Your vegie garden
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Your vegie garden
Hey all, who grows there own veggies ect?. We have a small one as we live in the suburbs but it provides heaps!. The missus does most of the work and I help when I can. got, spinach, silverbeet, cauliflower, broccoli, beans, snow.peas, zukini, kalekale, spring onion, carrots, beetroot, tyme, sage, mint, garlic, potatoes, tomatoes, strawberries, capsicum, Rosemary, margerium, chives, and ten tons of lettuce, probably forgotten some, can't keep up lol. Compost is the secret to a great vegies
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wow that looks amazing and yum
I have just moved into a flat, and out the back I have found an old vege garden filled with weeds, so have been cleaning it up and getting it ready for some veges
hope I make some good stuff, yours looks amazing
I have just moved into a flat, and out the back I have found an old vege garden filled with weeds, so have been cleaning it up and getting it ready for some veges
hope I make some good stuff, yours looks amazing
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I grow lots of stuff and do lots of canning. I love hot peppers and devote a lot of my growing space to them, but also grow mixed greens, squash, a few varieties of tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, garlic, pumpkins, celery, beans, carrots, broccoli (although my entire broccoli crop was devastated by little moths this year in 3 days), and herbs that we dry. It's about -3 degrees C here right now... your pictures are making me long for the warm spring and summertime weather. Very nice looking gardens!
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Did you get the garden going pounsfos?. Sounds like you've got an awesome.garden randy . Never done canning, we do.mainly sauces and relishes. More pics.
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My wifes been working on ours while I am rebuilding a trailer. We don't have a dedicated vegetable garden but have vegetables dispursed through-out our garden sections. We also help my son as he has 3 sections in a community garden that we share with him.
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thanks rock, what are you going to plant?. Yeah got some good beetroots, pickled them . Got a.good pepper pickle recipe rock?, would love to try it!. Sounds good bushman .
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Been looking forward to a thread like this Googe! You got a mighty fine setup, I wish my plants were that mature.
Just moved into the country in Eastern Wa and started my first outdoor garden. It's a 300 square foot veggie and herb garden, and growing. Will be 1,000' next year. I plan on growing, raising, or hunting most of my family's food. Got it all fenced in to keep the deer out and soaker hose laid down. Haven't bothered hooking up the timers yet because I like being out there, it's so incredibly peaceful. I Spend most of my morning watering and weeding before the heat of the day, then spend a hour here reading/posting.
Not to mention we have 20 fruit trees, a giant strawberry patch, raspberries, blueberries....ect You can walk the perimeter of our 5 acres eating berries and fruit your whole way around.
Just moved into the country in Eastern Wa and started my first outdoor garden. It's a 300 square foot veggie and herb garden, and growing. Will be 1,000' next year. I plan on growing, raising, or hunting most of my family's food. Got it all fenced in to keep the deer out and soaker hose laid down. Haven't bothered hooking up the timers yet because I like being out there, it's so incredibly peaceful. I Spend most of my morning watering and weeding before the heat of the day, then spend a hour here reading/posting.
Not to mention we have 20 fruit trees, a giant strawberry patch, raspberries, blueberries....ect You can walk the perimeter of our 5 acres eating berries and fruit your whole way around.
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I have had mine tilled for about a week. Got some plants started in pots and such. I'm gonna turn the ground over again tomorrow, then probably plant the middle of the week. We have cauliflower, kohlraibis, onions, sweet peppers, banana peppers, corn, watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumbers, and a few others that I can't remember to plant.
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Got lettuce asperugus horseradish chives garlic beans cucumbers tomatoes onions zucchini and carrots planted. Still have corn taters squash pumpkins and celery to plant yet.
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Sounds like my dream.garden Bearriver, lot of work I bet!. Sounds like you've got everything working well, would like piccys?.
Good stuff rock our asparagus was beautiful last year, took two years to get it though lol. Our basil never grows more than 6" then dies or looks cooked, any ideas how to grow it good?. Our parsley, thyme, vergmont, mint, chives, spring onions, never stop growing though, just can't grow basil! Lol. Our zukini went mental this year jedneck!, got some.good taters too, I want to plant squash but the missus doesn't like it and I'd never eat enough to keep up lol . Good luck with the growing fellas
This is some of the zukini, or marrow, had one last year that was 4.5 kg lol.
Good stuff rock our asparagus was beautiful last year, took two years to get it though lol. Our basil never grows more than 6" then dies or looks cooked, any ideas how to grow it good?. Our parsley, thyme, vergmont, mint, chives, spring onions, never stop growing though, just can't grow basil! Lol. Our zukini went mental this year jedneck!, got some.good taters too, I want to plant squash but the missus doesn't like it and I'd never eat enough to keep up lol . Good luck with the growing fellas
This is some of the zukini, or marrow, had one last year that was 4.5 kg lol.
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I built my wife a killer green house to get her veggie starts going. She was slow to use it this year, so it has turned into my corn sprouting room. It counts as growing some type of produce, right?
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Me to rock, nothing better than picking from the garden straight onto the plate!!, we use mainly compost, nothing better!!, and some seasol fertilizer. I worked at a cheese factory for about 8 years, need to try my hand at making some again!. Best thing for vegies is making washes red rim! Lol, ive done many different types from the garden now!.
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I have been following your threads on veggie washes. Crazy creative! Keep em coming. My next door neighbor grows an acre garden. It has made me lazy. They feed more veggies to their cows than 10 people could eat. That is where I got my first batch of corn for whisky. Nothing like fresh from the garden.
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All you aussies gardens are lookin great. Im still staring at a 25x60 foot patch of dirt. Gonna do some rows of sweet corn, beans, acorn squash, maters, hot peppers bla bla
Been eating the hell outta asparagus tho. Pickled 12 quarts last weekend with some garlic, dill and hotpeppers. Got more in the fridge than I know what to do with. Have 3 25foot rows. A bit much. Piss has been smelling horrendus all month.
Been eating the hell outta asparagus tho. Pickled 12 quarts last weekend with some garlic, dill and hotpeppers. Got more in the fridge than I know what to do with. Have 3 25foot rows. A bit much. Piss has been smelling horrendus all month.
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We in the US are just getting into our growing season. Our strawberries are starting to come-on so will have to figure out what to do with them!
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Pickle em. LOL. I could prolly eat a pickled cat turd. 'specially if there's some garlic and hot peppers steeping in the jar with it.Bushman wrote:We in the US are just getting into our growing season. Our strawberries are starting to come-on so will have to figure out what to do with them!
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I can. my garden is mostly geared towards it. Cukes. Tomatoes. Zucchini, yellow squash, acorn squash and peppers. I can pickles, salsa, tomato sauce. I also can applesauce, peaches and venison (but those are purchased)
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Speaking of pickled,
My wife's creation , jalapeños, habanero's, sweet onoions, and a few other chili's in 140 proof corn liquor. Talk about firewater.
I call it Red Rim Pain.
Speaking of pickled,
My wife's creation , jalapeños, habanero's, sweet onoions, and a few other chili's in 140 proof corn liquor. Talk about firewater.
I call it Red Rim Pain.
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Thanks googe! Here is a pic my wife took of me out in the garden 15 minutes ago, planting seeds and what not. It will be exactly 3 times bigger next year, which should feed my wife, me, and the 2 youngins.
We had ice/snow on the ground last month, because I am on the east side of Wa state. It's more like the desert than rainforest I'm used to.
Try not to beat me up for letting the flower garden look like that.
We had ice/snow on the ground last month, because I am on the east side of Wa state. It's more like the desert than rainforest I'm used to.
Try not to beat me up for letting the flower garden look like that.
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I'm trying to think of something out of the garden to put with some light dry malt red rim, having no luck lol. Your lucky having a neighbour like that!, I wouldn't be growing shit either! lol. They look good jimbo!, love asparagus!!, not the stench though!. Our strawberries went crazy this year bushman, lost many due to laziness and not picking them . I made a strawberry liqueur last year, very very nice, good way to get rid of them!. Love home made tom sauce culvercreek!!, missus does a nice one, and tom paste for pizza!. That does look yummy red rim!, been thinking of flavoring like that, might have to steal your idea!.
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You look like a scarecrow Bearriver . Nice looking spot!!!, lots of trees . Awesome size garden, I'd like one that sort of size, next garden is gunna be raised to hip height, save broken backs!!!. Good luck with the growing
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mrgreen seemed like the perfect emoticon right now. I'm literally overflowing with joy.
@ Red Rim: I would tame her down to cask strength (125 proof) for straight drinking. It looks soo very painfully tasty... hmmm... Just don't let Jimbo see it, he'll follow you around like a puppy dog till you burn him.
@ Red Rim: I would tame her down to cask strength (125 proof) for straight drinking. It looks soo very painfully tasty... hmmm... Just don't let Jimbo see it, he'll follow you around like a puppy dog till you burn him.
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yup, loves me some bunghole burning hot pepper type food. If my eyes isint waterin it aint hot enough.bearriver wrote: looks soo very painfully tasty... hmmm... Just don't let Jimbo see it, he'll follow you around like a puppy dog till you burn him.
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Oh it tastes better than it looks. I was told today I need to get my license and sell that stuff. I made it as a red hot bloody Mary mixer, by it is damn good straight. The alcohol opens everything up and then the capsaicin burns it up.... And then you come back for more.
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This is what my greenhouse is growing. Not exactly the produce my wife intended, but it works great for me!
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Basil needs well draining loamy soil. After 6 weeks, pinch off the center shoot to prevent early flowering. If flowers do grow, just cut them off. This will keep the plant in the vegetative state.googe wrote:Our basil never grows more than 6" then dies or looks cooked, any ideas how to grow it good?.
Keep the PH of the soil 5.5-6.5 and water with no more than 700-1,120 PPM.
Do you water with a sprinkler? Its best to water in the earliest morning, and avoid getting the foliage wet. This prevents sunburn, the roots getting cooked, dampening off, and a myriad of other garden woes. Also watch out for over-watering, which is characterized by yellowing new growth, and eventually death.
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Is there a setting on the hose nozzle for that...bearriver wrote: water with no more than 700-1,120 PPM.
700PPM??
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I hope you are making malt in those!Red Rim wrote:This is what my greenhouse is growing. Not exactly the produce my wife intended, but it works great for me!
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HA! In lieu of a PPM meter, many fertilizers will say on the packaging what ratios constitute which ppm levels. Its to keep track of how much fertilizer to use while watering certain plants. Like checking the soil PH, it can be useful. Most people use Miracle Grow or even something organic from a nursery.
700 PPM is half strength from what what you would put on an average adult plant. So If the fertilizer package says to use 4 tbs per gallon, in this case you would go with 2 instead.
700 PPM is half strength from what what you would put on an average adult plant. So If the fertilizer package says to use 4 tbs per gallon, in this case you would go with 2 instead.
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Malted, smoked, ground, mashed, fermented. I just siphoned it into the boiler and waiting for a few hours to distill it. The greenhouse will never be the same after malting the corn in there.halfbaked wrote:I hope you are making malt in those!Red Rim wrote:This is what my greenhouse is growing. Not exactly the produce my wife intended, but it works great for me!
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