OverlanderJK
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How big of a garden?
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For this first go around, 50’x50’
DirtHeadDavis
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That’d be cool to take Pappy out there to get him back where he was born as a farm truck!
Cool tractor though lol
Cool tractor though lol
jeeeep
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NIce, what will you be planting?
will you fence it in to keep the visitors out?
GP NOIR
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I’m still hungover from all the snow we got last year!
OverlanderJK
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Nice! Looking forward to seeing it. I bet Cindy is happy to have one again. I feel like it’s been a while since she has had her garden going.
Are you maybe thinking of Rusty? He's our J2000. Pappy is our 3B
Cindy wants to plant just about anything and everything she can or at least, that will grow out here. Corn, tomatoes, peppers, radishes, you name it. As far as fencing goes, I don't know. It'd help to keep rabbits and maybe mice out but squirrels and birds, not so much. We may have to end up planting enough to "share" with the local critters.
She's had a garden going at Carson City and in Boulder City and every year but the last few have been a lot smaller. Mainly because she just didn't have the time to tend to them. Now that things are a bit different, she's hoping to change that.
Cindy typically starts seeds indoors and then transplants them once we're past the frosts. Some of the cold weather stuff she plants now though.
OverlanderJK
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Interested in what corn she is planning to grow. We thought about it but might wait a year or two. It sucks so much nitrogen from the soil and just building our beds this year, it probably would do well.Are you maybe thinking of Rusty? He's our J2000. Pappy is our 3B
Cindy wants to plant just about anything and everything she can or at least, that will grow out here. Corn, tomatoes, peppers, radishes, you name it. As far as fencing goes, I don't know. It'd help to keep rabbits and maybe mice out but squirrels and birds, not so much. We may have to end up planting enough to "share" with the local critters.
As for fence, you could look at electric netting. Heys have them with solar charger. Would keep rabbits out for sure but not sure on squirrels. It might. It’s what we use for our animals and has worked well. Don’t think we have to worry too much about garden pressure yet.
DirtHeadDavis
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Now that you mention it, both!Are you maybe thinking of Rusty? He's our J2000. Pappy is our 3B
I guess I was picturing this though lol:
I just asked and she said she'll be planting Signature XR. Supposed to have a long shelf life and it only takes 72 days. As far as it being hungry, she said that she plans on rotating the crop with something that'll help to restore nitrogen.
Thanks for the tip on the fence. Gonna have to look into it for sure!
Our 3B doesn't have a PTO but I may bring it out just the same
OverlanderJK
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This is the one we use. You can get some better ones if you have power close by. We don’t do we need solar.
Electric Fence, Ear Tags, Sheep & Goat Equipment, Clippers and Shears, Netting, Backyard Poultry Supplies and more! - Premier1Supplies
Electric fence and netting, ear tags, clipping, shearing, sheep and goat equipment, backyard poultry supplies and more!
I plan to get either cyclops or speedrite when we get the house/shop done. Those put out some energy! Probably overkill for a little garden though lol
Ddays
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I never had good luck with the corn. The ears we'd get were small & we only got one or at most two ears per stalk. Even with a fence the damn coons got in it they wasted a lot of it. Little assholes take a couple bites out of each ear & waste the rest. We quit after a couple years of that. Also takes up a lot of real estate for the return.
Awesome! Thanks for the linkThis is the one we use. You can get some better ones if you have power close by. We don’t do we need solar.
Electric Fence, Ear Tags, Sheep & Goat Equipment, Clippers and Shears, Netting, Backyard Poultry Supplies and more! - Premier1Supplies
Electric fence and netting, ear tags, clipping, shearing, sheep and goat equipment, backyard poultry supplies and more!www.premier1supplies.com
I plan to get either cyclops or speedrite when we get the house/shop done. Those put out some energy! Probably overkill for a little garden though lol
Yeah, Cindy tried growing corn in Carson City and got similar results. She was kind of thinking that it was in part because of variety and also that she didn't grow a big enough field. I think she just wants to try it again being that a lot of our neighbors (big farms) grow it out in the area.
JT@623
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Make your own corn liquor with it
