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FOOD CORNER => Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food => Topic started by: CLEMON on April 25, 2019, 07:30:13 PM
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I live outside of DC where land is expensive. I spent my summers on my grandparents farm in southern ohio so gardening reminds me of those days. My wife and I lived in a townhouse closer to DC and moved out to our current house with 1.5 acres 3 years ago. I started with a simple garden.
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Last year i had some trouble with diseases. I thought about bring in new soil but the cost deterred me. I start research straw bale gardens. This year i decided to give it a try.
I started by putting down a weed barrier:
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There is a process where you put down fertilizer and water it in. Water everyday and fertilizer every other day for 2 weeks. This starts the composting process.
I also got tired of hauling water out to my garden since its a 100 yards from my house. Started with installing a drip irrigation system.
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Thats where im at now. Ive started seeds in my shed. I also bought a rain barrel and plan to setup a battery powered, timed, pump for the irrigation.
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You plant the seed into the nails of hay? Interesting idea
Looks like the years past were fruitful. Love a fresh tomato
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If you want to plant seeds then once the bales are conditioned then you put a layer of soil down and plant the seeds. For plants, create a space, put in a little soil and then the plant
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Looks real nice. I was going to try that with the straw bales but then changed my mind. Instead of using plastic for a weed barrier I busted open the straw bales and spread it on the ground. That worked pretty good. Then I just till it all up in the spring and start over. I didn't want to pull up all that plastic.
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Very interesting!
I grew up North of you near the chesapeake Bay in a once little town, Abingdon, Maryland. Dad grew everything in his gardens. I was the weed puller and harvester. Things grow very well in that area. I so loved the corn, and how they cooked it!
Carry on!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkJtNJqKM34, THIS COUPLE IENJOYING THE SAME TYPE OF GARDEN NORTH OF THE BORDER.
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Picked up a 50 gal rain barrel on criagslist. Bought a 12 volt pump from harbor freight and wired up a timer. Also picked up some plants from a local nursery.
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I'm looking to add a solar panel charge for the 12v battery. Any recommendations? I don't know much about them.
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Man you said some starts. Those aren’t starts. Those as big as we get around here all year
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Dave it’s called rain, they get it we don’t. Back in Indiana those were starts and they’d end up looking like bushes....
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Tomato’s the size of basketballs?
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Tomato’s the size of basketballs?
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No, just softballs!!!
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Man you said some starts. Those aren’t starts. Those as big as we get around here all year
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Yeah, first time buying from them. I was impressed by the size.
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Got the tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots and lettuce planted this week.
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Update:
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Oh man. Fried green tomatoes and hot sauce!!
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That was fast. Interesting with the bales.
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very nice!
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Oh man. Fried green tomatoes and hot sauce!!
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Never had them before but i cant wait till these are ripe.
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Try it out, lots of good recipes on line. I like egg, flour, fav seasoning, and some butter in a frying pan
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Oh man. Fried green tomatoes and hot sauce!!
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Never had them before but i cant wait till these are ripe.
That’s the beauty. You don’t wait until the my are ripe.
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Its getting to be garden season again. This year i want to create a top structure that i can tie supports to and get plants to grow up to. I was thinking about using stainless wire to create a mesh top. I want to create something like below but im not sure how to connect to wires together at a 90 degree. Any suggestions/tips.
I could run lumber between to post to tap the wires into but was hoping to avoid that.
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Any reason you couldn’t build a grid like rebar is in a floor? Use tie wire and when attaching it to the wood use barbwire fence nails.
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What size? You could get a hog panel that is already welded and all. They are about 4' by 12' around here. Tractor supply.
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I use this for almost anything with Stainless wire. You can do almost any size and it holds like crazy. you just wrap a couple of times and then screw it down, fold it over and cut off the tails.
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/clamptitetoolplated.php?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1Iv0BRDaARIsAGTWD1uoZw0MrYQX4xT9JyXyAloZSXZh4qGgDdx9_suFzOfg-mXxGLef_u0aAkeIEALw_wcB
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I use this for almost anything with Stainless wire. You can do almost any size and it holds like crazy. you just wrap a couple of times and then screw it down, fold it over and cut off the tails.
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/clamptitetoolplated.php?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1Iv0BRDaARIsAGTWD1uoZw0MrYQX4xT9JyXyAloZSXZh4qGgDdx9_suFzOfg-mXxGLef_u0aAkeIEALw_wcB
that is an awesome tool!!
that just went into my cart at amazon!
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That is pretty cool.
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Any reason you couldn’t build a grid like rebar is in a floor? Use tie wire and when attaching it to the wood use barbwire fence nails.
I could but not really what i want.
What size? You could get a hog panel that is already welded and all. They are about 4' by 12' around here. Tractor supply.
its 14' x 16'
I use this for almost anything with Stainless wire. You can do almost any size and it holds like crazy. you just wrap a couple of times and then screw it down, fold it over and cut off the tails.
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/clamptitetoolplated.php?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1Iv0BRDaARIsAGTWD1uoZw0MrYQX4xT9JyXyAloZSXZh4qGgDdx9_suFzOfg-mXxGLef_u0aAkeIEALw_wcB
Not completely understanding how this allows me to tie a wire to wire and not have it slide. ill look into it some more
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Not completely understanding how this allows me to tie a wire to wire and not have it slide. ill look into it some more
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Similar to rebar. Wrap diagonal and then cinch it up with device. The stainless wire would bite into to grid wire.
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