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RE: What's in your garden? - orygunluvr - 06-06-2012
(06-06-2012, 12:51 PM)Tiamat Wrote:(06-02-2012, 10:01 PM)orygunluvr Wrote:(06-02-2012, 09:47 PM)Tiamat Wrote: Oh, yeah. I have a tomato!
Hey, I know why your garden died off after you used the straw compost.
I actually am not sure it was the compost. I may have burnt it that year with some green manure...but what is your theory?
BTW, Cletus, My squash are not nearly as big as that.
The straw is a carbon, and you actually need nitrogen also to make things break down correctly. Nitrogen comes from green stuff, carbon comes from brown stuff basically. All that straw most likely didn't break down and
compost fully and when you put your starts in it killed them using up all
the available nitrogen. I learned this the hard way so I did a little research and haven't had that happen again.
RE: What's in your garden? - cletus1 - 06-06-2012
(06-06-2012, 03:55 PM)Valuesize Wrote: Hey Clete, When does your stand open?
Around July 15th.
Free delivery,
RE: What's in your garden? - cletus1 - 06-06-2012
(06-06-2012, 06:05 PM)Simon Peter Wrote:Ah-ha! Hydroponic gardening. Hmm, I suppose that is technically not cheating.(06-06-2012, 03:53 PM)Valuesize Wrote:(06-06-2012, 01:57 PM)Simon Peter Wrote: I started mine from seed, early. You really don't want to see a pic.
I do. Garden wise, I have to live vicariously this year.
OK, for you.......here is a pic of my outdoor experiment.....
![[Image: 6Jun.jpg]](http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad342/ceaseanddesist1/6Jun.jpg)
And I know that you started from seed, you shared a photo. So you get extra credit for that. How is your Okra doing?
RE: What's in your garden? - cletus1 - 06-06-2012
(06-06-2012, 12:51 PM)Tiamat Wrote:(06-02-2012, 10:01 PM)orygunluvr Wrote:(06-02-2012, 09:47 PM)Tiamat Wrote: Oh, yeah. I have a tomato!
Hey, I know why your garden died off after you used the straw compost.
BTW, Cletus, My squash are not nearly as big as that.
Well then, I'll just rub it in; after I posted those photos, I went back out to do some weeding and found a nice zuke that I picked.
RE: What's in your garden? - Clone - 06-06-2012
![[Image: 579978_10150945857602436_128469082_n.jpg]](https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/579978_10150945857602436_128469082_n.jpg)
Stones painted as strawberries when put around strawberry plants in the spring will keep birds from eating your berries because the birds will think the ripened berries are stones.
"How to" directions here: http://bit.ly/Jf7NAm
Brought to you by www.homesteadingsurvivalism.com
RE: What's in your garden? - Valuesize - 06-06-2012
(06-06-2012, 06:40 PM)Clone Wrote:
Stones painted as strawberries when put around strawberry plants in the spring will keep birds from eating your berries because the birds will think the ripened berries are stones.
"How to" directions here: http://bit.ly/Jf7NAm
Brought to you by www.homesteadingsurvivalism.com
I love it! Will it work for kids and turtles?
![[Image: dsc00409up.jpg]](http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/5481/dsc00409up.jpg)
RE: What's in your garden? - Tiamat - 06-06-2012
(06-06-2012, 06:10 PM)orygunluvr Wrote:(06-06-2012, 12:51 PM)Tiamat Wrote:(06-02-2012, 10:01 PM)orygunluvr Wrote:(06-02-2012, 09:47 PM)Tiamat Wrote: Oh, yeah. I have a tomato!
Hey, I know why your garden died off after you used the straw compost.
I actually am not sure it was the compost. I may have burnt it that year with some green manure...but what is your theory?
BTW, Cletus, My squash are not nearly as big as that.
The straw is a carbon, and you actually need nitrogen also to make things break down correctly. Nitrogen comes from green stuff, carbon comes from brown stuff basically. All that straw most likely didn't break down and
compost fully and when you put your starts in it killed them using up all
the available nitrogen. I learned this the hard way so I did a little research and haven't had that happen again.
Good theory. But I think I burnt it with the green manure, made it too hot. They say if you mulch your garden you have to replenish it, because the mulch is actually pulling nitrogen from the soil to break itself down.
RE: What's in your garden? - Clone - 06-06-2012
(06-06-2012, 07:33 PM)Valuesize Wrote: I love it! Will it work for kids and turtles?
How old do you think your turtle is, btw?
It's good to see he's still around!
I think these stone strawberries, in a pretty basket, would be a great gift for a gardener; especially one who has everything already.
It would be a fun project, too. Especially if one has girls needing a project.
To keep them out of the peppers and strawberries!
RE: What's in your garden? - Valuesize - 06-06-2012
I showed the pic to the kids and they can't wait to try painting them...
As for my garden grazer (sp)...I've had the turtle over 40 years, but not sure how old he was when I rescued him from becoming road kill. He has been passed around through the family at the times I was traveling and unable to care for him. Three different families have enjoyed him through the years and it's good to have him back. It's good he will give another generation of children someone to look after too.
Am I starting to sound like Methuselah?
RE: What's in your garden? - Clone - 06-06-2012
(06-06-2012, 09:10 PM)Valuesize Wrote: I showed the pic to the kids and they can't wait to try painting them...
As for my garden grazer (sp)...I've had the turtle over 40 years, but not sure how old he was when I rescued him from becoming road kill. He has been passed around through the family at the times I was traveling and unable to care for him. Three different families have enjoyed him through the years and it's good to have him back. It's good he will give another generation of children someone to look after too.
He's a beautiful boy, that one.
You rescued another one and found a family for it, right?
RE: What's in your garden? - tvguy - 06-06-2012
(06-06-2012, 09:10 PM)Valuesize Wrote: I showed the pic to the kids and they can't wait to try painting them...
As for my garden grazer (sp)...I've had the turtle over 40 years, but not sure how old he was when I rescued him from becoming road kill. He has been passed around through the family at the times I was traveling and unable to care for him. Three different families have enjoyed him through the years and it's good to have him back. It's good he will give another generation of children someone to look after too.
That's freakin awesome
RE: What's in your garden? - cletus1 - 06-06-2012
(06-06-2012, 09:10 PM)Valuesize Wrote: I showed the pic to the kids and they can't wait to try painting them...Ill donate cherry tomatoes to your turtle later this summer.
As for my garden grazer (sp)...I've had the turtle over 40 years, but not sure how old he was when I rescued him from becoming road kill. He has been passed around through the family at the times I was traveling and unable to care for him. Three different families have enjoyed him through the years and it's good to have him back. It's good he will give another generation of children someone to look after too.
RE: What's in your garden? - Valuesize - 06-06-2012
(06-06-2012, 09:13 PM)Clone Wrote: He's a beautiful boy, that one.
You rescued another one and found a family for it, right?
The girls couldn't part with her so she's in the garden now too.
![[Image: dsc00504q.jpg]](http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8619/dsc00504q.jpg)
RE: What's in your garden? - Valuesize - 06-06-2012
(06-06-2012, 09:37 PM)cletus1 Wrote: Ill donate cherry tomatoes to your turtle later this summer.
Nice....
RE: What's in your garden? - Clone - 06-06-2012
(06-06-2012, 09:45 PM)Valuesize Wrote:(06-06-2012, 09:13 PM)Clone Wrote: He's a beautiful boy, that one.
You rescued another one and found a family for it, right?
The girls couldn't part with her so she's in the garden now too.
Awwwwwe!
She's a cutie..I like her eyes.
And I LOVE softy daddies. (smooooooch)
RE: What's in your garden? - Simon Peter - 06-07-2012
(06-06-2012, 06:22 PM)cletus1 Wrote: Ah-ha! Hydroponic gardening. Hmm, I suppose that is technically not cheating.
I will have to get my okra from the market this year.
RE: What's in your garden? - Valuesize - 06-07-2012
(06-06-2012, 09:50 PM)Clone Wrote: Awwwwwe!
She's a cutie..I like her eyes.
And I LOVE softy daddies. (smooooooch)
Awwwwwe nothing! This little doll eats raw meat and gets blood all over her sweet little face.
No bath salts needed....
RE: What's in your garden? - Clone - 06-07-2012
(06-07-2012, 08:58 PM)Valuesize Wrote: Awwwwwe nothing! This little doll eats raw meat and gets blood all over her sweet little face.
I've never heard of that...guess I don't know much about turtles.
Do the two of them like each other in the man/woman way?
RE: What's in your garden? - PonderThis - 06-07-2012
You mean do they duke it out periodically?
RE: What's in your garden? - bbqboy - 06-07-2012
snapper takes on a whole new meaning.