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One day the rains came and washed all the crops away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rhy2rBqrao

The peas popped out of the ground and some tomatoes fell over. Back yard is like a swamp and more rain today.



Tomatoes fell, Time for stake and maybe a little more dirt.

[68ZooM]

looks good    if you have kids tell them the weeds are waiting for them     there is nothing better than home grown veggies, i look forward all year long to fresh tomatoes, corn, watermellon, potatoes, zuccini, cucumbers and pea's, my fruit tress are still a few years out from producing anything worth eatting, but the wait will be worth it

[druski85]

One day the rains came and washed all the crops away.

Yea, staking is going to help.  Next year you may also want to consider creating raised rows, making small ditches in between each row.  It's more work, but significantly aids in drainage and can save you if you live in an area prone to heavy rains.  However, it works better with smaller crops that don't have massive root systems. 

If you want to step up the time / money investment one more level, you can always go with raised beds as well.

Jayhawk, once you get some funding I'd consider some tall fescue grass for that plot.  http://www.seedland.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=Seedland&Product_Code=FES-KENTUCKY32-50&Category_Code=FES-LOWENDO is one type.  It's a pretty common pasture seed, and can be grown in a wide variety of climates.  You can also try to just propagate whatever grass is naturally growing, but that doesn't always end well.  Either way, I'd grab a soil sample of your area so you know what kind of growing conditions you are looking at.  Kansas State has a great extension service, so I'd give them a call.  I also work with a couple feed and fodder / grazing specialists, so I could possibly hook you up with one of them for some advice if you are interested. 

  on, growers.

[cattb]

You should get those stakes in soon and drive them deep, by waiting you could possibly drive the stake through the root system. I use heavy duty cages and stake them to keep them from tipping over.

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Yea, staking is going to help.  Next year you may also want to consider creating raised rows, making small ditches in between each row.  It's more work, but significantly aids in drainage and can save you if you live in an area prone to heavy rains.  However, it works better with smaller crops that don't have massive root systems.  (Image removed from quote.)

If you want to step up the time / money investment one more level, you can always go with raised beds as well.

Jayhawk, once you get some funding I'd consider some tall fescue grass for that plot.  http://www.seedland.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=Seedland&Product_Code=FES-KENTUCKY32-50&Category_Code=FES-LOWENDO is one type.  It's a pretty common pasture seed, and can be grown in a wide variety of climates.  You can also try to just propagate whatever grass is naturally growing, but that doesn't always end well.  Either way, I'd grab a soil sample of your area so you know what kind of growing conditions you are looking at.  Kansas State has a great extension service, so I'd give them a call.  I also work with a couple feed and fodder / grazing specialists, so I could possibly hook you up with one of them for some advice if you are interested. 

  on, growers.

You gotta respect that!

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AH garden club!

Well I don't have the acreage you guys have as I'm in little ol' England but after 25 years I have just started to grow my own stuff again.

Front of the house was covered in wisteria, looked nice when out but the roots were getting into the foundations so it had to go



I have started really small just some salad and some runner beans





but big plans for next year! - had a machine dig out an old flower bed (wrecked the lawn but it's recovering) and will put some raised beds in for next year (wood is only temporary atm, will get some sleepers). Digging it out atm and have a couple of bins of horse watermelon to go in when its broken down a bit)



looking to grow cauliflower, cabbage, leeks, maybe some sweetcorn. I'm in Dorset (southern England), its a pretty mild climate

I mean, I should grow something, in the 1950's my house was  the local village garden nursery (old 1960's aerial pic) (all the land was sold off for development in the 1970's, I bought it in 1995)

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AH garden club!

Well I don't have the acreage you guys have as I'm in little ol' England but after 25 years I have just started to grow my own stuff again.

Front of the house was covered in wisteria, looked nice when out but the roots were getting into the foundations so it had to go

(Image removed from quote.)

I have started really small just some salad and some runner beans

(Image removed from quote.)

(Image removed from quote.)

but big plans for next year! - had a machine dig out an old flower bed (wrecked the lawn but it's recovering) and will put some raised beds in for next year (wood is only temporary atm, will get some sleepers). Digging it out atm and have a couple of bins of horse watermelon to go in when its broken down a bit)

(Image removed from quote.)

looking to grow cauliflower, cabbage, leeks, maybe some sweetcorn. I'm in Dorset (southern England), its a pretty mild climate

I mean, I should grow something, in the 1950's my house was  the local village garden nursery (old 1960's aerial pic) (all the land was sold off for development in the 1970's, I bought it in 1995)

(Image removed from quote.)

That would be Pole Beans here.

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Day 29, there are a couple of tomatoes in there somewhere.


Here they are!



Here's the enemy. A rabbit ate several of my bean plants that were outside the fence. So I bought some rabbit be-gone.

[thndregg]

My wife's garden project. The pic is not the best at this angle.

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Higher than knee high!