Silver_Surfer's Soggy Setback 2013

Devv · May 26, 2013

Now that I like!

Work smarter not harder.

Wonderful job on the row shaping.

MGOLD86 · May 26, 2013

What a great idea! I have considerably less space and am already feeling it in the back from forming those rows! Can't wait to see everything in its home! I will keep my fingers crossed for clear skies!

stc3248 · May 26, 2013

Nice job on the rows!!! I'll be stealing that one when I retire!

JoynersHotPeppers · May 26, 2013

Awesome looking setup! Look forward to the pictures of you crawling under the canopy to harvest.

millworkman · May 26, 2013

Damn SS thats beautiful. Just thinking back a few years you were only growing in pots

Sanarda · May 26, 2013

Gorgeous SS. That is a fantastic looking plot.

standbyandfire · May 26, 2013

Looking good SS! Keep up the good work.

annie57 · May 26, 2013

Just brilliant! Nice angled slant on the raised beds within garden. I'm still with Matt and the hoe/shovel, back-breaker and it's not loam but clay. S'alright. Like the devised, where drip tape is done simultaneously! Looking forward to dirt/pod shots!

megahot · May 26, 2013

Looks like you are the man with a master plan Silver. That's a sweet machine ya got there, I like the bonus drip line trench to go along with it!
I cant imagine how they did the pyramids back in the old days??? Back saving work has me sold! Glad you are getting all of the babies set up for their new home! :dance:

Silver_Surfer · May 29, 2013

armac said:
Beautiful plot

Thanks armac, it's startin' to shape up.

Devv said:
Now that I like!

Work smarter not harder.

Wonderful job on the row shaping.

Work is a 4 letter word round here. Already thinkin' bout buildin' a contraption to lay the plastic mulch.

MGOLD86 said:
What a great idea! I have considerably less space and am already feeling it in the back from forming those rows! Can't wait to see everything in its home! I will keep my fingers crossed for clear skies!

Thanks Matt, the weather here has now turned dry. From one extreme to another, but am finally getting something done.

stc3248 said:
Nice job on the rows!!! I'll be stealing that one when I retire!

I'll loan it to ya, but I've already become attached to this labor saver.

JoynersHotPeppers said:
Awesome looking setup! Look forward to the pictures of you crawling under the canopy to harvest.

Well, I hope 8 foot row spacing is enough to eliminate the crawl and pick routine. Thanks

millworkman said:
Damn SS thats beautiful. Just thinking back a few years you were only growing in pots

Hehe, it's actually the other way round. Ole Bama farm boy here that has always grown in dirt since as far back as memory allows. I searched online for techniques used in container growing and ended up here since it also catered to my chile fetish. While I still grow a few plants in pots for their life span, most info acquired was used to raise them in pots till ready for the ground.

Sanarda said:
Gorgeous SS. That is a fantastic looking plot.

Thanks, it's got a ways to go yet.

standbyandfire said:
Looking good SS! Keep up the good work.

Thanks, lookin' forward to some more of your pod reviews.

annie57 said:
Just brilliant! Nice angled slant on the raised beds within garden. I'm still with Matt and the hoe/shovel, back-breaker and it's not loam but clay. S'alright. Like the devised, where drip tape is done simultaneously! Looking forward to dirt/pod shots!

Thanks annie, am about finished with the chile plant plantin', but still have the maters to trench and it's takin' too long. Why does it always seem like when you try to get something done everyone and his brother stops by to chat.

megahot said:
Looks like you are the man with a master plan Silver. That's a sweet machine ya got there, I like the bonus drip line trench to go along with it!
I cant imagine how they did the pyramids back in the old days??? Back saving work has me sold! Glad you are getting all of the babies set up for their new home!

Don't ya love it when a plan comes together. :lol:

Those pyramids took a lot of slaves. My back is beyond saving, but appreciates all of the relief it can get.

I've almost finished settin' out the chiles and need to start on the landscape fabric and wheat straw, but it looks like it'll be too windy for that today and this evening is already booked by some needy maters. Well, there's always tomorrow.

romy6 · May 29, 2013

What an amazing set up SS. Always humbling to see your Garden! Thank you.

RocketMan · May 29, 2013

Beautiful set up there Surfer. Absolutely beautiful and with 8 foot beds yeah, I'd think you'll have an easy time harvesting them.

annie57 · May 29, 2013

I would "+1" Jamie and Bill but like the commercial "biggest number can think of?" The kid corrects the adult; says "Infinity x infinity." So: ∞ X ∞ Jamie/Bill!

Just beautiful, SS! And "Well, there's always tomorrow." Maybe I read into it but, lol, takes a Southerner who's memorized Gone with the Wind dialogue. "I'll think about it tomorrow . . . After all . . . tomorrow is another day." "SSS"?

Scarlett was "belle" in that she was beautiful and although a stupid b**tch in matters of love, not a b**tch to be messed with, otherwise. She carried and shot about as many guns as soldiers did in film, AND plowed.

That's my trick question for Yankee students when I teach Literature of the American South after I assign the film to watch: "Was Scarlett O'Hara a 'Southern belle?" It's not surprising how many think she was, smh. :rolleyes:

(Sorry, what you wrote sent my mind directly to that classic film--terrible novel, but great film!)

millworkman · May 29, 2013

Beautiful sight as always SS. Cannot wait to see you cursing your row spacing again

Pepper-Guru · May 29, 2013

Lookin real clean! What do you fertigate with?

Silver_Surfer · May 29, 2013

romy6 said:
What an amazing set up SS. Always humbling to see your Garden! Thank you.

Thanks, but it's just a fear of hoes that causes the method to my madness.

RocketMan said:
Beautiful set up there Surfer. Absolutely beautiful and with 8 foot beds yeah, I'd think you'll have an easy time harvesting them.

Dunno bout easy, but I'm hoping for easier.

annie57 said:
I would "+1" Jamie and Bill but like the commercial "biggest number can think of?" The kid corrects the adult; says "Infinity x infinity." So: ∞ X ∞ Jamie/Bill!

Just beautiful, SS! And "Well, there's always tomorrow." Maybe I read into it but, lol, takes a Southerner who's memorized Gone with the Wind dialogue. "I'll think about it tomorrow . . . After all . . . tomorrow is another day." "SSS"?

Scarlett was "belle" in that she was beautiful and although a stupid b**tch in matters of love, not a b**tch to be messed with, otherwise. She carried and shot about as many guns as soldiers did in film, AND plowed. That's my trick question for Yankee students when I teach Literature of the American South after I assign the film to watch: "Was Scarlett O'Hara a 'Southern belle?" It's not surprising how many think she was, smh. (Sorry, what you wrote sent my mind directly to that classic film--terrible novel, but great film!)

Thanks annie. Yep, got the movie on Blu-Ray.

millworkman said:
Beautiful sight as always SS. Cannot wait to see you cursing your row spacing again

Lord I hope not. If so I may have to plant a row here and the next in a neighboring county.

Pepper-Guru said:
Lookin real clean! What do you fertigate with?

Thanks PG. Right now they're getting only water (composted horse manure in soil), but later they'll get light doses of Jack's Pro 25-5-15 with micros.

WalkGood · May 29, 2013

Awesome back saving idea, love the way it trenches the dripline in as well. Super detailed garden, great pictures too! Can’t wait to see how organized the garden rows final pictures will bestow on us mere mortals

meatfreak · May 29, 2013

Your plot looks great, SS! Can't go wrong with this setup

3/5King · May 30, 2013

Hahahaha! Love the make shift bed scraper. That's the way to roll baby. That is one gorgeous plot you've made for your plants there. Can't wait to see your garden in full on pod pornage.

Sanarda · May 30, 2013

RocketMan said:
Beautiful set up there Surfer. Absolutely beautiful and with 8 foot beds yeah, I'd think you'll have an easy time harvesting them.

What??? What's this with 8 feet??? I don't understand this language your speaking. Ohhhh please tell me google translate is correct in saying 8 feet apart from bed to bed and not 8 feet high!!!!!!!

3/5King said:
Hahahaha! Love the make shift bed scraper. That's the way to roll baby. That is one gorgeous plot you've made for your plants there. Can't wait to see your garden in full on pod pornage.

Oh please no more pod porn!!!! We are already too wet in Jersey.....FROM THE RAIN plants stunted. SMH!

Silver_Surfer
"Thanks, but it's just a fear of hoes that causes the method to my madness."

Aahaahhaaaaaa!!!! I know that's right. Mine too. Ehhmmmm!! (Clears throat)