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Post by sd51555 on Oct 18, 2019 20:51:25 GMT -6
I've heard that system is good for apple trees. Are you going to fence that in? I would assume the deer would eat everything as soon as you are gone otherwise. I will fence it once I get the edibles planted. I like the green onion, and onions in general idea. I also think tomato would be a good one. Should get some catnip and dill in there for the cat and pickling. Some basil, peppers, and maybe some coneflowers.
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Post by benmnwi on Oct 18, 2019 22:05:44 GMT -6
I've heard that system is good for apple trees. Are you going to fence that in? I would assume the deer would eat everything as soon as you are gone otherwise. I will fence it once I get the edibles planted. I like the green onion, and onions in general idea. I also think tomato would be a good one. Should get some catnip and dill in there for the cat and pickling. Some basil, peppers, and maybe some coneflowers. That sounds like a good plan. Im sure some plants will grow great and some will go down in flames, but there is only one way to find out. We have wild catnip growing around our house and the deer don't seem to bother it. The cats like to eat it and get loopy though.
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Post by Tooln on Oct 19, 2019 1:58:25 GMT -6
I will fence it once I get the edibles planted. I like the green onion, and onions in general idea. I also think tomato would be a good one. Should get some catnip and dill in there for the cat and pickling. Some basil, peppers, and maybe some coneflowers. That sounds like a good plan. Im sure some plants will grow great and some will go down in flames, but there is only one way to find out. We have wild catnip growing around our house and the deer don't seem to bother it. The cats like to eat it and get loopy though. Loopy post by Bob. Just like the guy who use to post all pissed up.
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Post by sd51555 on Jun 21, 2020 15:31:47 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 22, 2020 4:48:33 GMT -6
I’d make up a couple of those and put some blueberries on them. You may be able to get close out plants at Home Depot now for $6-7.
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Post by benmnwi on Jun 22, 2020 11:06:11 GMT -6
Over the past year I've had close to 200 stumps ground up for both a food plot addition and also in my front yard. It is interesting to clearly see how poorly the food plots and the yard grasses/clovers grow directly above the former tree locations. I'm assuming it's because of the stumps and wood chips tying up the nitrogen, but that's only a guess. Even clovers, peas and soybeans seem to struggle in these areas. I added some nitrogen heavy fertilizer to those specific struggling areas and hopefully that will accelerate the break down process and turn those stumps in to great soil.
I would think your hugel plot would see similar struggles with all the carbon heavy logs in there. Any signs of that yet? Did you use fresh cut logs or older logs when you made your hugel box? I do think that eventually that box will have some great soil when all those logs break down.
Your rye looks pretty green, so it must be getting some nitrogen though. That should be a cool experiment
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Post by sd51555 on Jun 22, 2020 11:19:47 GMT -6
Over the past year I've had close to 200 stumps ground up for both a food plot addition and also in my front yard. It is interesting to clearly see how poorly the food plots and the yard grasses/clovers grow directly above the former tree locations. I'm assuming it's because of the stumps and wood chips tying up the nitrogen, but that's only a guess. Even clovers, peas and soybeans seem to struggle in these areas. I added some nitrogen heavy fertilizer to those specific struggling areas and hopefully that will accelerate the break down process and turn those stumps in to great soil. I would think your hugel plot would see similar struggles with all the carbon heavy logs in there. Any signs of that yet? Did you use fresh cut logs or older logs when you made your hugel box? I do think that eventually that box will have some great soil when all those logs break down. Your rye looks pretty green, so it must be getting some nitrogen though. That should be a cool experiment It's a combination of poplar firewood and oak branches that were 2-3" thick. Also threw in some pieces of a stump so rotten is was ready to powderize. Where I dug into the sod pile, all those chunks of sod I peeled off the top got put in the bottom, as well as the sod where we dug the hole. I was planning on a complete nitrogen tie up from the wood at first. That's why I threw all kinds of seed in there. I was expecting the clover to take better than it has, but then again, I can't remember if I planted clover. When I cleaned the garage, I did throw some flower seed in there along with some sweet clover, and other stuff.
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Post by benmnwi on Jun 22, 2020 12:06:54 GMT -6
Is that a pumpkin or squash growing in the lower picture?
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Post by sd51555 on Jun 22, 2020 12:09:56 GMT -6
Is that a pumpkin or squash growing in the lower picture? Could be either one. Not sure.
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Post by sd51555 on Sept 5, 2020 8:30:31 GMT -6
Look at that pumpkin!
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Post by badgerfowl on Sept 5, 2020 20:01:44 GMT -6
Look at that pumpkin! That little guy? What variety did you plant?
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Post by sd51555 on Sept 24, 2020 17:03:14 GMT -6
Went over to the snooty falooty organic store and found some locally grown hard neck garlic. $10 for 53 cloves. That would have cost over $150 from a snooty falooty seed dealer. The hoog is going into production this weekend.
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Post by sd51555 on Sept 26, 2020 18:23:49 GMT -6
Got the hoog reset and replanted today. The seasons bounty (1 pumpkin) has been harvested. I pulled and chopped all that had grown and threw it back on top. Added a couple loads of dirt to the top. Prepped my garlic bulbs and got them pressed in the soil. The neighbor ran over enough hay with the tractor that I got a packed and mounded wheel barrow load to cover the hoog. I threw down some more white clover on the new dirt, as well as a light rate of winter rye. Now we wait for spring.
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Post by Catscratch on Sept 26, 2020 19:14:52 GMT -6
What ya going to do with all that garlic? I have a friend that ate a bunch of either candied garlic or pickled garlic, I don't remember which but he loved it.
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Post by sd51555 on Sept 26, 2020 20:52:15 GMT -6
What ya going to do with all that garlic? I have a friend that ate a bunch of either candied garlic or pickled garlic, I don't remember which but he loved it. I'll probably give most of it to the neighbors.
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