Weekend Projects

[Boutique Tomatoes]

Spent the weekend tilling 6 garden plots, getting a trailer load of composted horse manure to top dress the tomatoes later in the month and erecting the fence posts and trellis for the new tomato garden at home. Too sore to put the top rail on the fence and staple on the chicken wire this weekend, have to be an evening project this week. Forcast looks like 70's in the day time and around 50 a night; I'm going to rig the low hoops and put out the first round of transplants this week to see if I can get going a month earlier than last year...

[chancethegardener]

Your setup looks very nice. One thing I would recommend is to make some paths in between the plant rows so that it will be easier to walk around.

[FILMNET]

What a beast!!!!

[kath]

That looks fantastic, Mark! You accomplished a lot in only one weekend. I'd love to see the progress as the season progresses...

My batch of early transplants are going in tomorrow- the 10 day here looks great- here's to mild weather for the month of May.

[tjg911]

that looks good mark. a lot of work that'll pay off soon.

tom

[Mudman]

You're welcome to come over to my house next weekend.

[Boutique Tomatoes]

Originally Posted by chancethegardener

Your setup looks very nice. One thing I would recommend is to make some paths in between the plant rows so that it will be easier to walk around.

Hard to see in that photo but there are 6 rows in there, essentially running from post to post with paths between each. Strings hang from the framework above to sting up pruned tomato plants. It can get a little tight in there towards the end of season...

In one of the other tomato plots I'm trying a different support system designed by dcarch a few years ago that presumably needs less pruning to see which I like better. There I'm doing wider paths anticipating more bushy growth

Plus I have a bunch going in cages again in my oiginal garden here, some swc and grow bags... Whatever I can grow something in!

[Tracydr]

What do you do with the chicken wire?
Looks great!
Wish I had your energy. I only get small projects done each day, due to chronic neck and back pain. Very frustrating.
Fill four Gro -bags, take a break, fill a couple more. It's just so slow and tedious. I would love to get big jobs done in one day like I used to do!

[Boutique Tomatoes]

Originally Posted by Mudman

You're welcome to come over to my house next weekend.

I'll be done with my own list about August, can I pencil you in for the third weekend?

[Boutique Tomatoes]

Originally Posted by Tracydr

What do you do with the chicken wire?
Looks great!
Wish I had your energy. I only get small projects done each day, due to chronic neck and back pain. Very frustrating.
Fill four Gro -bags, take a break, fill a couple more. It's just so slow and tedious. I would love to get big jobs done in one day like I used to do!

Put a 2 foot high fence around it. I have a horrible rabbit and vole problem, 100 ft behind me from that view is the woods and creek, my yard and garden are the buffet. The fence keeps the rabbits out and I can put down bait for the voles and not worry about the dog getting at it.

Homemade pepper spray I'm hoping will deter the deer and squirrels...

[Boutique Tomatoes]

Here was the previous two weekends project. My father in law helped immensely on this one. The picture was before my FIL came back with a friend and they did the trim work. The kids are asking for insulation and heat so they can start sleeping out there.

I told them I was done with other peoples projects until my garden stuff was finished and I had almost no interruptions this weekend. They did convince my wife to cut down a carpet remnant and carpet it though...

It's next to our fruit trees and about 50 feet from another garden bed. If it wasn't aiming towards a neighbors house I'd have them keep a slingshot up there to persuade the wildlife to leave the gardens alone.

[Crandrew]

Just give a slingshot to the kids, im sure they can handle the pest control. Teach them responsibly of course

Looks great, i'm envious of many the members properties that allow for so much growing. GL

[Boutique Tomatoes]

I'm sure they could, but there is always the accident and windows aren't something you fix with a new pane of glass and glazing putty any more. I know I said "It must have been a riccochet!" a few times in my youth and subsequently learned to repair an old single pane window at about their age.

Funny, I'm envious of my friends who have 5-10 acre hobby farms, those seem just about right to me.

[b54red]

That is a great looking setup and I thought I worked hard setting up a simple trellis out of conduit.

[Crandrew]

Originally Posted by marktutt

I'm sure they could, but there is always the accident and windows aren't something you fix with a new pane of glass and glazing putty any more. I know I said "It must have been a riccochet!" a few times in my youth and subsequently learned to repair an old single pane window at about their age.

Funny, I'm envious of my friends who have 5-10 acre hobby farms, those seem just about right to me.

yeah i might have broken a water main made from PVC at a summer camp as a kid took them 30 min to find the shut off valve my parents weren't happy. In all fairness the bird was sitting right on the pipe.

as far as the land...its all relative