Recent content by dave27889

I know it is a no win situation on here about using a herbacide but I had to do what I had to do. We have to have a garden just to get by this year. Money is tight everywhere but around here it leaves as soon as it comes in. I am not crying about it we do the best we can. I just hatched out 5...

We have been under a burning ban for the past 2 weeks here in Eastern NC. We have had several bad fires already and we have had the crazies out also. 5 fires last week were by arson. It has been windy here and the humidity has been really low. I have had a hard time inside the house just trying...

Thanks a lot for the last several post. They are a lot more friendlrier than some of the others. Sometimes we have to do whatever it takes to get things done. I have never smoked and I am out of a family of 7 kids. I was in great shape until I fell off a machine that I was working on. I was up a...

collector you are right. I am only doing corn, pole type beans, cucumbers climbing on lattace work, some tomatoes, and okra. The wife is taking care of the squash, melons and sunflowers. The area has some weeds that just won't die without either spraying or heavy mulching. With medical bills...

I don't usually do it either but with the way thing were grown up I really had no choice. The heart problems and the back problem made it impossible for me to do other wish. Once I get it back to where I can mulch and manage it I will go back to that. I know that on here roundup is a bad...

I have a pretty large garden. It is 70 feet by 70 feet. I could not do anything last year due to 2 slight heart attacks and a 7 level spinal surgery. The garden area was just left to it's self. We did mow the garden area last year but nothing else. It is warming up here and the weeds and wild...

Yep you are pushing it and they may start but the cold will kill them and if they do grow they will always be stunted. Sorry but wait about a month.