Gardening
Related: About this forumPics of my vegetable garden. Sweet corn is planted
in a second garden.

Phoenix61
(18,410 posts)your beautiful dirt. Great looking garden!
SamKnause
(14,331 posts)I hope all your hard work provides you with bountiful harvest.
RoadRunner
(4,680 posts)Lotta work went into that.
Diamond_Dog
(37,461 posts)Just think of all the healthy and tasty bounty youll be enjoying in a short time!
58Sunliner
(5,822 posts)58Sunliner
(5,822 posts)Emile
(35,511 posts)
I'm in my mid 70s now and it's a lot of work to keep it looking good. Wife thinks we should sell the place and move to town. I'm not to thrilled about that, but that day maybe sooner than I like.
LoisB
(10,917 posts)retiredwelder
(6 posts)Beautiful
BoomaofBandM
(1,925 posts)Katcat
(472 posts)And I apparently have a black one. 😱😂 seriously, everything I plant the deer decide is meant for them.
MiHale
(11,848 posts)What part of the country are you?
Emile
(35,511 posts)MiHale
(11,848 posts)Im in 5a. What a difference one zone makes. Simply amazing.
patphil
(8,028 posts)Thanks for the pictures. I'll show them to my wife, she's the gardener in the family.
I expect she'll be a bit envious.
WheelWalker
(9,328 posts)NJCher
(40,543 posts)around the base of the plants? Like the tomatoes, mainly. This prevents tomato diseases and it also keeps the watering from evaporating.
But good question. I'd like to know the answer, too.
Emile
(35,511 posts)from the house to the garden, but prefer filling my loader bucket on my John Deere with water and take it down. From there I fill up watering cans and water every plant. Keeps me active and it's good exercise for an old man.
Hope22
(4,025 posts)It looks so peaceful!💗
people
(786 posts)Beautiful, enormous garden and so much land! Bet all of your vegetables will be delicious.