Gardening

shraby

(21,946 posts) Sun Apr 22, 2012, 09:27 PM Apr 2012

We let 4 ladies each have a large plot for gardens each year. Here is what theirs looked like

last year.
(http://www.1969supersport.com/01gardenaug2011.html)

there are 4 pages of pics and the last couple of pages were taken from the top of the garage to get a bird's eye view.

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We let 4 ladies each have a large plot for gardens each year. Here is what theirs looked like (Original Post) shraby Apr 2012 OP

that looks like a very productive garden zeemike Apr 2012 #1

They like to plant early, so the area is already tilled up for them (and also on our side) shraby Apr 2012 #2

Woah! Way cool! kr OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2012 #3

It is very kind of you to share land for gardens Curmudgeoness Apr 2012 #4

They know enough English and they sometimes bring a daughter with them and the shraby Apr 2012 #5

Good people always find a way to pay you back. Curmudgeoness Apr 2012 #6

We're just hoping the well point will give enough water this year..we had a pretty dry winter with shraby Apr 2012 #7

drip irrigation and mulching. n/t tru Apr 2012 #8

Hard to do when they broadcast most of their seeds, then tend to plant in between what comes up. shraby Apr 2012 #9

Soil looks like S.E. coastal area. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #10

It's Manitowoc Wisconsin area right about a block from Lake Michigan. shraby Apr 2012 #11

Oh yeah. I got a rental car stuck in that kind of sand. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #12

Sand is a bad thing to get stuck in. Easy to dig your way in deeper instead of out. shraby Apr 2012 #13

Yeah and it was a LOOONNNGGG walk back to civilization to look for a tow truck. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #14

zeemike

(18,998 posts)

1. that looks like a very productive garden

Reply to shraby (Original post)

Sun Apr 22, 2012, 09:50 PM

Apr 2012

thanks for sharing it..
the one thing I like more than anything is eating an ear of sweet corn right on the spot where it grew and raw.

shraby

(21,946 posts)

2. They like to plant early, so the area is already tilled up for them (and also on our side)

Reply to zeemike (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 22, 2012, 10:00 PM

Apr 2012

We don't plant ours till late in May. The bottom of one side of the compost bins has been uncovered (the stuff that hasn't composted yet has been removed) and they can share it..each can take 1/4 of it and spread it on their plot. One has already done it for her space. We've had a spell of cold weather so I expect the others to do it when it warms back up.

You can see the compost bins in the pics from the roof..it has a large (humongous) squash growing out of one side.

OffWithTheirHeads

(10,337 posts)

3. Woah! Way cool! kr

Reply to shraby (Original post)

Sun Apr 22, 2012, 10:10 PM

Apr 2012

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

4. It is very kind of you to share land for gardens

Reply to shraby (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 06:51 PM

Apr 2012

with these ladies. Looks like you will have to learn how to speak some Hmong (Vietnamese?) so you can learn from these ladies. Beautiful gardens.

shraby

(21,946 posts)

5. They know enough English and they sometimes bring a daughter with them and the

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 07:54 PM

Apr 2012

daughters translate.
They also try to give us some veggies for letting them garden there, but we won't take anything for it. We wouldn't feel right about it. They did go into my garden and weeded it pretty good for me, but I didn't see them do it, so when I found it all clean, I thanked them for saving me a lot of work.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

6. Good people always find a way to pay you back.

Reply to shraby (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 08:13 PM

Apr 2012

This sounds like such a great set-up for all involved.

shraby

(21,946 posts)

7. We're just hoping the well point will give enough water this year..we had a pretty dry winter with

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 08:32 PM

Apr 2012

not much snow..maybe we'll get a bunch of rain soon..we got 2 inches the other day. Without the point, we'll be hardpressed to water that much garden space. City water would be too expensive.

tru

(237 posts)

8. drip irrigation and mulching. n/t

Reply to shraby (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 05:09 AM

Apr 2012

shraby

(21,946 posts)

9. Hard to do when they broadcast most of their seeds, then tend to plant in between what comes up.

Reply to tru (Reply #8)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 08:15 AM

Apr 2012

Only one plants stuff in rows. I'm going to advise them to plant the tall stuff on the ends of their plots so the tall stuff won't keep the water from the smaller plants on the other side of them.