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Brent S said:
Ok, so I'm sensing this comes down to a choice between a really cool AR10 for a toy, or a tiller for the tractor. Decisions, decisions....
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I can make this easy for you,which one will make your life a little easier,,,,,a AR that you will play with at times or a Tiller that will save your back and arms a lot of beating????????????
 
grayghost668 said:
is it just me or do most of you wish they had more garden space????
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Yes:)

I'm like you, GG, I'd like about 1/4 to 1/2 acre I'm only feeding two and on my previous allotment I always managed to have spare to barter or give away. It's been almost 2 years since I harvested home grown and I would never have believed how tough it has been, not just for fresh fruit and veg, but the lack of homemade pickles and canned fruit and veg has been dire. The Rhubarb jam I made this week is hopefully the first of a flurry of home grown and preserved stock to fill the shelves.
 
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I think a lot of people over estimate how much ground they need just to grow fruit and veg.
 
I don't know how big our garden/orchard is going to end up being, but we have plenty of space to make it as large as we need. This spring we'll put in the orchard, berry's, asparagus and 6 raised beds. I have some brush to clear first. And once it quits raining and I get my tractor back I can start digging holes for the fruit trees.
 
grayghost668 said:
I can make this easy for you,which one will make your life a little easier,,,,,a AR that you will play with at times or a Tiller that will save your back and arms a lot of beating????????????
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I think the practical part of me allready decided on the tiller. As long as I stay away from the gun store anyways....
 
SallyC said:
Yes:)

I'm like you, GG, I'd like about 1/4 to 1/2 acre I'm only feeding two and on my previous allotment I always managed to have spare to barter or give away. It's been almost 2 years since I harvested home grown and I would never have believed how tough it has been, not just for fresh fruit and veg, but the lack of homemade pickles and canned fruit and veg has been dire. The Rhubarb jam I made this week is hopefully the first of a flurry of home grown and preserved stock to fill the shelves.
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My take is its better to grow more than you need in case of a bad year, or you can preserve it for other lean years.
 
Brent S said:
I think the practical part of me allready decided on the tiller. As long as I stay away from the gun store anyways....
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that is a weakness that we share,,,,,,,,,,,,I want a new deer rifle,I know what I would like but would drop around $750 to have it or more ,,,I will settle for a upper for the AR in 300 blackout,it is 30 cal with a wide range of bullets and can be had for around $250,,simple economics
 
grayghost668 said:
that is a weakness that we share,,,,,,,,,,,,I want a new deer rifle,I know what I would like but would drop around $750 to have it or more ,,,I will settle for a upper for the AR in 300 blackout,it is 30 cal with a wide range of bullets and can be had for around $250,,simple economics
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I guess not being rich makes us have to be practical!
 
plastic drums for planters,,,,,I have 3 of them,I am thinking cut them in half from top to bottom,they are almost 3 ft tall and 2 ft wide they would be a foot deep plenty of soil to grow in,3 tomato plant to a half or maybe a strawberry patch in planters,,,,they would make 6 big planters just screw 2 together so they don't rock or roll
 
If anyone is interested in fruit trees, now is the time. Most big box stores are discounting them about now. I've been watching for a while, and today got 4 more pear trees to plant. They are about six feet tall and were only 11.00 each. Yeah! I got two different types as I've read they pollinate better that way. I had planted bradfords earlier, then learned they don't produce fruit. What kind of crap is that. If I wanted a decorative tree I would have just left the natural trees there to begin with! Oh well, live and learn. Luckily I have a chainsaw as the damned things are about 8 inches round at the trunk now. Those babys are going to help keep me warm this winter, as that's about all there good for. Anyways, tomorrow I will put them in the ground, bringing my total of pear trees to five.
 
Brent S said:
If anyone is interested in fruit trees, now is the time. Most big box stores are discounting them about now. I've been watching for a while, and today got 4 more pear trees to plant. They are about six feet tall and were only 11.00 each. Yeah! I got two different types as I've read they pollinate better that way. I had planted bradfords earlier, then learned they don't produce fruit. What kind of crap is that. If I wanted a decorative tree I would have just left the natural trees there to begin with! Oh well, live and learn. Luckily I have a chainsaw as the damned things are about 8 inches round at the trunk now. Those babys are going to help keep me warm this winter, as that's about all there good for. Anyways, tomorrow I will put them in the ground, bringing my total of pear trees to five.
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They plant Bradford pears here because the bloom all pretty and grow really fast. Oh yeah, you can fart on them and they'll break off when they get a little bigger. Good call on the chainsaw!
 
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These are the potato plants, some under cover in the greenhouse and some in the adjacent garden outside. The greenhouse ones are bigger mostly due to being planted a little earlier than the others, but tend to do a little better .
 
I tilled the outside edge of the garden fence so I could squeeze in a few more peanut plants. And I thought I wanted a smaller garden this year.... Damned stuff is addicting!
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It was cold enough to snow a little bit here the other day, but it didn't hang around once the sun came up.
 
We had a late frost that took out most of the peach blossoms, but really jumped right into summer. At least we are still getting rains to help cool it some. Either way I am glad to live in the south. I just really don't like cold. I'll trade sweat and mosquitos for snow any day.
 
I managed to get out and reseed some okra where some didn't come up. I was starting to transplant a few more tomatoes when the rain started. It was pretty wet all day, but looks like it's over now.
 
At least it's cooler. We only got a couple inches of rain yesterday. Unfortunately about 3/4 of it in an hour...

More Wednesday night into Thursday night coming. Highs in the 60's Thursday until Sunday!
 
WGregMiller said:
At least it's cooler. We only got a couple inches of rain yesterday. Unfortunately about 3/4 of it in an hour...

More Wednesday night into Thursday night coming. Highs in the 60's Thursday until Sunday!
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I haven't even look at the upcoming weather report for a couple days. Cooler sounds good.
 
Seems we are having a proper spring this year. Today has dawnd bright and sunny and finally warm! I transplanted the tomatoes into their final position in the greenhouse yesterday and there are seeds germinating in my experimental garden. Things are looking good here. We could do with some of your rain though, it's been dry here and I've already emptied one rain barrel watering the greenhouse and pots.
 
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