Nice garden Larry.

And a nice view. Interesting irrigation setup too.

Nice garden and a pretty view. What are the plants; I can see them that well.

Thanks Ladies,

I have always enjoyed playing in the dirt, like you, Dorothy, I need to keep my finger in the dirt.

The irrigation system is sort of a "RUBE GOLDBURG" set up, but it does work well. It is a hodge podge collection over the last 7+ years. I started out using a non-glued system but the sandy soil would wear my joints out and the high pressure would blow my tubes apart.

At this house I dont often use high pressure (running full flow on 1 or 2 tubes)

When I get the south garden fixed the way I want it I may run low pressure only because they are much cheaper to build.

Helenh I think I have some pictures that show a much better view, I will try to post them. I need the practice.

I enjoy you guys so much and have learned so much from y'all. I still have a long way to go, so Guys please dont give up on me.

I will try to stick another picture on this post. I will try to pick a picture that better shows the garden, and irrigation systen. The garden does not look as good now because I have stollen soil from the outter edges to make it a raised bed. As I use more and more organic matter I plan to build it out to its origand size and maybe put a border around it.

Larry

Very good looking garden, especially for this time of year.

I will be watching for other pictures.

glenda

Very nice Larry. My garden never gets that neat ;)

George
Tahlequah, OK

Glenda, I will try to learn more about posting pictures. I can get the picture to come up, but all the discription under it is not posting.

Larry

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:1132202}}

George, you dont have the time to spent on your garden as I do. If you did I am sure it would look so good that the President would want to come down to see it and then appoint you as Head of Agriculture. You and the others on this forum are the most knowledgeable people I know.

Larry

Larry,

The garden looks great! It is so neat and tidy. Mine is a mess right now compared to yours.

We've had a foot of rain fall in the last 10 or 12 days and I've lost control of everything and am busy mowing, weedeating and weeding trying to regain some semblance of control. I think Mother Nature is winning.

Dawn

I hope to learn to pick out pictures from photobucket and have them show up in my post.

Larry,

This link is from the faq page on the Hot Peppers Forum.

Hope this helps.

Here is a link that might be useful: How to post photos in my post

jcheckers, thanks for the info. I will keep trying with the pictures. My biggest problem is that I am so computer illiterate.

I am sure you have heard that it is hard to teach an Old Dog new tricks, I can assure you some old dogs are harder to teach than others.

Dawn, I can relate to the mowing. I have been mowing with a small (sometimes self-propeled) mower because my rider is broken. I have parts ordered but it may be another week before they get here.

I have been out mowing and the rain forced me inside. I will try to keep around the house mowed, but the rest may have to wait till the rider is repaired.

Larry

helenh,

I tried to take another picture this morning, it was raining yesterday.

I got on top of the house so I could get a better view. Because I can not get the text to show in the pictures I will list them and make a link to the picture, and by the way the date in the picture is wrong also. I thought I had that corrected, but as you can see, I dont.

I will list from left to right, excluding the peppers on the left (west) end.

Tendergreen mustard Planted 8-11-10
Florida Broad mustard 8-11-10
Fordhook swiss chard 8-11-10
Vates collards 8-18-10
Bonnie major broccoli 8-29-10
Chinese cabbage napa type 8-29-10
Golden Cross cabbage 8-29-10
Flat Dutch cabbage 8-29-10
Bonnie's Best cabbage Hyb. 8-29-10
Roma green beans 8-16-10
spinach Hyb. #7 (not up) 9-2-10
Red Sails lettuce 9-2-10
French Breakfast radish 9-6-10
Red White Tip radish 9-6-10
Purpel Top turnips 9-6-10
buckwheat 8-11-10
Big Boy purple hull 7-20-10 approx.

I removed my irrigation tubes and stored them after removing the spring garden but had to get them out again because of the hot dry weather.

Here is a link that might be useful:

I forgot to list the Dwarf Grey Sugar peas that were planted 8-19-10 between the broccoli and the cabbage, the test strip of elbon rye beside the green beens (its almost cover in mulch now), it was planted on 8-19-10 also just to see if I could get it to come up in the hot dry weather, which it did but I put the irrigation tubes back in anyway.
I just could not water enough by hand.

I also did not mention the one lonely Big Boy tomato which was a cutting from a limb I accidently broke off. It is so covered with disease and pin worms I should distroy it.

I wish I had my cover crop planted on the south garden and okra bed because we had about 1.5" of rain yesterday.

Larry

Your garden looks fabulous. I think I need to get on top of my house to take a picture of my garden, I can never get a good shot. What a great idea!

Jo