cabin fever and gardening

[snubbie]

Well, me and the little gal planted some jalepeno seeds today in a window "greenhouse". Looking forward to transplanting them in a couple of months. Although the way it's looking, it may frost until June this year! Look out that window in the background and it certainly isn't "gardening weather".

[thrillhill]

It's coming though. We are also getting a little "stir crazy". I wish I could afford to build my wife a greenhouse. That would be an awesome valentines gift.

Kudos with the little lady. Passing down gardening knowledge is just as important as shooting with our kids. Too much is already lost between generations.

[rodney1968]

is that an orchard? in the background

[snubbie]

Originally Posted by rodney1968

is that an orchard? in the background

Yes, I live in Edneyville in Henderson County. There are apple orchards everwhere around here.

[06]

Snubbie, we used to go to Bon Clarken just above Flat Rock every fall then over to Hendersonville for the Apple Festival. Might make it back this year. Do you need any help thinning out the deer population. How about the neighbors. I heard that the critters really can mess up an orchard by eating the bark. PM and let me know, wc

[model49]

I went to grammar school at Edneyville. The orchards were so close to the school that when they sprayed the apple trees the spray would hit the windows at the school....

My wife scored some fine items that are going to work great for container or raised bed type gardens. The manufacturing plant she works at is about to discontinue a product that has to be shipped in specifically designed containers.

These units are designed as a wooden, modular, stack-on-a-pallet container. Each module is about 8" deep and about 4' x4' square. They are designed to be place one atop another until the desired depth of a packing container is reached. Each corner is hinged so that these things fold flat.

Eight inches is good for most veggies, but I think these bins will work good for taters too.

My garden is on a slope so I want to terrace the garden so these containers will sit flat. I'm working on easier, lazier gardening and I think these will be the ticket.

I'll try to get some photos up when we get this garden laid out. We're ready to try them out. It's time to get a little lettuce and onions in the ground!

(If the ground ever dries out)

m49

[MarkG]

Model49:

Great score there. Sounds like just ticket for quick beds with low maintenance. The terracing will work just fine. If you can, get all the crates you can and rathole them. The wood will last about 3 -4 years before it gives way. I put in PT boxes back in m93 and they still have a year or two left in them.


Springs coming!

[hawk962]

Springs coming!

Oh Yes! It will be here before you know it. I'm starting some seed flats this week too. Planning on trying some of those pickle recipes this year that Don shared.

[snubbie]

Those containers sound just like the ticket. If you did need a little more depth, you could always mound it up a little like "raised beds" in a regular ground garden. With a 4 x 4 container I bet you could just broadcast some lettuce seed on good compost and probably have a hard time keeping up with all of it!
I've got some more pepper seeds to start and I'm ready to put out some lettuce, onions, spinach and maybe some radishes. But this weather has so far stopped me. I even went out yesterday and shoveled the snow off my plot hoping it will thaw and dry somewhat. Right now they're calling for MORE snow/sleet/freezing rain and it's supposed to get COLD the next day or so.
Need to go get me another container for inside and maybe start some onion from seed!

[snubbie]

Originally Posted by 06

Snubbie, we used to go to Bon Clarken just above Flat Rock every fall then over to Hendersonville for the Apple Festival. Might make it back this year. Do you need any help thinning out the deer population. How about the neighbors. I heard that the critters really can mess up an orchard by eating the bark. PM and let me know, wc

Ah yes, BonClarken. Still there. I used to be an ARP myself! The apple festival is pretty large and seems to get larger each year. People come from all around to attend.
I occasionally see deer around here. Usually when I'm on the front porch drinking coffee in the mornings. I don't believe there are a LOT of deer in the immediate vicinity however. I know the guy that has the orchard across from the house. He also farms some apples in another, more remote orchard that borders a huge tract of undeveloped private land. I have permission to turkey hunt on that land and have seen numerous deer on it while hunting turkeys. The land manager typically doesn't allow deer hunting(except him and his buddies!) But as I said, the orchard borders that land. I'll ask him if he has any deer over there and get back to you(PM) if I learn anything promising.

[snubbie]

Jalapeno's have germinated. At 8 days they started showing and this photo is at 11 days.