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Official Gameday Gardening thread
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Advice for larger yards
Mower setting:
When one has goats it is best to mow the fields when the goats stop browsing and start trying to go over and thru fence to the stuff growing on the other side. I set my brush hog at 6-10 inches. Then hope things will grow back.
Fencing:
Best to use two hot wire lines, one at the top but careful not to go above height* of the fence. The second line should be set at average shoulder height of the goats. They have a tendency to rub against the fence.
Gates:
Have enough gates to block the goats from having access to areas where the hot wire was not properly installed and the goats ruined the fencing. I have 4 areas that I can confine the goats. Make sure you always pin/lock gates, goats can easily open simple latched gates. and get into the tack room. and rearrange everything. and eat everything. damn goats.
*birds will land on the electric fence wire, causing the wire to lower and shorting out, which in turn will send the into a very uncomfortable place. Sometimes into the air, sometimes into the ground, sometimes just off the fence back up in the air. Depends on size of bird. -
My GF does the gardening. I just eat the proceeds.
This year we had our usual shit ton of strawberries and raspberries. A couple of new tomato plants went in this rather than the usual 10-15, but we have at least five volunteer tomatoes coughing up fruit too. A few squash and pumpkins plus many volunteers, some horseradish, green beans, green onions, and a few varieties of lettuce. Lemon balm, lemon thyme, oregano, and sage.
The rest is all decorative...sunflowers, wild flowers, lavender, etc. The garden is quite nice in its 4th year. She gets better every year. She got smart and didn't bother with a bunch of veggies that don't seem to get eaten like radishes, carrots, melons, bell peppers, and cucumbers. -
I hate my dogs when I'm in the fenced part of the yard. It used to be so nice. Now it's full of partially healed holes, chewed up sticks, and a wide path of bare dirt around the whole perimeter just from them running around being dicks.dflea said:Our two dwags have turned the entire back yard into a fucking war zone this year. I plant things, they fuck them up. So I mailed it in this year with just a few pots for beans, peppers, and herbs.
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I'm hoping these two retards grow out of it, but I'm beginning to think it's going to be a long-term issue. They're either running around at 400 mph and throwing up clouds of dust, or digging holes that fill up with rain and then coming to the door covered in mud. And my pile of firewood on the back patio is now missing.chuck said:
I hate my dogs when I'm in the fenced part of the yard. It used to be so nice. Now it's full of partially healed holes, chewed up sticks, and a wide path of bare dirt around the whole perimeter just from them running around being dicks.dflea said:Our two dwags have turned the entire back yard into a fucking war zone this year. I plant things, they fuck them up. So I mailed it in this year with just a few pots for beans, peppers, and herbs.
I'm not sure what the fuck I was thinking.
What I'm mad about was the pumpkins. I had some good vines going, and those two knotheads destroyed them all. It's going to bug me all over again when I start jonesing for pumpkin seeds.
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Yep just gotta love the dogs. We have two ~90 lb, mdflea said:
I'm hoping these two retards grow out of it, but I'm beginning to think it's going to be a long-term issue. They're either running around at 400 mph and throwing up clouds of dust, or digging holes that fill up with rain and then coming to the door covered in mud. And my pile of firewood on the back patio is now missing.chuck said:
I hate my dogs when I'm in the fenced part of the yard. It used to be so nice. Now it's full of partially healed holes, chewed up sticks, and a wide path of bare dirt around the whole perimeter just from them running around being dicks.dflea said:Our two dwags have turned the entire back yard into a fucking war zone this year. I plant things, they fuck them up. So I mailed it in this year with just a few pots for beans, peppers, and herbs.
I'm not sure what the fuck I was thinking.
What I'm mad about was the pumpkins. I had some good vines going, and those two knotheads destroyed them all. It's going to bug me all over again when I start jonesing for pumpkin seeds.
I used to have a German shepherd that would steal my firewood and made a stash in the woods. I didn't have the heart to take it back as she had some weird attachment issues with it. Crazy dog.dflea said:
I'm hoping these two retards grow out of it, but I'm beginning to think it's going to be a long-term issue. They're either running around at 400 mph and throwing up clouds of dust, or digging holes that fill up with rain and then coming to the door covered in mud. And my pile of firewood on the back patio is now missing.chuck said:
I hate my dogs when I'm in the fenced part of the yard. It used to be so nice. Now it's full of partially healed holes, chewed up sticks, and a wide path of bare dirt around the whole perimeter just from them running around being dicks.dflea said:Our two dwags have turned the entire back yard into a fucking war zone this year. I plant things, they fuck them up. So I mailed it in this year with just a few pots for beans, peppers, and herbs.
I'm not sure what the fuck I was thinking.
What I'm mad about was the pumpkins. I had some good vines going, and those two knotheads destroyed them all. It's going to bug me all over again when I start jonesing for pumpkin seeds. -
I watch more Bravo than I would like to admit. This show was on after Million Dollar Listing LA last week. I quit after a few min. Maybe I’ll give it another try soon.RaceBannon said:Super gay show on the super gay network so naturally a favorite
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Okay here's a question. Every summer on my balcony I have 2-4 flowering plants. The other day I was sitting out there and realized I hadn't seen a single bee all year long. In the past there have always been bees buzzing around the balcony. I wonder how serious the bee depopulation is becoming? I read an article earlier this year that they were making a comeback.
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RoadDawg55 said:
I watch more Bravo than I would like to admit. This show was on after Million Dollar Listing LA last week. I quit after a few min. Maybe I’ll give it another try soon.RaceBannon said:Super gay show on the super gay network so naturally a favorite
Tracy Tutor has some nice soft porn work from the 90's out there on the interwebs.
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The one that stung my foot Friday was doing just fine.DerekJohnson said:Okay here's a question. Every summer on my balcony I have 2-4 flowering plants. The other day I was sitting out there and realized I hadn't seen a single bee all year long. In the past there have always been bees buzzing around the balcony. I wonder how serious the bee depopulation is becoming? I read an article earlier this year that they were making a comeback.
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Short shorts on the chickRoadDawg55 said:
I watch more Bravo than I would like to admit. This show was on after Million Dollar Listing LA last week. I quit after a few min. Maybe I’ll give it another try soon.RaceBannon said:Super gay show on the super gay network so naturally a favorite
She is one of those sneaky hot ones
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A dwag is a viscous animaldflea said:Our two dwags have turned the entire back yard into a fucking war zone this year. I plant things, they fuck them up. So I mailed it in this year with just a few pots for beans, peppers, and herbs.
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Our first dog got the run o the yard for one year. He too did the wear a path thing and he also like to prune bushes for no reason. That got my wife involved. We had a big deck complex so I fenced it in and he got the area under the deck to dig and destroy to his hearts content
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Just bought a new kiwi vine today. Lost one this spring. The 90 degree day in April followed by 5 nights of hard freeze screwed the kiwi and fig tree up.
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I went out to the back of the property yesterday, painful club foot and all, and pounded stakes into the ground around my dog's grave/tree and fenced it in so the deer won't use it as a scratching post and destroy it like the willow that used to be there.
Weird tree. I'm hoping it makes it, but I think my wife was led astray by the garden center that sold it to her. She specifically asked for a shade tolerant tree that's happy in standing water at points in the year (gets pretty wet back there, hence the willow we previously planted), and once we looked up what this thing is, it calls for full sun and well drained soil. Looking at the tag now, it's a "Red Fox Katsura," whatever that is.
