Kotin's Garden:Post 3 (Pictures Included)

[Kotin]

hello and good evening everyone..

it has been a busy couple weeks for myself in the garden.. I have spent more than a hundred man hours so far and i am about done with fruits and will be moving on to Vegetables and Herbs rather soon..


it has been a blast...




I will start with the strawberries.

they have been remarkable in terms of growth and I am anticipating a huge harvest next spring... I will have 1 or 2 plants yield this year but not much..


http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c262/kotin205/ar035.jpg

the dominant variety of strawberry is the whopper which is a peach sized berry..

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c262/kotin205/ar036.jpg


onto the brambles..

my blackberries and raspberries have been growing like crazy.. as you will remember in the previous posts only maybe 1 plant had any signs of life..

but in the last week and a half they have come back from dormancy with incredible vigor..

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I dont have any pictures of the boysenberry plants.. I will soon. but I do have pictures of the close relative of brambles, the Mulberry tree

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c262/kotin205/april027.jpg



here is a picture of one of my Cherry trees in bloom.. the small white cherry blossoms smell amazing..


http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c262/kotin205/Cherry.jpg



here are my just arrived Plum, Peach and Walnut trees

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c262/kotin205/walnuttrees.jpg


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here is a picture of my Gooseberry Bushes which I had a hard time finding but finally found on ebay and got it shipped from britain..

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c262/kotin205/Gooseberry.jpg


and here are the grapes

2 Green, 2 Red, 2 Dark Purple

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c262/kotin205/grapes.jpg



I am glad to be done with fruit and ready to move onto vegetables.. I will be updating.

[Cowlesy]

goosberries are sooo good

[HOLLYWOOD]

The same here... HOLLYWOOD's garden in the works:

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[Kotin]

The same here... HOLLYWOOD's garden in the works:
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awesome!

[Cowlesy]

The same here... HOLLYWOOD's garden in the works:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a361/mzcmdr/DSC01176.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a361/mzcmdr/DSC01178.jpg
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great stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[speciallyblend]

i would show my garden but:) actually i live at 10,200 feet i have awhile before i can grow any veggies!! still have 3-4 feet of snow in my backyard!

[MsDoodahs]

Wow, both you guys have some GREAT STUFF going!

[HOLLYWOOD]

Hee Hee... Yah needz a atrium or hot house. I remember when I lived in Denver... May 75F and catching the rays and beers... next morning, woke up to 5 in of snow.

Okay ladies and gentlmen... this video is for all of US!

Now com'on, what the whole thing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmXu4drR1S8


i would show my garden but:) actually i live at 10,200 feet i have awhile before i can grow any veggies!! still have 3-4 feet of snow in my backyard!

[devil21]

Nice! Im in the planning stages of a backyard garden plot myself. Im not going overboard with trees and the like but it should be fun. What soil are you guys using? Any amendments? Lets get a good gardening thread going.

[Kotin]

this fertilizer is what I use...

http://www.growlikecrazy.com/

I actually grew plants in sand with it..


I highly recommend it.

[AdamT]

Kotin - I'm so jealous of your cherry trees. I've planted a bunch of them and they always die.

[kathy88]

where's the snozzberries?

[Kotin]

where's the snozzberries?

they do not grow in zone 9 :D


I have snowberries though

[Roxi]

okay heres what i have


One... plant tomato seedlings sideways, first strip off all the leaves except the top two sets, then lay the plants in a trench a few inches deep, covering all but the leafy tip with soild... the shoot will quickly straighten itself out, while the buried stem develops lots of little roots to help boost the harvest.



Tomato Booster Tonic:

2tbsp of Epsom Salts
1tbsp of baby shampoo
1 gal. of water

Mix in a watering can, generously soak the soil around your tomato plants in early summer just as they show a bunch of yellow flowers, this helps stimulate the fruit set.

Container garden Booster Mix

4 eggshells (dried and crushed to powder) per bushel of soil

1/2 cup epsom salts

1/4 cup of coffee grounds

1 tbsp. of instant tea granules

Combine in a bucket then work the mix throughly into your planting mix.


also, Potted peppers and tomatoes will develop faster if you provide them with magnesium in a form they can use quickly... mix 2 tbsp of epsom salts in 1 gallon of water and apply 1 pint of this mix to each plant just as the blooms appear.




Homeade Herbal Vinegar recipe:

put a few sprigs of thyme, chives, or tarragon into a sterilized jar or bottle and cover with boiling vinegar, leave the jar unsealed at room temp.. until the vinegar has cooled, then seal the jar and set it somewhere out of direct sunlight... the vinegar will be ready to use in about 2 weeks :)

[jsteilKS]

Full View of Garden

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3464211964_bf0e878215_m.jpg

Close up of Squash

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/3463397711_5ce1e7cc28_m.jpg

Close up of Peppers and Herbs

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Path to Green House

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Tomatos are in the last raised bed on the right.

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Straberrys are in the big pot, corn in the smaller raised bed. Since its corn I only put a little bit of top soil and burry them in about 6 inches. In the summer with strong wind it will pull them right out of the ground if there roots arn't deep enough.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3628/3464219544_5fb41dc37a_m.jpg

Left side of Green House. We still have cantalope, watermellon, and Luettuece growing.

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Second batch of tomatos, beets, onions, and carrots.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3536/3463406911_a020c47104_m.jpg

My wife wants to grows baskets of flowers in this area, but didn't have time to do it.

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Looking out of the Green House towards the raised beds.

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[Bruno]

Excellent gardens, everyone!

You are all getting me inspried for when our weather allows it. I might cheat a little and start early. Mostly pots this year, as the back yard is getting too shaded over for veggies to grow well.

[tpreitzel]

i would show my garden but:) actually i live at 10,200 feet i have awhile before i can grow any veggies!! still have 3-4 feet of snow in my backyard!

Ah, so, now I understand your posts... :) j/k :)

[Deborah K]

I was thinking of posting pics of my garden too! There you go again Kotin! ;) When I do, I'll put them here. I've got corn, zucchini, summer squash, honeydew, watermelon, grape and romano tomatoes, green bell peps, and cucumbers so far. I plan on getting blackberries soon.

[Meatwasp]

Kotin, just curious will you plant them out in the ground, or leave them in pots? They look like they are doing just fine in pots.
Very nice gardens all around.

[dannno]

this fertilizer is what I use...

http://www.growlikecrazy.com/

I actually grew plants in sand with it..


I highly recommend it.

Wow, that looks nuts.. I have two boxes of dry organic ferts, Dr. Earth and another similar brand, otherwise I'd have to give that stuff a try.

Does it say you can use it in hydroponics setups?

[ItsTime]

Sweet gardens everyone! I have a question, why are none of you using drywall "mud" buckets? Go to any construction site and ask them if they have any empties and they will give them to you for free, otherwise they are going in the dumpster.


i would show my garden but:) actually i live at 10,200 feet i have awhile before i can grow any veggies!! still have 3-4 feet of snow in my backyard!

I forget what town you live in? I have family in Glennwood Springs.

[jsteilKS]

Wow, that looks nuts.. I have two boxes of dry organic ferts, Dr. Earth and another similar brand, otherwise I'd have to give that stuff a try.

Does it say you can use it in hydroponics setups?

I use a sand top soil mix for cantalope, watermellon. Doing allot of reading last year it said to do so. We ended up geting four nice cantalopes and two watermellons.

In my area of North Kansas City we have allot of earthworms and the soil is very good for growing. If I remember correctly last year we produced about 60 tomatos, 26 zuccini's, 10 summer squash, about 40 red hot peppers, 5 green bell peppers, 4 yellow bell peppers, since our corn stocks snapped in half when a storm rolled through we only produced about 4 ears of corn. I hope we have the same yeild this year as last since were starting earlier.

[LiveToWin]

Im growing a 550sq ft victory garden in my yard :)