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Post by reed on Oct 2, 2014 5:13:10 GMT -5
Well, one more picture since I had it handy.  This is the other new garden, I started it last fall. I was gonna use it for corn but it has a lot of stumps and they are black locust so they are not going away any time soon so I have to just work up spots between them. There was nothing there this year but some poorly tomatoes. It was still to shaded by trees. I fixed that the other day. Next year this will be pole beans, peppers and landrace squash that I got from Secret Seed Cartel. I'm going to mix them with several I'v collected at farmers markets and try to find one those stinkbugs won't destroy. |
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Post by steev on Oct 2, 2014 19:03:42 GMT -5
I wonder whether a couple geese would control that grass without bothering your daikon; might fertilize them well, as well as provide a tasty Xmas supper, so traditional.
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Post by reed on Oct 2, 2014 21:04:20 GMT -5
I know where I can get some. Are tame geese like tame turkeys and not good at flight? My fence, once its up is only four feet, it'll have strands of barbed wire up to eight feet for the deer but still a goose could squeeze through. Or maybe I could put em leashes. If it didn't work out I guess I could just have Christmas in October.
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Post by steev on Oct 2, 2014 21:47:53 GMT -5
They'd not squeeze through in flight; might could go over. Think I'd get a friend to hold while I cut enough flight feathers (not enough to hurt) to prevent flight (one wing should do it.
Xmas in October? Beat the rush, but that won't solve your grass problem. You let them eat for a couple months, could help you; should fatten them. Everybody wins! They'll need water.
Goose grease is primo for greasing potatoes for baking, as well as excellent in rillettes and pates, so don't dump it!
Really, I've no idea of your climate, so adjust all this to suit.
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Post by richardw on Oct 3, 2014 3:34:25 GMT -5
A pig without a nose ring and a electric fence around it would work well,a pig would have it ripped up and fertilized in no time.
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Post by reed on Oct 3, 2014 4:51:04 GMT -5
I feel like a total dumb***, I clip the wings on unruly chickens all the time. I'm starting to seriously think about the geese, that's what my Granny always had for Christmas, that was long time ago but I remember I liked it just fine.
No idea of our climate? Join the club. They used to say April showers bring May flowers. More often March heat waves fry February flowers.
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Post by steev on Oct 3, 2014 11:03:15 GMT -5
Mayflowers bring Pilgrims.
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Post by reed on Oct 3, 2014 17:16:12 GMT -5
I'll put up some NO Pilgrims signs.
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Post by reed on Oct 4, 2014 5:37:23 GMT -5
It finally rained about 1/2 or 3/4 of an inch. Based on how those radishes grew with the small amount they had before I am hopeful that they start to take off. Plus there are a lot more seeds in there that haven't sprouted yet. Also noticed some had sprouted in the untilled part I left around the outside. I think that is a good sign that they are pretty tuff.
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Post by kazedwards on Dec 19, 2014 22:52:58 GMT -5
Any updates?
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Post by reed on Dec 26, 2014 3:49:35 GMT -5
The borrowed spot across the road still does not have fence although I have at least almost enough to do it, just haven't got to it yet. With mild weather the grass has grown back but the deer have kept it and the radishes mowed like a golf green, I think wild turkeys are helping. Carrying away my soil, the jerks, but at least it will be easy to till next year and they leave some fertilizer. Not to mention wild turkeys fit nicely in a roaster pan. If I get that fence up soon maybe the radishes will be able to grow back. A new equipment / drying shed is done ... finally. Takes a long time when scrounging almost every thing in it. It is 16' x 10', total cost about $150.00. The other spot does have fence. A couple little peach seedlings are in at the north end. Poles are up and ready to support beans next year. Some larger posts are layed out to make a terrace like area. I'm gonna raise it a little with compost and sand for melons and squash. More trees outside are debarked and will be left a couple years to dry for fire wood. Black and raspberries are moving in there soon and maybe some grapes and asparagus. |
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Post by kazedwards on Dec 26, 2014 10:11:52 GMT -5
Sounds like you have been busy. I'm very jealous of the shed. Wish I had room for a shed/greenhouse.
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Post by reed on Dec 27, 2014 2:10:51 GMT -5
Yea, my job is just two days a week now  makes it a little tough but leaves plenty of time for stuff I like. Anytime it is warmer than 20 and or the sun is shining I'm out there doing something. I like doing as much as possible of the more hard labor type things in the winter. [add] also got this thing that the first good days of spring are for planting, not getting ready to plant. The shed is less than 200 sq. ft. so didn't have to get a permit. Greenhouse is next, somewhere on the list, it is a mess, filled with crap and needs new door and window, it's mostly home made too. I could easily write volumes on the "reusing junk" thread. |
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makes it a little tough but leaves plenty of time for stuff I like. Anytime it is warmer than 20 and or the sun is shining I'm out there doing something. I like doing as much as possible of the more hard labor type things in the winter. [add] also got this thing that the first good days of spring are for planting, not getting ready to plant.