OT: Veggies Deer WON'T Eat?

[Guest guest]

Hey Kathleen,

 

If you fire a gun when the deer are in the area they will hestiate to come

back.

 

If you had a dawg the deer would probably not come onto your land. Works

that way for us.

 

> Well, after a little " oonching " and naggiing and moaning and wearing

> the sad face.... he's given in. I'm getting a fence.

 

But .. if you had a dawg you'd still need a fence to keep the dawg out of

the garden. We have 5 dawgs and they love to dig. ;-)

 

> Garden area won't be huge but it will be big enough to plant some

> good stuff.

 

Don't gotta be big .. you can plant a lot in a small space but watch the

companion planting rules .. some plants don't like other plants as

neighbors. No need to space stuff widely .. just enough room to walk

through and use a hoe if necessary. Close together means less weeding

and in a year or three if you use compost you will have very few weeds in

any case.

 

(Clipped)

 

> I did remind him that pea planting season starts in a couple of

> weeks. I may have to give up peas for this year... if that's all, I'll be a

> happy girl.

 

Snow pea planting is going down now here in Tennessee .. also cole crops,

radishes, lettuce, onions etc. More fruit trees, blackberries and

blueberries going in the ground next week. Lucky I am Tanya fears not

hard work cause my arthritis will not let me use a post hole digger or

shovel for the next few weeks. ;-)

 

> Oh and, yes Ien, I know garlic is supposed to be planted in the fall,

> but I was just going to use them as a deterrent more than anything

> else.

 

Fall is ideal but you can plant garlic now.

 

> I'm not planning on harvesting much this year, was going to plant

> more as a deterrent than anything else. Now I can wait until Autumn.

 

You will get fresh garlic this year and it will stay in the ground and

come up again next Spring.

 

(Snipped)

 

> Lets see, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, pumpkins, zuchinni, summer

> squash, spinach, corn... maybe not corn, carrots, rhubarb, strawbs....

> WHEEEEEEEEE!

 

Spinach needs to go in early .. it will bolt when the weather gets hot.

 

We planted onions and taters last Fall .. and will plant more this Spring

but those we planted last Fall are up and growing now. Some folks might

be surprised at how many seeds and plants can overwinter. Plants do what

they must to procreate. We have volunteer tomatoes, pepper, eggplant,

watermelon, cucumbers and many other veggies each year .. hard to kill a

lot of them. Lettuce we had last year is up now and we are harvesting

it.

 

> Kathleen Petrides

> Bead Hussy

> http://www.BeadHussy.com

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-)

 

Butch .. http://www.AV-AT.com

 

PS: Gmail allowed me back into my account .. just a few minutes ago.

[Guest guest]

Kathleen,

 

Spinach is also a cool weather crop. Just wanted you to know that.

Although, I did supposedly buy hot weather spinach for last summer. None

of the seeds came up. I finally planted the tomatoes in that patch of

garden. They did more than well. For 4 plants, I had plenty of tomatoes

until November. I'm planning on planting something like 15-20 tomato

plants this summer. Just depends on how many seedlings come up.

 

Bill

 

Kathleen Petrides wrote:

> Tnks everyone

>

> Well, after a little " oonching " and naggiing and moaning and wearing the sad

> face.... he's given in. I'm getting a fence. Garden area won't be huge but

> it will be big enough to plant some good stuff. Now I'm just going to have

> to wait a little while long while he figures out how to get down about six

> trees. BIG trees. I did remind him that pea planting season starts in a

> couple of weeks. I may have to give up peas for this year... if that's all,

> I'll be a happy girl.

>

> Oh and, yes Ien, I know garlic is supposed to be planted in the fall, but I

> was just going to use them as a deterrent more than anything else. I'm not

> planning on harvesting much this year, was going to plant more as a

> deterrent than anything else. Now I can wait until Autumn. Parsnips are

> another wacky plant. That I can't havest until about FEBRUARY, but they sure

> are tasty and sweet then. Now I have to plan it out. The fun part. Lets see,

> tomatoes, potatoes, onions, pumpkins, zuchinni, summer squash, spinach,

> corn... maybe not corn, carrots, rhubarb, strawbs.... WHEEEEEEEEE!

>

> K

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

hey Bill, I too have tried the so-called " hot weather tolerant spinach " . I

think they mean hot weather in the antarctic cuz mine didn't do well either.

I got some but it pretty much bolted before I got anywhere with it. And the

plants were puny and pathetic.

 

All plans right now are in a holding pattern. So garden will be figured out

when fence is purchased. Fortunately we don't need to fence the whole area,

it's not really accessible except by one side.

 

K

 

 

 

 

 

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Kathleen Petrides

Bead Hussy

http://www.BeadHussy.com