The Vegetable Garden

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Robert L  from NC  ...  sent in this picture of his garden.  Did a great job, got to love those T Post supports.

The first row is cantaloupe and cucumbers, the second is squash and zucks, the third is sweet/hot peppers the forth is okra, fifth is double row of lettuce and carrots, sixth is tomatoes and lastly pole beans and snow peas.

Big Louisiana Pumpkin

Brodie G.  from Youngsville, LA is going for the state record on this one.
It's only half grown and weights in at 528 lbs.  State Record is 579 lbs.
Good luck Brodie

Although it beat the State record it had a split in it which disqualified it.
Brodie isn't giving up and may have a few more big ones he's working with.

Greg S.  from Mississippi ...  Greg's got a brand new green house sitting on his place.  Built it himself and I think he did a real good job. 

James sent these real nice pictures of his garden.  Good job my friend.   

Jeff Y.  from Kentucky ... got some new tools for the 2009 vegetable garden.

Jeff also submitted some great ideas for the garden.  Check out his watering system for tomatoes and his compost trailer.  Thanks Jeff, both are outstanding. 

Jeff has really improved his row drawing technique.

Submitted by  Tbird from Many, Louisiana

Submitted by Eric

Busting new ground

The EarthWay Seeder/Planter ....  An excellent tool for planting larger seeds such as Sweet Corn, Snap Beans, Peas and Okra.  This planter was designed as a walk behind unit.  I constructed a seat which attaches to my tractor for those larger sections of the garden.  See it in action while we plant our Snap Beans on the garden video page.

Seed plate recommendations and modifications by the LSU AgCenter.

Compost Pile for next year's vegetable garden. Started in the spring of 2008.

Low Tech - Low Maintenance / Using a combination of compost and potting soil to start my seedlings and when planting in the garden when the soil is a little damp.

Same compost pile as above in the winter of 2008. 

Started a new compost pile with leaves, grass clippings, newspaper and some greenery from the garden. This one should be ready in the spring of 2010.

Growing a Vegetable Garden

You just can't beat a slice of fresh tomato on a ham sandwich, corn on the cob or freshly picked snap beans.  Having vegetables year round is a lot easier than you may think.  Your garden can be grown just about anywhere from several acres to just a few plants on the patio.  The outcome will be the same fresh, tasty, home grown vegetables for the table.

Photos from above.  Thanks to my good friend Paul Juneau for the ariel photos of the vegetable garden.

Starting Date:  October 1, 2008

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