garden planting

[JSinMO]

@JSinMO That is how our garden looked last year after dealing with a herniated disk (sciatica) , so don't feel bad . You can only do what you can do . As for tuning it under , You may want to wait until spring . Turning it now will "plant" all that grass seed . Leave it for the birds to eat or burn it off first . I didn't last year turn under last year and ended up with less grass this year . I am going to try burning the seed heads of any grass and weeds after harvest is done this year.

I’ve tried various things over the years. It usually ends up about the same way!
I think the biggest problem is I don’t keep after it like I should during the growing season. So I don’t know what I’ll try this year. I’d like as much of that material as possible to go back into the soil. I really need to do some soil testing again and see where it’s at.

[Harry]

Harvested the pumpkins yesterday. Children and grands came over picked the pumpkins and helped clear off all the vines. Then grandpa mowed all the weeds down. We did have something eating some of the pumpkins which I thought were deer. I did find after clearing the garden a pile of fresh dirt like an animal did it possibly a ground hog. I moved this fresh dirt with a shovel and found no hole. Still not sure what made the pile of dirt. Harry

[JSinMO]

@Harry Looks like the pumpkin patch did really good! Hard to say what critter chewed on them. We had deer get our cantaloupe one year. They smashed them with their hoofs and then ate them.

[Harry]

The dirt pile was in a corner of the garden under tall weeds and grass. I thought it was deer eating them also. You’re correct JSinMo, the deer stepping on them to smash them and then eating them. I also have a lot of gray squirrels that have a feast on the Hickory nuts growing in the back, also eating the pumpkin seeds. Harry

[DavidBarkey]

2025 garden planted yesterday . A pic from this morning .

how are you guys gardens doing

[Harry]

I see all these gardens that look fantastic. I look in my backyard and see water still setting in the garden area. The weather forecast is calling for thunderstorms today. Harry

[DavidBarkey]

I see all these gardens that look fantastic. I look in my backyard and see water still setting in the garden area. The weather forecast is calling for thunderstorms today. Harry

Plant rice ????