I Like What You've Done With The Place Garden Thread

Back in the day, about 10 years ago, I used to post the garden thread every Saturday. Then KT took over and made the garden thread the juggernaut that it is today. Seriously, she does a way better job than I ever did. However, this week, she is unable to post, so I'm back for an encore. Welcome back to mediocrity!

I didn't have anything planned, so I'll just post about my garden. Y'all can talk about anything you'd like. Here is a picture of my garden:

The first year I lived here I did a regular garden with rows, but then I decided to put in raised beds, and I put them in with a vengeance. That's 21 8' X 4' raised beds. Originally, I had sprinklers on posts at all 4 corners of the garden, fed from a hose attached to the spigot on the side of the cabin, but in year 2 of the raised beds I got serious. I ran the hose into a bunch of splitters so I could water each bed individually. That was unwieldy, so in year 3 I got REALLY serious, and put in irrigation. I tapped the water line feeding the cabin spigot with 1/4” PVC, ran the pipe out of the cabin, buried it, and gave each bed it's own feed. It looks like this now:

Each bed has it's own feed, and I can turn the valves on or off as needed to water just what I want to water. I can only do 4-5 beds at a time or else the water pressure falls too low, but it's much more efficient.

Attached to each bed's spigot is a watering system customized for what that bed is growing. It can be sprinklers that water an entire bed, for crops grown in rows like corn, potatoes or onions, thus:

Or it can water each individual plant, as below, Betsy's boob okra*.

Finally, the tarps. The bane of my gardening existence, as I'm sure is the bane of yours, is weeds. Weeds, weeds, weeds. Baring buying a million dollar machine that targets weeds with a laser, I use tarps. I buy them from Billboardvinyls.com, and cut them into 4' X 8' sections. Billboard vinyls sells, well, billboards, after they've been taken down. The vinyl is thick and weather resistant. I cut the vinyl to shape, put grommets in the corners using a cheap grommet making kit from Harbor Freight (like $4.00 for 100 grommets), and then cut holes for where I put the plants. See the pictures above, I can cut rows or individual spaces, depending on what I want to grow. If I have a bed I'm not planting, I use a tarp with no holes. It's not perfect, weeds will sprout around the edges and in the holes cut for the plants, but it probably cuts down on my weeding chores by 80%.

So there you have it. That's my garden. Now tell me about yours.

Today's garden thread has been brought to you by this year's first harvest:

(That was a couple of weeks ago. Since then I've harvested a shit-ton of vegetables, Tomatoes, peppers, onions, Betsy's boob okra*...you name it. I've made salsa, canned hot peppers, and given a shit-ton of produce away. And this year I'm only using like half the beds. )

*Betsy's boob okra. I have a friend named Betsy. I was talking to her before the growing season, and I mentioned that I wasn't going to be planting all of my beds this year. She asked if I could grow something for her. The conversation went as follows:

Me “What do you like?”

Her “I like okra.”

Me, shrugging “OK, I'll grow some okra for you.”

Betsy “What will it cost me?”

Me “Nothing. I dunno,” (TOTALLY JOKING) “You could flash me or something.”

Betsy “OK” (Flashes me. And friends, I have to tell you, she has spectacular boobs. Like the Venus de Milo is jealous spectacular)

Me (stunned) “I guess I'm growing okra then”

Hence, Betsy's boob okra.

Posted by: WeirdDave at 01:00 PM

Comments

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1 If Betsy asks you to grow Fat Choy, graciously decline. When dried it looks like black hair, and you don't want her flashing relative to that scenario.

Just a bit of advice.

Posted by: Orson at June 07, 2025 01:06 PM (dIske)

2 Deer would eat my garden. So no garden.

Posted by: Jackie Speier at June 07, 2025 01:07 PM (NUYfC)

3 Dave does Ginger know about Betsy flashing you?

Posted by: Sunny at June 07, 2025 01:08 PM (qBXSw)

4 Oh, this ol' thing?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 07, 2025 01:09 PM (X+Ku8)

5 I wish I had a friend like Betsy!

Posted by: Ralph at June 07, 2025 01:10 PM (8WZD4)

6 2 Deer would eat my garden. So no garden.
Posted by: Jackie Speier at June 07, 2025 01:07 PM (NUYfC)

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Had the same issue until I started experimenting. Believe it or not a seemingly scam product works well at keeping deer out of the garden. It's called "Deer b Gon". It sounds hokey, and too easy. But, if you spray around the boundaries of your garden plot about once a week it keeps them out. I used to get frustrated growing sweet corn, because they loved to chew on each ear of corn to get the corn silk. They didn't eat the corn, just the silk. After spraying as noted above. No problem. There must be wolf pee or something in the spray. Totally safe.

Posted by: Orson at June 07, 2025 01:11 PM (dIske)

7 Pissing in the yard keeps the deer away. At least that's what I tell my wife.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 07, 2025 01:11 PM (X+Ku8)

8 Dave does Ginger know about Betsy flashing you?

It's Gingy. Oh gosh no, do you think there's any way she might find out?

Of course she knows, silly. I told her the story when I said "I'm going to go plant Betsy's boob okra".

Posted by: Weirddave at June 07, 2025 01:12 PM (df/te)

9 I don't do much real gardening now ... but setup a pump to use pond water, to save my well pump and filters. Pretty cheap and easy. Not sure what you are using for water ... if it is public, probably would save a few dollars on the water bill as well.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 07, 2025 01:13 PM (vbXSk)

10 Boob okra lol

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2025 01:15 PM (Splbu)

11 I am praying for KT

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2025 01:15 PM (Splbu)

12 Thanks for the thread Dave. I am so jealous of your garden space, 21 beds ?! On the other hand I wouldn't be able to keep up with all the work require, but I guess you leave some of them fallow and hopefully rotate the crops! Some of them are probably growing memes for harvest.

I'm worried about KT, it's been a long absence this time, I don't know what's ailing her but I hope she's getting better. I absolutely love her Saturday thread before the gardening thread, and to follow it up with a garden puttering thread is no nice for a Saturday morning (for me) read.

Regarding the okra, you know the drill, pics or...

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at June 07, 2025 01:16 PM (8hxDK)

13 Posted by: Orson at June 07, 2025 01:11 PM (dIske)

Do you know of can get Deer B Gone at some type of garden center, or it needs to be ordered online? We have lovely Easter Lillies left over from church services over several years. We planted
them and now the darn deer eat the tops off before they ever bloom.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2025 01:21 PM (KRipJ)

14 Boob okra is the best okra.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 07, 2025 01:21 PM (6YdsJ)

15 I’m not really a gardener, but I think the pond or lake behind your house is very lovely. Weird Dave.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2025 01:23 PM (KRipJ)

16 The pain of okra would definitely require boobs. Good on you for setting the price high.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2025 01:23 PM (cduTK)

17
Had to drive down to Lake Jackson this morning down TX-288. They were mowing the median and verges, both very wide. Each mowing tractor was followed by a huge flock of cattle egrets swooping in to eat the bugs turned up by the mowing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2025 01:23 PM (QnmlO)

18
Buck got me wound up downstairs.

I'll be driving back up to my place on the Central Coast today (long spell down south) to see if there's anything left of the shrubs my gardener replaced my old non-growing Bougainvilleas with. I haven't even looked at them yet, they don't even know it's Red Thumb Morticia who owns them, they should be fine.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 07, 2025 01:24 PM (y8VAE)

19 Nice garden setup! Love the easy access to water.

I assume it's patrolled 24/7 by aerial recon drones with frickin' lasers? Because our critters would make short work of your salad bar.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2025 01:26 PM (kpS4V)

20 Are okra easy to grow? They seem basically like a weed. I wonder if you could make good bread with them like zucchini bread. As slimy as they are I bet they'd serve the same purpose as the stuff inside zucchini and bananas, throw a ton of sugar into it, and bob's your uncle...

Challenge gingy to make okra bread, I bet it would be delightful.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2025 01:28 PM (cduTK)

21 My vegetable garden plot is going gangbusters in the growth phase. Tomatoes are blossoming and there's even some fruiting going on.

The companion plantings of coneflowers, zinnias, and marigolds are splendid with all this rain and sunshine.

My pollinator garden is very lush, but where are all the bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds? Is it this freaky weather?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2025 01:29 PM (kpS4V)

22 Good afternoon Greenthumbs
Didn't even get any tomatoes yet, but have volunteered potatoes growing so see if anything comes from it. But herbs are growing well.

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2025 01:30 PM (+qU29)

23 There is a herd of deer here, see them often coming home 0 dark thirty, but it's rare they get near that. Few years ago tops of every tomato plant was chopped off. And last year they kept eating cucumber leaves but never touched the cucumbers growing

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2025 01:34 PM (+qU29)

24 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2025 01:21 PM (KRipJ)

_________________________

If you have a local hardware store you can probably find it there. That's where I got mine. Even the chain stores like Lowes or Home Depot will probably have it (or something similar).

Posted by: Orson at June 07, 2025 01:34 PM (dIske)

25 Well, after years of inviting rabbits onto the property (brushpiles, special brushpiles with hidey holes) I'd given up.
But.. momma bunny found some gaps in the fencing, and had been hitting the green bean sprouts, but absolutely devastated our sweet potatoes we just put out.
Filling gaps in the fencing.
Electric fence doesn't go low enough for deterrence.
Maters and peppers are coming on. We ate a mess of turnips the other evening. Strawberries were a bust (dunno why), and parsnips and carrots are growing.
Okra just left the cotyledon stage.

Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2025 01:36 PM (cPGH3)

26 My garden is populated with weeds and chest high saplings. I need to chop it all down before the township starts busting my ass or the local rig rats burn it all down with fireworks.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2025 01:38 PM (G5Mt1)

27 Rig = rug.

AI cucumbers are also a nuisance.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2025 01:41 PM (G5Mt1)

28 Posted by: Orson at June 07, 2025 01:34 PM (dIske

Thanks very much. The Easter lillies are so lovely when they bloom. I’s hate to see them decapitated again before they have a chance to do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2025 01:42 PM (KRipJ)

29 I've grown okra in containers-- 3 large, about 24"h x 20"dia. pots, with 3 okra per pot. Was getting enough for a batch of fried once a week.

Posted by: JQ at June 07, 2025 01:42 PM (rdVOm)

30 We gave up on gardening this year and are letting the plot go back to grass. Last year was an unmitigated disaster; bugs, blight and poor soil conditions led to zero produce worthwhile. And we're both in poor physical condition and the work effort is now beyond our abilities.

We "might" try a container tomato plant, but that'd be it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2025 01:43 PM (Q4IgG)

31 This has probably been mentioned here before, but I was so excited to see how effective it was, that I'm posting an encore:

Poison Ivy. This is a big, big problem on my property. But, it's easy to kill cheaply and effectively. Just mix the following into a spray bottle.

3 cups vinegar
1/2 cup salt
1 tablespoon dish detergent

Shake it up, and spray generously over the leaves. They'll start looking like Nancy Pelosi in about two days....and go down hill from there.

Posted by: Orson at June 07, 2025 01:44 PM (dIske)

32 The companion plantings of coneflowers, zinnias, and marigolds are splendid with all this rain and sunshine.

My pollinator garden is very lush, but where are all the bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds? Is it this freaky weather?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2025 01:29 PM

I did the same. No bees, birds, or ladybugs. No pests either and the stuff is growing. They must be self pollinators.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2025 01:44 PM (LT5Ho)

33 I missed the Riley Gaines thread. I'm sure it was mentioned she's only 5'5". I guess that's a giant to midget Biles.

Not a good couple of weeks for women gymnasts.

Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2025 01:45 PM (VofaG)

34 I left a 10x10 section of my lawn unmowed this spring to see what it was, and to leave the cats some tall grass to lurk in. Turns out that corner of the lawn is all orchard grass. I will start reseeding with rye grass but it is nice to know what I have.
My lawn is not a putting green, and would be considered a nasty rough, but it suits me and my limited urge to mow.

I have moved all my seedling trees in pots around, and I think they will all get watered now. I have some apple seedlings I grafted this spring, and I have others that I will do next spring, I just wanted to make sure I had spots to plant them.
I will have to take out a holly tree to plant the cherry I want in my yard, and I sprouted some peaches to put along the fence.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 07, 2025 01:45 PM (D7oie)

35 Deer B Gon Active Ingredients: Putrescent Whole Egg Solids, Cinnamon Oil, Clove Oil.

Just like grandma used to make!

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 07, 2025 01:45 PM (l3YAf)

36 Posted by: Orson at June 07, 2025 01:34 PM (dIske)

Thanks so much. The Easter lillies are so lovely when they bloom. I’d hate to see them decapitated before they get a chance to do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2025 01:47 PM (KRipJ)

37 Best Deer B Gone is 30-06

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2025 01:47 PM (+qU29)

38 I still trying to determine what all types of insects are at my new place. They are country insects and not city insects. That I know.

Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2025 01:47 PM (VofaG)

39 Best Deer B Gone is 30-06
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2025 01:47 PM (+qU29)

M18A1 with tripwire. Won’t be any deer left.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 07, 2025 01:49 PM (l3YAf)

40 I am letting my raised bed go fallow this year.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2025 01:51 PM (ZmEVT)

41 Sorry for the double post. Phone is having a nervous breakdown.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2025 01:51 PM (KRipJ)

42 Martini Farmer, sometimes you gotta let your garden go fallow and cultivate and renew yourself.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2025 01:51 PM (kpS4V)

43 I have heat resistant Bermuda grass . I still have the lines though where they laid the sod. Well not lines since the grass has grown together but rather depressions.

Does the ground eventually level out?

Posted by: polynikes at June 07, 2025 01:51 PM (VofaG)

44 The trick we always used to keep deer away was a bar of soap tied up in an old sock, hung around in the trees. Soap smell drives them off.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 07, 2025 01:51 PM (l3YAf)

45 Is Betsy willing to share?

Posted by: Hashtag Me Too Please at June 07, 2025 01:52 PM (1wdUl)

46 44 The trick we always used to keep deer away was a bar of soap tied up in an old sock, hung around in the trees. Soap smell drives them off.

this works! Ivory soap is best

also shave some down and sprinkle around

Posted by: Black Orchid at June 07, 2025 01:52 PM (Pv3Rg)

47 Since we've got every garden bug and disease known to man, I've got seven Grow Bags going like gangbusters. Three potato (red, gold and blue,) one bunching onions, two tomato (cherry and Marzano,) and one carrot. Unfortunately, some birds were messing around in the carrots so the seeds got all bunched up in the middle. They're growing, but not sure there will be anything to harvest there. There are a couple on the outer rim so I'm hoping I'll get a few from that area.

Posted by: IrishEi at June 07, 2025 01:52 PM (3ImbR)

48 this works! Ivory soap is best

also shave some down and sprinkle around

thanks for this

because a neighbor had to install an inground pool, the fence that separated us from the creek had to be torn down to accomodate the new pool fence.
this created a pathway straight to my house, where the deer are having a veritable feast on all the green things

Posted by: kallisto at June 07, 2025 01:54 PM (dCxaZ)

49 Rosemary seems to grow wild quite easily here and the deer certainly don't like it. Or the mint.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 07, 2025 02:03 PM (fa3mS)

50 If you have deer eating your vegetables, you are blessed.

You have the opportunity to convert tomatoes into venison.

Posted by: Practical Magic at June 07, 2025 02:04 PM (+GaC+)

51 This year, I'm only growing tomatoes & peppers. And some flowers. All in containers, so shouldn't get swamped with produce.

Posted by: JQ at June 07, 2025 02:07 PM (rdVOm)

52 And thanks, folks , for the tip about ivory soap.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2025 02:07 PM (h+LAH)

53 > I left a 10x10 section of my lawn unmowed this spring to see what it was, and to leave the cats some tall grass to lurk in. Turns out that corner of the lawn is all orchard grass. I will start reseeding with rye grass but it is nice to know what I have.
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I did this with 3 different areas on our 5 acres... just let them go for a couple years to see what would happen. Went from just tall grass and weeds to dozens of yews and Bradford Pears along with the weeds. Some wild flowers are mixed in. Nice "habitats" for birds, rabbits and whatnot. The cats like them too. In fact, I have two new areas I'm doing this with this year to reduce my mowing acreage.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2025 02:09 PM (Q4IgG)

54 WD,
I am so impressed with how you evolved your garden area. Wish I still had the stamina. The best watering setup we had was a buried drip hose that wended its way around the plants. Turn the water on for a couple of hours every other day worked great. If we ever again put in an inground bed, I would do it like that.

Posted by: JTB at June 07, 2025 02:13 PM (yTvNw)

55 Needless to say, our prayers continue for KT's recovery.

Posted by: JTB at June 07, 2025 02:14 PM (yTvNw)

56 Something (rabbits? squirrels? rats?) chewed up our mini-drip system, I guess to get at the water.

Posted by: JQ at June 07, 2025 02:15 PM (rdVOm)

57 Rosemary seems to grow wild quite easily here and the deer certainly don't like it. Or the mint.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 07, 2025 02:03 PM (fa3mS)

Animals tend to hate strong smells. There's a product called Snakeaway which is meant to keep snakes away. It's granules of naphthalene (mothballs) and sulphur. Smells like death.

I bet some mothballs in an old sock would deter deer and maybe rabbits, especially if placed at a point of ingress.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 07, 2025 02:15 PM (l3YAf)

58 I just got 8 historic irises, from the garden where they were rescuing plants. I need to turn up a bed at the front of the house for them. Garden beds look good although I need to fertilize and water. Still have things to transplant. We have hotter weather ahead, which will help

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 07, 2025 02:16 PM (AcTAo)

59 Something (rabbits? squirrels? rats?) chewed up our mini-drip system, I guess to get at the water.
Posted by: JQ at June 07, 2025 02:15 PM (rdVOm)

Rodents eat plastic up. Especially, it seems, newer plastics. I don't know if something changed in how plastics are formulated, but they'll go crazy on it.

I've seen old vehicles left in barns where rats, mice and squirrels devoured all of the insulation off the newer wires and gnawed on hoses, but left the older wires alone.

I've had squirrels get into my shop and nibble on the rubbery foam handles on my chainsaws and pole saws. Little buggers.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 07, 2025 02:18 PM (l3YAf)

60 59. They started making wire coatings out of soy 'to be more eco friendly'. Probably really to drive sales and repairs since cars had gotten so reliable.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 07, 2025 02:23 PM (CKOCg)

61 Greetings, Gardeners! I'm sorry KT isn't up to posting. Thanks for the assist, WD, and the envy-inducing garden pics.

I pulled thistles and Joe Pye weed, then stripped the Virginia creeper and grapevine that invaded from the neighbors' yard.

I will be killing pests this coming week.

I have wasps in the shed. Unfortunately, I have to wait until evening to see how bad it is. My delightful neighbor, his sister and BIL are working on removing the DIY disaster deck of the previous owners. I don't want anyone to get stung when I run into the house.

The other pest I just learned about yesterday. I watched a young robin pull what looked like a snake out of the ground and peck it to pieces. It's a damned invasive planarian. Anyone know if grub-killer will take care of them?

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 07, 2025 02:27 PM (DMJEN)

62 Rosemary seems to grow wild quite easily here and the deer certainly don't like it. Or the mint.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 07, 2025 02:03 PM (fa3mS)

When I was leaving the garden center last week, I saw a guy pulling a trolley loaded with foxglove. He said the deer hate them

Posted by: kallisto at June 07, 2025 02:29 PM (cGU+m)

63 Not gardening as such but plant related, more like puttering. I've started playing around with plant propagation, just for fun: leaf cuttings from succulents or begonias, stem cuttings. We have some red maple saplings, courtesy of our neighbor's tree and the wind, coming up. Wonder if I can turn them into half-ass bonsai. Nothing to lose by trying.

Posted by: JTB at June 07, 2025 02:29 PM (yTvNw)

64 Betsy's boob okra

Sheesh.
Now I'm so conflicted.
spectacular boobs vs an agent orange target

This is a tough call.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 07, 2025 02:31 PM (W/lyH)

65 Not quite gardening but my wife and a next door neighbor have been removing the bamboo wall that we have in the front yard. We have a tree guy coming over on Monday to remove the resulting brush pile and my wife will be attacking the wall every so often when the sprouts show up.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 07, 2025 02:31 PM (7xrfc)

66 I could have lived the rest of my life contented with no knowledge of the existence of planarians.

Gross...

Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 07, 2025 02:42 PM (3AwA+)

67 My taters are doing very well.
And the neighbor has given me a tomato plant.
If this crap keeps up I'm gonna have to buy some overalls and wear a john deere hat.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 07, 2025 02:43 PM (W/lyH)

68 Seen pics of that garden's better days

youtube.com/watch?v=mdpIWZd9JmA

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2025 02:46 PM (7b6E5)

69 That top is my garden except for one thing. It has stuff growing. Mine doesn't.

I have a black thumb...

Posted by: KwaK! at June 07, 2025 02:46 PM (89Sog)

70 Okra, the secret to better boobs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2025 02:51 PM (7b6E5)

71 I saw AI Cucumber open for Autotune at the Troubadour in 2011.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2025 02:51 PM (G5Mt1)

72 When my boys were little we made a movie called "The Killer Planaria". I got to play the explorer that discovered it. And got eaten by it.

Posted by: fd at June 07, 2025 02:54 PM (vFG9F)

73 "It's a damned invasive planarian."

A hammerhead flatworm? Those things are nasty. Kill it with fire nasty.

Posted by: fd at June 07, 2025 02:56 PM (vFG9F)

74 I went over to my MIL's and cleaned up the back of her yard and bushhogged the whole mess. Then came home and cut our grass and it's only 3:00! Now what?

Posted by: fd at June 07, 2025 02:59 PM (vFG9F)

75 I went over to my MIL's and cleaned up the back of her yard and bushhogged the whole mess. Then came home and cut our grass and it's only 3:00! Now what?
Posted by: fd at June 07, 2025 02:59 PM (vFG9F)

You could help clean my garage.

Posted by: KwaK! at June 07, 2025 03:01 PM (89Sog)

76 I guess everybody is out tilling the brown earth, planting the seeds, and watching them grow up to the blue sky and sunshine.

Posted by: fd at June 07, 2025 03:02 PM (vFG9F)

77 "You could help clean my garage.
Posted by: KwaK"

Yes. I could.

Posted by: fd at June 07, 2025 03:03 PM (vFG9F)

78 *shuffles off to Pet nood*

Posted by: fd at June 07, 2025 03:05 PM (vFG9F)

79 Pet thread is nood

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at June 07, 2025 03:06 PM (l3YAf)

80 Used, Blue Stripe, irrigation system. The hose can be ran anywhere with emitter tubes (length was never a problem) then plugging in emitters that regulate the drip from gals per hr down to very (don't remember) low.

It enables one to regulate the amount of water to each plant.
I ran it around the perimeter of the yard for different flowers, around the drip line of shrubs and young trees. It can be done at the same time by choosing emitters with different drip rates coupled with the on time you allot by the timer.

https://tinyurl.com/3e8tp2mp

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2025 03:07 PM (7b6E5)

81 59 Something (rabbits? squirrels? rats?) chewed up our mini-drip system, I guess to get at the water.
Posted by: JQ at June 07, 2025 02:15 PM (rdVOm)
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Put a one year old kitchen range in the barn. When time to install it in new home, every wire and switch and insulation was destroyed.
I need coffee.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2025 03:11 PM (7b6E5)

82 WeirdDave, if you ever tore of the billboards, try DeWitt Pro5. Good stuff. Weeds will often grow on dirt that builds up on top of any weed cloth, but I have yet to have any break through the fabric from below. It's not cheap, but not insane. I occasionally find a great deal on Amazon.

Deer and weeds share the number one spot for me. The white clover this year beggars belief. It's worse than the Bermuda grass. I assume it's enjoying the 30 inches of rain we've gotten in the last 6 weeks.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 07, 2025 03:32 PM (Vvh2V)

83 Best boob-related Gardening Thread EVAH!!!!!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at June 07, 2025 03:37 PM (5AVMW)

84 Fine. Brew up some coffee and find out it's been hind tit all along.
That's OK, need some cream anyway.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2025 03:37 PM (7b6E5)

85 Dave you dog.

Posted by: Pupster at June 07, 2025 03:38 PM (DuqHK)

86 >>> 17
Had to drive down to Lake Jackson this morning down TX-288. They were mowing the median and verges, both very wide. Each mowing tractor was followed by a huge flock of cattle egrets swooping in to eat the bugs turned up by the mowing.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2025 01:23 PM (QnmlO)

Cattle egrets, aka cowpie birds.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 07, 2025 03:40 PM (QRFVs)

87 > 43 I have heat resistant Bermuda grass . I still have the lines though where they laid the sod. Well not lines since the grass has grown together but rather depressions.

Get some dirt and fill in the depressions, lightly tamping it to make it level (or maybe just a little bit raised, so it will be level after it settles) and watering it well.

The grass will soon grow over it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 07, 2025 03:56 PM (qpyNK)

88 Newer wire is "green" and uses corn starches in its manufacture. Old wring had plastic and was not as tasty to rodents.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 07, 2025 04:08 PM (D7oie)

89 Test

Posted by: Milotull at June 07, 2025 04:47 PM (iL+fp)

90 I could have lived the rest of my life contented with no knowledge of the existence of planarians.

Gross...
Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 07, 2025 02:42 PM

Me, too, Brunnhilde. I have new appreciation for the dinosaur-like qualities of the American Robin, though. It wouldn't allow the worm to get back into the ground and it pecked until that critter stopped curling up.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 07, 2025 04:55 PM (DMJEN)

91 I think it was Deplorable in AZ who told me last week to water my habanero plants with a tablespoon of Epsom Salts. I did, and it worked: the plants greened right up.

All plants need magnesium, but maybe habaneros need a little more. I don't think this is the fist time I've had yellow, runty habanero plants, and also my garden soil seems to work fine for everything else. You're not supposed to use Epsom with everything, it's recommended for roses and peppers.

I was so happy with my experience that I wrote a limerick about it. But I don't see Deplorable on this thread, so I'll look to post again next week.

Posted by: Bombadil at June 07, 2025 05:17 PM (MX0bI)

92 LOL at the boob okra story.

Did some welding today. My auto-darkening welding helmet didn't darken. Ow, my eyes! Took it apart just now, pried the case for the lenses open. Well, what do you know? There on the little circuit board, were two CR2031 lithium cells, held in battery holders, and NOT soldered into the circuit. And I happened to have a card with two "new" ones on it. Slipped them into the holders, and now the darkening lens darkens when pointed at the ceiling light. Looks like I fixed it!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 07, 2025 05:31 PM (1k1d0)

93 WeirdDave, I highly recommend filling your raised beds with geocomp*. My eggplants were over 36" across (the plants, not the actual eggplants). And the pepper plants needed tomato cages for support.

*my brother calls it "geocomp" - it's a compost mixture for a growing medium that can either be tilled into the existing soil, or used to fill raised beds. Found at centers where you can buy various landscaping material like mulch or crusher run by the scoop.

We use mulch cloth for the areas around the beds. Some are better than others. Forimo sells a 6 ft x 300 ft roll for about $40 at Amazon. We put it under the beds prior to construction, and add red wigglers with crushed eggshells and coffee grounds to complete the set up.

6" garden staples with gaskets hold it in place.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 07, 2025 05:48 PM (w6EFb)

94 What would someone other than your brother call it? Because googling geocomp does not yield useful results.

Posted by: Weirddave at June 07, 2025 06:57 PM (df/te)

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