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Belly35

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Jun 20, 2013 9:17 AM
This will be series of tips from Belly as I share my worldly wisdom to others mofo..
Note: Spell and grammar will not be included in this series.:D

Not all crap is good for the garden. In a conversation with a lady husband yesterday he mention that he throws his dog shit in their garden, wrong on so many levels. Don’t use dog, cat and need I say it human shit as fertilizer.

Cow/horse manure and chicken shit (not a fan of chicken shit) during off planting season can provide addition nourishment to the soil as it decomposes over the winter. I never put manure into the garden during planting season.

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Jun 20, 2013 9:17am
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WebFire

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Jun 20, 2013 9:18 AM
My know-it-all neighbor throws their dog shit in the garden and I just SMH.
Jun 20, 2013 9:18am
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Belly35

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Jun 20, 2013 9:30 AM
WebFire;1460513 wrote:My know-it-all neighbor throws their dog shit in the garden and I just SMH.
I would not be eating from his garden anytime soon... does the word parasites scream out to this guy?</SPAN>
Jun 20, 2013 9:30am
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Tiernan

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Jun 20, 2013 9:35 AM
Do you suggest weeding the garden area with Agent Orange Belly?
Jun 20, 2013 9:35am
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Jun 20, 2013 9:35 AM
Dog shit in the garden? Gross.

I do plan on bringing back a bunch of cow shit from my grandma's farm this fall to mix in with my garden beds. I think I've seen where people cover them with plastic sheeting so it will "bake" over the winter.
Jun 20, 2013 9:35am
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Jun 20, 2013 9:37 AM
Using [SP][/SP]Shit as fertilizer is for poor people.
Jun 20, 2013 9:37am
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LJ

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Jun 20, 2013 9:38 AM
The local gardenining show had mentioned a website that shows how many inches per sq ft of the different types of manure you can add during different points of the year. I'll see if I can find it.

We compost our horse manure. We have some really good stuff that is just solid black dirt. We also sell manure. $50 for as much as you can take. I love when the Honda Civics roll up and they fill the trunk with horse shit :laugh:
Jun 20, 2013 9:38am
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SnotBubbles

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Jun 20, 2013 9:40 AM
So, what you're saying is, I've been shitting on my tomatoes for no reason?
Jun 20, 2013 9:40am
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ernest_t_bass

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Jun 20, 2013 9:42 AM
I put sperm on my plants.
Jun 20, 2013 9:42am
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Belly35

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Jun 20, 2013 9:43 AM
Tiernan;1460522 wrote:Do you suggest weeding the garden area with Agent Orange Belly?
No .. all of the vegetation will die and so will the gardener at some point. Hope this helps
Jun 20, 2013 9:43am
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Jun 20, 2013 9:45 AM
Here you go, Belly. The raised beds I built.

Backyard bed, three 4'x4' sections. Middle bed has kale, romaine, and spinach. Right end bed has arugula, carrots, radishes, cucumber, and I think I put a kale and a spinach in there to fill space. I may remove one of those to test out a tomato plant to see if it gets enough sunlight for next summer. The left bed will be filled next summer, it is empty at the moment.


Small 2'x4' front yard bed. Marketmore cukes, Boston pickling cukes, spaghetti squash, and zucchini. It'll probably be a mess when they all start vining. I'll need to add some major trellising to this. This pick is a few weeks old, too. They are really growing well.


Larger 6'x4' frontyard bed. Tomatoes (3 varieties), peppers (3 varieties, though my habanero are struggling mightily), and two types of beans.



I am still working on fencing for the beds. The front yard beds haven't had any trouble but one of our dogs has explored the beds in the back yard a couple times. Disregard the instagrammy douchiness of the photos.
Jun 20, 2013 9:45am
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Jun 20, 2013 9:46 AM
LJ;1460529 wrote:The local gardenining show had mentioned a website that shows how many inches per sq ft of the different types of manure you can add during different points of the year. I'll see if I can find it.

We compost our horse manure. We have some really good stuff that is just solid black dirt. We also sell manure. $50 for as much as you can take. I love when the Honda Civics roll up and they fill the trunk with horse shit :laugh:
How much of a discount will you give me? I'd like to buy some of your horse shit.
Jun 20, 2013 9:46am
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Jun 20, 2013 9:48 AM
justincredible;1460539 wrote:How much of a discount will you give me? I'd like to buy some of your horse shit.
I'll ask what their supply is like. They have 11 horses, 4 over 17 hands, so they should have plenty. I'll let you get a truck bed full for $25
Jun 20, 2013 9:48am
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Jun 20, 2013 9:48 AM
justincredible;1460538 wrote:Here you go, Belly. The raised beds I built.
Do you not own a level?
Jun 20, 2013 9:48am
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Jun 20, 2013 9:49 AM
said_aouita;1460541 wrote:Do you not own a level?
The beds are perfectly level. My front yard is not. Hope this helps.
Jun 20, 2013 9:49am
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Jun 20, 2013 9:52 AM
justincredible;1460542 wrote:The beds are perfectly level.
Interesting. So that means your fences are not level looking at the pictures.


or


Must be an optical illusion.



Top of the fence looks level but the beds do not.
Jun 20, 2013 9:52am
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Jun 20, 2013 9:54 AM
justincredible;1460524 wrote:Dog shit in the garden? Gross.

I do plan on bringing back a bunch of cow shit from my grandma's farm this fall to mix in with my garden beds. I think I've seen where people cover them with plastic sheeting so it will "bake" over the winter.
Yes &#8230;this is what I do. I take all my plants and some branches and leafs (except tomatoes plants throw them away) burn them in the garden, spreading the ash around in the garden, cover the garden lightly with manure, add a little garden soil over everything and cover with a 6 mill black plastic over the winter to bake. This baking will kill any weeds seed that may be in the soil.
Planting season just lightly break up the soil and plant
Jun 20, 2013 9:54am
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Jun 20, 2013 9:55 AM
said_aouita;1460543 wrote:Interesting. So that means your fences are not level looking at the pictures.
Well, the backyard is relatively flat so I didn't bother leveling.

The front yard slopes down drastically from left to right. The wall in the front is very much not level.

This should give you a better perspective of the slope.

Jun 20, 2013 9:55am
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Jun 20, 2013 9:56 AM
Belly35;1460546 wrote:Yes &#8230;this is what I do. I take all my plants and some branches and leafs (except tomatoes plants throw them away) burn them in the garden, spreading the ash around in the garden, cover the garden lightly with manure, add a little garden soil over everything and cover with a 6 mill black plastic over the winter to bake. This baking will kill any weeds seed that may be in the soil.
Planting season just lightly break up the soil and plant
Good deal.
Jun 20, 2013 9:56am
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Belly35

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Jun 20, 2013 10:00 AM
justincredible;1460538 wrote:Here you go, Belly. The raised beds I built.

Backyard bed, three 4'x4' sections. Middle bed has kale, romaine, and spinach. Right end bed has arugula, carrots, radishes, cucumber, and I think I put a kale and a spinach in there to fill space. I may remove one of those to test out a tomato plant to see if it gets enough sunlight for next summer. The left bed will be filled next summer, it is empty at the moment.


Small 2'x4' front yard bed. Marketmore cukes, Boston pickling cukes, spaghetti squash, and zucchini. It'll probably be a mess when they all start vining. I'll need to add some major trellising to this. This pick is a few weeks old, too. They are really growing well.


Larger 6'x4' frontyard bed. Tomatoes (3 varieties), peppers (3 varieties, though my habanero are struggling mightily), and two types of beans.



I am still working on fencing for the beds. The front yard beds haven't had any trouble but one of our dogs has explored the beds in the back yard a couple times. Disregard the instagrammy douchiness of the photos.
I will send you pic of what I did for fencing to keep out deer, rabbit and dogs simple, easy and cheap solution . When I get home later

Your garden looks great ...
Jun 20, 2013 10:00am
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ernest_t_bass

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Jun 20, 2013 10:07 AM
Berry,

Wife was just talking about our soil being too sandy. Suggestions? Should we wait til fall to fertilize?
Jun 20, 2013 10:07am
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Jun 20, 2013 10:12 AM


Our home garden. Everyone also shares the 1/2 acre garden at my parents' place
Jun 20, 2013 10:12am
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Jun 20, 2013 10:19 AM
Throughout portions of the early spring, I would burn wood within my raised garden bed (#3). I hope this helps. No, seriously, I hope this helps.
Jun 20, 2013 10:19am
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Jun 20, 2013 10:24 AM
Belly35;1460511 wrote:a lady husband
Not sure what this means. Is it the pitcher in a lesbian relationship?
Jun 20, 2013 10:24am
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Jun 20, 2013 10:26 AM
justincredible;1460547 wrote:
Did you guys have a harsh frost last night, I'd be more worried about that then a slight slope.
Jun 20, 2013 10:26am