Boyd - Day in the life of a hillbilly stuck in Michigan..

[Denim Deb]

Looks nice. Is that a church across the street from you in the one pic?

 

[Wannabefree]

Sweeet bout time ya joined us over here Boyd! Nice garden, cute kid...church across the street? hmm..well enjoy the site Glad to have ya over!

Craptastic that never gets old

 

[Boyd]

Looks nice. Is that a church across the street from you in the one pic?

Yep And a cemetary just to the north and one is our back kady corner at the other end of the property on the other side of the creek. Pretty dead neighborhood huh

 

[Wifezilla]

I wanted to name this place the "Bunny Ranch" but my wife pointed out for a number of reasons that would be bad

Smart woman.

 

[Damummis]

Sweeet bout time ya joined us over here Boyd! Nice garden, cute kid...church across the street? hmm..well enjoy the site Glad to have ya over!

Craptastic that never gets old

Took the words out of my mouth. Welcome to the darkside my friend....

 

[Boyd]

Mothers day was a great day weather wise. My parents met up with us here at the house and we visited for a time, then we all headed over to my grand parents house just a couple miles down the road.

Then I had to take my middle son Kev back to his moms house I am only a weekend and summertime father for him.

After I got home I planted 6' of onion sets. Thinking of doing potato's tommorow. Anybody got any advice besides keep the soil loose? I've grown them before, but really looking to maximize on it this year.

 

[Wannabefree]

Mothers day was a great day weather wise. My parents met up with us here at the house and we visited for a time, then we all headed over to my grand parents house just a couple miles down the road.

Then I had to take my middle son Kev back to his moms house I am only a weekend and summertime father for him.

After I got home I planted 6' of onion sets. Thinking of doing potato's tommorow. Anybody got any advice besides keep the soil loose? I've grown them before, but really looking to maximize on it this year.

Tater towers Boyd, all the rage over here on SS!!! I'm doing them, and they are looking terrific! I am using tires and building them up using straw and compost.

What ya do is plant your taters like normal, and either put a cage around them or tires around them, and every time they poke their little heads up out of the growing medium, add more dirt/straw/compost/hay whatever to cover them back up I'm two tires high at the moment, and fixing to add another tire. Pics are in my journal...somewhere

 

[TanksHill]

Wow, the garden in amazing. I look forward to seeing more pics as it gets going.

Good to find someone else around here who has bungee jumped. I thought I was the only loon.

g

 

[pinkfox]

WBF, id never heard of that method for taters, i MUST try it!!! must!

goes to scour craigslist for free tires!

 

[Boyd]

I got a lot of planting done yesterday and today..

This is what's left to be planted Flowers, more tomatoes, cucumbers, broc and califlower are on the agenda... also some scarlet runner pole beans and and and.......

From what was done yesterday and today looking backwards...

Ok, so here is the list so far from the back to the front area.......

Spinach, 7 rows 5x80'
Mustard Greens 2x40
Lettuce 2x40
Swiss Chard 3x40
Radishes, 2 - 3x40 with 7 mini rows in the 36" space
Carrots, 2 3x40' beds with 7 mini rows in the 36" space
Onions .. lol 3x40, 3lbs of white onion starts, 3lbs of sweet, 3lbs of red in the bed..
Turnips, 3 - 3x40' beds with 7 mini rows in each
Potato bed, 3x40 with radishes sown on either side. I'll harvest radish b4 potatoes bush out too badly.
Roma Tomato's 2 - 3x40' rows with approx 40ish plants? Turnips and radishes inter planted..
Tam Jalapeos 3x40 bed with approx 40 plants
Brussel Sprouts 3x40 bed with approx 45 plants


I still have so much to go in there........... Anyhoodles, enough of my monologue, I'll talk to ya'll later, I am gonna have a drinkie and watch some netflix.