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Gardening

We've got 10 cherry trees on the new property and I managed to fill up about twenty 5-gallon buckets with the help of the wife and kids. That doesn't include all the picking that we allowed family and neighbors to do. This was the first year we've really gotten a good cherry crop, so we kind of just gave them away to everyone we know. I looked into it and cherries sell for $6-8/lb, so I'm thinking that I'll try to wholesale them to smaller farm stand around here.

I have no desire to man a booth all weekend, but if I can find the right buyer, I suspect we can probably make $750-1000 wholesaling them. I'm thinking if I can get that set up for next year, I can just have my kids pick them and earn all their summer money right at the beginning of summer. :)
 




Smoker said:
I tried to garden one year, it ended up being nothing but weeds,
I burned it off, never did it again,
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Try laying down used carpet in between rows and and make long mounds covered with weed barrier. Cut a hole wherever you want to plant a vegetable. At the end of the season roll up your carpet and barrier and store it for the next year.
 




Finished digging potatoes today. 150 hills planted. 200 sets of onions all harvested. Sweet corn done, canned or frozen.
I got eggplant coming out the wazoo.

Eating the best cantaloupe I've ever had. Lots of melons, sharing with friends and family.
Tomatoes, tomatoes, and more tomatoes. Making salsa, spaghetti sauce, juice, canned maters.
Jalapeños galore. Making poppers to enjoy in the cold of winter.

Lots of watermelons, or as my brother call them, piss pumpkins. I still have trouble telling when ready. Anyone help me here?

Gardening is a labor of love. But it can be laborious, for sure. My wife is a g d dynamo. I do a majority of the work in the garden. But once the goods enter the house, she does 80% of the work from there. She is amazing
 
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Uncle Buck said:
Finished digging potatoes today. 150 hills planted. 200 sets of onions all harvested. Sweet corn done, canned or frozen.
I got eggplant coming out the wazoo.

Eating the best cantaloupe I've ever had. Lots of melons, sharing with friends and family.
Tomatoes, tomatoes, and more tomatoes. Making salsa, spaghetti sauce, juice, canned maters.
Jalapeños galore. Making poppers to enjoy in the cold of winter.

Lots of watermelons, or as my brother call them, piss pumpkins. I still have trouble telling when ready. Anyone help me here?

Gardening is a labor of love. But it can be laborious, for sure. My wife is a g d dynamo. I do a majority of the work in the garden. But once the goods enter the house, she does 80% of the work from there. She is amazing
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Whens the parteh?
 



Squatchsker said:
We have had so much rain lately I am afraid that the peppers she has are going to be flavor only and no heat.
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That's what I get down here. Great flavor on the jalapeños last season, but they'd never turn red or get hot. Same deal with the rain.

This year I"m not having any luck with anything other than peppers again. Had some nice looking roma's coming along fine, until the bugs got into them. I don't know what went through the Kale, but it's just sticks now. All the leaves are gonzo. Butternut squash...I might get one. Two if I'm lucky.

I guess it's going to be jalapeños and nothing else next year.
 
CrabHusker said:
That's what I get down here. Great flavor on the jalapeños last season, but they'd never turn red or get hot. Same deal with the rain.

This year I"m not having any luck with anything other than peppers again. Had some nice looking roma's coming along fine, until the bugs got into them. I don't know what went through the Kale, but it's just sticks now. All the leaves are gonzo. Butternut squash...I might get one. Two if I'm lucky.

I guess it's going to be jalapeños and nothing else next year.
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Crab, do you have an above ground garden (box type) or is yours in ground. Have been seriously thinking of getting one going, just not sure about digging up part of the yard.
 

CO4NU said:
Crab, do you have an above ground garden (box type) or is yours in ground. Have been seriously thinking of getting one going, just not sure about digging up part of the yard.
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I built two above ground boxes. He next year after losing most of my crop to birds and squirrels, I covered the boxes. Now the freaking bugs are pissing in my pool.
 
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