Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

Posted: **Wed May 08, 2024 7:00 am**

We have 32 row in our vegggy patch . about half way planted now with the early stuff . Potatoes, onions, cabbage, carrots ,beets, broccoli , caulie flower , spinach ,lettuce , kale. By the end of next week we should have the rest in if weather holds no frost . We are zone 5 . How are you doing with yours ?

Posted: **Wed May 08, 2024 7:48 am**

Still a bit to wet to even work the soil here. I would almost be afraid to put plants in the ground because of a fear of frost.

Harry

Posted: **Wed May 08, 2024 11:09 am**

Not sure we'll plant anything this year. I'll be happy to follow your gardening adventures guys!

Posted: **Wed May 08, 2024 11:48 am**

No more planting for me. I think I’m done with that. Sadly I guess. I don’t need as much equipment as I have. Plows, disks , cultivator, homemade attachments and tractors. But might take up some gardening again someday. So have to keep it. Trouble is if ya don’t use it, well you know what happens.

Noel

Posted: **Wed May 08, 2024 7:18 pm**

@DavidBarkey your way ahead of me. We have good temperatures here with no risk of frost but we can’t dry out. It’s raining again now. The only ground ive worked and planted is that little sunflower patch, and I’m wondering if it’s too wet for them. I’ve got everything ready to go as soon as it stops raining!

@propane1 are you putting stuff around your house again this year Noel? That seemed pretty handy to open the back door and grab a few veggies!

Posted: **Thu May 09, 2024 5:00 am**

JSinMO wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 7:18 pm @DavidBarkey your way ahead of me. We have good temperatures here with no risk of frost but we can’t dry out. It’s raining again now. The only ground ive worked and planted is that little sunflower patch, and I’m wondering if it’s too wet for them. I’ve got everything ready to go as soon as it stops raining!

@propane1 are you putting stuff around your house again this year Noel? That seemed pretty handy to open the back door and grab a few veggies!

Yes Jeff. But just putting a row of lettuce on each side of the step. I should have a row in now. But not done. It is handy to have right at the step. I’ll hopefully plant one row soon. Then the other row mid June or so.
Had lettuce for all summer last year.
Woman doesn’t want vegetables planted there she wants flowers. I said. Fine, you do it. I’m guessing it’s going to be all grass. Except where I plant the lettuce.

Noel

Posted: **Sun Jun 09, 2024 5:14 pm**

We could not resist the temptation and planted a few tomato and cucumber plants.

Posted: **Tue Jun 11, 2024 9:53 pm**

Riding fence this evening. Some critter got in the garden and munched on a few plants.

I adjusted the electric fence a little. Hopefully it will be a shocking result!

I decided to mulch the garden this year and so far it seems to be working nicely.

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2024 6:30 am**

JSinMO wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2024 9:53 pm Riding fence this evening. Some critter got in the garden and munched on a few plants.
I adjusted the electric fence a little. Hopefully it will be a shocking result!
I decided to mulch the garden this year and so far it seems to be working nicely.
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Please tell me more about your electric fence. Thanks in advance.

Harry

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2024 9:34 pm**

Harry wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 6:30 am
JSinMO wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2024 9:53 pm Riding fence this evening. Some critter got in the garden and munched on a few plants.
I adjusted the electric fence a little. Hopefully it will be a shocking result!
I decided to mulch the garden this year and so far it seems to be working nicely.
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Please tell me more about your electric fence. Thanks in advance. Harry

Harry I’m using a Gallagher solar fencer. That is attached to four strands of fence. I’m running two wires down low, one midway up and one at the top. I don’t remember the specifics of the fencer but I thought it was supposedly rated for 5 miles of wire. It does work, I haven’t had a deer in there yet, although the raccoons have occasionally found a way in.

Posted: **Fri Jun 21, 2024 8:24 pm**

Well fellas, how does your garden grow?

Things are going nicely down here. So far the hay mulch is doing its job. Weeds are subdued for the most part.

Tomatoes and pepper on the vine. Hopefully we’ll have some ripe ones around the 4th of July.

: Zucchini should be ready soon

: Looks like the sunflowers are getting closer to blooming.

Posted: **Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:36 am**

Looking good Jeff . Ours is doing well this year . I have been able to put in a couple hours most mornings weeding . I will try and get pictures today . Jeff is that hay or straw . I was told not to use hay as it mold and is a problem for some plants . I have only ever tried straw but ended up with as much wheat grass growing as it stopped weeds.

For now it is just me and my Hoe's doing the dirty work .

Posted: **Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:46 am**

DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:36 am Looking good Jeff . Ours is doing well this year . I have been able to put in a couple hours most mornings weeding . I will try and get pictures today . Jeff is that hay or straw . I was told not to use hay as it mold and is a problem for some plants . I have only ever tried straw but ended up with as much wheat grass growing as it stopped weeds. For now it is just me and my Hoe's doing the dirty work .

This is hay. The only reason I used it is because that’s what I have! Watching out for mold is probably a valid point. I haven’t found any problems yet, the plants all seem to be doing fine, but we are very hot and dry right now. It may be a different story in a wet, cool year.

I like to leave my hoes hanging around the shop whenever possible. I hate to overwork them!

Posted: **Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:27 pm**

JSinMO wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:46 am
DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:36 am Looking good Jeff . Ours is doing well this year . I have been able to put in a couple hours most mornings weeding . I will try and get pictures today . Jeff is that hay or straw . I was told not to use hay as it mold and is a problem for some plants . I have only ever tried straw but ended up with as much wheat grass growing as it stopped weeds. For now it is just me and my Hoe's doing the dirty work .
This is hay. The only reason I used it is because that’s what I have! Watching out for mold is probably a valid point. I haven’t found any problems yet, the plants all seem to be doing fine, but we are very hot and dry right now. It may be a different story in a wet, cool year.

I like to leave my hoes hanging around the shop whenever possible. I hate to overwork them!

Lets us know how it works out over the season . Old hays plentyfull around here in the spring , it would be nice to know if it could be used .

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2024 5:46 pm**

Much better growth this year with being able to stay ahead of the weeds so far .
Already picking lettuce . A couple of brockalies and collyflower will be ready in a couple of days .

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2024 6:18 pm**

WOW! Well done Mr. Dave! Your garden looks awesome!

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2024 6:23 pm**

That looks awesome Mr Dave! :wife:

is very impressed at how neat and tidy everything is (and the lack of visible weeds

)

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2024 10:30 pm**

David picture perfect IMO. Credit where credit is due.

Harry

Posted: **Tue Jun 25, 2024 5:53 am**

I have been doing a lot of small jobs on equipment for a local farmer . He has and uses everything from garden tractors to 1955 Farmall Super A to full size IH,JD,MF tractors . Farms about 50 acres between what he has , son and brother . Between them there always a mix of

feed for the animals and feed for people . I am and have learned a lot from him . If

is with me this year we will have a good harvest .

Posted: **Tue Jun 25, 2024 5:55 am**

RoamingGnome wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2024 6:23 pm That looks awesome Mr Dave! is very impressed at how neat and tidy everything is (and the lack of visible weeds )

A few hours each morning weather permitting I weed a part of the garden . :wife:

helps

on her days off.

Posted: **Tue Jun 25, 2024 8:20 pm**

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Lets us know how it works out over the season . Old hays plentyfull around here in the spring , it would be nice to know if it could be used .
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Dave I did some spot checking. For the last 2 weeks or so we have been very hot and dry. Mid to upper 90s. I watered the garden once over a week ago and we did get almost a 1/16” of rain several days ago.
The hay was dry every where I checked. I did not see any mold but the ground underneath the hay had good moisture. The ground everywhere else is dry as a bone and hard as a brick.

So it is helping to hold some moisture in the ground. The plants look good. The only one that are not growing as I would like are the watermelon and cantaloupe vines. Although I think this is more to do with the hot dry weather that anything else. They look healthy just not taking off yet. I probably should be watering them more.

I will try to periodically update this and we’ll see how it goes!

Posted: **Tue Jun 25, 2024 10:08 pm**

Thanks for the update Jeff.

Posted: **Fri Jun 28, 2024 7:48 pm**

Well look what slipped through the fence. A dang dirty baby skunk!

I keep the live trap in there to keep the raccoons away from the corn but this is who showed up.

I went to get the .22 to dispatch it but my tree hugger :wife:

wanted to let it go!

She said can’t you take it to the woods and let it go? I said no way I’m not getting sprayed if you want to let it go have at it, but if you get sprayed your sleeping outside!

I went to retrieve the rifle and I’ll be darned if she didn’t get the trap out of the garden and set it loose with out getting sprayed!

She and the skunk won the battle but I’m not convinced the war is over. If he moves on that’s fine but if he hangs around I’m afraid he’s gonna get “rapid onset lead poisoning”.

Don’t get me wrong I don’t have any interest in shooting an animal just for the sport of it. But I have no reservations about doing it for food or to eliminate something that is a pest to us or our animals.

Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2024 1:16 am**

JSinMO wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2024 7:48 pm Well look what slipped through the fence. A dang dirty baby skunk! IMG_5293.jpeg
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I keep the live trap in there to keep the raccoons away from the corn but this is who showed up.
I went to get the .22 to dispatch it but my tree hugger wanted to let it go!

She said can’t you take it to the woods and let it go? I said no way I’m not getting sprayed if you want to let it go have at it, but if you get sprayed your sleeping outside!

I went to retrieve the rifle and I’ll be darned if she didn’t get the trap out of the garden and set it loose with out getting sprayed!

She and the skunk won the battle but I’m not convinced the war is over. If he moves on that’s fine but if he hangs around I’m afraid he’s gonna get “rapid onset lead poisoning”.

Don’t get me wrong I don’t have any interest in shooting an animal just for the sport of it. But I have no reservations about doing it for food or to eliminate something that is a pest to us or our animals.

I haven’t caught any skunks yet, but I know they are out there. Trail cam has caught them strolling through the backyard. I have taken care of a few other rascals though. I don’t let anyone know I just send them up to the varmit heaven in the sky.

Harry

Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2024 6:23 am**

We have skunks around all the time . seldom ever see them . A occasionally when we get an oder coming from the bush if the wind is right , but other than that we only see where they have been digging up grubs in the lawn . As long as I don't put traps out trying get a coon , I don't have problem with skunks . Been there done that .

Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2024 11:05 am**

DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2024 6:23 am We have skunks around all the time . seldom ever see them . A occasionally when we get an oder coming from the bush if the wind is right , but other than that we only see where they have been digging up grubs in the lawn . As long as I don't put traps out trying get a coon , I don't have problem with skunks . Been there done that .

David I agree the skunks digging in my yard for grubs is a PITA. I haven’t been sprayed yet. I put a cloth cover over the trap and move it out if the area, before doing due diligence. One time I had a skunk crawl into a small live catch trap that was set for chipmunks. I can’t imagine hiw it wiggled its way in there. Very tricky getting it out.

Harry

Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2024 1:55 pm**

When I was a kid we had one burrow under the front porch and have its babies. You couldn’t come near the front of the house it stunk so bad.

Another time one got trapped in my uncle’s garage and sprayed, the smell was terrible for months.

There are thousands of acres of farm land and woods around here they can live but not around the house!

Posted: **Sat Sep 07, 2024 8:00 pm**

Well do to circumstances beyond my control the poor old garden has gone wild with weeds. I decided to try and clean it up for the year. It makes me quite unhappy to see it like this, and if I’m being honest it’s embarrassing too but it is what it is.

I would say this is a bit of a skewed result since it has had no maintenance in quite some time, but using hay for mulch didn’t seem to be helpful in the end. It did keep the weeds suppressed for a time, and did help to hold some moisture, but there is a bit of mold under it and the plants didn’t really seem to do well over all. Now is that due to the over all conditions this year or the hay mulch? I’d be guessing to say but I do think just as effective to till and water instead of spreading thick layers of hay.

I started by taking down and rolling up the electric fence.
Then it was time to pull the stakes out it the ground.
Thankfully I have just the tool for the job!

The 648 has been sitting for a few months now, but it fired right up! I checked the fluids and son came to help me.

You can see in the picture he has a cast on, broke his thumb at school

we’re all beat up around here right now!
He still had fun running the tractor one handed and we make quick work of the steaks around the garden.

After that I went through and picked the last of what I could. I got quite a few peppers, some okra, and cherry tomatoes.

Then it was time to hop on the Ford and clean it all up.

The 2N and mower ran great, now it’s all mowed down. Now it’s ready to turn under for the winter. Since there’s so much hay and grass laying on top of the ground I think I’m going to spread some of that 12-12-12 fertilizer on it then plow it under.

That’s enough for today, I was really happy with what I got accomplished but it looks like the cat was unimpressed!

Posted: **Sun Sep 08, 2024 3:31 am**

@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.

Posted: **Sun Sep 08, 2024 8:26 am**

JSinMO wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2024 8:00 pm Well do to circumstances beyond my control the poor old garden has gone wild with weeds. I decided to try and clean it up for the year. It makes me quite unhappy to see it like this, and if I’m being honest it’s embarrassing too but it is what it is.
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I would say this is a bit of a skewed result since it has had no maintenance in quite some time, but using hay for mulch didn’t seem to be helpful in the end. It did keep the weeds suppressed for a time, and did help to hold some moisture, but there is a bit of mold under it and the plants didn’t really seem to do well over all. Now is that due to the over all conditions this year or the hay mulch? I’d be guessing to say but I do think just as effective to till and water instead of spreading thick layers of hay.

I started by taking down and rolling up the electric fence.
Then it was time to pull the stakes out it the ground.
Thankfully I have just the tool for the job! IMG_5283.jpeg

The 648 has been sitting for a few months now, but it fired right up! I checked the fluids and son came to help me.
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IMG_5286.jpeg

You can see in the picture he has a cast on, broke his thumb at school we’re all beat up around here right now!
He still had fun running the tractor one handed and we make quick work of the steaks around the garden.

After that I went through and picked the last of what I could. I got quite a few peppers, some okra, and cherry tomatoes.
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Then it was time to hop on the Ford and clean it all up.
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The 2N and mower ran great, now it’s all mowed down. Now it’s ready to turn under for the winter. Since there’s so much hay and grass laying on top of the ground I think I’m going to spread some of that 12-12-12 fertilizer on it then plow it under. IMG_5292.jpeg

That’s enough for today, I was really happy with what I got accomplished but it looks like the cat was unimpressed!IMG_5293.jpeg

Thanks for posting all the pics JSinMo. Yes the feeling of accomplishment is terrific. Even if it’s something small, it’s a great feeling.

Harry

Posted: **Sun Sep 08, 2024 12:36 pm**

DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Sun Sep 08, 2024 3:31 am @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.

Posted: **Mon Sep 09, 2024 5:37 pm**

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

Posted: **Mon Sep 09, 2024 6:48 pm**

@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.

Posted: **Tue Sep 10, 2024 8:07 am**

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

Posted: **Fri May 16, 2025 6:11 pm**

2025 garden planted yesterday . A pic from this morning .

how are you guys gardens doing

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2025 8:41 am**

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

Posted: **Sat May 17, 2025 11:05 am**

Harry wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 8:41 am 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 ????

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