Baymule's 2018 Garden

[Rhodie Ranch]

Just read your whole planting journal. I'm gonna go get panels. I've got used t-posts. I had forgotten about the Thai beans. Also had forgotten about when I planted chinese long beans. I used to steam them and tie them up in knots for the Grands to enjoy. I'll have to keep my eyes open for some.

 

[baymule]

@chic rustler Roll a feed sack half way down, cuff it, fill with soil and plant in it. The paper sacks will deteriorate but the plastic ones do too and they leave bits of plastic behind.

@murphysranch no better way to plant tomatoes IMO. Those green beans are good cut in 5" pieces, wrapped in bacon and baked. Yum! They are also yummy dipped in buttermilk, rolled in seasoned cornmeal and fried.

 

[ninnymary]

Bay, do you make holes for drainage in the plastic feed sacks? I have some pretty ones that I've been saving because they are too pretty and good to throw away. Need to do something with them.

Mary

 

[baymule]

Bay, do you make holes for drainage in the plastic feed sacks? I have some pretty ones that I've been saving because they are too pretty and good to throw away. Need to do something with them.

Mary

Yes you would have to provide drainage holes. Bear in mind on some of those bags, the pretty colors flake off, the bags deteriorate, which means bits of plastic bag. That would make a mess in your pretty yard and I don't think you would like it. Since our place was such a trash dump when we bought it, I am kinda sensitive to things that make a mess, so I don't use them.

There are plans on BYC for making tote bags from plastic feed sacks, they make great shopping bags! The bags would make great gifts. If you don't sew, I bet you know someone who does that you could get to make you tote bags from your pretty sacks.

 

[Nyboy]

I bet if you don't sew you could hot glue

 

[RUNuts]

I'm using the plastic feed sacks (dog food) to fill and haul wood chip in. Once in a bag, I can move them where ever and when ever I need them. Like parrot cage clean out replacement bedding. Tree planting mulching. Garden edging. A truck load seems like a lot when I am loading, but it sure goes quick.

Planting sacks sounds like a good plan for the paper ones. Keep the weeds out. I should have done that this year. I just reseeded the lettuce beds for the 3rd time. Maybe this pack was viable??? The cucumbers haven't been. I'm going through the accumulated seeds pretty quick.

 

[baymule]

Tote bags

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bag-out-of-layena-package-updated-w-tutorial.374147/

https://dillydollop.blogspot.com/2010/08/chicken-feed-grocery-bag.html

 

[ninnymary]

That tutorial made it look easy. Do you need a special needle or sewing machine? One of the readers asked but question wasn’t answered.

Years ago when I was on BYC I bought a small make up bag from someone who sold them.

Mary

 

[baymule]

I'm pretty sure you can use a regular sewing machine and needle. I never made any, but it doesn't look difficult.

 

[baymule]

Today we SCORED on cardboard!! We asked yesterday at TSC for cardboard and we’re told to come back today with a trailer, so we did. We got TWO BALES of compressed cardboard!! We are excited!

We took the stock trailer so that when we bust the bale, it will be contained.

#2 helped unhitch the trailer. @Collector this is the good stuff. It just keeps getting better!