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Posted on 05/05/2004 7:57:51 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
New verse:
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I drive to work. Fortunately I only have this commute three days a week.
Ugh, I thought my gas was bad enough before.
Ah well. I walked three miles or so - a solid hour's worth - and finished off "Last Samurai". Sigh. Heroic doomed glorious charges get me every time.
Are you planning on growing them in the buckets? 'Cause I'm thinking about doing that...and wondering what would be needed if I did.
Tomatos will be it I think. We have five different kinds in those pots! We want to have a big garden sometime, but right now we don't have time to figure out where and how... That spot you can see there is the only part of the yard that gets any sun. The best sun is out in the pasture, and we could plow a part of that, but would have to pipe water out there, and put in bunny-proof fencing, the bunny proofing being the biggest challenge 'round here. You'd think there'd be room for a garden somewhere on this seven acres.
Those are twenty five-gallon buckets... They are my old water buckets for the horses that they cracked, but new ones are cheap at the feed store. I drilled holes in the bottom and filled with potting soil and compost mix.
I walked to take back a move and back...only about half an hour, and I stopped at the book store and the Salvation Army store along the way, but I figure the raking and sweeping and shoveling I did this morning probably made up for that.
Got a coupla thriller type books and a copy of the King Arthur book we had when I was little - remember I was trying to find it awhile back? This one is paperback, but I'm a little easier on books now than I was when I was little, so I think that's OK...
How much are tomato plants? Fairly reasonable?
I'm pretty sure there's a guy who sells tomato plants at the farmer's market. He's the one I got the pepper plants from last year. I still have the pots from those, but I think they'd be too small for tomatoes. However, it's not like we have any shortage of feed stores...
How will you go about staking them? That's the part I'm least sure of...I've never grown tomatoes, even the reg'lar way!
Yeah, bunny-proofing is a challenge around here, too! And mice-proofing; and squirrel-proofing; deer-proofing; and bird-proofing. . .It's like you figure out how to keep one critter out and another one takes its place, LOL! I've got a medium-sized garden now to be expanded later--mostly herbs but some tomatoes and other vegetables--potatoes, lettuce, onions, spinach, rhubarb, and strawberries so far. Blueberries will probably be next if I can figure a way to keep the critters away. I was hoping to plant some ginseng this year but it didn't turn out; maybe next year.
I am just going to tie them to the fence. when they get to the top of the fence I'll just run them sideways along it. I planted three tomatoes in each (and two future-trailing flowers there on the side), different kinds, two large tomatos in the back here, and a little cherry tomato in the front.
You can plant them right against the sunny side of your house with a lattice behind.
Fedora wisely chooses to pretend he didn't understand that :)
I wouldn't plant tomatoes in the same pots as last year's peppers. Your not supposed to plant peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, or potatoes in the same spot where you planted any of the above the previous year. They might get the wilts. I guess you could try sterilizing the pots with hot water or something.
What version of King Arthur did you have when you were little? One Christmas my grandparents gave me this version of Malory illustrated with medieval paintings--I think they knew I was interested in Tolkien so they tried to find me something related and that's what they came up with :)
They're fairly little pots, so wouldn't work for tomatoes anyway. I'm thinking of planting chives in them...that would probably be OK, no?
"The Boy's King Arthur", which is a slightly edited and abridged version of Malory's "history". Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. The language is nicely archaic...and there's plenty of blood and guts. We wore out our copy rather quickly.
Yeah...that should be okay.
It has definitions in brackets for some of the REALLY tough or unusual words.
Because Fusarium and Verticillium fungi are widespread and persist several years in soil, a long crop rotation (4 to 6 years) is necessary to reduce populations of these fungi. Avoid using any solanaceous crop (potato, tomato, pepper, eggplant) in the rotation, and if Verticillium wilt is a problem, also avoid the use of strawberries and raspberries, which are highly susceptible. Rotate with cereals and grasses wherever possible.
g'nad; thanks very much for posting the pics and allowing us to share the family's happiness with you. Looks like a fine time was had by all. Glad the bow was enjoyed by the young 'uns, that's why we do it, sharing and passing it along.
Hm...would chives qualify as a grass? ;-)
Thanks for the head's up. Good to know.
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