Gardens 2022

[JSinMO]

My weedy sweet corn is tasseling! Seems like it grew over a foot since Sunday. It also seems the weeds have kept pace. Won’t be long now, man I can’t wait. I think it was 65 day corn so we should have ears before the end of July. E8208E14-65AE-43B0-8F76-E5786A73FC91.jpeg

Have you used any compost or manure to amend the soil?

Yes. Last fall I bought one of the do it yourself soil testers. It showed the ground was deficient in nitrogen and phosphorus. I put on 12, 12, 12 fertilizer and chicken manure mixed with their bedding hay. I should test again at the end of the season to see where it’s at.

[Eugen]

Yeah, I was wondering with corn growing so fast it must be well watered and the soil good. I got one of those testers myself and never got around to use it, but used composted manure three years in a row to amend the soil.

[propane1]

This is a neat idea for weeding close to the plants Dave. Easy to see what your doing. Make a finger set up out on a 45 degree angle then have a shovel to push the dirt in.


Noel

[Eugen]

It's hard to see what you have there. It's like a cultivator Noel?

[JSinMO]

This is a neat idea for weeding close to the plants Dave. Easy to see what your doing. Make a finger set up out on a 45 degree angle then have a shovel to push the dirt in.


Noel

That a great idea. Something mounted like that would give much better control.

[propane1]

It's hard to see what you have there. It's like a cultivator Noel?

Yes it’s a cultivator Eugen. Not mine. Just found pictures. But my thought was to modify each end to do weeding along the edges of the plants. And could be doing the middle too.

Noel

[JSinMO]

Here todays garden haul. I think some of the okra is to big. We’ll see when I cut it up. Anyone freeze their green beans? I got a bag full with more on the way. We’ll probably can some but I need to get salt.

[propane1]

That’s not nice showing that Farmall and then the goodies. Hehe.

A great day for you. Nice to use an old tractor.

Noel

[Eugen]

Good bounty! Definitely have to start growing beans.

Nice tractor view!

[DavidBarkey]

We freeze some but can most . We rinse the beans in lemon/salt water , pat dry and vac seal . Stays fresher . When canning we put a pinch of sugar and salt in the jars top and tail put in jars some in pieces and some whole packed .