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Post by johno on Apr 3, 2007 8:32:52 GMT -5
I'm ready to PLANT SOMETHING!  I think it's about time to plant squash here. I prepared 30 hills yesterday with compost and pelletized organic fertilizer. I have 16 types of squash, and several cukes and melons, not to mention exotics like Kiwano, and I'm dying to get them in the ground! Maybe I should wait one more week... |
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Post by lavandulagirl on Apr 3, 2007 9:22:48 GMT -5
I've got spots ready, too, but although it's 75 right now, it's supposed to be 31 on Thursday, so I have to wait. It's SO hard!
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 3, 2007 11:12:36 GMT -5
I'm about 5 weeks away from planting anything that won't tolerate cold.
We have snow forecast for Thursday.
And besides that, we are putting up electric fencing around the garden to put the pigs in it for a major cleanup that's long overdue.
Not sure how we are going to get them across the lawn and into the garden? Could be interesting?? But once there I'm sure they'll do a fine job.
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Post by downinmyback on Apr 3, 2007 21:01:24 GMT -5
Hogs are the smartest farm animal and they will follow you if you have a bucket of feed and walk slowly backward until you are in the garden. Take my word for it i raised hogs for many years and no matter how good your fence is they will find ways to get out of it lol.My wife used this method to get sows to move to the barn before they would give birth.
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Post by houseodessey on Apr 3, 2007 21:12:41 GMT -5
I use that method on my neighbor's cows when I'm feeding their animals for them. Cows scare me a little bit, so I just get a bucket of grain, toss it where I want them to go and shut the gate behind them asap.
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Post by johno on Apr 3, 2007 21:37:14 GMT -5
Pigs scare me. Cows don't...
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Post by houseodessey on Apr 3, 2007 21:42:58 GMT -5
Luckily, my neighbors don't have pigs or someone else would be feeding their livestock when they're out of town. Pigs, in general, terrify me. I have met some pretty nice potbellies in my day, though. Is the desire to knock you down and eat you alive bred out of the potbellied pigs?
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Post by Alan on Apr 3, 2007 22:09:31 GMT -5
Oh man would I love to have some pigs! And cows, and chickens, and goats! I want it all ;D
I hope kim realizes that i need like 10 kids to do what I would love to do! If it weren't for giving up my tractor, my truck, and this computer/this web-site I could be amish!
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Post by Alan on Apr 3, 2007 22:10:39 GMT -5
I too am ready to plant, but still a bit off. All the cole crops and potatoes are in now so i've got a bit of a break, at least 3-4 weeks before I can entertain getting anything else in the ground. The seed and the earth are calling my name!
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Post by johno on Apr 3, 2007 23:29:16 GMT -5
Oh man would I love to have some pigs! And cows, and chickens, and goats! I want it all ;D I hope kim realizes that i need like 10 kids to do what I would love to do! If it weren't for giving up my tractor, my truck, and this computer/this web-site I could be amish! Maybe ten kids will be a good bargaining chip for getting the critters... Animals can be a good labor force at times - ever heard of a chicken tractor? |
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Post by gardenbumpkin on Apr 4, 2007 12:31:03 GMT -5
We already transplanted marjority of our seedlings into our garden, in large container boxes and in halved wine barrels.
We also have our thornless blackberries, strawberries and blueberries transplanted, but still have the red and gold raspberries.
Happy planting, everyone!
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Post by bunkie on Apr 4, 2007 12:48:44 GMT -5
me me me....i'm ready too...once it stops snowing! ) bunkie. |
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Post by downinmyback on Apr 4, 2007 19:55:21 GMT -5
They are predicting snow for us Thursday. We barely got any snow at all during the winter but it has to snow during my spring planting lol.
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Post by ohiorganic on Apr 6, 2007 6:38:00 GMT -5
Alan the Amish have trucks tractors, cell phones, etc. they just hire people to drive the vehicles for them. And they would have a MAJOR problem with your religious views as Amish is a religious order.
My husband and I do a lot of season extension so we have things in the ground almost year round. This year we were harvesting items (spring mix, cabbage, broccoli) up until the snows of Feb came and we could not get into the hoophouses. Than march came and it got hot by the middle of the month and we started planting a lot of things such as lettuces, spinach, leeks, onions, peas, beets, radishes, cilantro, beets, carrots. than 2 days ago it got cold again and we spent two days running around the garden covering things with row covers (most things have 2 layers), putting water jugs under the row covers and hoping for the best. The raspberries are worrisome because they were about leafed out and that means the flower buds were developing and may be killed by now. The same may well be true about the apples that leafed out about 2 weeks early. But that is not nearly as worrisome as we only have 4 apple trees and 2 of those will not be producing for another 3 years.
Gotta love these temp swings we have been getting-it's either 25 degrees above normal or 25 degrees below normal. makes it hard to farm even for us folk who dfo a lot of winter growing and know a thing or two about keeping things alive in subfreezing temps.
And we were going to put in the cukes and zukes we have growing inside under lights this week but I believe even in a hoophouse on black plastic with row covers they would be too cold and die or worse, not produce well.
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Post by bunkie on Apr 6, 2007 11:34:35 GMT -5
i hope all works ok for you ohio. we are having the same temp ranges. unbelievable for this time of year?! we had the snow you got a couple days ago. now we're in the 60-70 range for a couple days, then more snow expected...what a ride! ) peace, bunkie. |
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