Recent content by shadetech

I never heard of cedar fever? :hu A nice tree overall, but not a friendly tree. Not one you would want to work around, or under. Prickly little things. Some enjoy the smell of the wood. I used to cut them for posts and rail, as well as cut the smaller ones and split them for a kind of...

Oh great Hoodat :bow the following link is to the companies that, like most of us, would like to preserve the integrity of our seed supply. http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/ViewPage.aspx?pageId=261 I know you posted a list of companies that sell :somad Monsanto :sick...

Hoodat :bow Is it true that once introduced the inoculants and mycorrhiza remain in the soil a number of years if properly cared for? And is it possible to inoculate a small garden with a "cocktail" of these critters for the benifit of all? :hu

I'm going to have to fire my birds. As much as I feed them, they just sit out at the feeder and call me "cheap, cheap" :lol: They never send me nice bouquets.

May I suggest you put up gutter and downspouts? Tie these into your "french drains" and much of your water problem will be solved before it becomes a problem. henry

Great job on the upgrades. Updates are always a pain and you have done a magnificent job, thanks. :bow henry

Glad to hear you finally had some warm weather. We know it will return again soon and your rock garden will hold the heat well. :) Have faith Steve. The little sister is strong and will rise to the occasion even in the shade of the big sister. Beans are strong! Pumpkins stay low! Besides the...

As long as you don't have to put a shovel in the ground. :barnie I cut a bunch of it down last year to reclaim some more garden space. My daughter stopped by and said the "little stumps" looked like ham bones. I'll tell ya', as many ham bones as I've dug up I think I'm fighting a "millipig"...

Started with a 5 foot trellis and had to add another 30 inches and they are still reaching higher :rolleyes: The "Pickle Palace" will be a busy place this year :D And I lay my paths out to be 18 inches between 3.5 foot beds. but like Steve says, they just seem to get smaller and smaller...

Yeah, my beans seem to want to wander over and converse with the taters. The pintos especially, they seem to be the talkative ones. There are places you have to kind of "shuffle" to get down the path to get through. Next year I think the beans will get their own bed. Potatoes are so nice for...

Planted Kennebeck and Yukon Gold back in mid May. They got damaged a bit by rain and I put up "handrails for gnomes" around them to help out. I have tons of bamboo I just don't know what to do with soooooo...... The cukes in the background have topped the 7.5 foot trellis and there seems to...

Makes me glad all I have is bamboo Fastest growing grass in the world. It's only 30 foot tall, but makes great tomato stakes. henry

It's been a long time since I've done any of this. Not nearly as daunting as I made it out to be. Things went pretty smoothly, although I'm sure it would have been a contender for "Americas Funniest Videos" if one was standing back watching. :ep I've never been one to stand on appearances...

I did. I used 3/4 PVC for the frame and had some 1 inch from an earlier pond project I used for the clamps. Take a piece out of the pipe so it is a little more than half left and it works great. Experiment with how much to find what works best. A hacksaw works very well for this, especially with...

I used PVC one size larger than the PVC I used for the "tunnels" and cut short pieces about an inch or two. Then cut a section lengthwise out of about a little less than half. This creates a C and clamps right over the plastic and PVC. It helps if you sand all parts smooth so as not to damage...