  Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 447 Registered: 02-2007 |
Finally some rain lol! Thanks again Blueidone! Planted the herb garden today and a raised fruit bed last night. I will post some pictures on the myspace page tomorrow. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 450 Registered: 02-2007 |
New Pictures up at myspace.com/georgiastcommunity garden (Message edited by cub on May 31, 2008) | ||
Westsiiiide Member Username: Westsiiiide Post Number: 36 Registered: 05-2008 |
Can anyone give me advice on planting cantaloupe? I started growing it in the house, and will transplant the sprouts outside soon. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 452 Registered: 02-2007 |
You can go here. http://www.ehow.com/how_9859_g row-melons.html. | ||
Shark Member Username: Shark Post Number: 401 Registered: 12-2003 |
Cub - did you plant any hills of Butternut squash? They do great in MI and (if you plant enough) will last you well into the winter if you store them properly. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 453 Registered: 02-2007 |
Planting squash, okra, spinach, cucumbers, pole beans, bush beans and sugar peas on Monday. | ||
Shark Member Username: Shark Post Number: 402 Registered: 12-2003 |
Cool, your garden looks nice. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 455 Registered: 02-2007 |
Thank you! | ||
Westsiiiide Member Username: Westsiiiide Post Number: 37 Registered: 05-2008 |
Thanks Cub for info on Melons. I'm good on Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Peppers, Cabbage & Collards. Your garden is awesome, and so are you. Glad to see this here in the City. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 456 Registered: 02-2007 |
Your welcome Westsiiiide, and Thank You! | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 457 Registered: 02-2007 |
Put up a couple more pics on the Myspace page. myspace.com/georgiastcommunity garden | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 325 Registered: 08-2007 |
you need zucinnis? started some got no room for them, | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 326 Registered: 08-2007 |
oh yeah Django hauling buckets does suck. | ||
Django Member Username: Django Post Number: 666 Registered: 10-2003 |
Yes it certainly does, thank god for the rain this weekend. Its saved my back a day of work. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 458 Registered: 02-2007 |
I will take your extra zuccinni. | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 328 Registered: 08-2007 |
hopefully this weekend i can get it out to you, if it stays alive, have to reread this thread find out where your at. i,m in wayne so it might take a while. just gotta remember BetterMade i,ll find it. I got 6 plants at the most. We have a garden at one of my schools,amazing how good arms kids have around harvest time. | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 331 Registered: 08-2007 |
found out where the garden is, glad we got the rain and the zucs are still alive. they didn,t float away, | ||
Django Member Username: Django Post Number: 725 Registered: 10-2003 |
Just wanted to thank Blueidone for the kind donation to cub and I. I went and picked up a bunch of semi ridgid black sprinkler hose from advanced plumbing today. Its meant to be put underground. 100' was only $10, plus fittings. I know Home Depot wanted about $80 for I believe 50 or 75' of green garden hose. Just a heads up for thoes who need to run a long line to their garden but are on a tight budget. Thank god I wont be haulin buckets anymore. Now I have some leftover $$ for a wheelbarrel. Thanks again Blue. | ||
Blueidone Member Username: Blueidone Post Number: 248 Registered: 03-2007 |
You are very welcome..but again, to me it's just a few dollars...it's the heart and soul that you guys are putting into this garden that is important. You are "paying it forward" by planting and nurturing these things for the betterment of everyone who can enjoy the fruits (or vegetables  ) of your labor. I love the pics on the website..with some nicer weather coming I'm sure you'll see the results of or work shortly. I am going to try and drive by sometime in the next couple of weeks to take a look. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 461 Registered: 02-2007 |
Monday night (spur of the moment) we had our first bonfire. It must have been what the neighborhood needed because there has been non- stop cleaning action. I finally got started on the lots across the street. This is where the fruit orchard will be. There were five of us. We trimmed some trees and started on the tall grass until we were told by a friend that the city was in the area cutting grass. So we stopped cutting the grass to save gas lol. By the end of the night the benches and wooden garden chairs that were donated by a neighbor were painted and the garden is really starting to pop. Got some spinach planted and thinned out some collards that I had planted from seed. We shouldnt have a shortage of them. I think a total of sixty collards and forty tomato plants. | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 335 Registered: 08-2007 |
so goes the plan for me to go to bed before 3am. i noticed my collards are being eaten, could be the dog, but i see no bugs . i,ll ask the man who gave me them. ain,t nothin like seeing your plants pop outta the soil. i get ansy, think oh no they ain,t gonna pop then bam it happens. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 462 Registered: 02-2007 |
Check out the new pics at Myspace.com/georgiastcommunity garden.com We watched the NBA Finals on a 10'x12' screen at the garden. Will be doing it again Sunday. | ||
Django Member Username: Django Post Number: 762 Registered: 10-2003 |
Damn, I need to get a flatscreen in my garden now. Guess you gotta keep up with the Jones, I mean Cubs. LOL | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 463 Registered: 02-2007 |
I am getting about ten yards of woodchips delivered to the garden today buy The Greening of Detroit. WOOOHOOO!! | ||
Django Member Username: Django Post Number: 779 Registered: 10-2003 |
Cub, I still havnt finished the rocks, do you have another bag of mortar? Should be masons mortar not concrete. I believe quikcrete makes a masons mix which would be fine. Ill try and get over there sometime this week, may be able to get a few more done. or at least started. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 464 Registered: 02-2007 |
Going to the Depot tomorrow and i will get a bag. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 466 Registered: 02-2007 |
Got a few new pics up. Got some shots of a rabbit in the garden. I also have a picture of a store/house across the street from the garden. I have this idea of starting a small grocery store and community center. i need some help from someone willing to help with some grant writing. www.myspace.com/georgiastcommunitygarden (Message edited by cub on June 07, 2008) | ||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 607 Registered: 02-2005 |
Watch out everyone! Cub is taking over the whole hood! | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 467 Registered: 02-2007 |
Its turning into something bigger than I even imagined. I didn't realize it would take off this fast and the unity brings tears to my eyes every time I think about it. | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 336 Registered: 08-2007 |
i,m kinda bummed that i haven,t made it out there yet this weekend, had to find a missing kid of mine, plus i lost your address and the computer was down for a few. No hauling buckets tonite and the zuc,s are still green. |
