morning I pulled some weeds, picked one cuke, a few peas and peppers. My Ison muscadines are ready to start picking but they don't have any taste due to too much water. I emptied my rain gauge which was running over at 6 inches in the past two days. I wonder why weeds never rot off at the roots. I'm ready to plant some stuff. I feel like I'm wasting the growing season but no sooner go out the door and it starts up again.
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« Reply #2177 on: July 21, 2012, 11:07:11 AM » |
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Our little garden in the yard is producing like crazy. put up 10 pounds of shelled PHP's, okra and tomatoes going wild and the zipper creams are getting ready & had a surprise 2 LB zuchinni yesterdy. Planted my big garden for the first time today, a total of 5520 feet of rows. used my earthway planter for the firs time and it definitely takes a lot of work out of planting.
Over the last few weeks as i turned cow pasture into a garden area i turned up a pile of old plow and planter parts from back when this place was a mostly self sufficient plantation dating back to before the civil war.
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« Reply #2178 on: July 21, 2012, 06:13:54 PM » |
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well,just my luck. we got a long heavy rain. guess i will replant when it dries out.
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« Reply #2179 on: July 21, 2012, 06:24:52 PM » |
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I was gonna tear down my snap beans and lima beans vines, ropes, and poles today, but it was too darn muddy to do anything.
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« Reply #2180 on: July 21, 2012, 08:30:53 PM » |
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Started pulling the corn (stalks). Picked okra, ONE little tomato, and then made the decision to plow it up next weekend...it's done (except for the okra, that is).
According to ACES, the cutoff for PHPs was in July, but GA extension service says Aug 1-10, so, as I'm right on the border, I'm going to give it a go.
As my BIL (and his tractor) is APPARENTLY mad at us (he seems to have his butt on his shoulders lately for some reason), I went ahead and ordered the reverse disc kit for my tiller so I can have something to work with. I really despise having to rely on someone else for anything, KWIM?
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« Reply #2181 on: July 22, 2012, 06:44:24 AM » |
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Just finished running the tiller between rows. Planted a row of sweet potatoes and new potatoes that had sproited eyes and shoots in thaepantry. I also tilled under the back section to start getting it ready to plant alfalfa and chufa for deer season. Man cannot live by veggies alone.....at least this one can't.  |
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Kubota L3800 4WD with HST and LA524FL Front End Loader
Land Pride RCR1860 Rotary Cutter
Land Pride 5.5' Disc Harrows
King Kutter (County Line) 5' PTO tiller
County Line Middle Buster
NorthStar 16 gallon sprayer with boom attachment
Souped up EZGo garden buggy/deer & hog carcass carrier
EarthWay Garden Seeder
EarthWay Broacast Spreader
550 pound capacity PTO broadcast spreader
Rakes, hoes, shovels and other implements of destruction
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« Reply #2182 on: July 22, 2012, 03:19:06 PM » |
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Man cannot live by veggies alone.....at least this one can't. Mr Lone Wolf, I agree, man needs a little bread & meat to go with them veggies. |
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Happy gardening everyone.
Eat to live.
Your life depends on it.
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« Reply #2183 on: July 22, 2012, 05:25:32 PM » |
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Pulled weeds, took out most of the old tomato vines, fertilized the okra, picked some peppers.
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« Reply #2184 on: July 23, 2012, 03:53:42 AM » |
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This is for the whole month of July,, The spring garden is out and plowed, the tomatoes are plowed in their
place are green beans, the squash is plowed followed by purple hull peas, the corn is plowed followed by
cabbage, broccoli, collards, and fall greens, the spring beans are out more okra in their place. I will be
planting a few more cucumbers, and tomatoes.
Kinda feels like spring planting all over again... more seeds than ground to put them all into..
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« Reply #2185 on: July 23, 2012, 10:48:29 AM » |
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Rain this morning so I just went over to check on the progress of the beans and corn. Kandy Corn is ready - I think all of it will be ready by Wednesday. So I will pick it wed morning. The beans - speckled greasies, lazy wifes, and true cranberries - have a couple more weeks till the first picking.
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Zone 6b Evarts,Ky.
Wheelhorce C-141(dead still sitting in the field as a yard ornament), Brinly disk-10" plow and craftsman brinly cultivators, Craftsman Tiller, IH 140 Farmall, 21" double bottom plow, 8' disc, layoff plows, cultivators, bushhog, and hillers. Earthway planter, Yardman mower.
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« Reply #2186 on: July 23, 2012, 01:52:59 PM » |
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This morning Brenda picked almost 2 pounds of hot banana peppers and over 2 pounds of sweet banana peppers. She is going to pickle and can them in the morning. I don't like either one of them but I do like the hot pepper juice on my collards and purple hull crowders! tony |
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Life on my 1.33 acre wanna-be Plantation: Kubota B3030 Tractor w/ 72" mower deck, front end loader, bushog. King Kutter 5 ft tiller, Row Hipper, Middle Buster...Oh wait..that's what I WANT! This is what I HAVE: 6 x 8 ft greenhouse, 5 HP Yardmachine front tine tiller, and Earthway Planter, Troy Built riding mower, LOTS of hoes, rakes, shovels, a pitchfork, and other assorted weapons. One Farm wife who cans all this stuff I grow, and a Farm Dog named Dusty.  |
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« Reply #2187 on: July 23, 2012, 01:54:16 PM » |
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Finally dried up enough to get into the garden. Finished removing cucumber cages and got that tilled up. The bell peppers are putting on their 3rd crop, and still growing upwards. All are about 4' tall and looking like they're not ready to give up yet. I guess I could buy some ground beef, and freeze some stuffed peppers.
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« Reply #2188 on: July 25, 2012, 07:01:58 PM » |
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well, after getting 1.5 inches in about an hour last saturday about 2 hours after planting i had a few washed out sections of rows ranging from 1 foot to 5 feet. Decided to let if go and see what happened. today i have bush beans, corn, pumpkins, cushaw, zuchinni, turnips, collards, potatoes, and broccoli coming up. still waiting to see about the brussels sprouts, cabbage, beets and carrots.
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« Reply #2189 on: July 27, 2012, 10:19:54 PM » |
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Mud between my toes,
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« Reply #2190 on: July 28, 2012, 09:16:29 AM » |
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I picked a 5 gallon can of bell peppers and about 1 gallon can of jalepeno peppers, and a few late tomatoes. Thank goodness the garden is giving me some down time, so I can concentrate on thinking about deer hunting prerequisites  |
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« Reply #2191 on: July 28, 2012, 10:37:19 AM » |
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Did one batch of 7 qts, TPPEPHP last night and another right now, will can okra later when I remove peas from canner. Have to do something while it is raining.
Bob
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2011 Land Master LM 400 Utility Vehicle, John Deere 42" Riding Lawn Mower.
Stevens Garden Package, United Dirt scoop 30",
6 1/2' United Tandem Disc Harrow, Earthway 1001-b Precision Seeder with 1500 side dress attachment,
Woods RD60 5' Finish Mower, Stevens Deluxe Row Hippers,
Country Line Middle Buster, Hatfield Planter
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« Reply #2192 on: July 28, 2012, 11:38:27 AM » |
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« Reply #2193 on: July 29, 2012, 04:38:11 PM » |
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Finally got around to picking the Kandy Corn today. 20 doz. Not a bad haul considering I didn't think I would get any. The ears were really small but they were pretty tasty. Put up 5 doz roast-n-ears and cut the rest off and fried in butter and in the freezer.
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Zone 6b Evarts,Ky.
Wheelhorce C-141(dead still sitting in the field as a yard ornament), Brinly disk-10" plow and craftsman brinly cultivators, Craftsman Tiller, IH 140 Farmall, 21" double bottom plow, 8' disc, layoff plows, cultivators, bushhog, and hillers. Earthway planter, Yardman mower.
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« Reply #2194 on: July 29, 2012, 07:53:32 PM » |
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Pulled up spring planted lemon squash. Cut off some to save seeds. Watered this morning. Planted some New Zealand spinach and porticula seeds and watered those in.
Waiting for seeds to come in the mail.... I still have a window for more squash,cukes, and melons. I have okra and pepper seeds sprouted for fall. Will plant more pole beans this week. Will mulch more.
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« Reply #2195 on: July 30, 2012, 10:08:00 AM » |
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« Reply #2196 on: July 30, 2012, 10:23:14 AM » |
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Sorry for the big pictures in last post. Thought I had downsized them, but looks like I didn't.
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« Reply #2197 on: July 31, 2012, 05:10:08 AM » |
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Busy this morning full moon tomorrow, rain most likely this morning. Laying off the fields getting ready to
to transplant broccoli, and cabbage. Then to make late plantings of peas and greens. The garden break is
over, fall planting is just gearing up.. Yeah, I'm happy.
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« Reply #2198 on: July 31, 2012, 08:58:35 AM » |
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Nothing, my garden is on auto-pilot. I am in St. Louis all this week for daughter's Bible Quiz tournament. Be back home on Friday to see how much damage was done by the auto-pilot function.   Curtis |
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« Reply #2199 on: August 03, 2012, 06:41:59 AM » |
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It's the same every year for me. The beginning of vacation is the end of the garden, other than what I can salvage from the weeds.
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