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03-13-2009, 12:37 PM | #31 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: A little town south of Chicago
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| Moving out of Cook County helped us a huge amount! (Chicago) We are in a rural area now and our water/sewer/garbage pickup bill is only around $23.00 a month compared to $75.00 - $100.00 where we used to live. Of course we pay way lower taxes than we did there. Oh and my drive to work is shorter so the cost of travel is less! I do plan on growing some tomatoes and such this year. The previous owner left a lot of canning jars so it won't be that expensive for me. Patti, come on over a couple of counties. You'd love the country life! |
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03-13-2009, 02:08 PM | #32 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas
Posts: 7,982
| I am not a Gardener but I think this year I will have to try. $3.00 for one Tomato at the Grocery store. When do I start planting squash and tomatoes. What else is easy for newbie gardeners. I have planted some herbs. Lissette |
03-13-2009, 02:37 PM | #33 | |
I ♥ my Furheathens Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: VAN ALSTYNE
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That linked worked. I know several people that have done this and I have done it too. The food is good, just not a good fit for my house. Their fruit and veggie box tho, is always enjoyed.
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03-13-2009, 02:59 PM | #34 | |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Casey, IL
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Some easy things are: Beans, Cucumbers, onions, radishes, squash, and tomatoes. I dont know if you have squash bugs in texas, but I have them here in Illinois. I use 'sevendust' to keep them off. I dont like using pesticides, but its the only thing that keeps the buggers off. They will eat the entire root system and kill the plant within a week. Maybe try to find some plants that are already started instead of using seeds. Try a nursery or maybe walmart.
__________________ Heather, mommy to Drake (7 yr old son), Triss (yorkie), spike (dachshund), ash and misty (my cats), and a baby on the way due Oct 1st! | |
03-13-2009, 04:56 PM | #35 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Texas
Posts: 2,624
| Manolos mom - you need to plant NOW (I think), not sure where Wylie is, but April 15th is too late for most of Texas, certainly central and south. I've already put in my tomatoes (of course, I'm protecting them this week from cold temps), squash, strawberries (I already have berries on the vines), peppers and herbs (I'm in central Texas) The problem in central/south Texas is that it will be so hot by July that plants won't set on fruit/vegetables. So we have to plant very early, protect from cold and then harvest before the blistering heat of the summer. The good thing is we can plant again in August (consistently water them WELL) and then by October it will have cooled enough so that the plants will produce crops in Oct/Nov. We are very lucky to have two growing seasons.
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03-13-2009, 05:18 PM | #36 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Casey, IL
Posts: 1,175
| Sorry, maybe my source is misprinted. I would go with what she says about planting dates.
__________________ Heather, mommy to Drake (7 yr old son), Triss (yorkie), spike (dachshund), ash and misty (my cats), and a baby on the way due Oct 1st! |
03-14-2009, 02:55 AM | #37 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas
Posts: 7,982
| Thanks for the info. Yes I live in the Northeast area of Texas. 15 miles out of Dallas. Im going to clear an area in my yard on monday since we are getting tons of rain today and sunday. Thanks you...Lissette |
03-14-2009, 01:39 PM | #38 | |
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We managed to have great tomatoes, as a suggestion this is what helped. We would buy a roll of clear thick plastic and a wide roll field fencing or chicken wire, then make individual round cylinders,staple a layer of the plastc on the outside of the cylinder. It makes its own little greenhouse and really does help in the hot weather and also the wind, enabling the tomatoes to set. We always put lots of compost around the base of each plant before placing the cylinder around it, it really does help. Our friends are going to do the tilling next week and I asked them to get the wood shavings along with the rest of the things to till in, wood shavings really help to keep the moisture in. I also did this with several other things that tended not to do well in the hot weather with amazing results. Patti and Jack | |
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