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Bull100

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Name Bill
Birthday October 19, 1948
Gender Male
Family I have lovely and wonderful a wife of 41 years her name is Carolyn. We have 2 grown children 1 boy and 1 girl. We have a total of 5 grandkids 3 boys and 2 girls
About Me We both love to garden and put up our produce and we both love to travel. I am a retired Cop. I alos love to use things in a way that they were not originally intended. In other words I like to Recycle in my own way.
Interests We have 5 4'/16' raised beds 2 4'x4' beds 1 18'/2' bed and a strawberry tower, 25 feet of grapes, 20 ft of black berries, 20 ft of rasberries, 7 blueberry bushes & walnut trees border the property. We also have two 4'x4' cold frames and a greenhouse that is about 8' by 16'. We also have the basement set up to start seeds if needed. I am revamping the basement for mid season seed starts.
Favorite Quote Any Fool Can Make Payments! and one that came from a friend who came from a large family "there are two kinds of people, the quick and the left out"

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City Springfield
State | Province | Region Missouri
Country United States of America

My Garden Facts

Acreage / Lot Size 3/4 acre
Main Crops Tomatoes peppers and just anything that tickles our fancy
Climate Type: if youdon't like the weather here now just wait a few hours

January 23, 2013 6:48:40 PM PST

in the topic Winter garden planting in the forum Veggie Plot

My wife was laughing about our harvest today. 1 small cabbage, but then I brought her thinking arround when I said" who else do you know that has harvested a cabbage in the middle of January here in the Missouri ozarks? One cabbage in January is better than No cabage in January. We still have three more to harvest and a half doz brussle sprout plants left in the garden. this is all under plastic as it gets really cold here. And yes we still have plenty of spinach and lettuce growing in the cold frames
January 17, 2013 6:00:42 PM PST

in the topic Market Gardeners? Natural/Organic in the forum General Discussion

I was just wondering if any of you are market gardeners. If you are are you certified Natural or Organic? I knew a little about the Organic Certification but just recentlly learned about the certified natural which seems a lot less of a hassel and may be worth the effort ifd one was selling at market.
January 13, 2013 6:27:24 PM PST

in the topic Japanese Beetles in the forum Backyard Orchard

THIS is not a direct killer of Japanese Beatles however, If you have been having troubles with them use Milky Spore Virus. This is a live virus and gets put down in your yard with a tube applicator tapping it on the ground every 3 ft. It infects the beatle larva and will spred by the Beatles themself if they whould make it to maturity. We put it down along with some of our neighbors and it has worked wonderfully so far.
January 13, 2013 4:41:12 PM PST

in the topic Just Starting Out in the forum Backyard Orchard

Whatever kind of fruit that you like. Here in The ozarks iln SW Missouri We have an apple tree a cherry tree and two pear trees. the apple and cherry do not need a cross pollinator. the pears needed 2 different varieties to pollinate properly. I did some research in our area to find out what type fruit trees were once grown but for some reason are not grown in large orchard any longer. I like the idea of keeping alive the older varieties. then I chose accordenly. We also have blueberries and I talked with local nurseries in our area and chose a local breader because he seemed to know what he was taking about in our area. I have black berries that I have obtained from friends that had a great patch. Our grapes have propegated from one lone vine that was on out property when we bought it. Its difficult to say what is best for your area and situation I would advise you to just plant what you like to eat. Start small no more than 5 or 6 trees and buy a dwarf or a small variety (they will still get very large if allowed to do so)
January 12, 2013 7:44:40 PM PST

in the topic All info on Social Page in the forum Got Help?

Why does everything put on the forum wind up showing up on the social section on the community home page. When it does this it kind of gets lost on that page and it may keep people from using the Forum section. Just a thought and a question>

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