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Welcome back from Fla.

First of all, I hope you didn't move to Jackson, Mississippi cause you moved into a crisis if you did. You are gonna need water for sure and get in line. That socialist radical Mayor Lumumba apparently is destroying that place more ways than one.

I'm not one of the gurus here to give advice but my knee jerk suggestions are the same basic principles that apply for preparing wherever you are but as you mentioned you need to think about flooding, hurricanes/tornado preparedness also. Get very familiar with your surroundings, logistics, infrastructures, and the people where you are. Talk to the locals, find like minded folks in the area. I'm sure there are some. Check out emergency management services information.

Your body should eventually adjust to the heat and humidity, try working outdoors in early morning hours and evenings, plenty of breaks and hydrate, gradually build up your tolerance to the heat. I think you'll likely get good advice here from others more familiar with Mississippi.

Good luck!
 
Pyro virus said:
I just moved here to Mississippi last month. (I'm an old but new again member, I forgot I was a member on this forum for years. So I'm trying to figure out how to use it all over again. I typed Mississippi into the search and found your post hense why I'm randomly commenting lol)
I'm used to the pacific north west. Washington, Oregon, Idaho, parts of California and Alaska. I've never lived south of Oakland California in my life. Im trying to understand how to prep here because it is extremely different from up there. Never been in a hurricane or tornado. Only seen them on TV. I've dealt with hard core thunderstorms but not as hard core as the ones here. I love it but it's a huge climate shock to me. We dealt with some gnarly heat on the west coast last summer. We got up to 116 degree heat in Idaho alone. So the heart I kinda got a taste of but this humidity is like 5% away from living under water lol. Im sure I'll acclimate thought. Any tips on preps I should start working on asap for down here that I wouldn't have needed where im from? I'd love to know any tips or suggestions. Thankyou!
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I grew up there, and without A/C in my early years. I never got used to the humidity, especially at night when I would lie awake covered in sweat. We had an attic fan that pulled a pretty good breeze in from the windows which helped.
I lived in North Mississippi for a while and I could sleep at night there without A/C with just the windows open because it got cooler at night.
However, many people did get acclimated and weren't bothered as much by it as I was.
 
Cindyd said:
Welcome back from Fla.

First of all, I hope you didn't move to Jackson, Mississippi cause you moved into a crisis if you did. You are gonna need water for sure and get in line. That socialist radical Mayor Lumumba apparently is destroying that place more ways than one.
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If you are outside the city limits - Madison, Ridgeland, Clinton, Brandon, Flowood, Pearl, it's a great place to live.
Only about 150,000 live inside the city limits and that's shrinking rapidly. The metro area has well over a half a million.
 
What does everyone do for motion detector sprinklers? The deer are destroying our gardens. When our motion detectors go off and we go out to confront them, they just stand there staring at us until we get about 15 feet away. The other night I cracked off a .45 round and it didn't even flinch. I am not ready to kill them just yet
 
Pyro virus said:
I just moved here to Mississippi last month. (I'm an old but new again member, I forgot I was a member on this forum for years. So I'm trying to figure out how to use it all over again. I typed Mississippi into the search and found your post hense why I'm randomly commenting lol)
I'm used to the pacific north west. Washington, Oregon, Idaho, parts of California and Alaska. I've never lived south of Oakland California in my life. Im trying to understand how to prep here because it is extremely different from up there. Never been in a hurricane or tornado. Only seen them on TV. I've dealt with hard core thunderstorms but not as hard core as the ones here. I love it but it's a huge climate shock to me. We dealt with some gnarly heat on the west coast last summer. We got up to 116 degree heat in Idaho alone. So the heart I kinda got a taste of but this humidity is like 5% away from living under water lol. Im sure I'll acclimate thought. Any tips on preps I should start working on asap for down here that I wouldn't have needed where im from? I'd love to know any tips or suggestions. Thankyou!
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I grew up in the Midwest so much more used to cold and low humidity in winters that will crack your skin open.

Been in the south for going on 30 years. One thing people take for granted living in the south is the availability of air conditioning. Not everyone has it down here, and it can be done without especially if you are somewhere that has a basement however, we have a thread here discussing food storage in a warm climate that you might want to take a gander at.
If you are looking at growing additional food, realize that the growing/planting/harvesting seasons here are different as are the plant varieties that will thrive or mildew because of the humidity and stronger sun. As an example, I often grow "full sun" plants in partial shade the sun dries the tender leaves out (which is why many of the native plants here have high oil content or tough waxy leaves). Your milage will vary depending upon what area you are, in MS.
 
Helen Back said:
What does everyone do for motion detector sprinklers? The deer are destroying our gardens. When our motion detectors go off and we go out to confront them, they just stand there staring at us until we get about 15 feet away. The other night I cracked off a .45 round and it didn't even flinch. I am not ready to kill them just yet
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Haven't ever used motion detector sprinklers. Alternatives. Three things. 1) 7'-8' T posts and fencing. 2) dogs 3) if you don't want to use either of the latter, sounds a little gauche but, it was something suggested to me by an old time cowboy (for deer and coyotes) does seem to work, start peeing in a perimeter (males) where you want to keep deer out. Anything you wouldn't do while hunting, do it.
 
Helen Back said:
What does everyone do for motion detector sprinklers? The deer are destroying our gardens. When our motion detectors go off and we go out to confront them, they just stand there staring at us until we get about 15 feet away. The other night I cracked off a .45 round and it didn't even flinch. I am not ready to kill them just yet
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Simple idea that has worked for me in the past-fishing line. They don’t see it and pressure when they walk into it startles them.
 
Helen Back said:
What does everyone do for motion detector sprinklers? The deer are destroying our gardens. When our motion detectors go off and we go out to confront them, they just stand there staring at us until we get about 15 feet away. The other night I cracked off a .45 round and it didn't even flinch. I am not ready to kill them just yet
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Well fill up your freezers. If you don't have enough room, I have room in my 4 freezers.
 
Helen Back said:
What does everyone do for motion detector sprinklers? The deer are destroying our gardens. When our motion detectors go off and we go out to confront them, they just stand there staring at us until we get about 15 feet away. The other night I cracked off a .45 round and it didn't even flinch. I am not ready to kill them just yet
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I would put my dog on them. That has worked for us pretty well. A fence is the ultimate answer unless you have a Pyrenees or two. Those dogs stay awake all night.
 
Helen Back said:
What does everyone do for motion detector sprinklers? The deer are destroying our gardens. When our motion detectors go off and we go out to confront them, they just stand there staring at us until we get about 15 feet away. The other night I cracked off a .45 round and it didn't even flinch. I am not ready to kill them just yet
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Look at it this way: The deer are turning your veggies into meat that is healthier than you can buy at the supermarket.

Eat the meat.

Right now, they see your garden as their territory. After you shoot them, mark your territory with urine.

They will learn pretty quickly that it's your territory, not theirs. They may still sneak in, but they will be a lot more cautious about it.
 
We have fencing around a couple of our garden and our fruit trees. Our local stores are out of fencing! I planted 10' T posts and ran that reflective ribbon around them. Works a little, but they are eating at the sugar pumpkins growing outside the fencing. More importantly they are keeping us up all night from setting off the motion sensors. They are fairly big bucks. I SHOULD just shoot them and hang them up in the shop. I have never dressed a deer before, so that's my only hesitation really. Thought about the urine. Will do. Thanks
 
The hybrid seeds I put out about a month ago are growing fine. I see a bloom or two.
 

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I start my onion seeds about February inside and I am in the same time zone. I direct seeded green onions in early march and they are now about 6 inches tall so I would venture to say you would do bulb onions at the same time. I have never direct seeded bulb onions though. I do agree that you get bigger onions from seeds rather than sets. Also make sure you buy the right kind of onions long day vs. short day onions for your zone as that can affect bulb size also.
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I guess it was here. Yep. I am going to try them now and later. Just to see.
 
Robinjopo1 said:
Can anyone identify this type bean?

The seed is a trapezoid, square, type bean. Dont know if it shows in pic.
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Square beans and a runner or pole?

My guess it is the heirloom Aunt Ada's Italian when you said square beans this is the first that came to mind but truthfully there are thousands of varieties of heirloom beans out there.

It should be a versatile bean as a green snap bean, shell bean or dried soup bean.

Aunt Ada's Italian Bean Seeds 811 · Turtle Tree Seed Initiative

the heirloom pole bean called 'aunt ada's italian'
 
Robinjopo1 said:
I guess it was here. Yep. I am going to try them now and later. Just to see.
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It was over in the preps only personal message but same info. As long as you start your onion seeds early January to early February you should be fine. You and I are in the same zone.
 
Giving up.
We're thinking about giving up on the garden and orchard because of pests. We started out getting a good crop this summer. But then the grasshoppers moved in and are stripping a lot of plants, including the asparagus, corn and goose berries. Just as the blackberries and grapes started getting ripe the yellow jackets moved in by the thousands and are eating all of the fruit. They're eating the plums, apples and corn too. We got a total of 1 strawberry this summer, yellow jackets got the rest. I found several nests and have sprayed with wasp and hornet killer, just makes them mad. So I shoot the nest out of the tree with a .22 and stomp on it. I have YJ traps out all over the orchard area. They kill thousands with no noticeable effect. The ducks and chickens are gorging themselves on the grasshoppers, doesn't help. I've never seen grasshoppers like this before. They are everywhere.
Just the other day I found another pest to deal with: tent caterpillars. They weave a web around the branches on a tree and kill the branch.
We get maybe 3/4 inch of rain total for the months of June, July, August, September and October. We need to water every other day for about 8 hours. So far this summer we've gone through about 350 gallons of propane trying to keep the garden alive.
A garden may not be feasible up here. It's much cheaper for us to buy our fruit and produce from the grocery store or farmers markets. We have thousands of $$ invested in the garden/orchard but I'm at a loss of what to do. I can deal with the weather, but these pest are kicking my arse.
 
Maybe next year it will be different AD. I have had more tiny grasshoppers this year too. Had to plant beans 3 separate times and am finally canning a few jars. I guess any amount helps. I don't have to spend 350 gallons of propane though.

Next Spring, we will have a new weather patterns and hopefully the pests will not have survived the winter.
 
Arcticdude said:
Giving up.
We're thinking about giving up on the garden and orchard because of pests. We started out getting a good crop this summer. But then the grasshoppers moved in and are stripping a lot of plants, including the asparagus, corn and goose berries. Just as the blackberries and grapes started getting ripe the yellow jackets moved in by the thousands and are eating all of the fruit. They're eating the plums, apples and corn too. We got a total of 1 strawberry this summer, yellow jackets got the rest. I found several nests and have sprayed with wasp and hornet killer, just makes them mad. So I shoot the nest out of the tree with a .22 and stomp on it. I have YJ traps out all over the orchard area. They kill thousands with no noticeable effect. The ducks and chickens are gorging themselves on the grasshoppers, doesn't help. I've never seen grasshoppers like this before. They are everywhere.
Just the other day I found another pest to deal with: tent caterpillars. They weave a web around the branches on a tree and kill the branch.
We get maybe 3/4 inch of rain total for the months of June, July, August, September and October. We need to water every other day for about 8 hours. So far this summer we've gone through about 350 gallons of propane trying to keep the garden alive.
A garden may not be feasible up here. It's much cheaper for us to buy our fruit and produce from the grocery store or farmers markets. We have thousands of $$ invested in the garden/orchard but I'm at a loss of what to do. I can deal with the weather, but these pest are kicking my arse.
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Some years are simply hell on gardens. This is one of those years for you. Don’t give up. Try different modes of growing. A greenhouse or hoop house would solve a lot of pest problems and allow you to grow in fall and early spring.
 
Arcticdude said:
Giving up.
We're thinking about giving up on the garden and orchard because of pests. We started out getting a good crop this summer. But then the grasshoppers moved in and are stripping a lot of plants, including the asparagus, corn and goose berries. Just as the blackberries and grapes started getting ripe the yellow jackets moved in by the thousands and are eating all of the fruit. They're eating the plums, apples and corn too. We got a total of 1 strawberry this summer, yellow jackets got the rest. I found several nests and have sprayed with wasp and hornet killer, just makes them mad. So I shoot the nest out of the tree with a .22 and stomp on it. I have YJ traps out all over the orchard area. They kill thousands with no noticeable effect. The ducks and chickens are gorging themselves on the grasshoppers, doesn't help. I've never seen grasshoppers like this before. They are everywhere.
Just the other day I found another pest to deal with: tent caterpillars. They weave a web around the branches on a tree and kill the branch.
We get maybe 3/4 inch of rain total for the months of June, July, August, September and October. We need to water every other day for about 8 hours. So far this summer we've gone through about 350 gallons of propane trying to keep the garden alive.
A garden may not be feasible up here. It's much cheaper for us to buy our fruit and produce from the grocery store or farmers markets. We have thousands of $$ invested in the garden/orchard but I'm at a loss of what to do. I can deal with the weather, but these pest are kicking my arse.
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Just fyi bacillus thuringiensis (bt) works great on tent caterpillars. Per wikipedia it is a gram-positive, soil-dwelling bacterium, the most commonly used biological pesticide worldwide. Works great on most caterpillars with little residual effect. It is even approved for use on organic fruits and vegetables.

My husband grew up on the prairies of the midwest. His Dad lived through the Dust Bowl and Depression. He used to tell stories about huge swarms of grasshoppers. He said they were so bad if you left your hoe out in the field the grasshoppers would eat the handles out of them. Even eat at the fence posts.

I think we all have those type of gardening years from time to time. It has been a bad gardening year for many in the U.S. Gardening is definitely not for the faint of heart.
 
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