Recent content by beak

I hate you people. Our garden has 18" of snow covering it. No snow all winter then 2 big ones in April. The pastures are so happy though. You have nice dirt too. No Fair

Last year we used a hose to water every day and the tomatoes still had cracks. We had mulch at that time too. I took a couple tomatoes to the local nursery and they said need calcium and more consistent watering. I don't know where you live at but we're at 6400 ft and it is bone dry here. It's...

We used the spray can torch method. Worked well and the kids loved it.

Thank you much. That is very helpful. Thanks for the table. Our extension doesn't have any of that.

Trying to set up a drip system for tomatoes this summer. Does anyone have a guesstimate on gallons per day for tomatoes. Avg temp is about 82 and humidity avg is about 20-30%. Will have about 6" of straw mulch. Will probably set the system to water 2x a day. I know there are a lot of variables...

It wouldn't seem like a big issue. There are crops planted within 10 ft or so of many busy rural roads. Of course those crops are fertilized too and used for regular consumption by humans. People grow gardens in LA and you can't even see mountains a mile away there because of air pollution.

I have read on here about different cages for tomatoes. I have heard people say they make them 3'. Is this 3' diameter or circumference. The cages at the store are about 12" diameter. Please clarify.

Tanks. the instructions withe the bags didn't say anything about letting dirt dry out. Appreciate it.

I went and got some bags at the extension office. What they call a garden test is 25.00 per sample. They do start at 7.00 but that is one test only. What should we be testing for? Our biggest crops are tomatoes, lots of them in our greenhouse planted in the dirt floor. lot of corn and...

Thank You for all the replies. I'm sure we can find some things to plant out of all those suggested.

We seem to have a shortage of bees in our area. We are on the high plains in Colorado. The only thing that grows naturally is prairie grass and pine trees. I'm afraid we might have to get a hive and grow bees.

Thanks a lot. I was going to go with compost but you gave me some very helpful info. Thanks Greg

We have raised beds for strawberries. The beds are 8" deep and I tilled the ground they are sitting on. I filled them with a planters mix from the local dirt gravel place. The soil is real dark and rich looking but I have no idea what the composition is. The soil test lab charges 25.00 for a...

I've used that system in the picture for a couple years. The problem I had last year was that a couple of the solenoids went out and some rows went without water for a few days. This year I'm going to use PVC pipe with solenoids like a regular lawn system uses. I can put 4 soaker hoses on each...

When we first moved here I rented a Honda front tine tiller. It just bounced on the dirt and didn't do a thing. I took it back and drove 50 miles to Home Depot and rented a hydraulic powered Barrow I think it was called. Had to rent for 24 hours and had to rent a trailer too because I didn't...