What are you doing right now?

[jack97]

Originally Posted by bvibert

Of wa-loaf and his 'cucumber'?

Well.... something with a 'cucumber'

[Moe Ghoul]

Originally Posted by wa-loaf

Well I almost said pulled a cuke from the garden, but figured picked was safer.

Mo - picked three today, but the cucumber vine is out of control and taking over the garden so there will be many more. We've also got basil that looks real nice. Some beans that are just getting started. Red and Jalapeno peppers and enough tomatoes coming in to feed an army. But that's OK, I'm happy to eat fresh tomatoes as a snack. This is our first time planting a garden so we have a few things to work out.

This is my first real foray into veggie gardening this season, so I kept it simple with variety of peppers, 2 cuke varieties, 9 varietes of tomatoes, and 2 herbs. Plan to expand it next season and try to stagger some product to extend the season.

[drjeff]

Originally Posted by Trekchick

With the direction this thread, heck this forum, has taken today, are you sure you want to talk about fresh picked cucumbers. Next, zucchini?

What do you mean, something like this





or maybe this



Boy do I need to get working on a patient before this really goes downhill, so right now I'm off to fix a few teeth!

[wa-loaf]

Originally Posted by Moe Ghoul

9 varietes of tomatoes,

Nice, we've got 12 plants with 6 varieties. We planted them too close together, so it's more of a tomato jungle.

[Moe Ghoul]

Originally Posted by wa-loaf

Nice, we've got 12 plants with 6 varieties. We planted them too close together, so it's more of a tomato jungle.

Same here, but our soil quality blows, so I had to dig 2 trenches 3' by 12' 18' deep thru 3 inch roots and rock and reload with real soil. Ended up using free organic leaf mulch that was pretty much soil and it works great. Gonna dig 2 more for next season.

[drjeff]

Originally Posted by wa-loaf

Nice, we've got 12 plants with 6 varieties. We planted them too close together, so it's more of a tomato jungle.

We've got 4 tomato plants going, a nice planter of both yellow and green beans that we've been picking for the last week now, a half dozen pumpkins, a half dozen sun flowers, and a bunch of basil planted this year. And if I need some corn all I have to do is just hop the stone wall at the back of my property and there's a 10 acre field of butter + sugar corn (Don't worry, while I do fresh pick during corn season, I also stop by the farmer's stand and give them the proper amount of $$)

[drjeff]

Originally Posted by Moe Ghoul

Same here, but our soil quality blows, so I had to dig 2 trenches 3' by 12' 18' deep thru 3 inch roots and rock and reload with real soil. Ended up using free organic leaf mulch that was pretty much soil and it works great. Gonna dig 2 more for next season.

One of the benefits of having property that backs up onto a working farm that does have livestock is that I always have both a fresh and copious supply of manure available for the garden whenever I need it

[wa-loaf]

Originally Posted by Moe Ghoul

Same here, but our soil quality blows, so I had to dig 2 trenches 3' by 12' 18' deep thru 3 inch roots and rock and reload with real soil. Ended up using free organic leaf mulch that was pretty much soil and it works great. Gonna dig 2 more for next season.

Originally Posted by drjeff

One of the benefits of having property that backs up onto a working farm that does have livestock is that I always have both a fresh and copious supply of manure available for the garden whenever I need it

Our soil is crappy too. I built a raised bed and we bought a bunch of 2 year seasoned manure from the local Dairy as well as some peat moss and garden soil from Lowes. I think we paid $15 for 3 100lb bags of the manure.

[drjeff]

Originally Posted by wa-loaf

Our soil is crappy too. I built a raised bed and we bought a bunch of 2 year seasoned manure from the local Dairy as well as some peat moss and garden soil from Lowes. I think we paid $15 for 3 100lb bags of the manure.

I'm lucky enough and have a good enough neighbor in my farmer, from who I buy alot of produce from each year, that when I need any manure for my garden all I half to do is hook the yard cart upto my lawn tractor and drive down the road to the farm where he'll fire up the bobcat and fill up the yard cart for me free of charge! Just another advantage of living in a small, rural town

[Moe Ghoul]

Originally Posted by wa-loaf

Our soil is crappy too. I built a raised bed and we bought a bunch of 2 year seasoned manure from the local Dairy as well as some peat moss and garden soil from Lowes. I think we paid $15 for 3 100lb bags of the manure.

Sounds like a good blend. Mine are raised as well about 15" above ground so I have a solid couple feet for root structure. I added manure and peet that I picked up at a local garden spot on the cheap.