[peggydavis]

Here's how it looked yesterday. And that's a 53 Plymouth.



Lettuce and corn



Onions & peas



Maters



Taters



Kiwi in its first year



Peas I planted in January. I ate some yesterday, YUM!

[_redbird_]

I've never seen a raised garden like that. Pretty good idea. There is nothing better than home grown maters. Excpet watermelon, and cantalope...
and maybe squash. And a few thousand other fresh veggies.

[peggydavis]

I like them, and it cuts down on the stoop labor. All I have left to do is plant the black eyed peas.

[colleeng47]

Originally Posted by peggydavis

I like them, and it cuts down on the stoop labor. All I have left to do is plant the black eyed peas.

You have a great looking garden, Peggy. That is a good idea about having a raised garden. One of the reasons I always put mine off is the stiffness of kneeling and bending over to do gardening. Maybe next year. . . . . .

[peggydavis]

Thanks. You can order kits on the internet at various prices. I like the 3 foot wide the best, and as tall as I can get them. Then I fill them up with the barn clean out materials, grass, hay, leaves, bags of stuff from Wal-Mart & let them sit over the winter. No more roto tilling, and each year you just add another layer.

[mkfarnam]

But then you have to stand up on the box to hoe

I love farm land, I'm tempted to get a job on one this summer just to get back in shape. I may not even pass a physical


We had a 57 Plymouth Fury that we drove around the farm, checking fences.

[RossCroft]

Originally Posted by peggydavis

I like them, and it cuts down on the stoop labor. All I have left to do is plant the black eyed peas.

i use raised beds cause of massive amounts of rocks in the soil. not raised that high though. got mine situated so i can walk through them with the row between my feet for weeding. i do have to bend over, but i don't mind that. it's the kneeling that kills me and with the arrangement i use that's not necessary.

ross
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[peggydavis]

I started with the raised beds for the same reason, a huge amount of sandstone in the soil. I started with beds about 12" high, but then I realized the benefits of the taller ones.

[mkfarnam]

I received this from an Uncle in Florida, Most of my relative(on my mothers side) have always been amid Gardeners.
You might want to see how this works in OKLand.



Treating bee stings


This information may be something to remember, as this season will soon be here again...
It might be wise to carry a penny in your pocket whileworking in the yard......... BEE STINGS !
A couple of weeks ago, I was stung by both a bee andhornet while working in the garden.
My arm swelled up, so I went to the doctor. The clinicgave me cream and an antihistamine .

The next day the swelling was getting progressively worse, so I went to my regular doctor.
The arm was Infected andneeded an antibiotic.The doctor told me - ' The next time you get stung, put a penny on the bite for 15 minutes'.
That night, my niece was stung by two bees.
I looked at the bite and it had already started to swell. So, Itaped a penny to her arm for 15 minutes. The nextmorning, there was no sign of a bite.
We decided thatshe just wasn't allergic to the sting.

Soon, I was gardening outside. I got stung again, twice by a hornet on my left hand.
I thought, here Igo again to the doctor for another antibiotic.
I promptly got my money out and taped two pennies tomy bites, then satand sulked for 15 minutes.
The penny took the stringout of the bite immediately.

In the meantime the hornets were attacking, and myfriend was stung on the thumb. Again the penny.
The next morning I could only see the spot where thehornet had stung me. No redness, no swelling.
Myfriend's sting was the same; couldn't even tell where she had been stung.
She got stung again a few days later upon herback---cutting the grass! And the penny worked onceagain.

Wanted to share this marvelous information in case youexperience the same problem. We need to keep a stockof pennies on hand .
The doctor said that the copper in the pennycounteracts the bite.
It definitely works!

[colleeng47]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

I received this from an Uncle in Florida, Most of my relative(on my mothers side) have always been amid Gardeners.
You might want to see how this works in OKLand.



Treating bee stings


This information may be something to remember, as this season will soon be here again...
It might be wise to carry a penny in your pocket whileworking in the yard......... BEE STINGS !
A couple of weeks ago, I was stung by both a bee andhornet while working in the garden.
My arm swelled up, so I went to the doctor. The clinicgave me cream and an antihistamine .

The next day the swelling was getting progressively worse, so I went to my regular doctor.
The arm was Infected andneeded an antibiotic.The doctor told me - ' The next time you get stung, put a penny on the bite for 15 minutes'.
That night, my niece was stung by two bees.
I looked at the bite and it had already started to swell. So, Itaped a penny to her arm for 15 minutes. The nextmorning, there was no sign of a bite.
We decided thatshe just wasn't allergic to the sting.

Soon, I was gardening outside. I got stung again, twice by a hornet on my left hand.
I thought, here Igo again to the doctor for another antibiotic.
I promptly got my money out and taped two pennies tomy bites, then satand sulked for 15 minutes.
The penny took the stringout of the bite immediately.

In the meantime the hornets were attacking, and myfriend was stung on the thumb. Again the penny.
The next morning I could only see the spot where thehornet had stung me. No redness, no swelling.
Myfriend's sting was the same; couldn't even tell where she had been stung.
She got stung again a few days later upon herback---cutting the grass! And the penny worked onceagain.

Wanted to share this marvelous information in case youexperience the same problem. We need to keep a stockof pennies on hand .
The doctor said that the copper in the pennycounteracts the bite.
It definitely works!

That's amazing, MK, thanks for sharing that info.