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2020 Victory Gardens
WhistlingBadger:
Sounds cool, Jerry. I'm jealous about the peaches. We found some that were supposed to be good to zone 4 (we're between 3 and 4 here) but they die back to the ground every year, and I think they finally died all the way.
Got our corn and beans in today. It's (more) fun getting the whole family in on it. Many hands make light(er) work.
Hawkdancer:
Haven't talked garden wig Little Fiddle Woman yet, but move is looking better and we may decide to start some plant in pots or buy larger starters! Tomatoes, peppers, herbs, lan to take the tarragon planter along, it is celebrity, I.e. 3rd generation planting from Georgia O'Keefe(?)in New Mexico! Didn't get out to water today, tomorrow for sure!
Hawkdancer
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WB
Whats getting after your plants and trees that you have to goat fence everything?
You garden looks fine. You have enough room to feed several families. I bet out there you have to stay on your toes and have your seedling ready to go. You miss planting dates by a week and your not going to harvest. Bet if you can soften ground enough you could grow nice pototoes. That dirt over by Driggs, ID is super duper dirt for out west.
Think the best dirt I ever saw is that stuff running up the Iowa side of the Missouri River. Black as coal and they say in some places its 25-30ft deep.
HH~
WhistlingBadger:
I wouldn't hardly know what to do with dirt like that, Shawn. ha ha Ours is solid clay, right up to the surface. Pretty fertile, but not the easiest stuff to work with. We do grow some good potatoes, but they won't grow deep, so we have to cover them with a thick layer of straw to keep them from turning green.
You're right about the timing. The trouble is it's unpredictable. Sometimes we get frosts at the end of June and/or at the end of August. Other years we're good to go from early May to early October. So, you say your prayers and you take your chances! Our best bets for staples have always been Hooker's Blue Corn (unfortunate name but great stuff), mini hubbard squash, dry beans, and yukon gold potatoes. We usually get at least something from those. Tomatoes and peppers and melons grow great some years, and give us nothing others. All depends on the weather.
The fence is to keep the deer off the trees. Especially in late summer when the bucks are polishing up their antlers. We're in a one deer per year area, no additional doe/fawn tags available like there are across the highway. Dumb. I figure, if we ever move anywhere with real soil, a dependable growing season, and reasonable hunting limits, we're going to be swimming in food. 8)
bjrogg:
I’m hoping that it dries out and I can start planting my garden this weekend. We got plenty of rain now.
Glad I didn’t plant garden yet. Nothing ever likes this much water at once.
Bjrogg
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