August garden update

[macybaby]

My husband made it home this weekend, and got the back mowed down, so I can find my garden again! This sure had been a good year for weeds. The garden is in an area that was worn out pasture, so it will take a few years to get the weeds under control and grass growing instead.

The corn in front is all that survived the heavy spring rain that drowned out my first garden. I then moved up the slope and started over.



My second attempt didn't do so well either, only a small portion of the seeds I planted germinated. I'm still learning how to garden in South Dakota.



My husband also got the hay moved out of the field. He staged it by the pasture, and then we moved it all into the shed. We sectioned off part so the horses can still use it as a shelter and managed to fit all of this year's crop (33 bales) in with the rest of alst year's crop (10 bales). Our alfalfa field could be cut again, but we don't need the hay. I don't know if any of our neighbors would want it either. Usually we just chop it down in the fall. We don't have our own haying equipment.

Cathy

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Gee Cathy, yer garden don't look so bad.........i've see alot worse I'm sure next year it will be more to your liking.

[douglas]

Thats not too bad, some folks have nothing at all

[mommajeane]

I thought your garden looked really nice!

[abirdseyeview]

Looks good Cathy. Lot's of strange stuff this year. My maters are just now coming on. Should have had ripe ones weeks ago. It takes awhile to get a new garden in shape. Heck! I've been gardening one area for over 20 years and I'm still getting weeds popping-up in there that I haven't seen hide nor hair of in years. Some of that seed last in the ground for an eternity.

[notherdigger]

You might want to plow under some of that alfalfa into your garden this fall, you can't do any better than that for fertilizer but you probably already know this. But it is a real help, I'd love to have access to free alfalfa for mine, bales are prisey here. But your garden looks better than mine and bigger too lol. You will do just fine I'm sure.

[notherdigger]

Well Macybaby, I just finished your blog on your website and it was very interesting, it was nice of you to share your experiences and I enjoyed it throughly. Thank you for that.

[Pharmer Phil]

she does have a great blog, a nice garden (weeds are not optional any where) and a nice home, I admire your energy in getting all you get done accomplished...shoert drive here MB...ifin ya have any spare energy...I could use a hans

Don, you are so correct,1, yes, here, we should be buried in maters by now, peppers too, they are turning colors, but slowly..and Yep, weed seeds last fer ever

[macybaby]

Thanks for the idea about the alfalfa. Normally we just mow down the field in the fall, and I could rake some up and cover the garden with it, and till it up come spring. Right now I'm working on talking my husband into getting a new skidsteer. Then I could rent a tiller unit in the spring and make real short work of the garden.

The main problem with my garden is that very little germinated in the first place. I've got lots of empty space. But it helps motivate me to get to work on the greenhouse.

Thanks also for the nice comments about my blog. I sort of forgot about it a while back. Maybe some day I'll get it updated with the final project of the house - cause that was the worst/most work part.

Cathy