TENNESSEE June Chat thread
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Nah - I posted a pic of COUNTRY!!!
Go figure:
Corn, punkins, squash, tomaters, peppers, and the next door neighbors chevy rusting in the weeds.....
All that was missing was the fireflies!
*I always said I was a non-denominational mechanic, but some things are just plain funny! When you can't fix a chevvy you might as well ride a bicycle.
Go figure:
Corn, punkins, squash, tomaters, peppers, and the next door neighbors chevy rusting in the weeds.....
All that was missing was the fireflies!
*I always said I was a non-denominational mechanic, but some things are just plain funny! When you can't fix a chevvy you might as well ride a bicycle.
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If you want to have a good ole time - try to stop them and grow something ELSE around here....
Not to rain on your parade and everthang, but hayfields nearby are the BANE of gardeners.
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We raised Coastal Bermuda for hay on my farm. It didn't have any weeds after the first cutting. We sprayed brush poison on any Johnson grass that ever grew on the farm. our hay fields had crimson clover in them every spring but it was to fertilize the soil more than a hay crop. Coastal doesn't have seeds so it doesn't get into peoples gardens. It sure sells good to horse farmers. At one time we had about 40 acres of real good coastal hayfields. We had horse farmers that bought it every year. I liked it when they picked it up in the field.Every bale they hauled was one I didn't have to pick up.You ain't worked hard unless you have hauled hay.
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We raised Coastal Bermuda for hay on my farm. It didn't have any weeds after the first cutting. We sprayed brush poison on any Johnson grass that ever grew on the farm. our hay fields had crimson clover in them every spring but it was to fertilize the soil more than a hay crop. Coastal doesn't have seeds so it doesn't get into peoples gardens. It sure sells good to horse farmers. At one time we had about 40 acres of real good coastal hayfields. We had horse farmers that bought it every year. I liked it when they picked it up in the field.Every bale they hauled was one I didn't have to pick up.You ain't worked hard unless you have hauled hay.
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The farm I raised coastal on was in northwest La. We planted it in our best bottom land. It made lots of hay in a good year. Your right about growing coastal in Tn. Its too cold in the winter for it My hay fields are planted in pine forest now. They will be cut the first time in about 3 yrs. They grew fast in those bottoms. The new hybrid pines grow to first cutting in 15 yrs or less
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HAY fields around here (Tipton County/West TN) are predominantly Johnson grass - and though I hate that stuff bitterly and am at war with the stuff that persists around my place I have no real right to complain. Where my house is right now was once a very large farm with hay all over it, so it was here first.
I do wish that stuff was never imported, but the same can be said for Kudzu.
Is it any wonder US Customs are so picky anymore? A lot of the real bright ideas from long ago turned out to be problems later on.
THORN TREES though - now there is something that makes my eyes glow red and my fangs and claws show! I sawed down three of them today from a root that spread from a tree I felled eight freaking years ago. They popped up between my foundation and air conditioner slab... As far as THORN is concerned: CHEMICAL WARFARE IS AUTHORIZED!!!
I do wish that stuff was never imported, but the same can be said for Kudzu.
Is it any wonder US Customs are so picky anymore? A lot of the real bright ideas from long ago turned out to be problems later on.
THORN TREES though - now there is something that makes my eyes glow red and my fangs and claws show! I sawed down three of them today from a root that spread from a tree I felled eight freaking years ago. They popped up between my foundation and air conditioner slab... As far as THORN is concerned: CHEMICAL WARFARE IS AUTHORIZED!!!
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My biggest grass problem is Bermuda. I try to make it grow in the yard with the garden.It runs under my timbers around my beds & is tough to get out of the bed once it gets some roots growing. I spray my beds with roundup before I plant but the Bermuda hasn't sprouted when I do it. My garden is finally starting to grow. It was just to cold & cloudy the first few weeks. I have green tomatoes on my plants & blooms on my squash & peppers.
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Originally Posted by Greywolf
I do wish that stuff was never imported, but the same can be said for Kudzu.
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Your right Tex. The kudzu stops erosion real good. The roundup I use says to wait 2 weeks after use to plant. I just fight the Bermuda since it starts growing after I plant. I want it to grow in the yard so I'll just live with it.
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On a lighter side - I have buds on several peppers, the zuchini, and pumkins already. The Thai Hots are producing their first pepper!!!
It's almost like seeing babies or puppies being born.....
I also picked up a tool I have never used before - a "WEED HOOK" to use in the corn rows. I knew what it was when I saw it. The man at the counter of the store confirmed what I thought....
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