2020 Gardening Thread

[Prepared One]

Ive been slowing down on the light your ass on fire peppers Ive got enough pain without the added misery. My go to these days for flavor and a small kick is the hot banana peppers.
No pain I gain!

Yep, I am a pepper guy, love em. when I eat fast food I like to get the Sonic Jalapeno Burger with extra Jalapeno. But, maybe I need to tone it done a bit. Those Habaneros kicked my ass.

Maybe I am just getting stubborn and meaner in my old age but I hate giving things up I like. Every time I see my doctor (Not enough according to him) he tells me to give up something. I tell him I can give him up and live my life as I see fit. Then he says without him I won't live as long. Then I say without all the things you want me to give up why in the hell would I want to live longer? And on it goes.

[Inor]

Ive been slowing down on the light your ass on fire peppers Ive got enough pain without the added misery. My go to these days for flavor and a small kick is the hot banana peppers.
No pain I gain!

I did those little ****ing Thai peppers last year; the little bastards that are dark green and only about an inch and half long... When I bought them, I thought, how bad can they be? They are from Thailand where they do everything half-assed. We got about a bushel of the damn things from 12 plants! They are too hot to eat! I LOVE hot foods. I live on Ghost Peppers. These damn things put Ghost Pepper to shame! I don't know what to do with them. I dried some and we grind them up into powder. But that takes what?, 17 peppers to last a lifetime. Whoa mama!

[Broncosfan]

I did those little ****ing Thai peppers last year; the little bastards that are dark green and only about an inch and half long... When I bought them, I thought, how bad can they be? They are from Thailand where they do everything half-assed. We got about a bushel of the damn things from 12 plants! They are too hot to eat! I LOVE hot foods. I live on Ghost Peppers. These damn things put Ghost Pepper to shame! I don't know what to do with them. I dried some and we grind them up into powder. But that takes what?, 17 peppers to last a lifetime. Whoa mama!

Hot Sauce time!

[Broncosfan]

Getting the new seed starter system together. Trying out some new LED grow lights this year. They're a lot brighter that what I tried last year. Hot peppers seeds are first on my list to start. Garden season is right around the corner.

[hawgrider]

Getting the new seed starter system together. Trying out some new LED grow lights this year. They're a lot brighter that what I tried last year. Hot peppers seeds are first on my list to start. Garden season is right around the corner.

"Right around the corner" LMAO not here end of May for us ... you suck!

[Broncosfan]

"Right around the corner" LMAO not here end of May for us ... you suck!

I try to have all of my plants ready by early May. Sometimes its a gamble but the reward is worth it to be ready. Hot peppers take so much longer to germinate I have to have them started by the last week of February. I will start my cantaloupe and even my corn again this year in peat cups. My goal is to have everything planted the week before Memorial Day. I almost forgot I need to order onions. Praying that we have another successful year again this year. I want to try to triple the cantaloupes this year and sale a few extras. Helps to cover my garden costs. When you start all of your plants you need a good 2 months to get them ready so its thats time again.

[MountainGirl]

I try to have all of my plants ready by early May. Sometimes its a gamble but the reward is worth it to be ready. Hot peppers take so much longer to germinate I have to have them started by the last week of February. I will start my cantaloupe and even my corn again this year in peat cups. My goal is to have everything planted the week before Memorial Day. I almost forgot I need to order onions. Praying that we have another successful year again this year. I want to try to triple the cantaloupes this year and sale a few extras. Helps to cover my garden costs. When you start all of your plants you need a good 2 months to get them ready so its thats time again.

Wish I could do something like that in the cabin. Very cool, Broncosfan. Very.

[Baglady]

I'm told Watermelons are on the gardening list this year. I think the last time we planted them was 6-7 yrs ago. We used to plant about an acre every year. It got so hard fighting the Coyotes, raccoons, crows, deer, etc., that we gave up.
Believe me when I tell you we tried everything, even posting 3 hunting dogs at intervals around the patch. Live traps, wire, clanging pie plates, scarecrows, hair, perfume, sound machine, radio, even sitting in the patch with a shotgun.
The definition of insanity; Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results..
The rest of the garden will be as usual. 200 tomato plants, peppers, squash, peas, beans, etc.
Haven't done corn for 2 or 3 yrs.

[Broncosfan]

Spent the morning planting seeds. 3 trays of 72 so far. Cabbage and other cool weather crops. Will plant a few more tomorrow and wait about a week or so to start the tomatoes. Spent part of the afternoon cleaning out the greenhouse it was a perfect 80 degrees or so inside.

[Inor]

Okay, here is version 2.0 of the forms for the concrete garden panels:



The old forms had a couple significant issues:

1 - The framing lumber warped all to crap in the Arizona sun.

2 - They were held together with wood screws so assembling and disassembling them multiple times was causing the screw holes to strip.

3 - Assembling them was a serious pain in the neck and a very time consuming process because I had to measure and square each piece multiple times.

I hope version 2.0 proves to be stronger and longer lasting. I made these from plywood so I was able to be much more accurate with them. I also added some dados and braces along the length of the sides and ends. Finally, I am going to use 5/16" bolts to hold the forms together. That should be much stronger than the wood screws and the forms should last a lot longer.

The other major change I am making is to varnish the forms with at least 3 coats of marine-grade urethane. That should protect them from the sun and the concrete much better than the butcher block oil.