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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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 Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Military husbands can be so narrow-minded about things like plows.
What I do suggest is checking the yellow pages....look for something, possibly under 'government', similar to County Extension Office/Agricultural Something Or Other....sorry I can't be more specific. Anyway, its the government office that gives out info to gardeners and farmers. I'm sure they know how to locate a garden spot for rent. You could even go down to the County courthouse and ask. |
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krats1976
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you muy mucho Ya-ta. I'll have to ask around & see if I can find these sorts of places in Gwangju.
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I brought my seed corn from home. I can't stand Korean corn. I am sure that stuff is field corn. Fine for cows and pigs, but I'm neither.
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LOL I suspect you may be right. I harvested some corn last season that another teacher had planted before he left and it was alright, but I made the mistake of buying some at the supermarket once and... blech. Gross. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:59 am Post subject: |
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Head for one of the older market areas. Turn left. Look for a shop that sells hoes and sickles. Ask for the stuff and the old guy (or gal) will point you in the right direction. They will recognize the word.
Do you have a Pioneer seed corn hat? I do. But I left it at home.  [/quote] |
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endofthewor1d
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: the end of the wor1d.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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good news...
my avocados have sprouted! here's a picture of one of them:
the other one looks pretty much the same.
also, i made some lemonade the other day. and, finding myself with a bunch of lemon seeds, dropped them in some dirt. i guess we'll see what happens. |
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Today we finally got it together and rented a medium-sized roto-tiller to dig up an area that had the worst compacted "soil" that looked/felt like it hadn't seen the light of day since 2000 BC. I removed decades-old mulch and geo textile from the area yesterday and watered it to soften up the ground in preparation--it was like cement.
Well this morning it was still like cement.
But I'm all chirpy this morning saying "these machines are great--no breaking our backs digging!!" along with my usual "It'll be a snap!!"
.......Well that's the last time I'll be thinking roto-tillers make it easy! We had to fight with it the whole way--skating on top of the clay because it was so hard. You REALLY have to pull to hold it in place while it digs....all the while it's pulling against you. I can't imagine using the large size tiller 
We got it done. The first go was a horrible struggle but once the area was more or less dug up we spread well-rotted cow manure everywhere and tilled that in--which was a lot easier. Now it looks like great soil. Just have to wait until the last frost is really passed to put the tomato plants in.
The one great thing about a roto-tiller is that it breaks up the clumps.
The rest is hell. |
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endofthewor1d
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| Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:43 am Post subject: |
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my beans have come to life. 9 out of 23 of them anyway. here's what they look like as of today:
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canuckistan
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| Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:43 am Post subject: |
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It went down to freezing and then some last night. Traces of snow on the roofs. Everyone's tulips, lilacs, blooming fruit trees and even regular trees' leaves are just hanging in unhappy frozen dejection. Some on our street have hung sheets over the fruit trees. I'm glad I've waited to put certain things in the ground (even though it's been 75F plus most days and very tempting) because they would've been nailed.
It's supposed to warm up today--I hope this frost damage doesn't really mess things up! |
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krats1976
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| Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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My beans must have rotted. I've never tried indoor starts and they just didn't work.
Oh well.... I'm hoping to clean out my outdoor garden this weekend so I can put some fresh seeds in the ground. *fingers crossed* |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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canukistan:
I have relatives in Colorado. One of them rents a plot of land for a garden. You might ask around if you need more space.
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An outdoor plot would be nice for a REALLY good vegetable garden because Mr Canuckistan won't let me plow under the backyard 
What I need is a greenhouse as I've bought so much seed this year and nights can still get frosty, so outside isn't possible right now. I'd like to start the rest soon but alas, no where to do it at the moment. All available space at sunny windows is already sucked up as well as the guest room. The house is already a jungle.
I was thinking of jury-rigging a temp greenhouse with plastic (like Korea) but the prob with that is we get these gale-force winds off the mountains at least 1 x a week. Any temp greenhouse would end up one state over in Kansas.
All stocked with seeds and no place to go.
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Get some old windows (how to go about that is a question, but I don't think impossible) and build simple cold frames. You simply build a small box, the size of the window frame, and maybe about 6-8 inches high, hinge the window to it, and prop the window open when the weather is nice, and closed at night. I used to do that in my garden in Seattle.
If the glass is just not possible, you can substitute heavy plastic (build a frame, stretch and staple the plastic)- it is cheap enough to replace as it wears out.
http://www.gardenplans.com/freeplans.html |
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canuckistan
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| Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:23 am Post subject: |
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Ya-ta-Boy wrote:
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canukistan:
I have relatives in Colorado. One of them rents a plot of land for a garden. You might ask around if you need more space.
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An outdoor plot would be nice for a REALLY good vegetable garden because Mr Canuckistan won't let me plow under the backyard
What I need is a greenhouse as I've bought so much seed this year and nights can still get frosty, so outside isn't possible right now. I'd like to start the rest soon but alas, no where to do it at the moment. All available space at sunny windows is already sucked up as well as the guest room. The house is already a jungle.
I was thinking of jury-rigging a temp greenhouse with plastic (like Korea) but the prob with that is we get these gale-force winds off the mountains at least 1 x a week. Any temp greenhouse would end up one state over in Kansas.
All stocked with seeds and no place to go.
Any suggestions? |
Get some old windows (how to go about that is a question, but I don't think impossible) and build simple cold frames. You simply build a small box, the size of the window frame, and maybe about 6-8 inches high, hinge the window to it, and prop the window open when the weather is nice, and closed at night. I used to do that in my garden in Seattle.
If the glass is just not possible, you can substitute heavy plastic (build a frame, stretch and staple the plastic)- it is cheap enough to replace as it wears out.
http://www.gardenplans.com/freeplans.html |
I've thought about cold frames--we should've started buildng those this winter, at least the frames....and the other day I just saw 2 sliding shower doors being pitched out that would've been perfect--though when I went out an hour to pick them up later they were gone
I'll probably give that a go next year.
What I've ended up doing is pushing the dining room table up to the last remaining un-cluttered window in the house and started seed trays there.
It's too funny. Hub's really good about it. Safe to say we won't be formally entertaining until the last frost (May 15th) when I can purge the house of all this stuff and put it in the garden  |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:32 am Post subject: |
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Wahoo!
I want to announce that my sweet peas and snow peas are peaking up through the ground!!!
57 more days to harvest!
Nothing in the corn row or pumpkin patch yet.
A couple of warm, sunny days would be in order around here. |
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endofthewor1d
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:32 am Post subject: |
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Wahoo!
I want to announce that my sweet peas and snow peas are peaking up through the ground!!!
57 more days to harvest!
Nothing in the corn row or pumpkin patch yet.
A couple of warm, sunny days would be in order around here. |
i'm afraid i'll be unable to share your joy unless you provide some pictures.
but really, isn't the breaking-through-the-ground phase one of the most exciting times? even in my plastic pots, when i see cracked earth, i know that tomorrow there will be a giant alien-head-bean sprouting forth the next morning. wonderful stuff! |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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You're right about the excitement when the sprouts first show up. I checked on Monday and was disappointed. I was expecting to see something and started to get worried. But then the little green heads showed up and my mood changed. (It helps that I have a lead on a better job, too.)
My computer skills are wanting, so there will be no pictures at 5. |
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endofthewor1d
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 1:28 am Post subject: |
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the beans are thriving. there are 12 of them now! that's more than 50% of what i planted. i'm pretty happy with that.
also, does anyone know what this flower is? i saw it the other day in a shop and i had to buy it because it looked so cool. also, do you know where you could go to get seeds for this sort of thing? i'd like to start my own from scratch. when i buy a plant, i feel like i'm cheating.
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 1:49 am Post subject: |
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| Pretty dandy flower ya got there. No idea what it is. Maybe have the florist write down the name in Korean and have your wife look it up? |
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