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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD VOLUME 51 DECEMBER 21, 2012
Free Republic | Dec 21, 2012 | greeneyes

Posted on 12/21/2012 1:22:01 PM PST by greeneyes

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To: tubebender

Gee Mr bender, at least you have rain. Imagine only 4 inches of precipitation in 2012. The nearby lake is dry.


61 posted on 12/22/2012 4:50:02 PM PST by Sarajevo (Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
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To: redfreedom
DR has a good chipper if you're looking for a small towable model (DR Chipper)

John Deere has a couple good models if you have a tractor with a PTO.
If you're looking for something larger, I'd recommend a Vermeer, but they are pricey.

I would recommend staying away from the models you see at Lowes/Home Depot unless you are only going to use it for residential yardwork.

62 posted on 12/22/2012 5:01:48 PM PST by Sarajevo (Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
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To: Sarajevo

My parents and 4 of my siblings fled Texas when Grandma Bender predicted the drought of 012... way back in 1921


63 posted on 12/22/2012 6:26:29 PM PST by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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To: greeneyes

They taste alot like kale in my opinion except they are a little more refined.


64 posted on 12/22/2012 9:58:48 PM PST by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! [You can vote Democrat when you're dead]...)
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To: Sarajevo

Thank you for your input.

We have very heavy soil in a fairly new garden. Our older gardens we blended wood chips and sand with the soil and it really loosened it up and the root veggies grew much larger, the carrots grew straight, etc.

Wanna do the same with our newer gardens, and needs lots of chips.

Been looking at a Woodmaxx PTO driven with hydraulic feed, sells for about $2700.

We did price John Deere, they wanted $9400 for similar size. I really think they purposely overpriced it because they don’t want to fool with something that small when they can sell a combine for $500,000 and get 10 times the commission for the same amount of time and paperwork.


65 posted on 12/23/2012 8:09:47 AM PST by redfreedom (The spineless RINO's have made themselves irrelevent and lost the country for us.)
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To: Arrowhead1952

Man, your weather is tough. We may not be back to normal, but at least we’ve been having some pretty good rainfall since the summer ended.


66 posted on 12/23/2012 9:30:07 AM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Thanks for the link. I’ll be looking for them in our super market, or maybe just use polk instead, since we have so much growing wild around here.


67 posted on 12/23/2012 9:32:23 AM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: redfreedom

Actually, 3 of them, Henry Fields, Gardens Alive and Jung. Sorta like gardener’s porn.

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Now, that there makes me smile, and feel bad at the same time. I ordered from all 3 of those last year, and I don’t have a catalog yet.

I did get a an RH Shumway’s which I have never seen nor ordered from before. Go figure.LOL.


68 posted on 12/23/2012 9:41:00 AM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: redfreedom

Thanks for reading and participating. It is a great relaxation thread, and goes well with those who want to become more self-sufficient.

I don’t have a chipper, but I do have a log splitter. He’s about 5’11” and loves gravy.LOL.

You may get some additional advice as the days go by. While we post mostly on Friday, the thread does go on for the rest of the week.


69 posted on 12/23/2012 9:47:16 AM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Free Vulcan

I really hate to admit it, but I really haven’t had kale either. Greens are not exactly my forte. As a kid I liked the spinach they served at school.

I used to eat my spinach, the other kids, and the teacher’s spinach. My folks alway fixed spinach, mustard greens, and polk greens. Spinach was the only one I liked, and I must have gotten burned out, because now I don’t like it at all unless it’s on a salad with some Romaine and other mild lettuce.

Still, several people have sent me recipes, so I will eventually try them. If I can’t find any at our local stores, I will plant some in the 2013 gardens, so I can try the recipes.


70 posted on 12/23/2012 9:52:42 AM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: tubebender
My parents and 4 of my siblings fled Texas when Grandma Bender predicted the drought of 012... way back in 1921

Did Grandma Bender give you any stock market or horse racing hints???? ;)

71 posted on 12/23/2012 4:56:31 PM PST by Sarajevo (Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
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To: redfreedom
The Woodmaxx looks like a good little machine! Thanks for turning me on to it. I was looking at DR chipper a couple years ago, since I could tow it behind the ATV, but it seems to have maintenance issues.

Add some extra nitrogen fertilizer to the beds you till the wood chips in. They can deplete the soil of nitrogen as they decay.

72 posted on 12/23/2012 5:05:34 PM PST by Sarajevo (Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
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To: Sarajevo

No... but she told me to marry a local Indian whose Tribe would one day build a huge casino...


73 posted on 12/23/2012 5:32:04 PM PST by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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To: tubebender
LOL!

Merry Christmas to you!

74 posted on 12/23/2012 7:29:30 PM PST by Sarajevo (Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
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To: greeneyes

My area of western PA got socked with snow which will stay on the ground thru Christmas. Which makes for a white Christmas but will mean a slow and inevitable demise for my kohl plants. Oh well.


75 posted on 12/23/2012 8:18:21 PM PST by Ciexyz
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To: Ciexyz

I grow lettuce and other cool weather crops under snow when we have it. It’s pretty good insulation, once it gets a little depth.LOL.


76 posted on 12/23/2012 8:27:29 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Sarajevo; greeneyes; All
and Merry CHRSTmas to you and to all the gardeners and their FRiends…


77 posted on 12/23/2012 8:38:19 PM PST by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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To: tubebender

LOL. Now that is just precious. Are you a dog whisperer, or did your wife help you get those dogs posed?


78 posted on 12/23/2012 8:44:44 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Sarajevo

Haven’t made up my mind what kind of chipper to buy yet, the woodmaxx and wallenstein are at the top of the list.

I might make some tea and pour on the garden and green grass clippings for nitrogen. The recipe for tea is get some fresh cow manure, fill a burlap gunny sack with it. Fill a barrel with water, put the bag in it like you would a tea bag in a cup. It’s best if the barrel is dark or black. Let it set in the sun for no more than a week. Pull out the bag, let it drain into the barrel. Wallah! You have liquid fertilizer without the weeds found in the manure. The number of barrels you need depends on the garden size. If you let it set longer than a week all kinds of nasty bugs start growing in it. Don’t drink it, pour it on the garden - LOL!

Your mentioning nitrogen fertilizer reminds me of a true story. I used to buy granular nitrogen fertilizer from a local company, and typically dealt with the boss who was a nice guy. In about 2003 I went there for the seasons supply and a little blonde chic waited on me. The next day the boss called me and said she turned me in as a terrorist. He said that was a new rule since 911, to advise the FBI of anyone suspicious buying nitrogen fertilizer. A couple weeks later a FBI dude stopped by and interviewed me. I never got into any trouble as the agent had already did a thorough investigation on me, and the fertilizer manager vouched for me. Have not bought nitrogen since.


79 posted on 12/24/2012 3:29:51 PM PST by redfreedom (The spineless RINO's have made themselves irrelevent and lost the country for us.)
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To: greeneyes

Growing lettuce under the snow - when and how do you plant the seeds? Thanks.


80 posted on 12/25/2012 6:27:10 PM PST by Ciexyz
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