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Title: now 2025 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on March 22, 2021, 11:25:50 PM: kitchen window boxes started with
celery, collards, beans, butter crunch lettuce

seed trays prepped for about 20 others to start that this week.

going to increase fenced garden area this year from 25x50 to 25x100 so the deer dont get my corn! have 300 sweet corn seeds that i plan to do in 2 week increments.

have two 300' rolls of weed fabric to try this year also

plan to pick up a 5' pto tiller and a rake from runnings this week.

more fence and posts from TSC.
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on March 23, 2021, 10:58:19 PM: the girls at Runnings Brockport are cute

picked up a 60" tiller and a 96" rake today

more fence and posts, fertilizer and some muck boots that were on sale also.
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on April 13, 2021, 03:01:19 PM: 2nd till today after i picked out a tractor bucket full of soft ball size rocks from my plot.

looking good. probably ready to plant soon. wild onions a foot tall in some places already in the field.
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Post by: luvmyxj on May 18, 2021, 01:27:21 PM: I know it's early in the season, but after seeing Wegmans price on corn I cleaned up an area of my yard and planted 4-10' rows of sweet corn and hopefully in another 10 weeks I'll start seeing some eggs from my chickens.
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Post by: M4wdFab on May 18, 2021, 02:40:00 PM: i planted four 100' rows of corn (300 seeds)

finished planting and fenced in area now 25'x100'

https://youtu.be/_SvmAj4shq8 (https://youtu.be/_SvmAj4shq8)
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Post by: M4wdFab on May 22, 2021, 03:39:23 PM: just ordered 2 more of these guys. they are pretty impressive for 6$ each

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B082XWS9J5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s04?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Post by: luvmyxj on May 24, 2021, 08:40:29 PM: stilll no sprouts yet, my package says 7-10 days and 70 days to full mature, got the chix coop built and nestled into my landscape
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Post by: M4wdFab on May 24, 2021, 08:53:25 PM: noice!

my new sprinkler timer is sweet. let it run and make it grow!
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Post by: M4wdFab on May 25, 2021, 08:55:00 PM: lots of beans from kitchen window boxes- curious if the 2' tall zucchini plants are going to make stuff also

about half the stuff in the big garden perking up that were transplants and 4 rows of corn are all about 1-2" tall sprouts now!
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Post by: mr.mindless on May 25, 2021, 11:19:43 PM: Some things turning green in Sarah’s beds. Tried a couple upside down tomatoes and they are looking sad to be upside down.
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on June 09, 2021, 08:32:18 PM: sprinkler timer still working mint

300 corn plants about 6-8" tall

have some pretty good squash and zukinni plants going.

pumpkins, radishes, lettuce bed coming along and some others.

pretty soon time to get on the weeds they are comming!
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Post by: mr.mindless on June 09, 2021, 10:38:40 PM: I think we are overwatering. So much mud over there. Plants are looking good though.
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Post by: etk300ex on June 10, 2021, 08:17:57 AM: We have so much lettuce already I don't know what to do with it. Peppers, sweet potatoes, carrots, strawberries, rasberrys doing well so far. Not seeing any action from edamame or green beans.
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: mr.mindless on June 10, 2021, 11:35:52 AM: no action at all on our berries, I don't think they were interested :(
I need to split up the potatoes I threw in a bucket before it's too late, they're going gangbusters! (I have no idea what to do with a potato or how they grow. I just threw whole sprouting ones from a bag that sprouted in to see what they'd do. Impressively hearty looking dark dark greenness!)
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: etk300ex on June 10, 2021, 11:52:11 AM: just stick them in the ground
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: mr.mindless on June 10, 2021, 11:54:37 AM: that's my entire gardening plan. if it's more complex I'm not really into it haha
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Post by: etk300ex on June 10, 2021, 12:43:40 PM: haha
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Post by: M4wdFab on June 15, 2021, 12:23:50 PM: 80% weeded out my 100' squash row. its looking good. i had some super strong transplants that were in solo cups, some regular seedling tray transplants and then some new seeds planted when everything got transfered outside. have first sightings of baby 2" ones on many zukkini and sumer squash plants!

some of the beets or radishish (i forget are starting to bush up on top side, hopefully there are things going on underground too.

lettace its patchy, i guess i need to dump way more seeds next time. or clean it out now and add more.

corn still going but is pretty weedy
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on June 21, 2021, 06:56:51 PM: found 3 different patches of rasberries on my property each at least 20x20' in size. looks like the deer know where they are and have been munching on them as they ripen.

might be time to transplant some inside fence!
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on June 23, 2021, 05:31:19 PM: replumbed in pex my sprinklers today

saw deer, baby deer, wood chuck, and bunny all today. might have to inspect lower level of fence to ensure determent!
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: etk300ex on June 24, 2021, 08:44:00 AM: you're going to need 10' of fence to keep deer out
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M on June 24, 2021, 10:14:45 AM: Quote from: etk300ex on June 24, 2021, 08:44:00 AM
you're going to need 10' of fence to keep deer out

or motion detected water sprinklers in strategic locations
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on June 24, 2021, 10:36:36 AM: i think the deer are happy with whats in the rest of the field for now, no sign last year or this year yet inside the 5' fence
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on July 14, 2021, 02:48:06 PM: first squash today
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Post by: mr.mindless on July 14, 2021, 03:12:22 PM: wow

we have had some beets and celery and spinach so far. tomatoes are starting to come in.
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on July 14, 2021, 05:58:07 PM: i have beets and radish, im not sure how you tell when to pick them. on of my radish look like a baseball half out of the ground!
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: mr.mindless on July 14, 2021, 06:35:54 PM: I think as long as they are shaped and colored right they’re okay. Just a matter of getting bigger if left to grow.
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on July 14, 2021, 07:43:37 PM: just spotted what is digging in my little garage. 50yrd shot missed him from upstairs window about 3" with the bow. had a good chance since shot was only about 10' different from my normal practice but with no practice lol. confirmed big old woodchuck and has to have a massive den built there because there is only 2 holes in the garage gravel floor, i watched him run right back into the garage.
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on August 19, 2021, 05:10:16 PM: something ate ALL my corn plants in the last 2 days. All 300 gone in the 4 rows, cleaned me out! bah!
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M on August 19, 2021, 11:40:38 PM: Damn! Need to put in a trail cam there to help you figure out what/when that is happening.
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on August 20, 2021, 09:49:22 AM: im thinking a bunny family has found they can fit through the 2x4" fence. i guess next year i need to get a roll of 1" for the bottom 2'
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M on August 20, 2021, 10:48:18 AM: bunnies? how tall were your corn?

around here corn is about 4-6+ feet now
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: luvmyxj on August 20, 2021, 12:11:02 PM: Gotta be deer, think you underestimated how high they can jump. My corn still look to be a couple weeks from ready, not one of the peaches and cream corn took. Wegmans corn has been straight trash, didn't check them at the store and over an inch was still seeds. 2 of my chickens have started laying,up to a dozen over the last week
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on August 20, 2021, 12:33:55 PM: watched the deer several times walk around the fence and be confused/scared by it. also, there would be tons of hoof prints in the moist ground. i dont think they have been in there. Deer also just love the sweet corn leaves which they ate last year in when it wasn't fenced in. this time something cheewed at the base to tower over all the plants, then ate the ears, left the leaves.

corn was only 2-3' tall and just starting to make ears about the size of a roll of pennies
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Post by: luvmyxj on August 20, 2021, 12:53:24 PM: Interesting, Google says raccoons or possibly possums eat it like that
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on August 20, 2021, 12:56:07 PM: i guess a raccon could climb the fence, but dont think they could get through the 2x4" fenc holes, thats why i assumed it was bunnies, which i have seen around the property.

i got a bunch of butternut squash getting big and if they touch those before i harvest its war!
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: luvmyxj on August 20, 2021, 01:31:04 PM: You can borrow my dog ,he just caught one of the rabbits around my yard last week, heard it squeal just before he snapped it's neck, he's so God dam fast
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on September 22, 2021, 08:03:50 PM: MCWA sent me a nice note asking me to double check i dont have any water leaks on my property, as my water usage of 19000 gallons for this quarter was about 5 times that of last years usage

haha nice

no thats me just spraying 90$ in water into the dirt this summer
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: luvmyxj on September 23, 2021, 09:10:48 AM: Lol, if we were in Cali you'd be going to jail for using that much water. You jinxed me, 2 days after something ate your corn mine got wiped out. Up to 4 eggs a day now, I can't keep up, already given away like 3 dozen
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: etk300ex on September 23, 2021, 12:19:19 PM: you're going to be investigated for growing pot in the barn soon lol
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: mr.mindless on November 02, 2021, 04:04:35 PM: how were your results this year?

We ended up wasting the second half of the cucumber harvest. pickles from the first half are edible now but haven't cracked a jar. did get into the beets and they were great. carrots were similartly overwhelming. planted WAY too much celery and only used a bit of it. Lots of learning in year one.
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on November 02, 2021, 04:10:57 PM: zukini and squash did well.

bunnies pretty much ate my beets and all the corn

lettace was a complete waste and tastes like dirt no matter how much you wash.

sprinklers and increased fence was really my progress this year.

I plan in next few weeks to bush hog, rake, till, and cover with plastic and tires for the winter this time to try and reduce weeds for next year
Title: Re: 2021 veg garden
Post by: etk300ex on November 03, 2021, 07:59:30 AM: We had tons of sweet peppers, cherry tomatoes and probably 50 lbs of sweet potatoes. Not much else did well. Strawberry harvest was very poor, lettuce was garbage as well.
Title: now 2022 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on February 17, 2022, 06:42:08 PM: fresh potting soil in two window baskets and green onions, radishes planted. i have one radish or beet that is like over a foot tall that i have kept planted over the winter for fun and its still going strong. no idea whats under the soil but its looking great.
Title: Re: now 2022 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on March 05, 2022, 06:24:39 PM: having my last squash as part of dinner tonight. pretty cool its sat on my counter since the fall, and tastes great just as they did when fresh picked. ill have to keep more of them this year from next winter.
Title: Re: now 2022 veg garden
Post by: mr.mindless on March 05, 2022, 06:50:36 PM: Thats awesome.

Couple jars of pickled beets left here and a bunch of pickles.
Title: Re: now 2022 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on April 27, 2024, 09:41:52 PM: seedlings getting big inside!
Title: Re: now 2025 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on March 21, 2025, 08:50:42 AM: 2 trays of squash and zucchini seedlings in solo cups started today!
Title: Re: now 2025 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on June 08, 2025, 05:46:37 PM: 2nd till with the tractor

late start but planted seedlings this morning. Put down 100' of drip hose and black fabric with holes torched for plants.

planted some other seeds

probably do some corn and pumpkins still.
Title: Re: now 2025 veg garden
Post by: etk300ex on July 10, 2025, 12:26:40 PM: Killing Japanese beetles is my new part time job. Probably 100/day between the both of us. Plus traps are full daily.

These guys arrived today, grape vine beetles, said to be harmless.

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Post by: M4wdFab on July 10, 2025, 02:03:23 PM: them things are big!
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Post by: mr.mindless on July 10, 2025, 02:16:14 PM: Look lots like Japanese beetle to me but no green iridescence and bigger?

My dumb neighbor is cutting down half a dozen mature trees because his wife does t like boxelder bugs

City slicker mentality in the country is weird. Especially for people who’ve lived there 30+ years. This isn’t the new neighbors next door, they’re great. This is the ones in the small lot behind me
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Post by: etk300ex on July 10, 2025, 04:16:06 PM: Yeah they're a light brown color and quite large. There are 4 now. My vineyard is very small so they better chill haha.
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Post by: etk300ex on July 11, 2025, 12:14:02 PM: Red milkweed beetle

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Title: Re: now 2025 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on July 13, 2025, 11:26:43 AM: been lazy about turning water on but got some zuks going
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Post by: M4wdFab on July 28, 2025, 12:00:13 PM: 3-4 good zuks every couple of days and i see about a dozen or more squash of 2 kinds getting big!
Title: Re: now 2025 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on October 13, 2025, 02:32:05 PM: 2nd planting of beans coming in and picked as much as i could carry today. holding out on a couple 2' zuchinnis for pizzas for hallowheeling!

frost killed some leaves but everything should still be fine for a couple of weeks and loving the rain. need some sun days now for the final push!
Title: Re: now 2025 veg garden
Post by: M4wdFab on October 17, 2025, 05:44:51 PM: pulled another hoodie pocket full of beans and an arm full of zucchini tonight.

pizza zucchini looking good still going to let them go till next week