I have let my cucumbers, butternut and spaghetti squash climb up trellis along with honey dew and cantaloupes in the past. This year I dont have any trellis up. All have done very good with it. I used just basic welded wire fencing that we had leftover and some T post to hold it up.Do any of you plant your summer squash to go up a trellis or something to go vertical. The guy I've been watching on you tube does and he saves lots of space. I'm thinking it might help with squash bugs too. I think I will try using tomato cages and panty hose as ties. I use hose on my tomatoes because they don't damage stems.
Comments? Suggestions?
We picked up some more blackberry and strawberry plants too. The plan is to plant them tomorrow, along with the fruit trees. We bought 2 plum, 2 cherry and an apple tree. Some rodent over the winter girdled 3 fruit trees.I started harvesting my first squash plants, both patty and yellow along with the first of the cherry tomatoes. As we were walking the calves tonight and hunny spotted some blackberries, he made the comment of us needing to go out to the blackberry patch. Maybe tomorrow after I get off work.
We got a guy very interested in our young Angus bull, but since we lost his daddy when he got a broken back, I don't think hunny is willing to sell him. When the guy was over ther other day he made a comment on how well our girls up front were looking. Hope he spreads the word so we can sell some cows.We picked up some more blackberry and strawberry plants too. The plan is to plant them tomorrow, along with the fruit trees. We bought 2 plum, 2 cherry and an apple tree. Some rodent over the winter girdled 3 fruit trees.
Speaking of cattle, I need to go out tomorrow and find ours. I've got someone interested in buying some steers and heifers.
We lost our main bull last year and won't know how well our young bull will work out until around February.We got a guy very interested in our young Angus bull, but since we lost his daddy when he got a broken back, I don't think hunny is willing to sell him. When the guy was over ther other day he made a comment on how well our girls up front were looking. Hope he spreads the word so we can sell some cows.
And THAT is what matters right now. Getting bills paid off. That would be my first too in your situation. Inflation is right down the road.We lost our main bull last year and won't know how well our young bull will work out until around February.
I think we're going to sell around 20 head this summer. That should finish paying off our medical bills and finish our construction projects.
Weather has been really nice this week if a bit cool. Picked first batch of rhubarb and froze. Been picking asparagus every other day and have enjoyed some fresh on the grill and have frozen a couple batches. Started 3 new piles of hot compost that require turning everyday. Trimming and spraying fence lines this week also. Green beans planted. Also been working on cleaning out an evergreen fencerow on the north fence that functions as a windbreak. Upkeep is never done!
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