Thread: In the Garden 2015

While thinking about gardening tonight I remembered I have some Broomcorn seed on the shelf of my desk.

Broomcorn

I was at a steam engine show last fall and they were making brooms. Neato! As I watched them make them I had to buy one and it has proven useful. They were giving away little bags of seed that they removed from the stems before making the brooms.so I grabbed one. Around 100 seeds. Where should I try to plant These tall plants in my little yard. The more that I look into it they say that to make a good broom you should harvest before the seeds are mature. What will be the germination rate of the ones I have???

Oh well, maybe I can get enough to make a little whisk broom.

Just built a small garden patch out of 2 layers of recycled cinder blocks. Laid them out like bricks and painted them to match the house. The blocks are not perfect, they're chipped and such, but I like the weathered look of it. The veggies are planted, hopefully they'll come up soon.

Not exactly vegetables and not exactly gardening (more of a photography post really) but here's a shot of my wife's Easter lillies:

Spent quite a bit of seat time on the Kubota popping out all the stumps using the FEL
They had been cut down at least 15 years ago maybe long so it worked way easier than I had ever hoped for, I had figured I was going to have to rent a Mini Excavator or a Bulldozer to clear it...

We had our very first and very last Slash & Burn pile this year too, worried me and the wife all day and all night was out there like 4 times in the middle of the night spraying it down to keep the fire low... Maybe in the middle of Winter hehehe

Used the Box Blade and Scarifiers (Rippers) to level it and then drop the rippers deep to take out the roots & turn the top soil,,, After that was done we put down Clover seed for a cover crop this year

The plan is to add Apple and Cherry trees and have a small little Orchard.. that however will entail a ton of new fencing so I am trying to figure out how to do that without spending a fortune..

I doubt I can convince the wife to let me use Wire not even Barbless
Maybe Cut some of the 1000's of Saplings we have back there and do it that way

10 foot sections like I built for the garden cost about $40 each to build myself, Cedar picket is about the same decisions decisions

It is a short 1/4 acre of area right now so about 100' x 100'

Not quite a "Garden" but that is also coming along fine
Picked up all the lumber to add in the next section of fencing over there, now just to get it done
And start moving the starts out there on June 1st


Anyway here are the latest Pics












ps; Yes Camo is a fashion statement in North Idaho

Nice photos,,, when I stare at them, I don't see a garden ,, I see a Barbecue Pagoda in the making,,,

Thats going to look great Glen. just a suggestion,maybe consider pressure treated Doug fir instead of ceder,will last alot longer for inground applications,JMI

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Thats going to look great Glen. just a suggestion,maybe consider pressure treated Doug fir instead of ceder,will last alot longer for inground applications,JMI

Yep the posts are always Pressure Treated lumber

Something that might interest E-reader types

This is a site that I found on the "Homesteading" group I belong to and it has tons of links to FREE Kindle downloads

Kindle Steals & Deals - Imperfectly Happy


Yes they really are free I have downloaded 6 already

gssixgun:
Beautiful ponderosa you've got there, can't go wrong with a forest in the backyard. I would like to suggest going with the cedar if it's relative in price, looks so good. (P.S. I get away with camo here too!)

You and my Wife are thinking alike Firefighter2

She wants an "Offset" Cedar fence which looks good and saves money for her to like something that saves money is a miracle in itself hehehe