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03-18-2024, 2:40pm | #21 | ||||||
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Used to use my whole back yard as a garden. It was rather large. Between age and my bad back it just got to be too much. Haven't bothered since retiring. Both my sons have gardens and I get free veggies from them these days.
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I grew up gardening. Hours and hours on a front tine tiller. In Upstate NY I had 2 acres with 15" deep topsoil, "Honeoye silt loam", and I never had to water anything. My 30' x 40' garden supplied Baby Doll and I with enough vegetables to can and last us all year.
Once we moved to the NC Piedmont my green thumb turned black. I have a good friend here who is a landscape architect and he can grow anything. He tried giving me tips and I just can't make it work. Now that we are in the mountains at high elevation, a small lot and abundant trees, our gardening is just pitiful. Containers on the deck produced tiny fruits. There just isn't enough sun or heat. My neighbor just built a small greenhouse and I'm anxious to see if it works for him. |
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Anybody ever grow cukes vertically up a rope?
I grow a 'mater up a rope every year, but was wondering about cukes, as my direct sun is very limited. The red arrow points to the rope, there is a big pot on the ground below it. I get enough 'maters off the ones growing up the rack to the left, so thought I'd try growing a "Rickle up the rope." |
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I'll be growing cukes up a trellis, I don't think they can carry the weight without some horizontal support, but could depend on the type of cuke. Go with a mini-me and it might be okay. I'm planting armenian yard long cucumbers.
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I watched as many as 9 gray squirrels at a time savage a Japanese maple in my yard while it was seeded, and budding leaves the last few weeks so; since I cannot legally shoot any of them (local ordinance) I will be getting my veg on from the local grocers.
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The other thing that we have here are deer. Lots of them. I have to grow vegetables on my deck in containers.
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