cool!!! huge garden
Very nice

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Tamara;
The six foot wire fence has kept out all but birds so far. The fences' description is; 2"x4"x6' welded wire fencing, and the posts are 7' T-Posts, connected with wire clips. It took me one full day to pound in the posts with a slide hammer, my shoulders were a little sore the next day. The fencing comes in 50' rolls and took me two full days working solo. The cost was around $400 but the lifespan of this should be worth it, and only a very hungry deer will try to get over it, the coons are another matter altogether, chipmunks can get through but it's too open for their comfort, with all the hawks and falcons around, they have enough to eat in the woods. Adding chicken wire for the first two feet may be in the future if needed.

You are growing enough to feed a small army! Wow! That makes my garden looks microscopic! And it looks fantastic, everything green and growing. Good job.

Sarah

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Dodge;
Thanks for the compliment, however, not a farmer by any stretch. The corn is planted 30" per the seed packets, the other spacing is where it rotted in the spring rain or I killed it with too much nitrogen, so the gaps should be filling in this weekend with new sprouts.

I wish I had a small tractor, as it is the only 'farming'equipment around here is an old 5hp PONY tiller, a hand cultivater with removable tines, rakes and shovels. The weeding is done by tiller between rows, the rest is done by hand, as was the planting. The rows are layed out by using masons string and two steel posts, and a tape-measure.

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Originally posted by woodchuck:
I'd like to know how some of you have put photobucket in your sig, and also how you post a single word that represents the connection.

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Go to you Photobucket album, and copy the URL..
Then if you go to your PROFILE/MESSAGES, click on that and scroll down to EDIT PROFILE, scroll about half way to 3/4 down and you'll see
SIGNATURE, look to the left and see a big box,
you can then PASTE your URL into there and it'll show up for you..

Anyquestions, just holler!!!

And ohhhhh my gosh, that garden is beautiful....
I love the fenced in part.... wish I had one of those..
The broccoli looks awesome too..
Now I know what to expect for size too!!!

Nice garden, woodchuck. Looks like a lot of work, I mean a lot of fun, to keep it weeded and tended.

I am wondering if you do anything special to keep the broccoli worms out? I've pretty much given up on trying to grow broccoli anymore, the worms ruined too many crops for me. Thanks for any advice you might have.

Your mulberries brought back some childhood memories for me and literally made my mouth water.

Broccolli worms? what are they? You guys are making my head spin with all these things to consider.

The mulberries are black and fat from the rain we just had, oh, and yummy, and the kids are turning purple.

It's my decompress since I stopped coffee, beer(98%anyway), and going out, until its time to cut and split firewood anyway.

Thanks for the compliments, and the suggestions.

Absolutely beautiful!! Ummmm, is there anything you HAVEN'T grown?? It's "picture-perfect"!! PS...your property looks just as awesome, and what a view!! I'd love to fix up and live in that shed!! Does it have plumbing? LOL

I LOVE your space you have for THAT size garden!! As a city girl that has a backyard that measures, 22ft by 61ft...a quarter of your planted garden is what my backyard is TOTAL!!
This picture was taken from the edge of my back patio which is only 5ft from the house door:

http://www.lyncs.net/images/GardenSeason1RaisedBed2.jpg

chrissy fair,

Your have advantages I lack, like winter ,fall and spring .. ...
Comes winter, I wish, i Wish for summer......70 degrees is my favorite......
You can put pots in different sizes in that patio an have lots of fun.

I do that too.
Just keep trying.. I been country all my life.
Sisters all lived in town, so i do understand.. You live easier.. I am on the farm by choice.
;o)

DOdge

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