What are you all doing for your gardens right now??? - Page 96

TastyofHasty · November 4th, 2009, 09:47 AM

Raked up a whole 1/8 mile of leaves off the road, I'd say.
Leaf compost mixed with whatever else I could come up with, all around the top of the pankar-huyu-to-be, which worked out well 'cause there's a wire fence around the side on two sides. Between the pankar-huyu wall and the fence, perfect compost pen.

Leaves dumped over fig tree. Leaves dumped anywhere there's a pile of pulled grass and weeds. Leaves, leaves, leaves!!!!!!

whodat · November 4th, 2009, 07:30 PM

I stared up into my trees wondering why the leaves won't fall. I need to start building up the compost pile again. It's getting kinda skimpy. I did get a few turnips out of the garden yesterday, and I've been eating winged beans. They are pretty good steamed up like broccoli, with a little garlic salt and butter.

gixxerific · November 5th, 2009, 07:15 AM

Got a new compost pile going. I picked up 2 truckloads of leaves from around my house added them to a fenced in section of my garden than added countless bags of grass from my yard than tilled it all together.

Next weekend or the next I will be getting another truckload of leaves that will go on my beds with a truckload of compost to go on top of that along with some fireplace ash and some coffee grounds. That should be it for the season.

garden_vato · November 5th, 2009, 07:35 AM

tomorrow and saturday i will be pulling out all the cages and trellises, and the last of the corn plants. may try to till it all up as well. well see.

kellygirrl · November 7th, 2009, 10:42 PM

Hey Vato, when's your first/expected first frost date?

silverseeds · November 8th, 2009, 12:47 AM

digging, digging and some digging also...... Im preparing some new beds, ecept these are getting ALOT more work then others. Im digging down with a pickaxe 2 feet deep. and I might have to take it to 2.5 or 3. depending on how high I can stack dirt on the sides to hold rows covers......

I should be able to greatly extend my season with a simple sheet of plastic, I have very sunny days long before the soil would normally warm up, and I dont much like plastic, so aybe plexi glass or something. and its warm enough in the day long before the nights warm up at all due to my elevation....

garden_vato · November 8th, 2009, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kellygirrl

Hey Vato, when's your first/expected first frost date?

it was a month ago

now were in what we call indian summer. we always get hit by a big freeze in october, and then we get warm temps through most of november before the snow hits. that should probably happen about............thanksgiving, give or take a week.

sharon1957 · November 8th, 2009, 09:50 AM

Ordered and received seeds twice this week. Stocked up on melons and summer squash, because we didn't do so well with canteloupe this year (our Kansas tasted like it had crossed with the winter squash, and we only got two from three hills). Bought several musk-type melons, as well as the watermelon varieties that were already sold out when I tried to get them last January. Ordered a couple of vining zukes, as last years bush plants played out too early. Reordered the Metki Green Serpent Melon, as it is my new favorite cuke sub.
Also ordered corn, which we didn't grow this year, and crowder peas -- it was already too late to get lady peas or cream peas!

Leaves have mostly fallen, so soon we rake them into the moats around the beds -- we dug 4' paths around 4' raised beds, which raised them twice. Used straw in the moats to keep it from getting muddy after rains, so now we have composted straw in there to add to the leaves before putting them in/on the beds next spring.

I need to be digging more moats for more beds, as I hope to double the garden size this year, but I haven't got the energy for it just yet.

Still harvesting tomatoes and peppers, and have one more winter squash to bring in. Lima beans will be harvested when we pull up the tomatoes, which are grown in with them on the 40' trellis we made from the crape myrtles we cut back.

Daylight savings time means I get home just before dark, if I don't have to run any errands, so I have much less evening time for gardening. I'm rather depressed about this as I had hoped to have a more 'year-round' garden than the ones I grew up with.

redneckplanter · November 8th, 2009, 06:57 PM

building a greenhouse and composting.
smile
2010.....awesome year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bama mater · November 8th, 2009, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redneckplanter

building a greenhouse and composting.
smile
2010.....awesome year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Red, I need help building a green house, Can you come and visit?

November 4th, 2009, 09:47 AM	#951
TastyofHasty Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NW Arkansas "newzone7" USDA Zone: 6b Posts: 4,528	Re: What are you all doing for your gardens right now??? Raked up a whole 1/8 mile of leaves off the road, I'd say. Leaf compost mixed with whatever else I could come up with, all around the top of the pankar-huyu-to-be, which worked out well 'cause there's a wire fence around the side on two sides. Between the pankar-huyu wall and the fence, perfect compost pen. Leaves dumped over fig tree. Leaves dumped anywhere there's a pile of pulled grass and weeds. Leaves, leaves, leaves!!!!!! __________________ Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things noble, whatever things just, whatever things pure, whatever things lovely, whatever things of good report, if any virtue and if anything praiseworthy -- meditate on these things.

November 4th, 2009, 07:30 PM	#952
whodat dirtclod Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: under the rainbow USDA Zone: 8a Posts: 497	Re: What are you all doing for your gardens right now??? I stared up into my trees wondering why the leaves won't fall. I need to start building up the compost pile again. It's getting kinda skimpy. I did get a few turnips out of the garden yesterday, and I've been eating winged beans. They are pretty good steamed up like broccoli, with a little garlic salt and butter.

November 5th, 2009, 07:15 AM	#953
gixxerific Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Wentzville, MO, U.S.A. USDA Zone: 5b Posts: 201	Re: What are you all doing for your gardens right now??? Got a new compost pile going. I picked up 2 truckloads of leaves from around my house added them to a fenced in section of my garden than added countless bags of grass from my yard than tilled it all together. Next weekend or the next I will be getting another truckload of leaves that will go on my beds with a truckload of compost to go on top of that along with some fireplace ash and some coffee grounds. That should be it for the season. __________________ Feed the Earth and it will feed you!

November 5th, 2009, 07:35 AM	#954
garden_vato Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Utah Valley USDA Zone: 5a Posts: 710	Re: What are you all doing for your gardens right now??? tomorrow and saturday i will be pulling out all the cages and trellises, and the last of the corn plants. may try to till it all up as well. well see. __________________ Proud member of Mater Raiders Got a problem with it? "To be nobody but yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." -ee cummings http://jardinvato.blogspot.com/

November 7th, 2009, 10:42 PM	#955
kellygirrl Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Fairfield, IA (in Chicago a lot) USDA Zone: 5a Posts: 1,134	Re: What are you all doing for your gardens right now??? Hey Vato, when's your first/expected first frost date? __________________ Proud Member of "Mater Raiders": Spreading good will, friendly banter and Gardening tips to all. With peanut butter on top.

November 8th, 2009, 12:47 AM	#956
silverseeds Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 USDA Zone: No zone info Posts: 3,686	Re: What are you all doing for your gardens right now??? digging, digging and some digging also...... Im preparing some new beds, ecept these are getting ALOT more work then others. Im digging down with a pickaxe 2 feet deep. and I might have to take it to 2.5 or 3. depending on how high I can stack dirt on the sides to hold rows covers...... I should be able to greatly extend my season with a simple sheet of plastic, I have very sunny days long before the soil would normally warm up, and I dont much like plastic, so aybe plexi glass or something. and its warm enough in the day long before the nights warm up at all due to my elevation.... __________________ http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food From high desert, New Mexico. A blend of arid conditions and mountainess climates. Working towards being completly self sufficient. In balance with my sorroundings wide awake, and aware. The possibilities of plant breeding and how little credit most give it amaze me. Earth is a living eco-system, and will have a self regulating system of our removal, if neccessary. We must learn to ride the wave.

November 8th, 2009, 09:50 AM	#958
sharon1957 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Tulsa, OK USDA Zone: 6b Posts: 127	Re: What are you all doing for your gardens right now??? Ordered and received seeds twice this week. Stocked up on melons and summer squash, because we didn't do so well with canteloupe this year (our Kansas tasted like it had crossed with the winter squash, and we only got two from three hills). Bought several musk-type melons, as well as the watermelon varieties that were already sold out when I tried to get them last January. Ordered a couple of vining zukes, as last years bush plants played out too early. Reordered the Metki Green Serpent Melon, as it is my new favorite cuke sub. Also ordered corn, which we didn't grow this year, and crowder peas -- it was already too late to get lady peas or cream peas! Leaves have mostly fallen, so soon we rake them into the moats around the beds -- we dug 4' paths around 4' raised beds, which raised them twice. Used straw in the moats to keep it from getting muddy after rains, so now we have composted straw in there to add to the leaves before putting them in/on the beds next spring. I need to be digging more moats for more beds, as I hope to double the garden size this year, but I haven't got the energy for it just yet. Still harvesting tomatoes and peppers, and have one more winter squash to bring in. Lima beans will be harvested when we pull up the tomatoes, which are grown in with them on the 40' trellis we made from the crape myrtles we cut back. Daylight savings time means I get home just before dark, if I don't have to run any errands, so I have much less evening time for gardening. I'm rather depressed about this as I had hoped to have a more 'year-round' garden than the ones I grew up with. Last edited by sharon1957; November 8th, 2009 at 10:55 AM.. Reason: was too random

November 8th, 2009, 06:57 PM	#959
redneckplanter Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: tx USDA Zone: 9a Posts: 5,090	Re: What are you all doing for your gardens right now??? building a greenhouse and composting. smile 2010.....awesome year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ cautiously hoping for the best.