OT Might be problems with our food chain this summer or fall, so thinking about planting garden

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We have lemon trees, avocado trees and wild (I kid you not) tomatoes. I think we might just be able to go through this crisis on Guacamole.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Seeing a few stories during the last couple of days that because of the virus farmers aren't finding the labor they need to plant crops. That includes both the illegals who come here to work on our farms and the ones who apply for visas to work the farms.

This also appears to be a growing problem in many of the other countries we import fruit and vegetables from.

We might have food shortages.

I'm thinking it might not be a bad idea to grow some food just in case.

Not much of a gardener. I think I planted pumpkins once as a kid.

A couple of questions. Thinking about knocking together some raised garden beds. I know the ones for potatoes should be a couple of feet tall but what about corn? Is a 2 foot tall garden bed deep enough or should I go 3 feet?

Can I mix different things together in the same garden bed or each type vegetable have their own?
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Are you saying they’re going to run short on Kibble?
 
A garden needs a cat. Keep mice from your crops.

If you want short term plant annuals but if you are in it for long haul add perennials. I am looking at bumper crop of artichokes from a 3 year old plant. I have fruit trees, lemon, blood orange, fig, plum, cherry, Fuji and Granny Smith apples, peach, blueberry, also strawberries.
 
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Put a few marigolds in your vegetable garden to repel harmful insects. Scatter some borage seeds among beans, tomatoes, peppers, squash. Their flower looks unimpressive but attracts loads of bees, who then pollinate all your vegetable fruits and pods.

Tomatoes, peppers and basil under grow lights.IMG_20200407_170510.jpg
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Seeing a few stories during the last couple of days that because of the virus farmers aren't finding the labor they need to plant crops. That includes both the illegals who come here to work on our farms and the ones who apply for visas to work the farms.

This also appears to be a growing problem in many of the other countries we import fruit and vegetables from.

We might have food shortages.

I'm thinking it might not be a bad idea to grow some food just in case.

Not much of a gardener. I think I planted pumpkins once as a kid.

A couple of questions. Thinking about knocking together some raised garden beds. I know the ones for potatoes should be a couple of feet tall but what about corn? Is a 2 foot tall garden bed deep enough or should I go 3 feet?

Can I mix different things together in the same garden bed or each type vegetable have their own?
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Dig hole.
Put seed in hole.
Water.
Vegetable's fall off everywhere. Duh
 
SlyPokerDog said:
After seeing the picture of your lawn I can tell you're a master gardener!
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I am. You can walk to Winco from my house. It will take a good amount of time but you can do it. Pushing a stolen shopping cart uphill would suck.

You did know I was making fun of Bloomberg right?
 
The property my grandfathers garden was on is still in the family. I was going to see who wanted to get it going again in Ridgefield as long as you shared with my grandma.

bodyman5000 and 1 said:
I think it is most likely more of a modern thing anyway. Cars are reliable and run forever. Tires rarely go flat really. You don't really need to know how to take care of things like that today. You don't get stuck somewhere if you can't.

Gardening is one of those same things. My grandfather had an amazing garden. I remember watching him hang off the handles of a giant rototiller when I was a kid. I know the basic idea of gardening but have had no reason to really want to learn it.
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I think her land is only a couple of acres but his garden fed our entire extended family with stuff to spare.
 
Thank you for this thread! This is the third summer I’ve had my house and every year I tell myself I’m gonna start a garden..then next thing I know it’s too late. Really no excuses this year, I have plenty of time! Anyone grow chili peppers? Scotch bonnet, jalapeño, anything?
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
The property my grandfathers garden was on is still in the family. I was going to see who wanted to get it going again in Ridgefield as long as you shared with my grandma.



I think her land is only a couple of acres but his garden fed our entire extended family with stuff to spare.
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Fenced? Pasture? Can we raise a cow?
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Fenced? Pasture? Can we raise a cow?
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Partly fenced. It would probably need to be redone. Behind where the barn and garden used to be we had cows. The barn was leveled 15 years ago or more. Next to the barn was the garden. I'd say it was 40-60 feet wide by maybe 100 feet long. Damn I miss the corn on the cob he grew. And the green beans. Mmmmmmmmm

Unfortunately the other side of the family sold 125 acres of dairy farm that is now having homes built on it. For Californians...ewwwwwwww!!!
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
Partly fenced. It would probably need to be redone. Behind where the barn and garden used to be we had cows. The barn was leveled 15 years ago or more. Next to the barn was the garden. I'd say it was 40-60 feet wide by maybe 100 feet long. Damn I miss the corn on the cob he grew. And the green beans. Mmmmmmmmm

Unfortunately the other side of the family sold 125 acres of dairy farm that is now having homes built on it. For Californians...ewwwwwwww!!!
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Ridgefield?
 
SlyPokerDog said:
My senior class was 120 at Gladstone.
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That's not too big. Still small enough that nobody ever forgot what dumb shit you did in school. Remember a scene on The Simpsons where Bart saw Ralph Wiggum snap for some reason right in class?

I saw a kid snap in kindergarten. The poor thing went 2 in his pants and the teacher changed him into a diaper and made him finish the day in a diaper and a t shirt.

That kid was fucked up from day one. We even made peanut butter in that class. Nobody was allergic to PB then as far as anyone knew.

Today you'd kill 3 kids.
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
That's not too big. Still small enough that nobody ever forgot what dumb shit you did in school. Remember a scene on The Simpsons where Bart saw Ralph Wiggum snap for some reason right in class?

I saw a kid snap in kindergarten. The poor thing went 2 in his pants and the teacher changed him into a diaper and made him finish the day in a diaper and a t shirt.

That kid was fucked up from day one. We even made peanut butter in that class. Nobody was allergic to PB then as far as anyone knew.

Today you'd kill 3 kids.
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And no it wasn't me. I didn't do that until I was 20 something. It was traumatic then too.
 
PHXBlazer1 said:
Thank you for this thread! This is the third summer I’ve had my house and every year I tell myself I’m gonna start a garden..then next thing I know it’s too late. Really no excuses this year, I have plenty of time! Anyone grow chili peppers? Scotch bonnet, jalapeño, anything?
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Test grew a few pepper plants last year. They turned out well, and we are @ 3,000' elevation.

Planting more peppers this season, seeds are germinating now.

Picking the type/s of peppers to grow can be fun. There are about 50,000 types.
 
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