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Post by reed on Apr 20, 2015 18:13:15 GMT -5
Here is the new garden borrowed from the neighbors across the road, it is going to be a corn patch. The north half of the oldest garden, carrots, potatoes, onions, planted at upper end and toward left side. The South half of the oldest garden, beans, peas, garlic, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, all to small to see in the picture. Well except the garlic there on the right. Another new garden, believe it or not it is going to grow corn, pole beans and melons this year, maybe a couple other things. And last but not least the Woman's garden. I'm not allowed in it, I guess it got tilled by magic! It has onions, rhubarb, Asiatic lilies and lots of volunteer amaranth, dill, marigolds and other things, some that I had to dig up and replant back there by the fence. hhhh
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Post by philagardener on Apr 20, 2015 19:36:22 GMT -5
Those panels would look great covered in beans! reed , are they welded pipe?
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Post by steev on Apr 21, 2015 0:47:49 GMT -5
As a devoted junkster, I'm very envious of those panels.
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Post by kazedwards on Apr 21, 2015 1:06:01 GMT -5
oldmobie I was thinking about covering the cardboard with used shredded pine bedding as I clean out the chicken coops. I'm assuming not too much nitrogen will leach through the cardboard. Last year I put cardboard down in the paths. The weeds just grew out of the edges when the wind wasn't blowing it. It left it pretty compacted but they where high traffic areas and I have heavy clay. It did keep the soil very moist. I would say cover it with pine needles. I am going to give it another try when starting a new bed.
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Post by kazedwards on Apr 21, 2015 1:26:39 GMT -5
http://instagram.com/p/1ugQz_Cp4- This was the garden about a month ago. Since then I have planted cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, peas, carrots, and radishes. I also have garlic going as well.
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Post by reed on Apr 21, 2015 4:00:42 GMT -5
The panels were made by her brother, he welds for what used to be a small company and they let him have scraps and use the shop to do what he wanted. It got bought by a bigger company and he isn't allowed to do that anymore. She has I think, 14 of them altogether and they are heavy. The frames are square tube like and the rest flat pieces of iron. She mumbles about painting them but I hope she don't. I like the rust color and they are apparently good iron as it is just a smooth patina, no flaking or anything even on the anchors in the ground.
Last fall I found some very heavy decorative iron porch supports where a house had burned and they were just going to throw them away so the plan sometime this decade is to put them at the ends with wire between them at the top and then run strings down to the panels. Not sure what she will plant on them, I hope some more runner beans to go with mine but probably those little tiny gourds that she makes into Christmas ornaments. Some of the other panels serve as supports for her climbing roses and a few still just leaned up behind the shed.
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