2010 Tennessee Garden thread
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I have an old Murray we bough new back in the late 80s,we went in haves with the inlaws. It mowed both yards for over ten years until the engine got so wore out that the engine would shut off if the oil cap was loose. I also went up into the ditch on the far end of the property and drug out a couple of mowers that the brother in law dumped. Anyway my plans are to take the front wheels off and make a cart like you see being sold now in tractor supply. In a way I didn't want to strip the one from the ditchline since its smilar to the one I have now but I think the cart will be well worth it.
As far as sears goes a lot of their stuff is made by other companys and relabeled as sears. My poulan chainsaw is the same one as a sears one they sold. I found that out when ordering parts. Many companies relabel stuff . I have been so busy I haven't planted any starter seeds yet but hope to in the next week or so. We are getting chicks next week and I still am not done with the coop but hope to be done next week. Hopefully the fence won't take me more than one weekend. Its a small area. I be glad when it get to were the highs are at least 60s and lows at night no lower than 45.
As far as sears goes a lot of their stuff is made by other companys and relabeled as sears. My poulan chainsaw is the same one as a sears one they sold. I found that out when ordering parts. Many companies relabel stuff . I have been so busy I haven't planted any starter seeds yet but hope to in the next week or so. We are getting chicks next week and I still am not done with the coop but hope to be done next week. Hopefully the fence won't take me more than one weekend. Its a small area. I be glad when it get to were the highs are at least 60s and lows at night no lower than 45.
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As the weather continues to warm, here is an idea I am toying with at the moment:
As you may have read, I am planning to use black or clear plastic tarp to cover most of my garden areas (Due to a horrible Johnson Grass problem that is ongoing).
What I have come up with as a possible answer to directly starting seeds outdoors THROUGH THE TARPS is to cut the bottoms out of ten or twelve ounce cheap plastic cups, make a slit in the tarps, scoop out about 1 CUP of soil (Enough to fill the cup 1/3 of the way), insert the cut-off cup, drop the soil into it (or potting media) and set the seeds IN THAT!
My reasoning is that it will do several things:
1) It guides the seedling roots down into the ground under the tarps
2) It protects the seedlings from wind until they are strong enough on their own
3) The cups form a guide for the green part, so they DO NOT get lost under the tarp edge and die...
4) They are re-usable. When the plants are strong and viable enough, the cups can be pulled out and used again next year.
Arguably it is getting warm enough many places to want to start seed directly outdoors in the garden zones - avoiding having to set seeds out for a period of time to get them adjusted to being outdoors after being in a house. This is the best way I can think of to do that with the TARP situation I have.
It will also give me back my window space...
Tricky little son of a gun, aren't I?
* I think it will be very helpful with Lettuce, Spinach, Broccoli, Cauliflower, and others that I am experimenting with this year. They have very small seeds and sprouts. UNLESS AND UNTIL I have weed-free garden zones, I have to work with plastic covering.
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China supplies everything except reliability and quality (which they don't understand the concepts of yet)
~ I bet Schwarzenegger sells his HUMMER when he realizes where the repair and replacement parts will come from...
(He states, BLISTERINGLY)
Another fine GM failure....
~ I bet Schwarzenegger sells his HUMMER when he realizes where the repair and replacement parts will come from...
(He states, BLISTERINGLY)
Another fine GM failure....
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As the weather continues to warm, here is an idea I am toying with at the moment:
As you may have read, I am planning to use black or clear plastic tarp to cover most of my garden areas (Due to a horrible Johnson Grass problem that is ongoing).
What I have come up with as a possible answer to directly starting seeds outdoors THROUGH THE TARPS is to cut the bottoms out of ten or twelve ounce cheap plastic cups, make a slit in the tarps, scoop out about 1 CUP of soil (Enough to fill the cup 1/3 of the way), insert the cut-off cup, drop the soil into it (or potting media) and set the seeds IN THAT!
As you may have read, I am planning to use black or clear plastic tarp to cover most of my garden areas (Due to a horrible Johnson Grass problem that is ongoing).
What I have come up with as a possible answer to directly starting seeds outdoors THROUGH THE TARPS is to cut the bottoms out of ten or twelve ounce cheap plastic cups, make a slit in the tarps, scoop out about 1 CUP of soil (Enough to fill the cup 1/3 of the way), insert the cut-off cup, drop the soil into it (or potting media) and set the seeds IN THAT!
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I see buds on my trees now - the bushes began to bud almost dead on the day the F/A listed as the last frost.
Trouble is there's been so much rain I have to wait for the ground to dry between rains to do the things that are needed.
I DID get the Zuchini and Summer Squash section laid out (tarp and all) but have to trench in the tarp sides the rest of the way around. For now landscape timbers are holding part of one edge.
Trouble is there's been so much rain I have to wait for the ground to dry between rains to do the things that are needed.
I DID get the Zuchini and Summer Squash section laid out (tarp and all) but have to trench in the tarp sides the rest of the way around. For now landscape timbers are holding part of one edge.
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I got the chicken condo done today. All I like is painting it and putting a handle on the egg door. I have it fixed so I can lift a door and get the eggs without going in the chicken condo. I get from next Thursday off till Monday so I am going to try to get the fence up. Its not going to be a big one so I hope I can get it all up. I did get some berry plants and cherry trees planted.
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I may have lost most of the seedlings I set out - they pretty much got drowned.
Oh well - it isn't like I'm out of seeds! The ones needing to be done over will be planted directly outdoors at this point - no sense having to transplant things when it's warming up out there.
Oh well - it isn't like I'm out of seeds! The ones needing to be done over will be planted directly outdoors at this point - no sense having to transplant things when it's warming up out there.
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RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!
I WANT MY SPROUTS TO LIVE TODAY!!!!
KEE-RISTE - I have to plant dang near the whole thing again!
Half are gone, that I set outside. I WILL NOT QUIT!
(insert cuss words in languages from around the world here) weather!!!!
I WANT MY SPROUTS TO LIVE TODAY!!!!
KEE-RISTE - I have to plant dang near the whole thing again!
Half are gone, that I set outside. I WILL NOT QUIT!
(insert cuss words in languages from around the world here) weather!!!!