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  1. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Molpet, thanks for the info. here's a tip for you. the best thing to drink for dehydration is milk. i was going to send a couple pictures of my raised beds, but the computer is no cooperating. today is starting out cool. 63F. I could get used to this.
  2. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    we lucked out the last two mornings, 66F, but that lasts only until about 10AM. yesterday I tried to plant corn. it is about the limit for doing that. naturally, the saga of not getting the corn planted continues. the push behind planter didn't want to work. so I cleaned it all up and greased...
  3. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    we made it a whole day without rain. the sunshine really perked up the raised beds,. I worked on the tiller for awhile. got it to fire up when I put gas in the spark plug hole,. so, we have spark,. I took the carburetor off and then it got dark out. today I will get my can of B12 carb cleaner...
  4. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    I was just thinking about Aart . wondering why she wasn't chiming in. I used to jerk her chain about her using Philips head screws. I will miss her. :old :hugs
  5. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    ponypoor, sorry about your peaches., i am too far north for peaches. i haven't checked the trees to see if fruit is set/ it rains a little and some times a lot every day. if i ever want to get the corn planted i might just have to broadcast the seed. too muddy to use the planter but the raised...
  6. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    I am at a standstill for awhile/ Annie had to go to town so I sent the spark plug along so she could buy a new one, in the mean time I planted the rest of the bean seeds in spots where none came up/ then i trimmed the lower leaves off of the tomatoes and tied them to the stake/ i want to keep...
  7. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    we finally got two days in a row without rain so now what happens? the tiller won't start and now the tractor decided to not start , also. I called the bil and asked him to bring a tiller over here,. he has 3 of them. in the mean time i will put on my mechanic's hat and see what i can do.
  8. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    we won't be eating tomatoes for a few weeks yet. i do have a nice squash blossom wide open this morning. the vine is barely 2 feet long/. still too wet to work the soil in the corn patch, It rains just about every day,. only about half of the bean seeds came up. I think I will fill in the...
  9. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    starting to sprinkle right now, time for our every other day rain. I don't know how I will ever get the corn planted. brother is coming today. he is going to help me drag the big tiller out of the lean to. I have not told him so, yet. otherwise: the raised beds are growing great.
  10. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Molpet, I hope you got some rain. garden was too wet to use the seeder. so the corn did not get planted . again,.. beans are sprouting. but only coming up, hit and miss. every pea seed sprouted getting blossoms on the tomatoes, despite that they are not tall enough to stake, yet.
  11. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    it looks like the frost season is over. our blackberries are not blossoming at all,. they do this every few years. however, out mulberry tree is setting berries. first time since I planted it 8 years ago. the apple, pear and plum trees have dropped all of their blossoms. the elderberries are...
  12. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Molpet. sorry agout being a hog. today I got up early and dragged the garden once more. it is about as ready as it will ever be. I hope to get the corn planted before it rains this afternoon. Sorry Molpet. I can't help it.
  13. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    six days and the beans are sprouting already. no sign of the beets. I added one tine to the cultivator and rearranged two others. I have a nice arrangement now. should speed up the dragging. it is raining about every other day. can't drag when the soil is wet.
  14. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    I don't know how good my corn seed is. it is more than a year old. I am going to plant it. if it grows, it grows. if it doesn't, there is still time to replant. at any rate, I will have the plot ready for next year,. it rained twice since i worked up the garden soil. I am going to add a couple...
  15. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    I got 1 1/2 hours of tractor time in yesterday. I chisel plowed the old garden plot. had to push some blackberries over with the tractor bucket. the soil worked up great despite the grass and weeds. got it worked up enough so that I can go over it with the rototiller. of course it rained real...
  16. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    except for corn, I am done planting. had old beet and bean seeds, so I replanted them with new seeds. I believe the frost days are over. I staked the tomatoes and trimmed the bottom leaves off. stole a couple of buckets of dirt from my DD's stash. I will mix it with compost and top off the dirt...
  17. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Sally PB, if you have them in a green house, they should be robust when you put them out, so no rush. Molpet, our frosts are suppsed to be done. but I think there might be one more iffey night left. I am not going to stake the romatoes until the end of this week. Yesterday Annie helped me find...
  18. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    last night I broke down and covered plants. the weather guy said it was going to freeze hard. I got up at 5am, it was 35F the temp is rising already so all seems to be OK. I will cover again tonight,. better to be safe than sorry. it takes only ten minutes to do the job.
  19. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    so far it has stayed above the mid 3o's at night I am not covering anything and even leaving the tomatoes out,. so far none of the plants are doing ok. the peas are growing. the beans are not up yet. I hope the bean seeds don't rot in the ground today looks like it will be sunny and dry...
  20. jvls1942

    Helpful hints for building coops

    well, it didn't freeze after all. Annie found another tub. yesterday I filled it with dirt mixed liberally with rabbit manure,. I was going to plant carrots, but I changed my mind/ called DD Barby and she is going to give me some everbearing strawberries./ I usually don't have much good luck...
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