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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:35 AM Post #6501949
| Here's a couple pics of our garden (1st year) at our new home!
March 2, 2009 - Covered with snow!
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:36 AM Post #6501958
| New beginnings...
We are going to do a slightly raised bed. Here's the area.
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:37 AM Post #6501962
| Our dirt pile yet to be moved... 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:39 AM Post #6501974
| Preparing the lower soil...
Removed the grass and tilled in some amendments. Still going to add a top layer of better dirt.
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:40 AM Post #6501977
| More tilling... 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:41 AM Post #6501984
| The beds are taking shape.,.. 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:42 AM Post #6501992
| The beds are different shape because we wanted it to be visually appealing! 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:44 AM Post #6502006
| Here's the first go around.
We have plans for:
Asparagus
Strawberries
Tomatoes
Peppers
Squashes
Peas
Beans
Corn
Spinach
Broccoli
Brussel Sprouts
Cucumbers
Melons
Cauliflower
and herbs...
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:46 AM Post #6502012
| I'm going to trellis quite a few vegetables I hope...
It's April now!
Here's the beginnings of trellis'
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:47 AM Post #6502018
| Painting the trellis' so they look nice!
The trellis' are supported by 2 - 48" long x 1/2" round rebar driven about 2 feet into the ground.
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:48 AM Post #6502027
| One of our cats... nothing to do with the garden! 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:49 AM Post #6502032
| Here's the netting on some of the trellis' 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:51 AM Post #6502041
| I built this copper frame for out peas and other trellised veggies. Hopefully it will color nicely in time... 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:52 AM Post #6502047
| Added some color with Marigolds... 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:54 AM Post #6502055
| Here's the beginning of our herb patch...
I was 1 block short of making it more square so I rounded one of the corners. It really bugs my daughter that it is different from the other beds so I thought I'd leave it that way!
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:55 AM Post #6502062
| Our Raspberry bush! 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:56 AM Post #6502067
| And our Blueberry bush... 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:57 AM Post #6502072
| April 26th! It's way to early to be this hot... 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:58 AM Post #6502079
| Some of our tomatoes, carrots, beets and parsnips... 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:59 AM Post #6502082
| Brussel sprouts... grow baby grow! 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
10:59 AM Post #6502085
| Our Asparagus and Strawberries... 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:01 AM Post #6502094
| Peas and Cucumbers... well, the cucumbers went through a freeze and died.. so did some of the tomato plants. So I reseeded the cucumbers and they are doing well now. 4 of the 6 tomato plants survived the freeze and recovered too. 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:01 AM Post #6502100
| Our Strawberries and a toad house... 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:03 AM Post #6502108
| Umm.. is 24 zukes, yellow crook/straight necks and butternut too many? 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:05 AM Post #6502121
| Our little composter... we also have worms inside.
Our family managed to reduce our trash from 2 pickups a week to 1 pickup a week. Our recycling now goes out once every 2-3 weeks instead of every week. The worms eat most everything and the outdoor pile is doing well too.
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:06 AM Post #6502131
| The Asparagus crowns (1 year olds) sprouted! But to date it appears only 11-12 crowns of the 50 planted have grown... Going to have to figure out if they are growing or if I have to replace the rest. 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:07 AM Post #6502134
| We added a self-fertile apple tree... Delicious Yellows! 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:08 AM Post #6502169
| More peas and the new cucumbers are sprouting! 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:09 AM Post #6502178
| For my birthday my wife bought me some stacking planters!
I managed to get them up in between rain this past weekend.
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:10 AM Post #6502181
| Corn on the left, beans on the right... We have a mixture of Pole beans, bush beans and yellow wax beans. 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:11 AM Post #6502186
| Tomatoes are blossoming. About 7 of our 36 plants have blossoms on them! 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:13 AM Post #6502193
| Serrano pepper blossoms. 3 Blossoms on this plant and two on the Jalapeno plant... 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:14 AM Post #6502196
| Our peas are blooming too. 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:15 AM Post #6502205
| Here we're trying potatoes in Smart Pots. Need more coir mix. I ordered coir and more stackers last week. They are supposed to arrive on Tuesday. 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:20 AM Post #6502237
| So that's our garden this year. We're making adjustments as we go.
Had to replace some plants. Learned our lesson about leggy seedlings too. The soil was bad, so I tilled in amendments and then stacked a 6" raised bed on top of the amended soil.
In addition, we have watermelons, honeydews and cauliflower growing.
Here's a picture of the garden before I setup the smart pots and the stackers!
The berm in the back of the pictures was finally removed by the builder. Unfortunately when it went away, so did our butterfly garden that was growing. So we reseeded the butterfly garden now that the berm is gone. Hopefully it will catch up!
Questions, comments, etc. are welcome!
It's our first garden at our new home
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NatureLover1950
Vicksburg, MS
(Zone 8a)
May 04, 2009
11:23 AM Post #6502258
| Good job Qinx! Now. . .what's fer supper? |
Tir_Na_Nog
Houston
United States
(Zone 9b)
May 04, 2009
11:29 AM Post #6502287
| Wow! A lot of work and love for sure! I love your discipline to get this all done! Your recipes will be delish for it!
Curious, what is the gride pattern for on the plants? Will you leave that there until the garden is done? Does it help in some way?
I LOVE how you put nice fencing on the outside of your compost bin to make it attractive to the yard! What a neat idea! |
Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:39 AM Post #6502352
| Thanks!
The squares are from Square Foot Gardening method. They will remain and I should add a few more so I can truly claim I'm doing square foot gardening. lol It's a more intense way of gardening/spacing plants instead of row gardening. Google "Square Foot Gardening" for more info. I think it took 262 blocks in total to make the spacing all equal around the beds. The blocks are 1 foot wide so they work nicely with the square foot gardening method.
The fencing around the compost pile was leftover plastic from the lattice I cut for the garden grids.
Square foot gardening by Mel Bartholomew - http://www.squarefootgardening.com/
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 04, 2009
11:41 AM Post #6502359
| Supper is probably KFC or a pizza... all that work and we'll do takeout.
We can't wait for everything to produce. Depending on how much we get, we will freeze, can and store whatever we have excess of. At least that's the plan as of now. |
Tir_Na_Nog
Houston
United States
(Zone 9b)
May 04, 2009
11:51 AM Post #6502407
| Oh yes, I remember now about reading about sq ft gardening by Eliot Coleman! Good methods. I've not had the time or funds to adequately lay my garden yet but I'm beginnging and I can envision it (LOL)...I'm going this time with the lasagna gardening by way of inspiration from this book: http://www.amazon.com/Lasagna-Gardening-Layering-Bountiful-G...
Thanks for sharing your garden progress! It is motivating! |
NatureLover1950
Vicksburg, MS
(Zone 8a)
May 04, 2009
02:11 PM Post #6503065
| ROFL Qinx! I understand about that KFC! We've been eating buttercrunch lettuce, green onions, and, just recently, fresh new potatoes. I have some beautiful heads of cabbage almost ready. Got lots of tomatoes on my plants (18 of them). I will have squash, green beans, cucumbers, okra and other assorted veggies later. I can and freeze lots of my produce too. It tastes so much better than what you can buy in the stores. I have a good sized orchard and a large blackberry (thornless) patch too. I really enjoy gardening--it's so relaxing. Most of us on here can really appreciate all the work you put into your beautiful garden. I hope everything does well for you. |
Jaywhacker
Kerrville, TX
May 04, 2009
06:20 PM Post #6504169
| Lots of work leading to some excellent result. I like that extra "touch" you added here and there. |
Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 05, 2009
08:37 AM Post #6506518
| I received 7 more stacking planters and four 5kg blocks of coir yesterday! Didn't have time to get them up though. Will try to get them up on the post tonight when I get home. Will post some detailed pictures of how I put the stacks together. |
BocaBob
Boca Raton, FL
(Zone 10a)
May 06, 2009
03:44 AM Post #6511246
| Qinx,
Great looking garden. The best of luck. I dream of having as much space to garden as you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bob |
Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 06, 2009
06:57 AM Post #6511401
| Thanks Bob!
Just figured that the planting space is 336sq.ft. plus the two stackers (6 each) and two 15 Gal Smart-Pots. Guess that is a little more space than I originally thought.
p.s. Anyone want some Zuke's when they produce? I think I might have an abundance of them. |
BocaBob
Boca Raton, FL
(Zone 10a)
May 06, 2009
08:11 AM Post #6511542
| Keep me posted on the Smart Pots. I might carry them if they work good. |
locakelly
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
May 06, 2009
10:33 AM Post #6512162
| Hey, Qinx - I see you are still trying to pawn your zukes off on unsuspecting souls - lol.
Kelly |
Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 06, 2009
10:40 AM Post #6512192
| Who, Me? |
locakelly
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
May 06, 2009
10:44 AM Post #6512212
| Yeah, YOU - lol.
BTW - love your set up!! How I wish I had that much space to garden in (wistful longing).
Kelly |
Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 06, 2009
11:18 AM Post #6512356
| Thanks!
It's been raining the past 2 days. Haven't been able to finalize the planting. I managed to get my sage and basil transplanted. Planted some green onions too. The watermelons are also transplanted. Hopefully I can train them on the side away from the rest of the garden.
Alas our Aerogarden broke! So I had to take out the herbs from there. I don't think they'll survive, but I placed them in the ground. We'll see if they live. Aerogrow is sending us a new base for out unit. |
locakelly
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
May 06, 2009
12:13 PM Post #6512588
| Ah, rain . . . Is that that wet stuff that falls from the sky? How little of it we have here in the desert. Growing up on the east coast I hated rain - always managed to ruin the day. Now I love it - go figure . . .
I have an Aerogarden as well - love that thing!! When I got ready to start some seeds in it back a few months ago, I took the Basil and Dill out and just stuck them in the garden. Couldn't see just getting rid of them as they were doing so well. Trimmed the long roots and stuck them in a spot with the little plastic thing and all. They are growing like gangbusters, both probably about 1 1/2 ft tall, so just plant 'em and see what happens. |
Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 07, 2009
09:05 AM Post #6516397
| Here's our stacking planter additions! 6 high by 6 spaces = 36 planting spots per 22" stack! We've added 2 stacks. 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 12, 2009
11:19 AM Post #6538680
| Our stackers have sprouted. I did them on 2 different days. The initial planting of 18 bean seeds has produced 18 bean sprouts! The 2nd planting should sprout Wed/Thu this week I hope. Grow babies! Grow! |
BocaBob
Boca Raton, FL
(Zone 10a)
May 12, 2009
07:09 PM Post #6540704
| Go Qinx !!!
Lots of pics please |
WeedLady
Weatherford, TX
(Zone 7b)
May 13, 2009
12:49 AM Post #6541909
| LOVE IT!!!! Just got some of ours out today and we are late for our area. We were still out at dark and I told DH he was planting with the moon not by it. I turned on the greenhouse lights so he could see as there was no Moon. LOL what ever it takes he says! Last year all our plants got beat by a large hail storm while still in the flats. It was June 1st and we put out nothing but sticks and had a wonderful veggie garden. Ya just never know what you may get. Makes me say a prayer for Farmers as I would find it hard to make a living at it. |
Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
06:54 PM Post #6553745
| May 15 update...
The stackers are in... Most everything is planted...
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
06:55 PM Post #6553749
| Look ma! TWINS! 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
06:56 PM Post #6553752
| One of many to come I'm sure... did I mention 23 plants?
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
06:57 PM Post #6553758
| Our pepper family...
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
06:57 PM Post #6553760
| Watermelons! Yummy!
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
06:58 PM Post #6553765
| Our latest family addition!
He's quite a dodo!
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
06:58 PM Post #6553768
| Our dodo watches the herbs!
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
06:59 PM Post #6553771
| We planted Petunias beneath our stackers.
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
07:00 PM Post #6553774
| Potatoes have sprouted about 13 days after placing in our smart-pots with coir, perlite and fertilizer.
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
07:00 PM Post #6553775
| Stackers - day 1 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
07:01 PM Post #6553780
| Stackers - day 8 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
07:01 PM Post #6553782
| Stackers - day 11 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
07:02 PM Post #6553785
| Stackers - day 13 - Bush Beans/Yellow Wax Beans
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
07:03 PM Post #6553789
| Stackers - Day 13 Beans Beans Beans and Petunias 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
07:04 PM Post #6553793
| Stackers - Day 13 the top layer.. opps.. 2 sprouted!
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
07:11 PM Post #6553814
| A glimmer of pink/red... hope the birds don't find it first!
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
07:12 PM Post #6553816
| Carrots...
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
07:12 PM Post #6553818
| Beets...
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
07:12 PM Post #6553819
| Parsnips...
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
07:13 PM Post #6553825
| Brussel sprouts...
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
07:13 PM Post #6553828
| Some of our corn... yay...
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 15, 2009
07:14 PM Post #6553830
| Our tomato jungle...
We have 9 different confirmed tomatoes growing...
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Jaywhacker
Kerrville, TX
May 15, 2009
10:42 PM Post #6554614
| Great looking garden with all the special little touches. But the stackers...man that really adds pzazz to a garden. :-) |
Dorkasaurus
Albuquerque, NM
(Zone 7a)
May 18, 2009
01:56 AM Post #6563556
| Just curious how many corn plants you plan to grow in a single square foot? I only planted 10 corn plants and all 10 have come up but I can't imagine them surviving in approximately 4 square feet. (They are helping fill the void left by some earlier tomato losses) I don't really even like corn that much but my landlords have been encouraging me to expand the garden and I didn't want them to think I wasn't using the additional space so I figured corn would be hard to miss and give the illusion of being a productive gardener. |
Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 18, 2009
08:04 AM Post #6563977
| I've planted 2-4 seeds per square foot in a diagonal pattern (opposite corners). I hope it's not too crowded and shouldn't be since the area is so small. There's plenty of air circulation in that bed. Corn is one of those crops that isn't a good return on space utilized, but I wanted to grow some anyways. I made sure I fertilized the area with a slow release organic fertilizer too. The beans are in the same bed since they fix nitrogen into the soil and corn is a heavy nitrogen consumer.
By succession planting 3 sections at 2-3 weeks intervals it's my hope that we a couple weeks of staggered corn harvest.
Here is my layout I'm using. Each square represents 1 square ft. This bed is 4x11. The preview only shows part of the image. To see the whole layout you have to click on it.
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Dorkasaurus
Albuquerque, NM
(Zone 7a)
May 18, 2009
08:21 AM Post #6564034
| Well I guess I'll leave them and see what happens. They are in a lasagna bed and I also added some slow release organic fertilizer when I planted them. There are scarlet runners (beans) growing with them. I realize corn isn't a great return for the space used but I already have a 13 kinds of hot pepper (30 plants), 3 kinds of basil, oregano, cilantro, parsley, onions, carrots, 8 tomato plants, 4 cucumber plants, 2 watermelon plants, 2 squash plants, and about a dozen swiss chard growing. I don't know if that's a lot or a little but I live alone and already feel like it's overkill and didn't know what else to plant, so corn it was! Worst case scenario is it looks tall and green and like I'm doing something in the garden space. |
Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
May 18, 2009
08:41 AM Post #6564106
| That sounds awesome. I've seen others have success with densely planted corn, so there's hope! |
locakelly
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
May 18, 2009
11:39 AM Post #6564952
| I have 4 corn planted per square foot and so far all is well. No overcrowding, but then again I have Golden Bantam planted. They only get to 5' or so. I have ears formed on the earliest planting. As long as there is good air circulation you want to plant the corn fairly closely to ensure good pollination.
Kelly |
bucsfan
Pensacola, FL
May 24, 2009
01:06 PM Post #6591287
| Your garden layout is awesome,almost as good as mine lol 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
11:58 AM Post #6690412
| Here's updated pics of our garden...
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
11:59 AM Post #6690417
| Yellow straight/Crook neck, Butternut and Zukes! 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
11:59 AM Post #6690422
| Tomato jungle...
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:00 PM Post #6690425
| Roma's, Roma's and oh... maybe yellows... they got mixed up!
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:01 PM Post #6690429
| Tomatoes, tomatoes, everywhere little green tomatoes! Ripen already!
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:01 PM Post #6690433
| Our asparagus is ferning... 2nd year sprouts. Looking forward to fresh asparagus next year!
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locakelly
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
June 15, 2009
12:02 PM Post #6690434
| Looking good, Qinx!! |
Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:02 PM Post #6690435
| Our everbearing strawberries. Yummy sweet!
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:03 PM Post #6690440
| Peas producing well for us...
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:03 PM Post #6690444
| Yellow wax beans, pole beans behind them and corn behind that...
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:04 PM Post #6690448
| Some of our lettuce bolted. You can see our Yukon Gold potatoes in the smart pots behind the lettuce.
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:05 PM Post #6690451
| Pole beans climbing and flowering. Peppers, squash, watermelon and tomatoes in the distance.
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:06 PM Post #6690455
| Our taters in smart pots. Started them in about 5 inches of coir and then piled on straw as they grew taller. One of the Yukon's has begun to flower.
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:07 PM Post #6690456
| Our green bean stackers! 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:07 PM Post #6690460
| Our garden protector
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:08 PM Post #6690465
| Herbs and marigolds.
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:09 PM Post #6690471
| Green onions and Ambrosia Melons... Giant watermelon flower in the upper left. To get the real picture of how big that flower really is, each block is 12" wide!
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:10 PM Post #6690473
| here's a close up of the 10" blossom!
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:10 PM Post #6690476
| A female watermelon blossom.
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:11 PM Post #6690480
| One of our Red Sunflowers starting a bloom.
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:11 PM Post #6690483
| Did I forget to mention we have squash plants? Lots of them... lol... 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:12 PM Post #6690487
| Tomatoes! Yumm... lots to can we hope...
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:13 PM Post #6690491
| We planted three sets (successions) of white sweet corn. 
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:14 PM Post #6690502
| Top left: Ambrosia melons
Bottom left: Honeydew melons
Middle: Carrots
Bottom right: (barely visible) Red Beets
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:15 PM Post #6690509
| One of our cats.. Melanie, how did you get in here?
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Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:19 PM Post #6690524
| So that's our garden so far. We've harvested lots of peas, a couple beans, a few yellow squash and some carrots.
We probably won't get any broccoli and I'm wondering about the cauliflower and brussel sprouts. Bugs kinda took them over and now it's starting to get hot.
Peppers are doing nicely and the tomato plants are almost all full of fruit waiting to ripen.
The compost pile is cooking nicely too.
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darius
So.Appalachian Mtns, VA
(Zone 5b)
June 15, 2009
12:31 PM Post #6690582
| Looking wonderful! Your gardens are obviously a bit warmer than my area in Virginia...
Q: what are the yellow gizmos holding down string in the photo of "Yellow straight/Crook neck, Butternut and Zukes"? |
Qinx
Fredericksburg, VA
June 15, 2009
12:40 PM Post #6690631
| They are tent stakes from Lowe's. The trellis string was kinda flopping around at the bottom just hanging in the frame, so I placed a stake in the middle of each to hold it steady. |
darius
So.Appalachian Mtns, VA
(Zone 5b)
June 15, 2009
12:58 PM Post #6690725
| Cool. I thought they might be tent stakes; didn't know Lowe's carries them. I need hold-down pegs for an extension of my cattle panel arched trellis. Thanks. |
