Ashley P Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 23 hours ago, JohnC said: If I had a farm, no way I'd sell it. I want at least 5 acres, but prices have gone up too much for me. Would love to raise my own food. Cows, chickens, lamb, veggies.... Gardening is a game....where most folks lose. I've put dozens of hours into ours, still the squash bugs have ravished the squash and pumpkins. I wanted tomatoes to can, but they're not doing very good either....some are wilting as of a few days ago (along with random sunflowers). I've got no idea why. Nothing external, so I wonder if a worm is in the stems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 15 hours ago, Ashley P said: Gardening is a game....where most folks lose. I've put dozens of hours into ours, still the squash bugs have ravished the squash and pumpkins. I wanted tomatoes to can, but they're not doing very good either....some are wilting as of a few days ago (along with random sunflowers). I've got no idea why. Nothing external, so I wonder if a worm is in the stems. our tomatoes did pretty well although they weren't pretty. We canned about 100lbs worth. Still have some coming in but have taken most plants out. Squash did well, cantaloupe too but thats coming to an end. watermelon, beans, and peppers are still producing good. ended up with about 40lbs of potatoes, moles got the rest. Pest were pretty bad this year but we also go fully organic with ours. It's almost time to start the fall garden, should be easier pest wise. We spent the extra money this year and completely covered the ground and put in a drip line. That made ground maintenance = zero. Short vid of me burning the plant holes. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted August 9, 2023 Author Share Posted August 9, 2023 ^ You will now start your own gardening topic and cover all your methods. Go. lol (Really, I'd like that.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 22 hours ago, Ashley P said: ^ You will now start your own gardening topic and cover all your methods. Go. lol (Really, I'd like that.) I'm sure there are plenty of folks around here that know way more than i do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Yesterdays haul My fav garden foods. i soak the cucumbers in vinegar for about an hr before mixing them. Those are Cherokee purple tomatoes (favorite). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 The last two years I tried the Cherokee on your recommendation, they never produced. Are those Red Pontiac potatoes? Judging by the pics, I'm low on knowledge...especially if your organic. I used Sevin spray a few times trying to hold off the squash bugs, but repeated rains washed away my chemical warfare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 Here's a good spot for gardening tips. If anyone has tractor operating questions, I'll try to ask. But once the ground is broke I'm nearly lost. Flame cutting landscape cloth was neat. I'd like to see the results. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 The results were round holes . Alot of videos show you that it doesn't work but they just didn't get the metal hot enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Cherokee's are hard to grow for some reason. For us anyways. We planted: Red, Yukon, Russet and fingerling. The only thing we put down was diatomaceous earth. We lost alot to squash bugs and worms. Name of the game i suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 What crop? My lima beans are doing well, kids picked about 10 gallons.....working on shelling them. Rows are about 20" apart so boxes are used between rows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 We did it for all the crops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 property that borders mine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 I'll move those other related posts here for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 On 8/11/2023 at 8:16 AM, mstrpth said: property that borders mine You photoshop that? Never seen so many bucks in one spot before! How much for the lot/land next door? (I couldn't afford it but curious.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 On 8/12/2023 at 8:59 AM, JohnC said: You photoshop that? Never seen so many bucks in one spot before! How much for the lot/land next door? (I couldn't afford it but curious.) straight from my cell phone. I saw them once before and carried my camera for weeks and never saw them again. The next foggy morning we had and they show up. I was hoping to get a good picture but it's too dark now at that time of day. That lot was purchased last year by a family out of Florida. 900+- acres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 6 hours ago, mstrpth said: straight from my cell phone. I saw them once before and carried my camera for weeks and never saw them again. The next foggy morning we had and they show up. I was hoping to get a good picture but it's too dark now at that time of day. That lot was purchased last year by a family out of Florida. 900+- acres Umm, 900 acres? Good lord! They got to be wealthy. Hope they farm it. Some good NON-GMO USDA Organic food would kick-ass! What's the address? We can look it up on Zillow or Realtor if it was listed publicly and see what they paid for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Hmm, under $10k an acre here: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2-Grindstone-Hollow-Rd-Dickson-TN-37055/2056325582_zpid/? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 16 hours ago, JohnC said: Umm, 900 acres? Good lord! They got to be wealthy. Hope they farm it. Some good NON-GMO USDA Organic food would kick-ass! What's the address? We can look it up on Zillow or Realtor if it was listed publicly and see what they paid for it. Hard to say. 3995 Chapel HIll Rd 37040 is one of the farms they bought. They also bought a few surrounding farms. I know they own a few houses in a few states. They're not hurting for anything money wise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 Our tomatoes were junk this year....way more rain in August than usual, lower parts of the plants died....I dunno. Sweet potatoes...test dug some today...looks good so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 ours did "ok". They were good enough you could cut the bad off. I've cleared most of the garden out minus pepper plants. I just built a 5x16 raised bed. Plan on doing garlic, carrots, purple cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and then onions in the spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Pulled up the carrots a few weeks ago. Got a bucket full, that tasted like... carrots lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 Carrots, wintertime?? Educate me.... I'm toying with planting some seeds for 'maters soon. I know they'll sprout in the window sill and die of hydration issues.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Yeah i wouldn't start the tomatoes yet. We grew them in the raised beds which consisted of (bottom to top) rotting wood, leaf compost, soil, straw. Carrots aren't bothered by frost and actually grow sweeter in cool weather. It was a test to see how they would turn out. They were slow to grow but came out pretty sweet as far as carrots go. I've heard of people growing them under houses and only digging up what and when they needed some. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 The reason tomatoes tempted me was my wife bought some cherry tomatoes she really liked. I wanted to grow that variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 16 hours ago, Ashley P said: The reason tomatoes tempted me was my wife bought some cherry tomatoes she really liked. I wanted to grow that variety. I'll try to document our gardening this year a little better. We start all of our seeds inside minus a few cherry tomatoes that sprout up in the same spot yr after yr. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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