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It's that time of year to clear out all the beds and get them ready to overwinter garlic and onions.

My pumpkins that i spent days prepping a plot for, tilled, fertilized, automatic irrigation system, didn't do well at all. The potatoes that i yanked from the pantry, let my son cut into pieces and basically tossed too close together in soil that i barely loosened up still full of grass, did amazing.

A 6x18 bed behind a barn that i forgot to water half the time filled this box about 3 times, which weighed around 30lbs each + we've just been pulling them to throw in with dinner for the past few nights.

A couple pest, a couple bad ones, but overall I'm super happy.

I gave a box to each of the neighbors on either side and kept one for myself

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[–] Colloidal@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

That's awesome! I got 26 kg of peaches from my tree this summer. Had to start harvest earlier because the tree was risking snapping a few branches. The neighbors loved it.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

Are you going to boil ‘em, mash ‘em, or stick ‘em in a stew?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 17 hours ago

Nice work, enjoy the fruits of your labor! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 21 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

My personal experience with squash is that it either grows on its own or it doesn’t grow. No amount of work will change the already determined outcome.

[–] ODGreen@lemmy.ca 5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Approx 36,000 calories of potatoes alone, nice.

[–] neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 12 hours ago

I love that, thanks.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 10 hours ago
[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Nice work! After the squash vine borers and squash bugs this year, I will never plant non-resistant squash again. I hear the "Long Island Cheese" pumpkin is tasty and resistant, so I will try that next year (along with butternut which did fine this year despite the bugs).

[–] neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 16 hours ago

Our biggest issue was the wildlife. We just moved here last year so were still figuring everything out. Turns out we have a huge groundhog population in the woods who were climbing the 2ft chicken wire fence with ease and eating all the leaves they could. I replaced it with 3ft wire and they were still getting over so I took the staples out of the top 1ft of the post so the chicken wire would flop over when they tried to climb and it worked like a charm, but it was already a little too late

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

What USDA zone are you in?

Jealous I can't get shit to grow

[–] neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Zone 7, the sweet spot for a lot of stuff.

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I lived in 8b, there's still plenty of good things you can grow, like figs, currants, and kiwi fruit! I even grew some dwarf citrus that lived in pots indoors over the winter.

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

My current projects are a 4' yuzu tree and a 6' harvester peach tree both in a pot. I got them this past April.

[–] thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't know Amazon shipped spuds. Neat.

[–] neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 15 hours ago

Freshly "grown" potatoes shipped to your door same day