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2014 vegetable garden action.....

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2014 vegetable garden action.....

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New drip irrigation...
 
#89
:( You should see what I just did yesterday. My back can't take the weeding, so I just dug out holes and dropped the plants in. It's ugly. I was thinking about getting a bunch of straw, but if it's very expensive then maybe wood shavings would be a better choice. I need to clean out the chicken coop anyway, but again, my fucking back. God damned back. It's a pain in my ass.
 
#90
I'm with you on the weeding.It sucks... As this year goes on I'll be adding newspaper to help keep weeds down too.Saving it up right now as we only get a small paper.
I'm paying $5.50 a bale for wheat straw,that shit is ridonkulous.Makes me want to plant wheat this winter.
 
#91
Masonry work on the garden retaining wall completed. Next step...drainage, plumbing, backfill and then rebuild the raised beds for planting. Over 12,000lbs of material on this wall...done solely by yours truly....ugh...
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#93
The cantaloupe and watermelon look smaller because I layed the runners back on the plant to weed eat underneath.
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#94
Looking good were a little slow windy by day and cooler at night...
 
#95
critters took all me beans (and the replanted ones), all my okra, all my cantaloupe, yellow squash, some beets, some chard... took most stuff in fact. Only thing that doing really well is the replanted zucchini.

Got fence up, trapping ground squirrels like there is no end to them and piling scrap woods for raised beds of good soil.

Pulling first mater tomorrow. Getting too hot to bother replanting anything now. 90+ and getting warmer.
 
#96
Found my first two melons today.Hales best jumbos.Have some watermelon too about the size of quarters.Should eventually be in the 25lb. range.
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#97
Saw my first groundhogs yesterday.Two biguns,one would go 20-25lb. easy.I'm not a hunter,that is until the supermarkets close.Anyone know of a natural deterrent rather than a 22 caliber head shot?Also killed a moccasin in the yard.My kitty found it and pointed it out to me.She thinks she's a dog.
 
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DismalDude said:
Saw my first groundhogs yesterday.Two biguns,one would go 20-25lb. easy.I'm not a hunter,that is until the supermarkets close.Anyone know of a natural deterrent rather than a 22 caliber head shot?Also killed a moccasin in the yard.My kitty found it and pointed it out to me.She thinks she's a dog.
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Ammonia mix whith dawn dish soap poured down there holes
They will move out
takes a little more time if there is a famliy
catch them early and a couple treatments and they will be gone

Also spred epsom salt good for plants and groundhogs hate it
 
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boston said:
Ammonia mix whith dawn dish soap poured down there holes
They will move out
takes a little more time if there is a famliy
catch them early and a couple treatments and they will be gone

Also spred epsom salt good for plants and groundhogs hate it
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I'll give it a shot.Thanks!There is a family for sure.
 
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