lol i found a way they never sprouted!
Gardening ..again
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They take some learning. We start ours inside in February and get about 75% germination. They get transplanted out in spring. You have to pick the right type long or short day onions for your area. We grow enough in a 4x8 raised bed to last all year. It took a long time to get it right. Never had luck with sets.
Last spring I bought 1 tomato plant ahead of anything. I babied that plant till I was sure no frost. Had a special place for it and so on.planted it and was growing good. Then over 3 inches of rain came and drowned it. Along with that came the powerd mildew stuff. Next year most of my garden will be in raised beds. Though those rain gave me a bumper crop of black rasberry, peaches, pawpaws, persimmons.
Raised beds are a great idea. They take a little more water management , dry out faster. We have 16 4x8 beds. They are not filled with soil. They are 1/3 compost, peat moss, perlite. The beauty is NO weeds until the birds plant them. They remain controllable.
I don't garden but have been told that I don't qualify as a farmer because we only have less then 100 acres that we plant and a very large portion of that is left for our main crop WHITE TAILS
That's what I have seen I put bails of straw down then compost and other dirt on top. Straw Will decompose over winter some and plants have little problem of getting roots in them
Great need not claim what you can sell!!! Won't be pushed by IRS as you deductions will let you pay close to no tax.
100 acres you may even actually make money with the right crops. A friend has that size farm grows tomatoes all colors and sells to restaurants. The rest off the truck with a sales permit from the town he sells in. He travels hauling the crop from mid NH to cape cod. Says its worth it.
His Tax guy said do it as the IRS stated he is a hobby farm so no far deductions or credits. Makes around 90k a year and his acountant can't wait for the IRS to say no.
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Today we pressure canned 16 pints of beets. Two freezer bag were also filled to be used in baking. Still have Brussels sprouts to pick and process.
How deep did you make your beds?
The beds are made with rough sawn cedar 2x8. screwed together with stainless steel screws and stainless plates on the sides. We put down a rubber roofing membrane and build on that. "soil" depth 13-14 in. They settle and need topping off each year.
The 5 types of potatoes are all in their bins for the season. Russet Burbank, Kennebec, Norland, German butterball,& Pontiac. Happy with the way they turned out this year.
This is the last year for me growing potatoes. Got a big field mice problem and they like potatoes. Last year and this year grew potatoes in large plastic barrels that the mice couldn't get in to. Did ok not great one thing I tryed was I picked them and tryed not to damage the vines and left them in the dirt. The vines kept growing and produced more potatoes, not a big amount but kept producing.
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Used 1/2 plastic 55 gal. barrel for my "must have" tomato plants. Had a bumper crop , and well pleased. Frost has killed the three plants now. Vines were 6 ft.. Thankful.
Today we spent some time working on the last harvest Brussels Sprouts. They are looking good. Cut off 2 plants, cleaned, blanched and froze 14 bags. Each one enough for a meal. I think there are 16 more plants to do.
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We'll find out tomorrow if I can handle the tiller. Today was day 7 since cataract surgery and no lifting or straining was allowed for a week. The garden plot needs a good going over.
Good to see you posting Louis. Was wondering where you have been. Hope all went well with your surgery Amigo.
Yeah,got a set back today at the eye dr. I have a slight inflammation so I go back a week on my eye drop chart. I'll make I'm just a little slow. The main office will call me tomorrow and set up the surgery for my left eye (cataracts) That tiller will just have to wait.
Worked on the Brussels Sprouts again today. Blanched and froze 8 more bags. Still lots of plants to harvest.At this point we have already surpassed last years harvest.
Another day working on the Brussels Sprouts. 10 more bags in the freezer. Most bags are 2 serving and some are larger for when we have guests for dinner. Still have more plants to harvest.
