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glog 2019 Hay Bale Pepper Patch

I've been a member for a while but never posted a grow log. My usual garden is too boring for that. I use 20-30 pots and overwinter my mama plants in a hillbilly winter shelter. Our ground here isn't good for in soil gardening and I've not been enthused enough to undertake the work and expense to build raised beds.
 
Now I have my peppers working the way I want and have the need for a much larger grow to supply a project. The main peppers I'll grow will be reaper, douglah and fatalii. For a couple of years I'll do hay bale gardens and heap tons of organic trash into the area. I have monumental amounts of pine straw, oak leaves and bonfire ash every year to dump in the walkways. I think this will do a world of good to make this new garden area mo'betta for eventual in ground growing.
 
I closed off a 38x38 patch in the NE field that gets full sun. This is the area I chose. The big painted guy is my fertilizer supplier.
 
The little painted guy is my running buddy and load inspector.
 
 
 

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The garden is now officially prepped for laying fallow/cooking until next spring. I paved the row areas with cardboard and covered it with mulch. The squash area is covered with mulch with old tarps on top. I'm storing all my pulled posts, cages, row fencing and misc crap on top for the duration. Anything green showing itself between the cracks will be summarily nuked on a regular basis. Due to lack of hours in a day, I blew off planting beans on the rows to fix nitrogen.

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The first ripe winter squash from the compost bin squash pile. I think this is my earliest fully matured butternut ever. Not too big but it will make some good eats.

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DWB said:
The garden is now officially prepped for laying fallow/cooking until next spring. I paved the row areas with cardboard and covered it with mulch. The squash area is covered with mulch with old tarps on top. I'm storing all my pulled posts, cages, row fencing and misc crap on top for the duration. Anything green showing itself between the cracks will be summarily nuked on a regular basis. Due to lack of hours in a day, I blew off planting beans on the rows to fix nitrogen.

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The first ripe winter squash from the compost bin squash pile. I think this is my earliest fully matured butternut ever. Not too big but it will make some good eats.

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I used to grow squash on a compost heap. Gluttonous weeds... but very productive.
 
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The vet was here last Tuesday. He did the stain/micro exam and dug out the implant. He said Cadi's eye is good and eyes damaged like his was are rarely saved outside of a hospital like Auburn or LSU. I finish weaning him off the medications tomorrow. So glad it's over but knocking on some wood right now.

This is a picture from last Friday. He's still a little squinty from the SPL removal. That was kinda brutal because granulated tissue had grown over the part inside his head. Poor kid. I felt so badly for him but at least he was sound asleep of his feet for that. And for an hour after it was over.

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My Yellow Scorpions are all happy in their new home. The two other groups are staying by the house.

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Sounds like things are working out for ol' Cadillac! Great news, DW!
 
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