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This little diesel GT is for sale in my small town.

http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/grd/4384212200.html

VERY tempting but cash is tight.

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Mine's actually a little bigger. Basically this one, with a different set of turf tires.

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Looked in in my garden yesterday. I saw about 6 of the 30+ garlic bulbs, sprouting out of the ground. Let's hope this years harvest is better than last.

Tomorrow I'm going to transplant some of my seedlings into bigger pots. My tomato plants already have their second set of leaves, but the stems are spindly.

Was also thinking if the suns out, heading to Lowes for some cedar boards. Need to redo some of my planting beds.

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Wow you have sprouts already! My garden as of right now is frozen! Can not wait I a new Craftsman tiller waiting to go to work. Bought on clearance last year. Its a small front tine 24" can't wait to break him out.

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All my garlic and shallots (see some on the left side) have sprouted here already a while back. They are mostly quite early varieties though
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/...psh1npzyot.jpg

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I went and checked again today, I counted 12 sprouts popping out of the ground. So a few more in just a couple days. We've had slightly higher temps and a lot more sun, which is thawing out my planting beds.

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Looking good Django.

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Looks like a good start for the year!

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Been finding these in garden since last rain. Have at least two, maybe as many as four that must be walking thru. NOT a promising find considering the seed crops I'll be planting in a week. Haven't had a fence around it before, but may need one this year if the deer discover it.

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3ayecxe2.jpg

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Well, the meat getter hasn't managed to kill the green stuff yet.

http://oldchurchbbq.com/sharedpictur...rden%20001.jpg

Looks like I'lll be spending some time this weekend weeding it though.

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My wife started planting some stuff last week in our square foot gardens , but I haven't a clue what she planted. I'm usually more involved.

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Well, my plan to build some raised boxes today went to hell with the weather. Dammit.

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Same here. I'm just hoping ours doesn't float away...

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I'm waiting on Menards to ship some corrugated metal sheets before I rebuild my beds.

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Got the beds set up and filled. Where do you guys get your plants/seeds? Any difference between big box stores and a local place?

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Probably not. Most local places carry Burpee seeds or the like. Friend of mine recommended rareseeds.com if you're looking for older, heirloom varieties.

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Depends on if you are looking at Hybrid/GMO seeds or heirloom/non-GMO. Most of the local places around us, including the BBSs have hybrids and GMO'd seeds. We found a couple of small shops that have heirloom/non-GMO and have ordered from SeedsNow.com. Due to Holly's medical situation, we decided to go with as much non-GMO as possible and are sticking to organic.

YMMV :2.

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I gathered up all our seeds and soil and have had a date with Miss Weeze all week to plant, but we just can't seem to get it done.
I can skate for another week, but we really need to get them in by this weekend. I still need to go pick up some herb seeds, too.

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Jamie (jjirons) saves seed from a gazillion heirloom varieties. I do, too. I have a five gallon bucket of saved seed in the basement. If you guys are looking for anything in particular, just let me know and I'll drop some seeds in an envelope for ya.
If any of you guys want to grow some tobacco, just drop me a pm with your address and I'll send you some seeds asap. :tu

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Scary thought...:tf


:D

Maybe I'm just gun shy... ;)

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First fruit of the season!

http://oldchurchbbq.com/sharedpictur...st%20Fruit.jpg

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Geeze. It'll be July before we get a tomato. I don't count green ones, though. Rookie!!! :lr

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:D

It'll be red before long...

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Trying to root some apple tree cuttings so I can clone my favorite trees. Anyone ever use rooting powder?

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Cuttings are usually grafted. I've rooted some before but they died later from something.
Have to add that I didn't have too good of luck grafting either.

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I figure I have nothing to lose. I trimmed some larger branches that were shading the middle or too vertical, and used water sprouts/suckers off the downed limbs. I'm probably going to be moving this summer and I want to take all three varieties with me. I have a Jonathan, Macintosh, and a Golden Delicious in my yard now.

I do want to try my hand at grafting too. I was going to wait a bit longer to give it a try. The snow here just finally melted so I'm just getting things moving.

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And which tobacco variety would that be? :confused:

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Cuttings are actually grafted on rootstock that's bred for specific areas.
What generally happens is that the roots from the grafted cultivar aren't strong enough, can't withstand the moisture, soil makeup, climate, etc.
It's much akin to trying to introduce a Largemouth Bass to the Atlantic Ocean.

What you CAN get away with, Mikey, is to graft your branch onto pretty much any kind of apple tree you already have growing. You can graft any number of species onto the same tree. The most I ever had was five types of apples on one tree.

Here's another thing...
Your apple trees you see grafted on root stock aren't normally grafted onto apple rootstock. In my area back home we used sickle pear rootstock because it was a wild rootstock that thrived in that area. Those trees grew anywhere, but were worthless for root production.

So there's a lot of things you can do that'll work, Mikey. You just picked the one thing that's doomed. :D
Ya know, if you can grow that thing out in a container with perfect soil and water, and the roots don't freeze and die this winter, you could take all kinds of grafts off it and put on other established trees.

I have a book here somewhere, if I can find it I'll give you a holler. :tu

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I have Perique, Havanah 2000, San Andreas MX, and my own open-pollinated variety that comes from those 3 strains.

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Last, but not least...
Steve!!! Tomato update!!! :D

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Got three starters on the vine last I checked. I'll check tonight when I get home, it was pretty dark last night by the time I got home to check.

I also am starting to see the beginnings of peppers on two of my plants. Replanted some oregano and dill seeds to replace what I think were old, dead seeds, but I think the squires got to them before anything could happen. The thyme that we planted at the same time is sprouting though.

I know this is old hat to you veterans out there, but I'm stoked that this is actually working!

:D

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Thanks for the info on the apple trees. I've read up on it a bit. I know what I'm trying is a long shot but some claim it's possible. I just didn't want to have to spend the money on buying apple rootstock to graft my scions to. I know there are benefits of doing that besides the obvious increased chances of getting what I want.

Maybe once I move I'll give growing tobacco a try and I'll take you up on your offer.

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My wife's ears must have been burning...She just sent me a picture of one of the plants

http://oldchurchbbq.com/sharedpictur...ters%20001.jpg

Still pretty green, but I bet it won't be long until we start seeing some red deliciousness!

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Spent the afternoon rebuilding one of my planting beds. Used cedar this time, instead of regular wood. Hopefully it'll last longer. Going to buy some 5/4x6 planks to cap the tops off. Only 3, maybe 4 more to do.

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Hey guys, this is a really old book about growing tobacco.
It's a direct link to a free pdf from the University of California.
It's pretty cool. There's few pictures, but it's still worth downloading just to see them
Hope you guys dig it!!!

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Some truth right here...

"Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant."

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Garlic is on its way

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/...psvhohk7w9.jpg

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Nice Mark. My garlic looks about the same size, although half as many planted.

Tomorrow i'm getting 1.5yds of dirt to fill my newly rebuilt planters. A compost/top soil mix. I'll mix in a bit of organic fertilizer I have, then wait for the weather to get warm enough before I put in my plants. They're callilng for high 30's this weekend as the low temps. I've put too much effort into growing these from seeds to risk losing them to frost.

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Thanks Bob,
They're calling for frost here tonight too, I've got 26 plum tomato plants in the house under lights waiting for the darn weather to finally break up here.

The second bed behind the garlic has spinach and lettuce in it. They're just starting to sprout.

Does anybody have any Kentucky wonder pole bean seeds they like to share. I can't find them anywhere locally.

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26 tomato plants? Hot damn, you must like tomatoes. :D The most I've planted before was 7. That was about 5 too many. I was giving them away to anyone that would take them.

I'm thinking I'll plant my onions at least this weekend. Maybe my collards, broccoli and cauliflower too. They should be ok with the colder temps.

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I'll take any excess produce. My wife got into canning last year. She did 68 pints of tomoatos alone. :D

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Planted most of my seedlings yesterday. I cant keep putting it off with these damn cold temps. Taking a chance that we don't get a freeze yet, which might happen Sunday. See the low is supposed to be 39. Guess I can cover them with something.

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We don't plant in my neck of the woods until at least Memorial Day.

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All our stuff is growing away down in our plant growing tent.
It all needs thinned out, but I haven't felt it yet. I'll probably get Weeze down there, she'll do it.

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http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=8496

Got a few tomatoes coming along nicely. With some help from the weather these should be gone by middle of next week.

A side note. If anyone recognizes the company these are grown for please don't post the name. They don't really like when employees post stuff on the internet.

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I need a green house like that!

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I've got 8 here but I could really use at least 4 more.

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My broad beans are coming along nicely and are flowering quite a bit earlier than normal.
It doesn't seem to bother the bumblebee though:
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/...pshpq7dell.jpg

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Whoo hoo! My chiltipen pepper seeds have shipped. Hopefully it's not to late to grow.

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First success (and failure) of my garden.

Success for the formed heads. Failure for the "bolted" plants. First time planting these over the last 5 years that I've had ANY plants bolt on me, and I have lost half my plants this year. And I even planted these early, a good 3-4 weeks before when I normally plant.

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/...psailsysgd.jpg