What Has Everyone Been Planting Today ?.
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@Dutchs the rototiller looks seriously good and obviously attaches behind a tractor 
and that will do a good job by the looks of it. We have a 6HP Briggs and Stratton manual self propelled rototiller and it chews up the ground like a beast only thing is that you have to be about 100kg to hold the thing. It pulls me along the ground with me being only 60kg but I will give it another try to see if I can hold it in tilled soil rather than breaking new ground.
and that will do a good job by the looks of it. We have a 6HP Briggs and Stratton manual self propelled rototiller and it chews up the ground like a beast only thing is that you have to be about 100kg to hold the thing. It pulls me along the ground with me being only 60kg but I will give it another try to see if I can hold it in tilled soil rather than breaking new ground.
I have a big Craftsman tiller.
That thing is a monster and it will kick my butt.
So last year I bought a compact tractor(Yanmar) with a 4' tiller.
It has made my garden prep easy.
I tilled some more area today.
I also planted my peas.
Transplanted some flowers my wife inherited from her sister.
Turned the outside water back on.
Overall it was a good day playing in the dirt.
That thing is a monster and it will kick my butt.
So last year I bought a compact tractor(Yanmar) with a 4' tiller.
It has made my garden prep easy.
I tilled some more area today.
I also planted my peas.
Transplanted some flowers my wife inherited from her sister.
Turned the outside water back on.
Overall it was a good day playing in the dirt.
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@Meerkat ...sure does....
@Sewingcreations15 I already have a big tractor for the tiller. I can handle a hand tiller but I started looking and a good GRILLO costs more than what I paid for that woods! I was shocked. So I figured why beat myself up worse thanI am already. Bad knees, bad back, arthritis....... I'll take the tractor doing the work....
@Sewingcreations15 I already have a big tractor for the tiller. I can handle a hand tiller but I started looking and a good GRILLO costs more than what I paid for that woods! I was shocked. So I figured why beat myself up worse than
I am already. Bad knees, bad back, arthritis....... I'll take the tractor doing the work....
@Bacpacker I love playing in the dirt gardening too and good on your for getting a tractor with a 4" tiller too, it will make the work so much easier as well as yours @Dutchs. Hope the peas and flowers grow well for you backpacker .
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Do you folks go to estate sales and yard sales and such to get used items to help along in the gardening? Or anything? Oh that reminds me....
@Patchouli occasionally we go to yard sales but very few estate sales here in Australia unfortunately. A lot of the reclaimed timber here can pretty much be just about as expensive as buying the new stuff but we do get some good bargains on hand tools and things here.
You folks might want to try a chisel plow to enrich your soils. I welded this one together when I was going to welding school in the 70's (plow in the foreground). I used the coil spring from a car to prevent breaking the plow feet when hitting stones or tree roots. It could be pulled by a 40hp tractor. You can buy one any size you want.
This plow, plows 3, two-inch-wide gap's down to 24 inches deep. Here, we have sandy loam soil on top of a red clay base.
There are two very important reasons to do this. 1) Plowing pastures and fields in the fall allows all the heavy rains in winter and spring to soak into the soil instead of running off. The water is retained in your fields. 2) many people complain about clay in their soils, silly. clay is decomposed granite. Clay contains all the building blocks of all life on earth.
A chisel plow brings clay to the surface to be mixed with top soil. It's a no-brainer...
https://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens211/weathering&clayminerals.htm
Just a thought. Every 3 or 4 years I run this plow over all my fields and pastures. There is definite benefit.
This plow, plows 3, two-inch-wide gap's down to 24 inches deep. Here, we have sandy loam soil on top of a red clay base.
There are two very important reasons to do this. 1) Plowing pastures and fields in the fall allows all the heavy rains in winter and spring to soak into the soil instead of running off. The water is retained in your fields. 2) many people complain about clay in their soils, silly. clay is decomposed granite. Clay contains all the building blocks of all life on earth.
A chisel plow brings clay to the surface to be mixed with top soil. It's a no-brainer...
https://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens211/weathering&clayminerals.htm
Just a thought. Every 3 or 4 years I run this plow over all my fields and pastures. There is definite benefit.
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I would really like a garden bedder or garden hiller but my garden isn't very big so I guess I'll just use a rake.
This is what I use to plant. Dad bought this set of John Deere planters in the 60’s. They were used then so I have no know idea old they are. They still work fine, could use a new coat of paint though. We have several sets of planter plates. I know we have the plates for peas and the ones for corn, for cotton and a few others.
I used them today planting 6 rows of sweetcorn. I also use the planters without seed to lay out all the rows in the garden. This way even seed planted by hand can still be cultivated with the tractor.
I used them today planting 6 rows of sweetcorn. I also use the planters without seed to lay out all the rows in the garden. This way even seed planted by hand can still be cultivated with the tractor.
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Dutchs, those tillers work very well. If the ground is dry they'll turn red clay into a fine dirt. My stepdad has a 5' model and my 32 hp Duetz will run it. However it does make the front end a little light and harder to steer. I wouldn't attempt a 6' model with anything less that 30-35 hp. 630lbs is a lot to have hanging out behind the tractor. on top of that they claim a 20hp tractor will run it. I have a 18hp that would pick it up off the ground, just lift the front wheels up. It also might turn the tiller in the air, but would stall right out if I dropped it in the ground.
I'm not knocking the tiller at all, Woods make great equipment. Just want to make sure you have enough tractor for that size tiller.
Edit: Disregard Dutchs. I just caught the rest of your posts about having a larger tractor. And your pic of the garden shows the tiller worked the ground up just fine.
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I planted about 350 onion slips last Saturday, 4 different types 2 kinds of reds, 1 yellow, 1 white. Also put out some early and some late cabbage and several spinach plants.
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Gotcha Backpacker. Great advice. I started with a 32 horse Kubota and wouldn't have bought the 72" for sure. I had a 55 horse for awhile and wasn't happy with it so I went with a 75 horse. It's quite heavy and finally is as much as I'll ever need. My Woods mower is 1350 pounds and it doesn't hardly affect the tractor at all. I appreciate the advice. And you are very right, all that weight isn't something people think about.
Planted a few tomatoes, eggplants, rosemary, sage, fool's pepper, and eucalyptus. That's it so far and not much of what was stated. Just a few lick tubs of garden this year. Well, I may add to it!
@snappy1 What is "fool's pepper"? I know of a plant called poor man's pepper, it grows wild. Enlighten me please!
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I have used a chisel plow, but on a much wider base, pulled behind a good sized John Deere (air conditioned cab). The blades could be switched out and replaced.You folks might want to try a chisel plow to enrich your soils. I welded this one together when I was going to welding school in the 70's (plow in the foreground). I used the coil spring from a car to prevent breaking the plow feet when hitting stones or tree roots. It could be pulled by a 40hp tractor. You can buy one any size you want.
This plow, plows 3, two-inch-wide gap's down to 24 inches deep. Here, we have sandy loam soil on top of a red clay base.
There are two very important reasons to do this. 1) Plowing pastures and fields in the fall allows all the heavy rains in winter and spring to soak into the soil instead of running off. The water is retained in your fields. 2) many people complain about clay in their soils, silly. clay is decomposed granite. Clay contains all the building blocks of all life on earth.
A chisel plow brings clay to the surface to be mixed with top soil. It's a no-brainer...
https://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens211/weathering&clayminerals.htm
Just a thought. Every 3 or 4 years I run this plow over all my fields and pastures. There is definite benefit.
The temps have been oddly low so I am still afraid to put out my peppers, tomatoes, etc... Peppers are nearly a foot tall and developing flower buds (started in January), have to carry them outside everyday for sun since they don't fit under the lights anymore and want to plant them!
But on the other hand we still have cold nights once a week (high thirties temps every few nights) so I sure don't want to risk killing them after babying them for 3 months.
But on the other hand we still have cold nights once a week (high thirties temps every few nights) so I sure don't want to risk killing them after babying them for 3 months.
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I have some sweet pea seeds soaking and I will put them out along some of my fence later today. I have some sweet peas along part of my fence, but got some more for free from the city garden people, along with as many other seeds as we wanted.
I am going to start some other seeds today: tomatoes, peppers, and some tender flowers.
I will also plant some onion sets today. I bought a bag of mixed varieties that I will share with my daughter.
I am going to start some other seeds today: tomatoes, peppers, and some tender flowers.
I will also plant some onion sets today. I bought a bag of mixed varieties that I will share with my daughter.
Can you go ahead and plant them and just cover them with buckets to keep the frost off? We have done that many times.
If I had enough buckets I could! What with the herbs and all I probably have 100 transplants to put out.
This fall I want to put up a couple of low tunnels over two beds for the winter veggies, once I do that I can use them in the spring too.
Found this neat method using regular string on the hoops so folks can bunch up the sides of the plastic, or move it all to one side, without taking it off. Haven't seen anything like it in English so the video is in Spanish but the visuals are enough to figure it out, watch at 7:00 mark to see how neat it is when it is done.
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@snappy1 What is "fool's pepper"? I know of a plant called poor man's pepper, it grows wild. Enlighten me please!
Fool's pepper has the taste of a jalapeno but not the heat, so I'm told. I chose it because dh cannot have much spice anymore, but loves the taste. I will let you know how it is!
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The garden is plowed....waiting for April to get here, too early to plant yet...soil is not warm enough...hopefully, we will not get another freeze and have some fruit for a change...
Getting ready to harvest my first pineapple. Maybe another week to go.
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very nice. Beautiful plant too......I absolutely love pineapple....
