Gardening ..again

[jrweis1997]

Every year is different, something works something won't. It's always about learning and making something with or gifting your produce. Safer eating your own produce than something "factory" farmed nowadays. How can you screw up onions?

lol i found a way they never sprouted!

 

[Miketheblacksmith]

lol i found a way they never sprouted!

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.

 

[snakebit]

Two more bottles of hot sauce with the last of my jalapenos, pablanos and a reaper or 2 just for fun.

 

[aleksa oldfart]

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.

 

[Miketheblacksmith]

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.

 

[Rebel bull]

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

 

[aleksa oldfart]

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.

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

 

[nhmoose]

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

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.

 

[Miketheblacksmith]

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.

 

[Terrier]

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.

How deep did you make your beds?

 

[Miketheblacksmith]

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.

 

[Miketheblacksmith]

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.