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Post by smsmith on Apr 11, 2024 9:44:33 GMT -6
I limed, gypsumed, fertilized, and double tilled the main veggie garden today. I had left a brassica crop over winter on about half. Really beautiful soil when tilled up.
Now to get the wife to plant some peas, beets, and kohlrabis...
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Post by daydreamer on Apr 11, 2024 9:55:10 GMT -6
I limed, gypsumed, fertilized, and double tilled the main veggie garden today. I had left a brassica crop over winter on about half. Really beautiful soil when tilled up. Now to get the wife to plant some peas, beets, and kohlrabis... What'd ya throw down for fertilizer? I tilled up our raised beds the other day and they are looking good with the chicken compost I put on last fall. |
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Post by smsmith on Apr 11, 2024 10:06:51 GMT -6
I limed, gypsumed, fertilized, and double tilled the main veggie garden today. I had left a brassica crop over winter on about half. Really beautiful soil when tilled up. Now to get the wife to plant some peas, beets, and kohlrabis... What'd ya throw down for fertilizer? I tilled up our raised beds the other day and they are looking good with the chicken compost I put on last fall. 20 lbs of 10-10-10 |
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 11, 2024 11:06:27 GMT -6
I can go get some buckets of chicken manure from a nieghbor. About 1/3 of the garden was radishes and turnips.
I should plant my 4 hills of potatoes.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 11, 2024 12:51:31 GMT -6
I can go get some buckets of chicken manure from a nieghbor. About 1/3 of the garden was radishes and turnips. I should plant my 4 hills of potatoes. There's about 6 or 7 semi loads of composted cow manure sitting across from my orchard. I could go down there and load up a pick up full...at night  I doubt Van Heel would care, but I won't do it. |
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Post by Foggy on Apr 11, 2024 13:31:49 GMT -6
I can go get some buckets of chicken manure from a nieghbor. About 1/3 of the garden was radishes and turnips. I should plant my 4 hills of potatoes. There's about 6 or 7 semi loads of composted cow manure sitting across from my orchard. I could go down there and load up a pick up full...at night I doubt Van Heel would care, but I won't do it. ^^ I wish either of those situations were available to me. Not much available here in the manure category. I wonder what it would cost to get a semi load of composted cow manure to my place? Any idea?? |
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Post by smsmith on Apr 11, 2024 13:53:04 GMT -6
There's about 6 or 7 semi loads of composted cow manure sitting across from my orchard. I could go down there and load up a pick up full...at night I doubt Van Heel would care, but I won't do it. ^^ I wish either of those situations were available to me. Not much available here in the manure category. I wonder what it would cost to get a semi load of composted cow manure to my place? Any idea?? I've got no idea, sorry. I'd imagine the fuel cost would be the biggest expense. The huge dairy 7-8 miles east of me that farms 1000s of acres all over Todd and Morrison counties is constantly looking to acquire more acres so they can get rid of more manure. They must run both a slurry and "regular" manure as I see hoses getting strung for miles from their farm every year as well as huge piles of composted manure getting trucked around. I don't think they've missed a year on the fields east of me since I've been around. |
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 11, 2024 14:21:14 GMT -6
^^ I wish either of those situations were available to me. Not much available here in the manure category. I wonder what it would cost to get a semi load of composted cow manure to my place? Any idea?? I've got no idea, sorry. I'd imagine the fuel cost would be the biggest expense. The huge dairy 7-8 miles east of me that farms 1000s of acres all over Todd and Morrison counties is constantly looking to acquire more acres so they can get rid of more manure. They must run both a slurry and "regular" manure as I see hoses getting strung for miles from their farm every year as well as huge piles of composted manure getting trucked around. I don't think they've missed a year on the fields east of me since I've been around. The big dairy to my east seems to run hoses to the east one year and then to the west the next year or so. Maybe south one year. It looks like they go about 3 miles or so. I had different renters back a few years and they bought the manure from the dairy. The chicken manure is just a small pile that is kept for gardens etc. and I have permission to get some. The vast majority of the chicken manure goes on their own fields. |
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 11, 2024 14:25:02 GMT -6
There's about 6 or 7 semi loads of composted cow manure sitting across from my orchard. I could go down there and load up a pick up full...at night I doubt Van Heel would care, but I won't do it. ^^ I wish either of those situations were available to me. Not much available here in the manure category. I wonder what it would cost to get a semi load of composted cow manure to my place? Any idea?? I prefer chicken manure to the cow manure, but we do seem to get all kinds of weeds. Decades back my uncle was on the town board up north and was weed inspector for the township. He was getting old and said look at this plant growing in my ( his) garden. It was velvet leaf and I told him to get rid of it. He had never seen it before. |
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Post by Foggy on Apr 11, 2024 17:14:04 GMT -6
^^ I wish either of those situations were available to me. Not much available here in the manure category. I wonder what it would cost to get a semi load of composted cow manure to my place? Any idea?? I prefer chicken manure to the cow manure, but we do seem to get all kinds of weeds. Decades back my uncle was on the town board up north and was weed inspector for the township. He was getting old and said look at this plant growing in my ( his) garden. It was velvet leaf and I told him to get rid of it. He had never seen it before. Hull Brothers out of Avon MN hauls lots of Ag-lime for farmers across MN. I bought a load from them some time back.....and really should buy another load soon. Been putting it off.....and I really need to get some soil samples to apply the lime. Anyway......I wonder if they don't have access to poultry litter? Tho.....as Art says.....you might want to be careful what you wish for........as it's one way to get new weeds. Tho......I wonder if those big turkey barns and such have much issue with weed seeds? |
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 12, 2024 3:47:11 GMT -6
I prefer chicken manure to the cow manure, but we do seem to get all kinds of weeds. Decades back my uncle was on the town board up north and was weed inspector for the township. He was getting old and said look at this plant growing in my ( his) garden. It was velvet leaf and I told him to get rid of it. He had never seen it before. Hull Brothers out of Avon MN hauls lots of Ag-lime for farmers across MN. I bought a load from them some time back.....and really should buy another load soon. Been putting it off.....and I really need to get some soil samples to apply the lime. Anyway......I wonder if they don't have access to poultry litter? Tho.....as Art says.....you might want to be careful what you wish for........as it's one way to get new weeds. Tho......I wonder if those big turkey barns and such have much issue with weed seeds? We have many of the large turkey and chicken barns in this area. They are a way for people to hold onto land that had been the family dairy farm. Modern hog facilities have also done thst on a smaller scale. I suspect this is an additional way we get all of the new varieties of weeds from southern or western areas. Just part of doing business. |
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 18, 2024 13:35:26 GMT -6
I can go get some buckets of chicken manure from a nieghbor. About 1/3 of the garden was radishes and turnips. I should plant my 4 hills of potatoes. . I got the chicken manure, tilled in, and the 4 hills are planted. |
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