Baymule's 2018 Garden

[baymule]

I took some pics of the garden today. I have a few rows of Silver Queen sweet corn. This patch is composted with Sheep, chicken and horse manure, covered with cardboard and wood chip mulch. To the far left I just planted 6 zucchini and 15 cucumber plants.

These are Cherokee Purple tomatoes. I use 3 cow panels to make 2 rows. They also are composted and planted through cardboard and wood chip mulch.

These are Mortgage Lifter tomatoes.

This is the Purple Hull peas I planted a couple of weeks ago. The seed was planted in 4-6 inches of horse manure and rotted hay compost. No cardboard.

 

[Nyboy]

Bay i know you have problems with crows eating newly planted corn. Do scarecrows work or is that a myth ? country house is surrounded by corn field, I don't ever remember seeing one

 

[baymule]

I started them in peat pellets and transplanted them. Haha I beat the crows! I have never seen a scarecrow that worked. Crows are highly intelligent birds and are not fooled.

 

[bobm]

You have to become the scarecrow with a shotgun... a few rounds of fireworks aimed at a flock of crows, sends a long distance message to every crow in the neighborhood to STAY AWAY if you want to LIVE !!!

 

[flowerbug]

we don't plant sweet corn here, haven't seen the crows go after anything else we grow so i leave them alone. i like them. i wish they'd eat grackles...

 

[baymule]

we don't plant sweet corn here, haven't seen the crows go after anything else we grow so i leave them alone. i like them. i wish they'd eat grackles...

If you had grackle eating crows you could make millions selling them. LOL

 

[majorcatfish]

good looking garden bay...... hows your 2nd round of yorkers doing?

 

[Collector]

Your garden is looking nice and healthy Bay. The heat down your way is not cooking it? How often do you water when using cardboard mulch?

 

[baymule]

good looking garden bay...... hows your 2nd round of yorkers doing?

They are about 5 inches tall, I'll be setting them out soon.

Your garden is looking nice and healthy Bay. The heat down your way is not cooking it? How often do you water when using cardboard mulch?

Seedlings just set out-every day, sometimes skip a day. Everything else once or twice a week. the heat is scorching, but the cardboard and mulch helps shade the roots.

 

[thistlebloom]

Your garden looks great!