Homesteading, Organic Gardening, How to Farm, Preparedness, Self-Reliance
Started Sep 26, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
My friend gave me a bag of heirloom Jack Beans to plant in my garden. I had never heard of or seen a Jack Bean, it all started in a plastic cup with five Jack beans seeds in March 2012. I…Continue
Started Aug 12, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
After the potato's had been dug up we had this big empty spot to look at, I wanted to have some squash this summer. My first two planting of squash had been taken by the squash bore. I planted zuchinni, early squash,Tennessee sweet potato and…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ellen Peavey Jun 26, 2012. 4 Replies 0 Likes
I have these 5 plants that I have never seen before, I thought it was a Mexican tomato. Not really sure it looks like a heritage egg plant. What do you think by looking at the pictures?…Continue
We have two goats and one donkey Buford also three hens and two roosters. Our latest addition are rabbits the Mama had five little babies. Love to garden have eight raised beds and four compost piles, there are collards growing in one of the raised beds and garlic in the garden plot in the Forrest. Plan to make a bigger garden in the spring taking down several tree's to let the sun shine in through the Forrest and add more raised beds. We are also going to get a couple of pigs to raise, still waiting for the Mama goat to have her kidd hopefully it will be this month she is very pregnant and should drop soon
Tina said… what a beautiful place you have!
Fern's Garden said… Beautiful place! It's great to see everyone's garden photos - thanks for posting yours.
We plant pretty late - still had frosts and freezing nights last week. Usually have a June 1st last frost date, but the weather looks pretty stable with nights around 40 and above so I am going to take a chance and get some things outside this week.
Tina said… Your garden is looking marvelous! Very envious of your early growing season! Love the pictures
emily a said… The smart pots are great. But you can't plant a field of corn in there. We were just talking earlier tonight about needing to plant a larger area, for corn and bush beans. I have been trying to convince my other half that planting in the ground isn't all bad... We moved this year and started a new garden. Just in the amount of space we have used for our container garden, we could have planted rows and had a lot more planted. The containers (Smart pots) are awesome for potatoes and other root vegetables. And they are very hard to move, but possible... You have to be very determined not to leave your garden (all that good dirt) behind.
I really like your use of natural trellising for your beans! And your corn looks awesome!
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