Herb's Organic Garden

Damn Herb Your one hell of a craftsman I see you take pride in everything you do. Great work.

 

Joe is right on the money.


It's the gophers dummy. Oh yeah...and the fact that we have a LOT of granite rock in the ground so it's not always feasible to plant where ya want to. Here's a look at the bottom of a planter.





HeadCase.....yes I do. If you're gonna do something...do it right I say.


Dutch.....you gotta take that up with my woman. :laughing1:


Resin.....If I'm not doing something I go crazy! :icon_confused: Since work around here is shit....I'm building my 'future'. Ya gotta eat! As for putting my skills to work in the Emerald Triangle.....if only I could! I often imagine how much herb I could grow in the garden I've built....the amounts would be staggering! If only...........:fly:


Thanks Juggalo.

 

I get the granite issue with planting and skuzzz do not feel stupid as I often wondered why they all grow in boxes too... Just figured he wanted his in boxes he builds. We have gopher's too....plenty but I set humane traps and take them for LONG rides to the big woods...


Anywhos, so when you plant the fruit trees, you can not plant them in the ground either or is their area's with NO granite?? Just curious as you were telling me about the trees you got to plant. In RI they have boulder issues and my one aunt has to make either boxes OR she makes these cool shaped rock gardens and fills them in as you do the boxes. I helped her one summer with gardening, you can be digging and then all of a sudden you hit a big ass rock or boulder. Love how they utilize them to make fences in her state plus to outline the gardens.


Looking good Herb!


Also what are your intentions for the goats? Is it for the milk? My one daughter was lactose intolerant as a baby and once I had to stop breast feeding, that was what the doctor tole me to give her and or soy formula.


Anywhos, ended up using the soy for goat's milk is had to find in stores not to mention pricey. May want to look into that. You or your g/frd should let the maternity wards know for those who need to purchase it for their babies.

 

Been a while since I posted an update so here ya go.


Been busy putting the fence up around the garden to keep the critters out. Just one more section of fence and a gate to go then this dirty deed is done!

 

Looking good Herb!


The garden is coming along nicley, great job buddy. Keep up with the good work. I wish I had the time and the land to have your kind of setup..:thumbsup:

 

Damn Herb, I love the view, you can see for miles. How many acres do ya have on that spread? Awesome way to utilize the open space. Nice work.


Sprite

 

What a BEAUTIFUL garden, Herb!!! Nice work, man... Can't wait to see more pics as the garden comes along!


Peace


-LM

 

Wheres the green grass? I love the view.


Is it just to hot to have lush green grass.

 

Yup...I have great satisfaction with this garden. I can sit out there for hours just smokin' some salad and coming up with new ideas to incorporate. I absolutely love it. I wish I had free time though...that doesn't compute *error error*. :icon_confused:


There's still loads more to do on the garden. Up next is making some more shade covers for the open section. I want to cover the remaining 4 large planter boxes. As you can see by the lack of any green grass that the summers here are brutal and the plants take the toll. Give them a little shade and they do just fine. :thumbsup:


After that I have an idea I'm going to try involving vertical space growing. We had a SHITLOAD of watermelon seeds germinate in the compost and planted them all. I beleive there are close to 30 of them split between two 3' x 6' beds. That equates to quite a large amount of growth and since I have a limited footprint to work with I'm going to build several levels of open-air racks that will mount directly over the beds. I'll then train the vines onto those racks as they grow. I'll do the same for the cucumbers, honeydew, and krenshaw melons too. Might as well make the most of my space. It keeps the friggin gophers from eating my crop like they did LAST year too.

 

I'm actually looking into making a cellar of sorts under the house to do just that Resin. Fortunately our house is not on a concrete slab....rather it is built up off the ground leaving a rather large space under the east end. I plan on cutting an access panel into one of the closets so we can get in and out easily. That will be the coolest side of the house in the evenings too. If my plan works out it should be a great place to keep our stores.


BTW...there are 14 acres here...I live on 10 of them myself while the g-friend's parents live on the other 4.

 

Ive got six lucky numbers on the Lotto tonight. If they come through for me and i can afford a house with land im guna kick your yanky ass with my veggy patch!!!!!

 

Well since most of my garden is being built from things I've collected for free then that shouldn't be too hard to do Skuzz.

 

Herb, All I can say is, you the man :headbang9:. That's a sweet piece of land, ya did a nice job with it. I'm sure it takes up a lot of time to keep it that nice and constantly think of ways to improve on it. My congrats to ya and I look forward to seeing what ya do next.


Sprite

 

Thanks Sprite.....it does take a lot of time and effort but it gives me something to do between odd jobs here and there while providing for my family's future ability to eat. I foresee a time when food will either be scarce or just too expensive to buy....maybe both. In either case.....this hard work is an investment into my families future....plain and simple. So it's worth the pain, and blood, and sacrifice I'm putting into it. Plus...it's fun! :laughing1:

 

Hey Herb...!


I had a weird question...how much money in all do you think you have spent since you started this thread? I'm just curious because you could for SURE feed a large family or two if there were some people tending all the time....that's such an awesome setup...seriously man...it truely is an investment in your families future. Get yourself some generators and $5,000 worth of gas...chillax for a few years :thumbsup:

 

I'm not real sure how much $$$ I've spent to be honest. Most of the cost has been in time. Most of the materials I've either barter for or gotten for free through keeping my eyes and ears open. Of everything you see in the picture the ONLY things I bought were the sun screen and the seeds to plant. The wood I built my boxes out of came from a house I helped dismantle, the corral fencing was already in place from when we had horses, and the chain link fencing was given to me by a man who up and moved to the UK. I got a shitload of stuff from him that I have yet to use. Thing is...one man's junk is another man's treasure. I happen to be very good at turning junk into gold. It's a gift I use to my benefit. If I see raw materials for free....I snatch them up in a heartbeat because I know I can find a way to use them eventually. Survival is based on how well you can use what you have on hand.:thumbsup:

 

Here here, Herb!


Awesome work, man... Hope you're enjoying your time "off"!!!


Peace


-LM

 

BTW....I don't have $5000 to convert to gas so I'm in the process of designing a bicycle powered generator head that will at the very least provide a means of pumping water from our well. The g-friend's dad has the generator/gas setup but who knows how long that will suffice if things get really really bad? I want a way that is not dependent on gasoline. I've even thought about making my own fuel with corn. Worked before right? :icon_scratch:

 

I certainly am LM...thank you.


Matter of fact....Skuzzi told me I needed a hobby now. I told him I have one...I build shit! :thumbsup:


Today's project: The Garden Gate


I start by sifting trough my pile of lumber (from the house I dismantled) and come up with two beautiful pieces of redwood fascia board.....painted green of course. They are both extra thick and well seasoned.....kinda like the builder. :icon_scratch:





I then mill the two pieces to the desired thicknesses thus removing the old paint to reveal the lovely wood underneath just waiting to become my gate.








Now that the wood is milled I can cut the pieces to length that will make up the framework.





With everything cut to length I can now begin to assemble the frame.








Just add gussets to give the frame rigidity and the frame is complete. The gussets are glued into the frame with weatherproof wood glue and nailed in place with 2" brad nails.





Next in line is the wire to keep the critters out....namely our two chickens Lavern and Shirley. They have developed a nasty habit of scratching around in the raised beds when we're not lookin'.


The wire is held in place with staples.








And there ya have it.....a beautiful redwood garden gate.