Baymule
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I’ve also heard rebar called sucker rod. Durned if I know why it’s called that. Also reinforcement rod. But I like rebar better.
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Larsen Poultry Ranch - homesteading journey
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This baby is eating my words. I go to say or type something and the word is just gone, I know the description, but can't remember the actual word. Very frustrating. We are almost to 32 weeks. My app says the baby is about the size of a coconut, or a little over 3 lbs.
I think I've gained less weight with this pregnancy, at least so far. I have had several people tell me I don't look pregnant until they see the bump. I think that's a good thing?
I think I've gained less weight with this pregnancy, at least so far. I have had several people tell me I don't look pregnant until they see the bump. I think that's a good thing?
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Hubby had a day off yesterday and rented a tiller. The tiller we have is Frankenstein'd onto the back of a riding lawnmower (no blades) with a different size motor than originally. So it eats belts and has been unusable. Hubby was able to till several different areas in just a few hours with the rental unit. Now I need to figure out row spacing and get my starts/seedlings in the ground. Finally remembered to take some pictures.
Plant zone to the right gets some shade part of the day from the oak tree. You can see the beefy garden cart hubby got me for my last birthday, with plant pots I'm not allowed to move due to their weight. Those are the banana plants, they seem very happy so far and have been getting noticably bigger than when they arrived.
The tilled area. Hubby got a wheeled hoe thingy the has been playing with and made some rows after going through with the tiller. I don't think the rows are the spacing we want but now the ground is worked a little we should be able to move them around as needed.
To the left of the tilled area we have my asparagus collection (plus one baby avocado and a fig). Some are that male only variety but some are heirloom and actually have seeds growing I think. At least that's what I think the red berries are. Haven't decided if I'm going to do anything with them or just let them fall wherever and get bonus plants someday. These will eventually get placed in a raised bed, once we figure out where and get more dirt.
To the left as you come in the main gate, we have the current zone for tender plants, I'm going to add half the legs back to the harbor freight frame and then attach the shade cloth properly. It's just draped over the frame right now. I have tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins, and two new citrus enjoying the protection of the shade cloth.
The raised bed zone. I have figs, mini bell peppers, basil, leeks, and the sun gold tomato, surrounded by irises and some rosemary. I finally got some mulch on most of these and they are much happier.
A baby sun gold! If the deer don't attack again I'll finally get a tomato! I think I need to thin out some of the plant, maybe use the cuttings to try to sprout more plants, and give it a frame so it can get a bit taller. It's got flowers all over it.
Plant zone to the right gets some shade part of the day from the oak tree. You can see the beefy garden cart hubby got me for my last birthday, with plant pots I'm not allowed to move due to their weight. Those are the banana plants, they seem very happy so far and have been getting noticably bigger than when they arrived.
The tilled area. Hubby got a wheeled hoe thingy the has been playing with and made some rows after going through with the tiller. I don't think the rows are the spacing we want but now the ground is worked a little we should be able to move them around as needed.
To the left of the tilled area we have my asparagus collection (plus one baby avocado and a fig). Some are that male only variety but some are heirloom and actually have seeds growing I think. At least that's what I think the red berries are. Haven't decided if I'm going to do anything with them or just let them fall wherever and get bonus plants someday. These will eventually get placed in a raised bed, once we figure out where and get more dirt.
To the left as you come in the main gate, we have the current zone for tender plants, I'm going to add half the legs back to the harbor freight frame and then attach the shade cloth properly. It's just draped over the frame right now. I have tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins, and two new citrus enjoying the protection of the shade cloth.
The raised bed zone. I have figs, mini bell peppers, basil, leeks, and the sun gold tomato, surrounded by irises and some rosemary. I finally got some mulch on most of these and they are much happier.
A baby sun gold! If the deer don't attack again I'll finally get a tomato! I think I need to thin out some of the plant, maybe use the cuttings to try to sprout more plants, and give it a frame so it can get a bit taller. It's got flowers all over it.
Baymule
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I see a lot of progress! The garden is awesome and now it will be so easy to move forward.
Ridgetop
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Isn't sucker rod that thin rod that is used on water well and oil well pumps? The rod that goes up and down to operate the pump?
Ridgetop
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You need to be sure where you want the asparagus permanently since it keeps coming up and is hard to remove once established. The good thing is that after cutting season, the remaining fronds are pretty and make a nice background for flowering plants. Just like rhubarb makes a pretty plant after cutting season. Both make nice tall background plantings but I would make sure to plant only non-toxic or edible flowers in front of them.
SageHill
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Looking good. Fingers crossed the deer don't see the tomato!! I've only had trouble with bugs/slugs/snails and birds - sluggo plus and bird netting are my friends 
and probably the reason that the garden looks the best it ever has (and maybe the long spring weather too).
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I want to have a permanent bed for the asparagus and a permanent bed for the rhubarb. All of the asparagus seems to be doing ok in their current pots but I think all of the rhubarb needs repotting if I'm not getting them in the ground soon. Same thing for the comfrey, which has also escaped the pots and is trying to take over a large zone near the rabbits. The horseradish has also escaped, I think I need a permanent bed for that too; it started out in 2 pots and now it's in 2 pots plus 3 free range clumps. The comfrey I feed to the rabbits or can use for green compost, I'm not too worried if that stays free range.
I'm hoping I can convince hubby to get a yard or two of nice dirt this weekend and I can move and repot a bunch of plants.
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Oh! And a permanent bed for the artichokes. I think only 2/4 survived this winter/spring. But the ones that survived are blooming now, so they might spread some seeds and I'll get more plants.
murphysranch
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When we were building our monstrous place in Murphys CA, we lived in a used fifth wheel. It was soooooo hot! So the workers rigged some camo shade cloth over top of the trailer, about 4 feet up, with about 4 ft on each side. It made a HUGE difference in the Calif foothills heat!
