07-30-2014, 01:11 PM
(07-30-2014, 12:50 PM)kadylady Wrote:Thanks, I just checked what you called a "scoop" is a yard. it's $28 a yard for the good stuff ....(07-30-2014, 12:23 PM)tvguy Wrote:(07-30-2014, 12:07 PM)kadylady Wrote:(07-30-2014, 11:50 AM)tvguy Wrote:(07-30-2014, 11:30 AM)kadylady Wrote: Green beans aren't getting a lot of the late afternoon sun. The trees have grown a bit. Damn trees.....jkg. Next year I think we'll try a green bean teepee and get it out in FULL sun.
You're right about the tomatoes, but I think we had an earlier planting season last year. And I believe I may have been a little more generous with the fertilizer. The plants were really huge. Really, we had too many tomatoes. I can't believe I just said that, but it's true.
Yeah I normally have too many tomatoes every single year. They are cheap, easy to grow and it's fun to plant several varieties.
And if you have good soil ( Valuesize) you shouldn't need any fertilizer whatsoever.
But if not by all means use fertilizer recommended by the tomato guy
Nothing better than a homegrown tomato! Well.....maybe, but you know what I mean. We have crappy soil but do have a good compost pile. I just can't resist throwing some extra nutrition their way.
BTW....I love your weed garden.
I have crappy soil too. I'm in the Agate desert and the top soil is very shallow. So yes I have to throw some extra nutrition their way also.
Last year I bought a couple truck loads of potting soil from the old Modoc orchards. They were composting peaches from Sobroso.
But I've had just as good or even better luck just buying composed horse manure.
Except for one time when I bought some that was mixed with saw dust. That stuff sucked.
The transfer station processes all the yard trimmings and piles it up. Then they sell the compost for about $10 a scoop, maybe $15 if it's not on special. It's pretty good stuff but of course it may have weeds. But, when you want to work a large area, it's worth it. We keep straw in our chicken coop. It really absorbs the chicken shit. So, we add that to our home made compost pile. I also heard that pine needles make good mulch for tomatoes. Lots of acid. I just remembered that. We didn't do it this year. Oooops.
Rogue Fine Compost- 1/2 yard minimum $28 per yard
But that's a great price IMO.