CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[CntryBoy777]

This is a pic of the NE corner of our acre here, before I started wading into it.... ....the green on the ground is ferns, much of which is waist high...the scrub tree in the middle of the pic is a mulberry tree....the next one is same area after the chainsaw and loppers got busy.........the orange box in this next one is an old newspaper box I put up at the marker...
......when I was clearing are tbe "Minnow" is when I located tbe nest and stopped working in the area...
.....I began working in tbe NW corner, because Joyce decided she wanted to make a butterfly garden in that area....I'll post that developement a little later.....I'll get back to this section some day, but other things have taken priority over this for now.....

 

[Bruce]

I bet the Minnow would make a great coop for feral chickens

 

[CntryBoy777]

They have tried using it, but they never stay on or in it very long....they will dust bathe around it and stand under it during rain, but have seen racers around it and cats....so, I guess the snakes and cats have them leary of it....and the fact it holds water....I realize I"m not doing them any favors by thinning their cover, but there are 2 vacant lots that are overgrown that they could move to....there are many predators in this area and way too many big trees that provide direct access by limb highway from air and ground....the squirrels and birds were constantly in and out of the wood fence neighbor's coop, when she lived there...but the place is vacant as far as we know.....haven't really decided yet on any other animals....but may end up with a few ducks and hens.....would like to wait til next year, about this time, but with the hoopla happening now....not real sure what to do.....I'd prefer to get other things done 1st before spending working hours on something that isn't pressing us now....it would be different if we were enthusiastic egg eaters, but we are not....we eat them in spurts and go months without eating one....so, it would only be for enjoyment and entertainment.....not a savings or necessity for food....with the rainy season approaching, getting the gutters down, waterflow around house dealt with, and some plumbing issues fixed makes more sense to me.....we can have the garden now and expand it next year to assist on the food bill....many a nite growing up we had purple hull peas or speckled butterbeans and cornbread for dinner....so, if meat goes by the wayside....we'll still eat sumpin'....

 

[Baymule]

How is your garden coming along? What do you have planted?

 

[CntryBoy777]

How is your garden coming along? What do you have planted?

I'm afraid there isn't much variety there just yet, we have tomatoes, green beans, bell peppers, and garlic.....heavy on the tomatoes....Joyce has 27 plants tied to the 2 hog panels....I tried to have some input last fall, but was told it was HER area, so I shut up and let her Do....after the maters got in the ground and ready for supports...she asked me to figure out how to get them supported....so I did....she doesn't see the grown plant when placing starters in the ground, so spacing becomes a challenge and I wanted to put the panels up before the planting, so they would be planted along the panels....she doesn't have "straight line" in her vocabulary.... ....the garlic only got in the ground this past January, so we won't get any til next year.....I'm thinking of planting a couple of rows of pink eyes, but getting ground prepared for this fall is the goal....whatever we get twixt now and then is added bonus....oh, the 3 bell peppers over-wintered in the garden overhead protection from oak tree.....

 

[Bruce]

27 is a LOT of tomato plants! Is she going to can a ton of them?

 

[Mike CHS]

We usually put around 20 tomato plants plus a couple of cherry tomato plants every year but we do can a lot.

 

[CntryBoy777]

She does want to can a bunch for us and to be able to share some....but she absolutely hates to see plants die or thin things out....it is like a "challenge" to her to get them to grow and produce....when she is tired of canning she will pull all but a couple up and then see how long she can keep them producing....we had ripe tomatoes when we lived here before in December....

 

[farmerjan]

I am sure you/she know that to take a nice healthy branch and let "fall down" and put some dirt on it and root another "new plant" ...... So they will produce longer because you have a "younger healthier plant" to produce. I used to do that when some would get too tall, all crappy looking in the lower part of the plant......I would start a "new plant" and then sh#tcan the old plant.

I do put in my panels first then plant along them......it is easier and yes, straighter.....

 

[Baymule]

Sounds like a good garden to me!