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Okayyyyyyyyyyy, cause that was my next question to youuuuuu... For me, I like sun on my mator's 6~8 hours *at least* full sun, as much sun as they can handle.. Makes them grow straighter, stronger and produce fruit faster and more...
(***P/S I love digital camera's, just wish I was as fast as you are... whew... um, I guess I don't get how to down load, and am scared to LOSE them..so I wait for the ole hubby to get home and help...***)
Do you have room/area next year for full sun??? I think you'd get a riper tomato earlier with a wee~bit of more sun on them...
* * * * 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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Yes, next year I am going to move my "garden" area to a spot that gets full sun all day and I anm going to grow several different things. This year I have just the tomatoes, canteloupe and potatoes(that have just sprouted! ) ) I got kind of a later start than I had intended to this year as well. I planted some dill and lettuce, but so far nothing has sprouted there...oh well. The seeds were from last year. Any pics of yours?
quote:Originally posted by Tonya: Yes, next year I am going to move my "garden" area to a spot that gets full sun all day and I anm going to grow several different things.
Start preparing the soil NOW!
* * * * John - Zone 6 Plants: 1068 | From: Connecticut | Registered: Aug 2005
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We are. I am talking to a horse farm down the road and finding a place to get topsoil delivered...Anyone want to buy an 86 Nissan pick-up...it is RIGHT where my garden is going and MUST GO!! I am so excited. Next year will be my first real garden in about 15 years!
I agree whole~heartedly with John, start getting that soil ready NOWWWWWWW!!! If you can even a big piece of cardboard.. (or several) and throw it on top of the soil, NOW..***KEEP IT MOIST/WET and have close contact with the ground*** To kill the grass, and invite worms to do some underground tilling for you...
Then in the fall maybe... pull it up.. Add some aged manure, compost, orangic ammendments, and maybe even a green cover crop, *Legumes' are one of the best kinds, they put nitrogen back into the soil, in their roots.. and can be alsoooo tilled in in the spring as a green manure crop*
Then come spring you are readddddddddddy to goooo!!!
* * * * 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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Tonya looking good...I too love fried green mators mmmmmmm also baked green mators with insides filled with cheese and herbs..yummy
* * * * Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. Plutarch Plants: 11590 | From: WI | Registered: May 2006
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Weezie, I am putting a few sheets of old plywood over there...I would do almost a "sod type thing and try to salvage the grass, but it is full of sandspurs and prickly pear... I'll keep you guys posted as to my progress this fall once I get the manure and all....
quote:Originally posted by chenno: Tonya looking good...I too love fried green mators mmmmmmm also baked green mators with insides filled with cheese and herbs..yummy
Maybe a recipe???
* * * * One OS to rule them, one OS to find them: One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie. Plants: 1077 | From: Haskell Oklahoma Zone 6b | Registered: Feb 2005
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Angie- Somehow I missed this earlier...those baked sound GREAT!!! I have some dill sprouting. Mmmmmm green tomatoes stuffed with havarty and fresh dill...
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Tonya, I was sitting outside this morning, staring at my garden while watering, and I realized that I am going to need more space next year. My garden is also my yard, so expanding is going to require lots and lots of weeding. But, I had an idea--I'm just going to buy some bales of hay and stack them out as far as I want my garden to be next year. I should only need 5 square bales or so. This way all that stinkin' grass and sandburrs will be nice and DEAD next year. Plus the straw will be breaking down, adding nutrients into the ground, and will make a great addition to the compost next spring or as a mulch for the garden. Just thought that I'd share since we're both fighting stinkin' grass and stickers.
* * * * Sarah - Zone 5b/6 Plants: 662 | From: Ks, USA | Registered: May 2006
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Sarah, that is similar to a basic technique called sheet composting. If you really want to take care of the grass and weeds growing there put down cardboard or layers of newspaper and then stack the hay bales or spread the hay over the paper/cardboard. Come spring you can just till it all into the soil.
* * * * John - Zone 6 Plants: 1068 | From: Connecticut | Registered: Aug 2005
| Seeded: 68.9.122.41
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Not really "suffocates", but just ensures that zero light will reach the grass/weeds. Also adds more organic matter, which is always a good thing.
* * * * John - Zone 6 Plants: 1068 | From: Connecticut | Registered: Aug 2005
| Seeded: 68.9.122.41
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