Dang Allen, that's a LOT :eek of dodo in that first picture. Is that from the Big Cat Rescue? Do you mix that with your compost or just put it in like it is? I've been wanting to plant a garden for years but never seem to have the time. Think I'm going to take the plunge this year and see what grows. I've tried tomatoes before but the bugs just ate them. I think I got one.
A friend of mine is doing the hay bale gardening this year because I guess they have nematodes real bad and can't get rid of them.
Anyhow, things are looking good at your house. :clap
Man I wish that I had the time to plant a garden... now that we have to keep the paw-in-law and I work 50 hours a week there is no time to get out and dirty my hands. I use to plant a garden that would stock many pantries the last gardin was 75' long and had 15 rows. I would get 2 5 gallon buckets of cucks every day. and usually get a 5 gallon bucket daily og squash matters. I would lay plastic down with a drip line that I could inject fert. in as I watered it. No wasted water and it only took 1-2 hours to water it. it was a lot of work but made a fine looking garden.
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No Jim it's not the big cat place. It's just a little place up here in my 'hood. If you want to do a garden in your yard, let me know and I will bring my tiller over. It will make short order of what you need done. It'll turn your spot into what looks like bagged soil. I work cheap...maybe a glass of iced tea will suffice for payment
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As for the poop, I l let it compost down, then work it into the soil as an amendment.
No Jim it's not the big cat place. It's just a little place up here in my 'hood. If you want to do a garden in your yard, let me know and I will bring my tiller over. It will make short order of what you need done. It'll turn your spot into what looks like bagged soil. I work cheap...maybe a glass of iced tea will suffice for payment
:clownAs for the poop, I l let it compost down, then work it into the soil as an amendment.
Haha, yep I can afford that. I might just take you up on it. When are you available? I'm out of town this weekend from Thu-Sun but I'm available most Mondays. Its my day off usually. Let me know. Thanks!
Here are some pics of my hydro setup. I basically cloned the "dutch bucket" system with a little hillbilly ingenuity. My raised beds aren't really doing crap yet so I didn't bother taking pictures of them yet.
Cost of setup-
$35 pump
$20-30 perlite
$30 Nutrient solution (expecting to get through the entire spring growing season with it)
$10-rubbermaid bin
~$15-20 in irrigation supplies
$10-15 in PVC stuff, 1/2 OD pvc, elbows, and some 2" PVC and a 45 for the return.
$5 in 1/2" rubber grommets
$7 timer for pump, runs for 30 minutes every 4 hours
Kale
Cukes and cherry tomatoes
2 varieties of bell peppers
Early Girl Tomatoes
Set up pics
