Gardening
Related: About this forumPics of my vegetable garden. Sweet corn is planted
in a second garden.




Phoenix61
(18,742 posts)your beautiful dirt. Great looking garden!
SamKnause
(14,802 posts)I hope all your hard work provides you with bountiful harvest.
RoadRunner
(4,715 posts)Lotta work went into that.
Diamond_Dog
(39,994 posts)Just think of all the healthy and tasty bounty youll be enjoying in a short time!
58Sunliner
(6,273 posts)Emile
(41,183 posts)58Sunliner
(6,273 posts)Emile
(41,183 posts)
I'm in my mid 70s now and it's a lot of work to keep it looking good. Wife thinks we should sell the place and move to town. I'm not to thrilled about that, but that day maybe sooner than I like.
LoisB
(12,496 posts)retiredwelder
(19 posts)Beautiful
BoomaofBandM
(1,947 posts)Katcat
(557 posts)And I apparently have a black one. 😱😂 seriously, everything I plant the deer decide is meant for them.
MiHale
(12,723 posts)What part of the country are you?
Emile
(41,183 posts)MiHale
(12,723 posts)Im in 5a. What a difference one zone makes. Simply amazing.
patphil
(8,794 posts)Thanks for the pictures. I'll show them to my wife, she's the gardener in the family.
I expect she'll be a bit envious.
WheelWalker
(9,386 posts)NJCher
(42,678 posts)around the base of the plants? Like the tomatoes, mainly. This prevents tomato diseases and it also keeps the watering from evaporating.
But good question. I'd like to know the answer, too.
Emile
(41,183 posts)from the house to the garden, but prefer filling my loader bucket on my John Deere with water and take it down. From there I fill up watering cans and water every plant. Keeps me active and it's good exercise for an old man.
Hope22
(4,521 posts)It looks so peaceful!💗
people
(834 posts)Beautiful, enormous garden and so much land! Bet all of your vegetables will be delicious.
retiredwelder
(19 posts)Beautiful garden,
I`m 77 now, I don`t garden near as much as I used to . Fresh sweet corn, fried green tomatoes, green beans and different kinds of squash. I have 20 or so different kinds of fruit trees, thanks to arthritis I can`t prune them any more. I don`t think I`m alone but as soon as my garden is done it can snow. I have a good recipe for salsa if anyone wants it.
Emile
(41,183 posts)one tree produced not that many peaches, but they were nice size. The other tree was loaded with small size peaches, and their weight was breaking branches. I'm sure I need to prune off a lot of the branches. When is the best time to prune, fall or spring?
First frost predicted this Thursday morning. Going to miss my garden.
jfz9580m
(16,638 posts)What are they?
PlantNet would be able tell me what they are..though I cant be bothered at the moment..
Emile
(41,183 posts)an early spring storm is hackberry, elm, black walnut, etc.
Callie1979
(1,209 posts)I'm jealous of your entire yard AND garden
Emile
(41,183 posts)Thanks for your compliment.