My garden efforts

Yes, landscape fabric is similar. I buy heavier geotextile used in road construction because it will last longer, you might get the same effect with a couple of layers of lighter landscape fabric. It should work fine with your gravel.

The problem with wood is that it will probably rot and settle, may not last long.

Maybe beer bottles or aluminum cans or something. Most anything that has a little structural strength and permeability that won't settle or rot should work. Look at your trash, you might find something you can "recycle".
Thanks for the suggestions.

How do you open the drain plug on the water troughs.

If i started drinking beer now......i would have enough bottles in about 76 years.....lol.
 
How do you open the drain plug on the water troughs.
The ones I have just unscrew and you take the plug out. Its on the side at the bottom.

Packing peanuts are an interesting idea, probably worth a try.
If i started drinking beer now......i would have enough bottles in about 76 years
You'll just have to work harder!
 
Did a hunt on packing peanuts......very expensive to buy.....the couple of stores in town that might have them.....don't have any right now.
They do keep some back for packing purchases.
 
Getting back to the acorn squash.
The five biggest ones are bigger than what i've bought in the store.
When will they be ready to pick and eat........or do you have to leave them there till fall.
Never had these before so i'm a little clued out.

I've learned about the male and female flowers.
Have had a lot of flowers die off.........thinking i now know what's wrong........there are "NO BEES"

On the farm, was never concerning, with all the flowering trees, shrubs, flowers.....bees were everywhere.

Here, i have not noticed any population of bees.

Bees were there to give me those 5 acorn quashes, and have several ones coming....definitely not a bumper crop.

Maybe my garden is too close.......on the farm, it was just outside of the main yard......i didn't check on it every 15 minutes..LOL...LOL.

I've searched and came up with......a person can pollinate by hand.......has anyone tried this.....any luck.....doesn't sound too hard.

Open to suggestions.

When are they ready to EAT.
When they are green all around except maybe on the very bottom that is in touch with the ground, you pick them and eat them. Cut in half, take seeds out, butter and maple syrup in center, cook in oven 350 till fork tender or microwave. You can trim a bit off the bottom so the squash sits level. I also put a bit of water in the bottom of the pan to prevent burning
 
When they are green all around except maybe on the very bottom that is in touch with the ground, you pick them and eat them. Cut in half, take seeds out, butter and maple syrup in center, cook in oven 350 till fork tender or microwave. You can trim a bit off the bottom so the squash sits level. I also put a bit of water in the bottom of the pan to prevent burning
Thanks.
They're going to be on the menu soon. 😊
 
Yup 😍 great trip.

Had to come back early, was a banking problem which husband was supposed to deal with before we left and didn’t. So we had to come back and give the bank ONE piece of paper 🤬, which he could have easily done anytime in the last 2 weeks before we left. But he didn’t
How is your daughter.
 
The reason for asking about when acorn squash is ready to eat is i've never grown it before.
Same with butternut squash, never grown it.....and for the butternut.....to be ready it has to be a creamy color, right ??
Looking forward to eating both, i've bought store ones, but i'm sure these ones will be by far more tasty.
 
How is your daughter.
She is fine, thanks. Still sore and still have a hard time with her digestion which will get better as her pancreas heals. It was actually best that we left early as she was trying to show us around and it was tiring for her.

We went to the zoo in El Paso. Wore me out, but they have a cat rescue there. So you can adopt a cat or kitten while you are at the zoo. Strange.
 
The reason for asking about when acorn squash is ready to eat is i've never grown it before.
Same with butternut squash, never grown it.....and for the butternut.....to be ready it has to be a creamy color, right ??
Looking forward to eating both, i've bought store ones, but i'm sure these ones will be by far more tasty.
I am not as familiar with butternut squash as I don’t like it. But when it is a butterscotch color, I think that is when you pick it.
 
CALLING all GARDENERS..........I need some advice.
I'm wanting to use heavy garbage bins for recycling.
Why do you have to drill holes in the container.......wouldn't that draw unwanted insects to swarm around.
Does this sound right.......1" dirt on bottom, then 5 or 6" waste, and keep repeating.
Really want to know about the hole drilling.
 
CALLING all GARDENERS..........I need some advice.
I'm wanting to use heavy garbage bins for recycling.
Why do you have to drill holes in the container.......wouldn't that draw unwanted insects to swarm around.
Does this sound right.......1" dirt on bottom, then 5 or 6" waste, and keep repeating.
Really want to know about the hole drilling.
You drill holes in containers to let the moisture out otherwise they get nasty if you put anything containing moisture in them. Otherwise, I may not be understanding the question correctly.
 
You drill holes in containers to let the moisture out otherwise they get nasty if you put anything containing moisture in them. Otherwise, I may not be understanding the question correctly.
You understood the question correctly, Aneeda.
I'm trying to figure out the best place for the compost containers.
Will there be an issue with insects, wasp, etc, and bad spell.
 

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