Garden!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LBrandt]

Just don't use too much at a time. Maybe an inch at the most and till in. You can till more in in-between the rows when plants are larger. Had a friend that put 6 inches of turkey crap on and nothing grew for three years.

 

[lunkerslayer]

Ok thanks how old was the turkey poop this stuff is 20 years but it has been left in a large pile

 

[LBrandt]

If its black almost like dirt that is the best.

 

[lunkerslayer]

Yeah it's not I put down an inch and tilled it good so I am good on that
Ps I think I need a bigger garden ;:;banghead

 

[Big Iron]

My bare root asparagus is starting to make an appearance. It'll be fair game next year.

 

[2400]

I haul water where I am and will be having at least one more surgery this summer so a garden is out for this year.

I am taking notes for something like a small raised bed for next year. I'm still getting temos down in the high teens and low 20's here. How do you guys work with that?

Oh one more thing, it's supposed to be a secret but Vollmer gardens in Crocs. I even have a pic to prove it. :;:smokin

 

[Fishmission]

I was tilling my garden today and these little buggers showed up. Let me get to less than ten yards. One of them had a beard that was nearly dragging on the ground. Zero respect for these critters being any type of challenge.

The wild ones will make you rethink that

 

[Putz ND]

there's something seriously wrong with this group of toms - walked in on them again today and got to within 5 yards. They were so busy strutting that they didn't even know I was there. Buddy's 10 year old just couldn't get the .410 lined up before they scooted off. Fun to see a young hunter get fired up like that. Until I hunt them somewhere else, I'll maintain my zero respect stance !!

 

[LBrandt]

2400. You might have to go with a hot house that you can raise the sides on when weather gets good enough, like they do in Alaska.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Planted onions tomatoes and peppers this weekend, hope the weather holds...

 

[Kurtr]

here is mine

 

[espringers]

whats with the siding?

 

[LBrandt]

Red Neck Weed Control.

 

[Lycanthrope]

whats with the siding?

Multi-function, preserves moisture, keeps soil cooler, reflects light back up to the plants and weed control!

 

[Sarge]

So I got most everything in with the exception of most of my peppers and tomatoes. I had some extra of both that I decided to stick in the ground just to see what happens since I would've thrown them away anyways. I also went a little crazy and made about 100 gallons of fish fertilizer. I had been saving the guts (about 25lbs) from all of the fish I've caught so far this spring. I separated the guts from the carcasses and then froze them in bags. They looked like frozen chum for ocean fishing almost. I then put the frozen guts and water in a 5 gal pail and mixed with my drill using a mixer attachment to create a nice slurry. The mixture then got dumped into the rows on top of the seedlings that had just been planted. I also used the carcasses/heads and laid them in with my taters. It wasn't quite as nasty as I had expected, but my wife sure thought so. Hopefully this gives them a little boost. Dig the night crawlers from the garden to catch the fish that fertilizes the plants that feed my family. Circle of life man.

 

[scrotcaster]

Anyone else a little nervous that there was going to be a frost last night? I was going to cover with a tarp but was so damn windy it would have did more damage..anyways, i think we got away alright, low was only 36 at my house...

 

[Davey Crockett]

22 degrees at my place this morning , Almost time to start seeding

 

[BDub]

Even though it didn't freeze this weather certainly will set peppers and tomatoes back. Peppers for about two weeks. Soil temps are still very cool. Of course there are exceptions but for the most part this is why the end of May is a great time to plant.

NORTH DAKOTA SOIL TEMPERATURES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
715 AM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

SOIL TEMPERATURE READINGS TAKEN UNDER SOD. DATA FROM NDAWN
AND NWS WEATHER SYSTEMS. MM INDICATES MISSING DATA.

STATION 2IN 4IN 8IN 20IN 40IN 60IN

BISMARCK NWS 54 54 56 55 51 47
BOTTINEAU 46 47 47 46 44 42
CARRINGTON 49 51 52 51 46 43
DICKINSON 53 55 56 55 50 47
FARGO 49 51 52 49 44 41
FOX 48 50 52 52 47 44
GRAND FORKS 46 48 51 50 46 43
HETTINGER 51 52 53 52 49 47
LANGDON 44 45 45 41 37 36
MINOT 56 56 55 53 48 45
STREETER 50 50 51 49 45 43
WILLISTON 50 52 54 54 50 47
WYNDMERE 50 52 54 52 46 43

 

[scrotcaster]

Even though it didn't freeze this weather certainly will set peppers and tomatoes back. Peppers for about two weeks. Soil temps are still very cool. Of course there are exceptions but for the most part this is why the end of May is a great time to plant.

Because it damaged the plants or lower the soil temps?

 

[GSM]

Anyone ever try this route? Since the pics I have another zone in with one more to go. Me and my neighbor put this in this year. First garden. The bed is 22' x 36'. So far we have corn, potatoes, beans, garlic, strawberries, onions, and carrots planted. Still have tomatoes, peppers, and cukes to put in. The cukes will be trellised to grow up instead of out.