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A father writes his son, "Too bad you're in prison son, I really wish you were here this year, I'd sure like to have you help me dig a garden out in the back". Son writes him back with "don't be digging in the back yard dad, that's where I hid the money!" Next day the FBI goes and digs up every square inch of his dad's back yard, and the next letter from son says "sorry dad, that was the best I could do" ; )
A slightly revised version of my nieces joke lol
Pretty good :D :D
Haha. I dug my wife up a little garden this year, and found some heavy iron buried not too far below the surface. Made it all worth it :)
I dug a garden once in a little subdivision and must have been in a masonry dump. Got enough bricks out of that hole to go around it about 3 times
I was gonna ask why you did that, until I re-read it,,,lolQuote:
Originally Posted by rca987
The first year I moved to the farm I dug up a nice size garden and then the lawn started taking it back over. I would weed every few days but after a few months the lawn had concoured me. It was a bad spot anyways, it was very rocky. Come to find out I had made my garden on an old field driveway which was graveled. Needless to say I moved my garden and have it in a much better location. This year has destroyed about half of my vegetables through. A combo of drought and bugs reeked havac on my plants this year.
I used to use Sevin dust for bugs when I had to, never liked using chemicals at all if i could keep from it, but they've stopped carrying Sevin. The guy at the feed store recommended something similar named Snipper insect dust. I used some of it on some squash bugs and it really did the trick, but i really haven't studied the label or searched the web for info about this stuff.
Also, for the heat I got real lucky several years ago, having a neighbor who used to raise some big ostrich like birds, he had em in big dog kennel type pens, and had covers over the top, sized of big tarps, but made to let some sun and air through, he gave me one to put over the tomatoes, does lots of good in the extreme heat. Anything over 95 I put it up, but take it down any chance of rain. I'd use those lil green tarps with tent poles tied down to stakes if I had to tho
I try to stay away from poisons too, I have used home made remedies like garlic water and tobacco water and spraying it on the plants. that works for a while but when it gets hot I have water and the home remidies wash off. My dad recommended somrthing like that powder you were talking about, he says it works really well. I may have too use it.
Thats a good idea. I have been looking into getting a tarp like that for my geese so I may just have to get 2.
get chickens for the bugs. i recently got chickens and put the coop right next to the garden. at first i was worried they would eat the plants. they do eat them but not that much, i consider it sharing, since they do a great job with the bugs.
My garden is right next to my pen as well. My chickens dont seem to bother my plants but my geese and ducks do. The geese eat parts of the plants or stomp all over them and the ducks like to dig around in the dirt when I water. I fenced it once the geese started eating my new stocks.