03-03-2009, 10:28 AM | #1 |
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In light of the present economy, or for your own enjoyment, how many plan to plant a garden? I haven't planted a garden for years, but in my near future, I can see a garden and root cellar. We used to grow everything we had to eat, and it can still be done. Its possible we will be forced to do it.
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I'm sure thinking about it Calvin. Depending on how things go in the next few weeks, it may just be tomatoes, or it might be a little bit of everything.
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I grow tomatoes & peppers every year. I like tinkering around in the garden & watching the stuff grow. It's relaxing & rewarding. I may add some corn & potatoes this year.
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03-24-2009, 05:55 PM | #4 |
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Gardening, do you have your spade ready? I'm ready to go. My daughter called and told me her husband would be over soon to till my garden. Boy have I heard that story before. By the time he gets here I'll have the plants in the ground. The only problem I have in my old age is when someone is going to do something for me. So what's the problem? They don't do it when I want it done, like now, today!
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I've got tomatoes and onions out, plus some herbs. I'd like to till up some ground and put out some corn but I'm going to have to find a tiller I can borrow first.
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Sadly, I think you're right Panther.
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Three weeks ago I bought one of those upside down do-johnnies that you plant tomatoes in. I put 2 plants in it and they are already huge and have blooms. I sure hope this works out. What I am afraid of is that if the plants get heavy with tomatoes, they will just pull out of the bottom or break off. My mouth is already watering for some home-grown 'maters!
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Sharon and I have recently put out tomatoes, peppers, onions, grapes, and sunflowers for the birds. Planted some castor beans to keep the bugs and varmints away. Also transplanted a pecan sprout from my tree in town, to the Ranch and it looks good. We're getting rain today so it will be good on it.
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