Wow, elkwc, your garden looks great!! We've also had the cooler temps and some much needed rain. My garden is enjoying it--but not as much as yours! How did you start that celery? Was it from seed, nursery, or did you start it from the leftover stalk from the grocery store? In any event, it all looks wonderful and what a great harvest your getting.

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Sarah - Zone 5b/6

Great pictures, and what a wonderful BOUNTY!!
Awesome lookin' tom's and everyything....

I Love your tomato cages, did you make them yourself??????
Is it concrete wire stuff...

Thankkkkkkkkkkk~Youuuuuuuuuu for posting those photos'....

(I wish my garden looked half that good this year)

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





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Your plants are beautiful. It's so nice to see that since mine are finishing up. I don't know what concrete wire is but I sure need some tips on making some tomato cages that will withstand the wind.

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Beautiful garden!! I VERY much enjoyed looking at your pictues! And to be honest..felt myself feelin' just a wee bit jealous.

Christina

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First all the kind responses is what makes this the best garden forum on the internet.
Weezie. You can buy it in rolls at any contractors supply. Sutherlands, Home Depot, ect.. It comes in I believe 50 foot and then either 100 or 150 foot rolls I believe. It has been several years but the longer roll was between 50 and 60 dollars. I can't remember the length I cut them but settled on 24" dia. circle when connected. I can measure one and get close. My boy and I made and assembled ours and also for my Mom. I belief then they figured out to just less than four dollars a cage. Would be more now I'm sure. You need bolt cutters or heavy wire cutters. And a short length of tubing that will go over the end of the wire makes it easier to bend. You just cut above the bottom wire and that way you can stick that in the ground. Also cut one end so you can bend those wires around the other end to make your circle. Really simple and fairly easy to make. On most I never have to put any more support. With our wind and some of the heavy vines I will have to drive a post to wire them too. Mine are around 8 years old and still in good shape. You can also make them out of galvanized cattle panels but it is heavier and a lot harder to bend. The wire I bought was 60" high if I remember right. Hope this helps.
Also wanted to mention I mulched heavy this year and think that helped during the heat and drought. Our local recreation dept. mows five ball fields and they didn't spray or fertilize this year and let me have all the clippings. Makes wonderful mulch. JD

Wow! What a great garden! What size is it? i think its bigger than my whole piece of property!

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JD,
Do a FORUM SEARCH on COMPOST, COMPOSTING...
You'll find a plethra of info on how to start one, what to put in it, how to add, turn, keep moist, or not dry or where you put it, sun or shade...
alllllllll sorts of info...

Please start one..

They are a bit to get used to, and some can get a weeeeeee~bit discouraged in the begining,
but you can't go wrong with it in the end when you finally get the knack of doing it..

I still find each bin a different way of composting and you WILL EVENTUALLY get the feel for it...

And you definately can't just compost grass..
You'll end up with a pile of slurry if you do...
and it'll stink a weeeeeeee~bit...
You have to have browns, and the ratio is 75% brown to 25% green...

oh, and start another thread in the Organic Section, about your pile and how to do it or what to do if you get stumped..
There's a bunch of us "Enthusiastic" Composters here that just love to get another gardener hooked on composting


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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/

Weezie thanks for answering my question. Pretty much what I thought. Was thinking of ways to use and save the grass clippings. May have to start turning them down as I have built up most areas pretty deep. A few inches a week. Don't have near enough browns to make it work. Was hoping if I piled them and maybe turned them everyday or so I could get by till my garden is finished then add more to it. I can't add any to my tomatoes now for the jungle.
Patches I'm in zone 5/6 in SW KS. Surprises me you are about finished. I don't expect my peak for another 10 days maybe. Have been getting a few tomatoes since the middle of June but the constant flow started around July 20th. Have had plenty to eat for several weeks. Will start making salsa and canning this week. JD

Best I haven't but will try to in the next few days. My garden is still doing great. I usually have to tie four of five of the cages to posts. The others seem to stand alright. JD

Weezie,
Not in the quanity to make 75% browns. Going to keep trying to spread them out and dry them. I'm talking about the equal of two long pick up beds full a week. Just hate seeing them go into the dumpsters and off to the lanfill. They are put in with other items so just dumped and covered. Thanks for all the suggestions. JD