Thread: In the Garden 2018

I planted my first garden on the end of a field with my mother in 1968. For the first time since the 70's, I'm going to be planting another garden on that farm.

That 2 acre field has been in hay for at least 15 years. It has been the location where all the wrapped bales are stored on the farm for that length of time. My brother has given me permission to plant a strip garden on the edge of the field.

I still vividly remember planting that first garden with my mother. I would love to replicate that garden, including both its content, layout, and location, but my brother has to drive through that area. Aside from that, I'm living 25 miles away, so I have to plant low maintenance items. That means I will only be planting what can be left to its own devices. Everything will be planted under vertical woven wire. This will be so that everything will climb the wire and extensive mulching will eliminate the need for weeding. This will be a garden for canning.

Also, in order to reduce deer damage, there will be two parallel fences close enough to discourage deer from venturing between them.

So, 50 years later I will be planting another garden in that same field. I will be thinking about my mother a lot while I do it.

my backyard is again covered in snow since yesterday:

Originally Posted by 32t

To me corn is not worth growing in a garden. For that you need a field with the time and area needed and the price you can buy it for. The same with potatoes.

The "Italian sauce garden" is more my style.

Not trying to argue I just needed to post to subscribe to this thread!

hehehe Well we all know that using a SR saves money in the long run too I was thinking of the Cast Iron Dutch Oven bread too "Look honey I baked a loaf of bread, cost me $3 for a loaf i could have bought at WalMart for a buck"


I actually do have the room "Glen's Half Acre" is almost One Acre now so I am going to put in a few rows and see what happens this will be by the 2nd attempt, we didn't do a Garden last year

We typically get hit by one last snow storm on the first week of April. Then the heat of summer by late May, early June, this only allows me a small window for romaine.

But that works for me, cause the bean plants start taking that spot over, anyhoo.

Oh how I miss my father's garden! That SOB could raise a ton! The only thing that he never had any luck with (and it was his own stubbon fault) was tomatoes.

He lived a couple of miles outside of town and it was colder there than in town and his planting time was later than his buddies and he got frosted out sooner. He always tried to grow the Beefsteak and I tried and tried to get him to grow Early Girls but Nooooooo those were too small!

With that said he could grow corn, beans, cucs, you name it. But corn and green beans were always outstanding. He got the seeds from Green Giant/the company he worked for. The corn was what Green Giant grew for their Niblets and the ears were large and damn was it good no matter if it was roasted, boiled, fried or when mom canned it.

Damn, I'm making myself hungry and the store bought just doesn't cut it!

Ron I thought halls farm was in Iowa, is where your at in Mn. That close? Tc

I'm currently growing two types of hard neck garlic one is thriving one is o.k. The big one is averaging 18 inches but the other is only six. They are legacy and Music but I forget which one is which. I used to grow dutch shallots but they don't finish till mid to late June and that gives me less time for the hot peppers and tomatos, so no shallots and I miss them.

I love gardening too, I can almost smell the roses!

Today I found something I have been looking for a couple years. A dragon' fruit cactus, it is a viney cactus that produces very nice exotic tasting and looking fruit. Hope it does well for me.

Originally Posted by Toroblanco

Today I found something I have been looking for a couple years. A dragon' fruit cactus, it is a viney cactus that produces very nice exotic tasting and looking fruit. Hope it does well for me.

Maybe this will provide some info that you can use. I found it interesting that they bloom at night so bees are of no help pollinating.

How to Grow Dragon Fruit | Growing Dragon Fruit (Pitaya)

We used to carry the fruit in my produce department, along with other 'different' tropical fruits. 99.9% ended up in the garbage but corporate insisted that we still carried them.