Ontopic 2018 Amateur Farm and Garden thread
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Amstel
The Hoarse Whisperer
There's a farm where we pick apples that also has lots of u-pick veggies. They do roma tomatos like this:
Their plastic isn't as wide as in this picture and there are no stakes. But, damn, if there's not a massive nest of perfect romas under the leaves.
Look at "Cattle panels"(Tractor Supply/etc.) - it' is 50"' tall, 16' long, lightly galvanized. Bottom has 3-4 rows of wire on 3" spacing, then goes to 5" squares?(?). I cut those to 8' long, then bend into a U-shape about 2.5' square. Cherry tomatoes planted around inside are then wove thru the squares - no strings or wires.
*Concrete re-inforc will rust terrible out in the air. Hog fencing makes great cucumber fence.
Yeah but imagine the kaleidescope of flavors you'll get between the pressure treated lumber growing your food and the pallets cooking it.
Concrete mesh comes pre rusty.
And it works fine. My uncle used cages like that for years with great results.
yep, all mine are built outta hog panels.
Cucumber trellises are fishing nets, but if i had to redo them, id do them outta hog panelling too
Sourcing it is the real trick.I'll just use cardboard then
That works with ROmas because of their determinate growth pattern - one flush of flowers, one crop o-maters. That's about how I do it. Strap to something, wait for them to hangThere's a farm where we pick apples that also has lots of u-pick veggies. They do roma tomatos like this:
Their plastic isn't as wide as in this picture and there are no stakes. But, damn, if there's not a massive nest of perfect romas under the leaves.
Shorter, weaker wire, no galvanization and costs about the same per sq. ft.. Starter rows of wire at bottom of cattle and hog panel are real handy for getting cucs and beans going vertical on. Mother Jones magazine turned me on to it. But to each their own.
*I don't want to be getting rusty on a regular basis - my geezer bod can't take it. And Mrs. Geezer would kick my ass!
1. It's one way to avoid eventual geezer-hood.
2. He's trying to never have an organic designation for that land.
LAst years onion crop. Not sure this year will be as good.
They are on that make-shift cart so I could push them in/out of polebarn easily on daily basis.
They are on that make-shift cart so I could push them in/out of polebarn easily on daily basis.
Amstel
The Hoarse Whisperer
I'm jealous of all of these massive harvests. . .
I have one basil plant and one rosemary plant. Both in the same container on my townhome's patio.
I have one basil plant and one rosemary plant. Both in the same container on my townhome's patio.
you know, onions and potatoes are one thing i never felt the urge to grow.
They dont "decay" in flavor like fresh stuff to the best of my knowledge, and theyre so darn cheap at the store, its easier just to buy. Also, what am i gonna do with a couple hundred pounds of onions or poe-tae-toes
They dont "decay" in flavor like fresh stuff to the best of my knowledge, and theyre so darn cheap at the store, its easier just to buy. Also, what am i gonna do with a couple hundred pounds of onions or poe-tae-toes
I don't do potatoes - carbs and pretty labot intensive. Onions - 300-400 plants are $30. Those average 1 lb apiece but a few went over 2 lbs."Alicia Craig" variety.
Large sweet onions are $0.99/lb here. And they last very well. And we like onions. They grow good here damnit!
Only 3.35 acres. But hey, I almost fathered a small country so it's kind of necessary(7 kids, small IMMEDIATE family gathering is 20-ish people).
Amstel
The Hoarse Whisperer
My sister wanted egg laying chickens. Brother-in-Law put his foot down. With all that mess?
My sister called & asked what I thought about it. I told her she should listen to him!
My sister called & asked what I thought about it. I told her she should listen to him!
We made a ton of sweet potato tots and froze them.
But they are such cute mother-cluckers!!
I want some mini-goats, thinking they could help mow the lawn. Wife thinks this idea is baaaad.