Who here has or keep's a Garden ?

[tmetal]

I pull up or kill weeds, legal or otherwise.

Thanks for the info Ardy123.

Does anybody on here grow their own tobacco for their own use?

[Nypsy]

Weather has been so warm here in NJ the tulips started sprouting a week ago and I saw my first Robin a week ago. 2-3 weeks early for both.

Sorry for being off topic.

[Flench]

Very cool guy's <S> .
tmetal , I mastered the art of growing tobacco a few year's back and it was the best I have ever smoked . One thing tho , do not Handel them without glove's on or you will get nicotine poison . They are easy to grow but very very hard to get started . If you decide to grow some and have any question PM me and I will be glad to help . Here's a pic of my last crop . I let it hang in the shop for a hole year before I cure it .There about half grow in that pic .

Damiana is also a good plant to grow it's good for tea that help's to alleviate stress, anxiety and anxiousness.

[katanaso]

How about some more pictures of the various gardens or boxes?

I don't have anything growing at our new house, but at my old house, I did the 'tree' type stuff -- mangos, avocados, lemons, papaya, and bananas, all started from seedling or tiny tree (under 2-3 feet).  Once we're settled in here, I'm going with boxes and above ground.

[Flench]

I have  not tried to grow in boxes but would make thing's more easier to handle . I did not take any pic for the last few year's . Don't know why , but here's a pic of my tomato's a few year's back . There not very old there. They got over my head when they were done. you can see the tobacco in the back grown .

Here is a pic of some of the tomato's I got off that crop .

[mbailey]

Nothing better then garden tomatos.............Bread, Mayo and tomato,salt and pepper.......repeat    

I do a 12x30 garden every year, everything from Tomatos to peppers( green and thai chillis Haberano ect), cukes, squash, and corn. Im fortunate that although we have alot of deer, my property backs up to corn fields, THey also spend time around my apple and quince trees so they leave the garden alone most of the time.

[Flench]

That's cool mbailey , the deer around here are crazy . Before I put up the wire they even ate my pepper plant's , lol .

[mbailey]

Yea, i had one eat a couple of my Haberano plants.......would loved to have seen the look on its face    Or better yet, the next day 

[Flench]

Yea, i had one eat a couple of my Haberano plants.......would loved to have seen the look on its face    Or better yet, the next day 

Yeah no joke , hahahahahaha

[steely07]

I don't have a conventional garden, I do have an aquaponics system however, growing fish and vege's together in my backyard.

Here's a pic of the actual system :



Basically a large fish tank below a grow bed for the plants, water is pumped from the tank to the grow bed, and returns to the tank through a siphon type device, the fish waste feeds the plants and

the plants clean the water, all I add is fishfood and the occasional top-up of water when evaporation takes a toll.

Here's a couple of trout we pulled out last year :



Beans and pumpkin growing :



corn and tomatoes that are growing at the moment :



Last years harvest of silver perch :



It's a great way to grow healthy food at home, this is just a small system as we have a small yard, but it can scale to any size, have even seen people running tiny ones using a normal goldfish bowl

some small system examples here

http://backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1617

and large ones!

http://backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1619

[Banshee7]

Very cool guy's <S> .
tmetal , I mastered the art of growing tobacco a few year's back and it was the best I have ever smoked . One thing tho , do not Handel them without glove's on or you will get nicotine poison . They are easy to grow but very very hard to get started . If you decide to grow some and have any question PM me and I will be glad to help . Here's a pic of my last crop . I let it hang in the shop for a hole year before I cure it .There about half grow in that pic .
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Damiana is also a good plant to grow it's good for tea that help's to alleviate stress, anxiety and anxiousness.
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Flench, I just noticed you were from Memphis, sir.  I'm right up 51 from ya!

[cattb]

Wife and I grow garden, and daughter helps some. We grow beans , tomatoes, sweet corn, pumkins, potatoes, and basil and other odds and ends. I use 3 hot wires for protection and it is not foolproof with the sweet corn. Also plant some field corn for the critters.

I use a ford 8n or a massey ferguson 50, old 2 bottom plow, old disc, old John Deere model 99 horse drawn 2 row planter which has been converted to 3 point.. Also use cut corn stalks for mulch on some of it. Works to a point.

Wife works fulltime now and she did alot of hand weeding, I do the rototilling and some handweeding. Last year we were overgrown with weeds and could not keep up. Probably plant more sweet corn and less small stuff that needs more attention.

[Flench]

That's way cool steely07 . I have been doing my research on doing the same thing . I all ready have the rock's and the tank and the little basket's to plant in . Just got to set it all up . That's the way to go if you have a small place and wow at how big the fish are . How big were they when you put them in the tank ?
EDIT: Sound's like you got it all together cattb. I just sold my 8n and got a ford 3000 .
@Banshee7 - I'm really in MS on the south side of Enid lake . We need to hook up and do some fishing .

[Banshee7]

@Banshee7 - I really in MS on the south side of Enid lake .

Ahhh, rgr.  I know the general area.

[steely07]

That's way cool steely07 . I have been doing my research on doing the same thing . I all ready have the rock's and the tank and the little basket's to plant in . Just got to set it all up . That's the way to go if you have a small place and wow at how big the fish are . How big were they when you put them in the tank ?

Good to hear you're thinking of doing something similar Flench, I think it's a great way to go, no weeding, no watering, just feed the fish and nature does the rest

Those Silver Perch were about 6cm (3 inches) or so when they went into the tank, they grew to that size in about 9 months, were very tasty as well.

We also didn't buy any tomato's for about 9 months of last year, had to give a bunch away as well, they were coming out our ears!

My only wish is to move to a bigger place so I can set up a much larger system and become a little more self-sufficient.