Pharm Garden 2012 pics!

[Pharmer Phil]

Aptly sub-titled--Where we have been lately....

I will add a few full sized, a few CLICKABLE to full size...and a link at the top for a slideshow...ifin Ya have the time for a slideshow..
Laura took a hundred pics...so, to be kind to those with dial-up...I have done it this way.


Alrighty Pholks...here's how it looks on June 1st...

16 of the 58) tomatoes, cabbage in foreground



Our naturalized Dill bed and 148 peppers of mixed varieties



Phorum Phamily Member Trudy sent Us these Sweet Tators from Georgia...
I sure hope We did ya justice Trudy!
Our SWEET TATOR FORTRESS




From the east side: Zucchini in foreground, green beans and tators



Laura's Popcorn Planting



154 onions (west side garden)



24 tomatoes (west side garden)



Cukes just coming through (west side garden)



Carrots and broccoli... peppers in foreground (west side garden)



4 rows tators (west side garden)



Cabbage (foreground) beets, turnip, onions (60) 2 rows tators and garlic to the right



Cabbage...looking pretty darn good!



2-30 ft. rows of radishes



2-30 ft. rows of onions (about 136 I believe)



Ok Pholks...dats enough to lure ya in...for the really IMPRESSIVE pics, just click on the click-ables below!
Or click the Slideshow option at the top of the page....

[nofeargardener]

Wowee Zowee! Lookin' good Phil & Laura! And I don't think I saw a single weed in all those pics. What's your secret, or is it just staying on it every day?

What a beautiful piece of earth.

Another quick question - what's the plastic wrap around the mater cages for? Is that for more of a greenhouse effect? Critter control?

[Pharmer Phil]

Jun 2, 2012 9:23:28 GMT -6 nofeargardener said:

Wowee Zowee! Lookin' good Phil & Laura! And I don't think I saw a single weed in all those pics. What's your secret, or is it just stayiThanks Mike..
Plastic is for wind protection...this week, no wind hardly at all///
Last 2 weeks, sustained 45 mph. winds..gusts to 50...

plants get wind burned in minutes...They are lowered as the plants get stronger..
also handy for Vapor drift..raise em' when the neighbor sprays his corn....

[Pharmer Phil]

oh. Mike and the weed thang...It's me and my two hoes...keep at it, start on one end of the 8000 square feet...and by the time I get to the other end...
Yep, I can start all over again...

[Christy]

Looka awesome!!1 Nice job Phil n Laura ;D

[Doug]

Looks like someones been busy looks great

[Rita]

Everything looks great !! your both gonna be super busy soon

[trudy]

awesome garden you two, and so big! Are yawl feeding the neighborhood? I know your gonna be busy come harvest time, shoot you've been busy already. Enjoying the pics, oh and Phil you did the tators "justice". Hope they produce some nice tators for ya.

[BestoFour]

Gloriosky. That's a lot of veges.

[w8in4dave]

Wow!!! I am in Awe ... How beautiful!! Now I am not sure If I want to show my measly lil garden ... LOL I will I am a proud gardener

[Laura]

We took a ride today. Went to Cannon Falls. They got 8 & 1/2 inches of rain when we got our 5.
There is a small area where they keep some swan's & have the feeders that you can buy a hand full of food. Park benches to sit & watch them.
Totally devastated. The swans were still there & their 3 young ones.
Huge tree's ripped up & stuck under the bridges.
I guess we were really lucky. We stood up 6 pepper plants & 2 broccoli plants.
Tomorrow we will go out & spray the plants with fresh water with a little food mixed in.
We need to wash the dirt off them.

[w8in4dave]

Wow you guys in here put me in Awwee at all you very hard work you put in your gardens, We plant and grow .. yes we rototill , we pull weeds and we also fertilize , but dang you huys are amazing!!
Sorry for all your troubles Laura ..

[ChileFarmer]

Y'all gonna be eating good in the neighbor hood. Granddaddy used to say best fertilizer is footprints in the garden. I can tell its working for y'all. Super nice. CF

[Laura]

;D We planted our 2nd crop of beets & spinach. Tomorrow we will get the radishes in..a lot of them. Farmers markets are coming up. Or at least the one we did real well at last year!

[ghoststomper]

Laura & Phil , your garden looks amazing . Love the pics