CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[CntryBoy777]

Took a trip out to the garden and looky what I Found....
....there are at least 6 about the same size...

 

[Bruce]

That sure looks like a TOMATO!

 

[Mike CHS]

We haven't even gotten any in the ground yet.

 

[farmerjan]

Took a trip out to the garden and looky what I Found....
View attachment 73257....there are at least 6 about the same size...

WOW PRETTY......
Yep, we don't have any in the ground here either although I look for some to plant and then cover if we have a cold-freezing snap.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Mom used to use gal milk jugs with the bottom cut out to cover the plant with.....if temps were low, but not freezing ya leave the top off so it can breathe....but if frost then put top on....make sure to cover it to the ground to protect roots....

 

[farmerjan]

Alot of people here use all sorts of things; milk jugs, 5 gallon buckets, row covers, you name it. Anything that protects them is good. I never got in a big hurry to get them in the ground.... would rather protect them in the late fall, as we often get a couple of days of a cold snap, then often 4-6 weeks of "Indian Summer"..... We are always too busy in the spring to have to worry about the possibility of a quick frost/freeze..... and I was always doing alot of testing. Maybe putting in a couple early just to get "bragging rights" to the first tomato would be nice .... in a new house!!!!!

 

[CntryBoy777]

These pics will reveal the NW corner of the property....the first ones are before I really started on it.....
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.....the tall plants in the cr of the pic are called firesticks and draw butterflies, so Joyce cleaned from around them and decided to make this corner a butterfly garden....the ground is covered in dew berry, air potatoes, and greenbriar....there is a gap between the veggie garden and this........the 2stumps are in the veggie area and there is a spanse of grass betwixt um....the area from the previous pics are beyond the grass.....and the next 3 is when I had made a few trips thru....
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....the little pink flag is the NW corner......I was sooo Happy to see that little thing....up close and personal..... ...even got one for @Baymule .....
....it was pcs from a greenbriar root that was about the size of a 3'x4'x6" mat....felt real good watchin' um burn!!........I had many loquat saplings here and many had fruit on them....after the squirrels and birds got the fruit, I lopped them down, took tbe ditch blade and cut the roots and pulled them up...I guess I left about a 3' staub for leverage....the camphor saplings are a little tougher, but got them out and I drove a Tpost in at the marker, so I can See the line.....it is in this area that the angel trumpets, fig tree, and flowers are planted....we have several others to put in there when Joyce sorts it out.....

 

[Mini Horses]

Such a huge amount of work you have accomplished! I know it feels good -- and it will give you all a great area for your garden, Gabbie areas, plus fun time outside -- at some point. At least it is YOURS!!! One day you will get it fenced. No rush.....heck, I'm now "re-fencing" after 20 yrs. here. Every day I rethink something. Hey, what else is there to do???

 

[CntryBoy777]

I really don't know what happened with some of those last pics.... but here is that area before Joyce put her plants in.....

.....I got the staubs out so I could use the sling-blade to get the dew berries out....Joyce digs the ground and removes the bulk of the roots....this is the update for the NW corner..

 

[Baymule]

And now summer heat is charging like an angry bull, any outside stuff will have to be done at dawn or dusk.