New veg garden space for 2011

[EL34]

Had some construction done last fall.

Got a new garden space done at the same time.

Here's what it looks like so far this year.

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[Willabe]

Looks great Doug. Your going to get a lot of veggies from that and right out the back door, nice.

Is that an electric fence?

That stone retaining wall already looks good, any plants you add will just make it that much better.

We've been invaded with the dreaded Japanese beetle here in the Chicago area, dang things eat every thing in sight. Veggies, flowers, just nasty, kind of givin up fighting them.


        Brad      

[EL34]

I don't use any serious poisons, but I do get some insects that try and destroy my plants.
When I need to, I use a fruit tree concentrate they sell at lowes, made by Green Light

It has pyrethrins (made from Chrysanthemums) and neem oil (made from a tree)

This stuff works great on my eggplant-flea beetles, brocolli-cabbage loopers, sugar snap peas-aphids, etc

Green Light fruit tree spray
http://www.greenlightco.com/products/fruittreespray/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrethrin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_oil

[Willabe]

I might try that. I've used 7 powder and it kills them, but not before they have eaten their fill of the flowers and veggies.     


                   Thanks,   Brad     

[EL34]

7 dust is a serious poison.

Personally, it's not something I would use on my veggies, but my neighbor does and his 3rd arm comes in handy sometimes. 

[Willabe]

I just used it on my flowers, not the veggies.

I tried some other things that were supposed to be safe, for get what they were. Same deal though doesn't kill them till there done eating.     

3'rd arm huh? Might come in handy?             


           Thanks,     Brad        

[rafe]

Here is my spice spiral just prior to completion a few months back, it's now loaded with basil,rosmary,sage,oregano,celantro,mint  I also have 30 tomato plants in from last years seeds
one plant came up early ,on it's own,  survived a late frost with a bit of damage but came back strong... it has a lot of fruit the largest is a handfull, should be ready soon, the rest are doing well but will be later.. ate my blueberries last week and now it's blackberries that are worth fighting off the rattlers for.....I'll post some photos

[EL34]

You are way ahead of me
Blueberries ripen in june here.

One store bought tomato plant is about to put out some flowers but my seed tomatoes are a long way off.

Will be eating sugar snap peas soon though.

[tubenit]

Your terraced garden looks fabulous!  I use neem's oil ALOT on my 16 different rose bushes. Good product!

I didn't know you used any store bought tomatoes? I am mostly looking forward to the ones I grew from seeds but we have a few full size tomatoe plants that are store bought.

The rock wall turned out very nice. I like the idea of plants in the cracks. Good idea.

Having been on rattlesnake roundups ...... I'd watch out for copperheads and such in the terraced rocks. They like stuff like that.

Jeff

[EL34]

I bought one Roma plant at Lowes beacause mine are so far behind, size wise.
The Roma plant I bought is a foot high.
 
Also, it's easy to get common varieties like Roma's and no need to grow them from seed.
The Tomatoes I grow cannot be purchased as plants, you have to start from seed.

I buy a few other common plants at Lowes rather than start them from seed like Yellow crook neck and Zuc squash
Brocolli, cabbage, etc are others that you are better off buying plants.

[sluckey]

Very neat and orderly Doug. I do like the way you hillbillies farm!   

Here's my flatlander garden this year. One row of crooknecks and six rows of snapbeans. It's all producing heavily right now. We're eating squash and snapbeans/red potatoes every day and will can 48 quarts of beans and freeze 25 bags of squash. This will be gone in about two more weeks and we'll start the zipper peas and tomatoes.

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[EL34]

Dang, that is a serious garden Steve.
wish I had the space to have a big flat garden.