2015 Garden Thread.
#61

Yes it's fricking hot!
#62

This might sound crazy, dip the burn in salt water.
I was burned real bad in 1996, a 5 gallon gascan ( Full of Gas ) blew up in my face.
I received 2nd, and 3rd degree burns over 20% of my body.
My face, and both arms up to my sholders.
The nurses said to fill the tub with warm water, and put a cup of salt in it.
I thought it would hurt, but it felt so good.
The salt water made the pain go away while I was in the salt water.
Last edited by jrbsr; 06-17-2015 at 07:59 PM.
#63

Who else uses one of these? I carried this thing home along with a bucket of attachments and rebuilt it. New handles, a bicycle wheel and a paint job. This thing works great in my garden for laying off rows and cultivating.
#64
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mississippi USA
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Blackberries are coming in. Only have one bush that's doing any good, but it's loaded with berried as big as my thumb. Best part (other than they are natural candy) is it's a thornless vine. Slick as a baby's bottom.
#66

Yep, Dad had one back in the late 50's and early 60's but it didn't work very well in the red clay soil in our garden. I have the steel wheel for it but I took it off and replaced it with the bicycle wheel. If the soil is the least bit damp, it builds up on the old steel wheel. It doesn't stick and also there's no wobble or squeak in the bicycle wheel.
#68

I am going to lose all my tomato plants. The leaves and stems at the top are curling the long was and not developing flowers and the top f the plant is where the growth is. They should be 3 or 4 ft high by now and they are just about a ft high. They are not dying from the bottom up like fungus blight does. I contacted the farm extension office and sent them pictures and as of yesterday the Master Gardener did not know what the problem is. No home made tomato juice this year it appears.
#69

Cucumbers are doing well. So far, we've canned 28 pints of pickles. Next year, I'm going to remove the poultry wire and and use woven wire fencing on the frame to allow all the cucumbers to be harvested from the bottom. It's a lot easier to just lift the frame and pick than to bend over and sort through the vines and it also takes up less garden space.
#70

I was on holidays for a week. Seems while I was gone there were a few hail storms. My garden sure got a beating. Toms and beans have pretty well been beaten flat with a lot of broken stems on the toms. Needs a good weeding too. They are still blossoming so hopefully things will turn out good.....stay tuned.
Ron
Ron