After getting more rain earlier this week ( weve averaged 5" per day this past month) my little bails havent needed me to water them at all. this was a good thing, but Im ready to stock Trout in my drive way! LOL!
Here are my Red potatoes today.
The grape tomato looks like its ready for a trellis. Its got just the beginnings of blooms starting.
Heres a betterboy
Eufaula: marvelous, darlin! Simply, marvelous! (in my best Ricardo Montalban accent)
Sister, you're doing a bang up job.
Carry on.
Ahhh, How nice to hear that! Its my pride and joy right now. Still scraggly in places but its growing! Thank You Kent!
As you can see Im not getting any help at all from the four leggeds either!
Got my bales in yesterday .First treatment today and gonna try Romas and Sweet Million . Uffie , you got the jump on me . I found fescue for 2.75 and got 10 bales . The young man even brought them within 7 miles and offered to deliver them all the way. Oh, these country boys are sweet. digger
WOW!! $2.75 and delivered! You racked up Digger! Hmmmm, too bad I dont know any country boys around here! LOL!!!
With these 7 bales full, I really need at least 12 more bales. I even put in some Beauregard Sweet 'taters this afternoon, so no more room at all now!
I have his card . I can call him and he goes to Cleveland . You can save enough on gas to come up , and we can get you some . Ha Ha . . The river is going down and getting clear and warmer too . digger
Weve had a lot of rain but summer is coming so Im getting ready! I got a great deal at Wally world yesterday They had the 25 ft sprinkler type hoses for only $5.00. I brought one home to try it out and its great. I just have to remember to not turn the water on full, just a trickle works best.
I experimented with it by draping it over head to see how well it works. Ive decided to get some coated wire and attach the hose to the aluminum frame. facing the holes of course towards the bales. I plan to go all around the frame with it! It makes the most wonderful mist, so it soaks right into the bales without runoff.
Hi Guys! Well the rain came and came! I couldnt take very good photos 'cause my garden was always so beat down but here I am with some great shots and comparisons for you!
First off, Here is my poor little Zuke last week!
Here it is today!
The side view last Saturday, You can see the sunflowers coming up in the cinder blocks and see how the tomato is struggling alongside the Squash!
..Tah ..DaHHHHHH!! Here we go today!!
This is the opposite side! I know I over did it with the plants and the variety, But so far everything is growing great!
I have zuchini, yellow squash,Kentucky Wonder Pole beans, Better boy and Brandywine Tomatoes, a whole bale of Red potatoes fixing to bloom, and the newest addition...9 little sweet potatoes just starting out ! All in 7 bales!
The beans are now climbing up the aluminum frame and will soon form a canopy!
Eufaula: pics look good.
It's obvious you've been paying attention in class at Bale Gardening U. and doing your homework!! :-)
Eufaula, I have always said there is nothing like regular water to any plant. Yours obviously love the new watering system. They look great!! Ok, come on Sally, I finally got my bales too and have them going. However, we got a hail storm today so I do not think I am really late. Our last frost date is the end of this month.
Jeanette
2:30 am and can't sleep , so I'll get my dg fix . Gosh those are great pics uffie,Your getting in the groove !
Jnette , mine are just now all planted . My bales were at 110/115 degrees and wouldn't cool down . I finally dug holes in them and put some soil packed in the bottom .All this time I've had them , I've had to put them in 5" pots and sweet millions went into tall drink cups , then grew so tall that I cut the bottom out of another cup and inverted it over them and filled with potting soil . The roots are going to be14" deep on them . Wheew . Went today and got Black Diamond watermelon,but will have to put those in ground , don't have enough bales
Just let my little dog out and the moon is beautiful tonight . digger
Sally, how do you get a hole that deep in your bales? Jeanette
Jnette , I ask dh to go down with a chainsaw on the inside of the strings . Just a plunge ,as deep as you want , and cut about 6" long and cut like that , It's easy to pull out . digger
Thanks Sally. Hopefully tomorrow. I sorted out and gave 4 flats of annuals to my niece today. After all that I am tired and I do have a lot of new space on my shelves for the plants I kept to grow and to pot them in bigger pots. They are really getting big and the weather is not cooperating.
Jeanette
Maybe you can hold them awhile , just repot so the roots can keep growing . that's what I had to do . When I put them out , they were well on the way . digger
Yes, and now that I got rid of 4 flats of plants I have the room to repot mine. LOL, guess she will have to do the same. It is about 3 weeks too early.
Sally, how many cuts does he make with the saw? One along the inside of each string? I wonder if my dh saw is too big. He has 3 or 4, but no small ones.
Jeanette
J , with the string on the ground , like Kent says , DH makes four cuts to the bale , that gives a place to plant two tomatoes . Visually divide the bale in half , two cuts opposite , just inside the string , on one half and the same on the other half.that will give about a six inch square to dig out , on each half with the ends cut .The cuts will parallel the string . If you can't picture it , I'll take a series of pictures tomorrow and post .I dug out deep holes then with my fist , packed them down inside ,added dirt , then planted deep , packing more dirt around each tomato .I can plant other stuff in between ,that doesn't require such deep holes . The bale is loosened now and it won't be hard to pry holes for other crops . Will probably plant more spinach in the shade of the tomatoes , 'cus I like it in salads , cooked with ham , or anything you can put it in .Can't get enough of it . digger
Yes, Sally, I see what you are saying. Sounds good. I haven't done much to my bales, except they have a cup of fertilizer and lots of water. I will check tomorrow and see if they are heating up at all. Our weather is finally starting to warm up so that should help. I'm thinking that maybe I will have DH put the visquine on the hoop house so that should help warm the bales too.
I just thought of something. The cattle panels curve over the bales. I bet he won't have room to cut the bales with the saw. I wonder if we can pull them out a bit and then put them back without having them fall apart after they are cut. We'll see.
If the panels are high enough to walk around the bales, they should be o.k. to use chain saw .They are probably too heavy to try to move , don't think they'll fall apart , but I wouldn't try it . We decided to cut our bales next year b/4 we wet them. It is easier to cut dry than wet .You might just try cutting your slots real close together in center, might be easier to get chain saw in that way . Let me know how you do it and what works for you . digger
Wheeeeeew! Just reading all that Made me tired!!! LOL! I sure am glad I got mine into the bales early and the weather cooperated!
My biggest worry now is keeping the Rabbits at bay with the wire fencing I place around my bales! Of course , good Ole Diesel's bark helps out a lot with that!
Oh and Happy Mother's Day Everyone!!!
Im sooo excited now!!! I Have lift off!!!!!
We Have 'taters a'bloomin'!
...and we have 'maters bloomin'.......
...beans a'climbin'....
..Little bitty Zuchini....
...and last but not least... the first of the itty bitty yellow squash!!!! Yaaaay!!!!!!
Girlfriend , you make me sooo jealous ,You got me beat all to h- - - ! I'm tickled pink that you are having so much fun with the bales . This isn't even work , as you'll see in bottom pictures . Can just sit with my coffee and wait for the sun to come over and get that stuff to growing ! Sis
I have coffee and camera in Hand every morning!!!! I just cant seem to get my day started before running out to my bales to see what's New!
This is the best garden project I have ever tried! I never thought gardening could be this much fun and so easy! The hardest part was finding the bales that I could afford! I just hate that I could not get More!
Eufaula, what are you going to do with alllllllllllll that stuff when it ripens? LOL
Jeanette
Jnette , she will share with family and friends .AND eat pretty good ,lol digger
Ok , here's my four legged squirrel chaser. Gracie
Would you look at these mushrooms ? These are two Romas . digger
More bales with toms . Better Boys (4)in front ,then 2 Romas , then Parks Whopper (4) then Sweet Millions (3) digger
More pics. digger
The above pic is dh squash in bales with zuks and my eggplant in ground with bell peppers and spinach digger
