Recent content by bhutdave

Thanks everyone for all the info. This is my first season growing the superhots. I think it's like raising my first kids, I worried about everything. Two or four later and the details just didn't really matter that much. ;) Dave

Hey all, I'm having heavy flower drop. It has been over 100 here for some time, 107 yesterday. I feel pretty sure this is why I have so much problem with pepper production. My peppers receive full sun for most of the day (9+ hours). Would putting up a sun screen over the top of the peppers...

Something my wife makes me do. :( Dave

Don't cringe, it's just the ones I have experience with and get forgetful to be specific. Bhuts, yellow, red, and chocolate. Thanks again for the help, I'll post pictures of the garden in a different forum after I finish it this week. Enjoy the work week, Dave

I found the hardware cloth, it's EXACTLY what I think would work. The dang moles better have tough teeth to get through that. I will be using weed cloth on top of this, with both of them being on top of a couple inches of gravel to aid in drainage. My soil is hard clay here that the...

Hardware cloth? I have'nt heard of it before, I'll go find out today. Thanks, Dave

Big test of me multi-quoting here, I'll see what happens. The french drain with the wrap was what I was thinking. If I knew how to draw a picture and put it in this post to show you what I had in mind, it might help. Yet I can't because I'm a electronic loser. :mope: The three gardens will...

I think I get it, I did some reading in the help section. My wife says I'm helpless, let's just see if she's correct! Thanks for the shove in the right direction though, I hopefully will have the hang of this stuff soon and get rid of my newbie and stupid status. :lol: Dave

It sure looks like a bunch of people have done it successfully. I think I'm going to roll on with it and see how it goes. :rofl: Thanks Potawie, Dave

I was thinking of using more like a brick for the border and dig down a couple inches and put gravel and weed matting below the bricks and dirt. I have bermuda in my backyard, it loves to grow where you don't love it to. I hope my idea works. :pray: Thanks for the reply, can't really say...

I'm using ones similar to those bricks. Post a picture when you have it all done, that ought to look very cool. :cool: Dave

I was thinking of using what amounts to fancy looking bricks to build the walls. I was going to line the bottom of the garden with weed matting to help with the weeds, then mix my soil for the top. Think that will work? I'm not used to making something this elaborate for my gardening, but to...

That's what I had in my mind about it being a problem. I wanted to see if it had caused problems for others. I think I will go ahead and give it a try. I will make it 12 inches deep and terraced three times, so basically three 4x5(inside demensions) gardens. It will be terraced due to the...

Hey All, I need advice concerning raised bed gardening. I want to build a type of raised bed gardening that's a little more attractive than a wood box. I was thinking of making the box out of those concrete faux stone look blocks you can find at Lowe's or Home Depot. Is there a problem using...