Comments on: Update on the Garden http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=474 Coverin the bases in Miz Judi's Kitchen Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Michael http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=474#comment-721 Michael Sat, 21 May 2011 16:47:36 +0000 http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=474#comment-721 I just found this blog yesterday when a friend pointed it out you article on canning. I then went to your article about the Update on garden. I was blown away.. You have a amazing garden. I forgot to notice when the article was posted so I do not know if this is 2011 garden or a 2010. A co-worker that has been growing gardens for years, suggested that I should grow a garden. Well one thing let to another and he and I decided to grow a large garden this year. He still has his garden at his home but since I have more space we are growing the bigger plants, and lots and lots of the smaller plants. I have questions.. How do you water the garden ? I have furrows in mine but we have taken the squashes and made them individual squares thus spreading them out so they have lots of room. We have watermelon , cantaloupe and cucumbers. These all take lots of room. I have the garden spread out into different areas so it takes alot to water but having several people doing it helps. I have gophers, chickens, squirrels and dogs that run thru the garden.. Needless to say I have had some problems with varmint damage. The biggest was when my large squash plant just wilted.. I knew instantly what it was. So far 6 gophers have been removed from this garden.. What about the other pests? Chickens just fly over a fence if we put one up and so would the squirrels. I found a local dairy that sells manure and half of the price in the store. I bought a truck load and it has really helped my garden. I just found this blog yesterday when a friend pointed it out you article on canning. I then went to your article about the Update on garden. I was blown away.. You have a amazing garden. I forgot to notice when the article was posted so I do not know if this is 2011 garden or a 2010.
A co-worker that has been growing gardens for years, suggested that I should grow a garden. Well one thing let to another and he and I decided to grow a large garden this year. He still has his garden at his home but since I have more space we are growing the bigger plants, and lots and lots of the smaller plants.
I have questions..
How do you water the garden ? I have furrows in mine but we have taken the squashes and made them individual squares thus spreading them out so they have lots of room. We have watermelon , cantaloupe and cucumbers. These all take lots of room.
I have the garden spread out into different areas so it takes alot to water but having several people doing it helps.
I have gophers, chickens, squirrels and dogs that run thru the garden.. Needless to say I have had some problems with varmint damage. The biggest was when my large squash plant just wilted.. I knew instantly what it was. So far 6 gophers have been removed from this garden..
What about the other pests? Chickens just fly over a fence if we put one up and so would the squirrels.
I found a local dairy that sells manure and half of the price in the store. I bought a truck load and it has really helped my garden.

]]> By: Kunoichi http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=474#comment-650 Kunoichi Sat, 07 May 2011 05:56:12 +0000 http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=474#comment-650 Oh, wow! I love your gardens. You've got me pining away. People are just starting to plant things out here, though traditionally a lot of people wait until the May long weekend to finish putting in their gardens. This year, it falls on the 21st -23rd, though the first year I tried to put in our balcony garden, we couldn't plant until June. Those poor, sad, little fungus ridden tomatoes in picture 9. *sniff* Oh, wow! I love your gardens. You’ve got me pining away. People are just starting to plant things out here, though traditionally a lot of people wait until the May long weekend to finish putting in their gardens. This year, it falls on the 21st -23rd, though the first year I tried to put in our balcony garden, we couldn’t plant until June.

Those poor, sad, little fungus ridden tomatoes in picture 9. *sniff*

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