Cool Garden Photo's that have made me think

Have you ever typed in Pallet planter in google image search.

OMG!! So much cool shit, wow just wow. Now here 

is the Question , are they real and are they practical.

I like most of you if you are really reading this, have seen

cool diy gardening with pallets videos or other how to platforms.

I will also cover other garden pix I have found that , i like or

have made me think. 

I have never tried a plastic box for a sip,

But this looks sound. That is , if the plastic

checks out. I used hdpe of PP every time in

my planters. ( i know i did early seeds in PS )

I do really like 5 Gal Sip buckets.

If you have looked at the way my garden

has moved. 5 Gal. sip is the way.

My pepper plants are good all day ,

even moisture all the time. (even !00+ Heat)

My tomato plants are off the charts,

I can't give them enough water. 

I am going to look in to a lid or mulch.

Maybe a timer for watering 

 I really like this idea

It looks really good , and

It is %100 possible with only 

pallet wood. Just remember most 

pallets do not have this level

of quality wood 

This picture is great , I see this being a amazing

start to a support post. Imagine a out door structure

with version of this as its support posts.

EPIC!!!

A small Shelf to support your lights for seeds / starts

Confirmed. Works great.

Mid July garden update - Photo edition

This fence line gets the best sun 

if you can't tell.

Starting one the left (orange)

Gypsy pepper is started from saved

seeds from last year.

The little one you can't see yet is

 a habanero i started from some 

dollar store seeds.

The next three i bought, there

 Bonnie plants from Walmart

First a "Bonnie green" bell pepper

Then a sweet banana pepper , this is

 the better of the 2 banana i bought

Last is a Yellow Bell , I has been a little later

 to flower then the others

Every plant in this picture is from seeds
i personally harvested then started.
In the mini-sips (top row)
It is a mix of Super Khi , Thi-anne , and cayenne
The yellow sips are , a mix of Sugar rush peach,
and misc. bell peppers

Black mini-sips (top row)

More Super Khi, thi-anne, 

a Sweet pepper ( i think gypsy )

And one unknown. (lost the tag)

Yellow buckets:

I have a havasu , a flamin ember , a fresno

And the rest are misc. cayenne and bells

in this row , there are randoms

and a few i bought.

Elephant ear sweet pepper

Italian sweet pepper

A Jalapino

These two plants are drinking there

entire reservoirs every 2 days.

Its not even that hot yet.
one is a Green Burtha
and a jalapeno 

This Tomato plant is going crazy!

I have to fill the reservoir everyday!

I also surface water to start.

BEEFSTEAK !!!

Early june photes, Garden upgrade edition

 Photos taken June 8th 2020

Major upgrades

mini sips and suport

for most plants

This season we are resetting the back garden. 

More grow sites , reworking some old sites and much more.

First off , I did away with all of my small traditional pots out back.  

 What dose that mean you ask , I am done with random small pots.

It means most of the back garden is sub-irrigated.

I have all of my double buckets from last year.

I also added many more this year , as well as a very

cheep mini setup. 

i have already learned a lot this season
Along the theme i started last year
I only plant things i will use.
With the exception of flowers to attract bees.
Out back is almost all Pepper plants.
I have 2 tomato plants , a arugala plant , and
a onion i tossed in dirt to try and get seed.

This was origanaley was ment to be posted
way back April. Due to Pandemic and job loss
posting was postponed.
I do apologize to any that fallow me.

update 5-30-19

I know i know i am late to start this season.

I was on time in the garden if it makes you feel better.

New year new methods , old revisited , and no more "give away" veg.

So first off i have a new seed starting method based of lots of 

trial and error and research.

I still love the fish tank gravel method to start old 

 and stubborn seeds as well as seeds i just am no sure of .

Don't worry it will get a page.

"give away veg"

I am not longer growing plants we won't use.

For example My wife loves sweet peppers and hates hot peppers.

I buy a lot of bell pepper at the store , I buy pepper sauce 1 or twice a year.

Winner is sweet peppers. 

I gave away alot of my garden last year, be it peppers , or tomatoes.

I found when i needed a bell it was there every time.

My brocoli never took due to heat , got it out to late.

end of story there , not really the right place to grow it

corn did not do well in anyway. so many reasons why it failed.

Maybe again when i have more space.

Potatoes with the bag system.

I tried year one with a potato a bag.

I tried year two with many in each.

still had the same results.

Maybe when i have more space

Pumpkins , yes more pumpkins!!!

Nothing has sprouted so far.

thats it , peace yo!

update 06-06-18

welcome back everyone, good to have you.

It has been 21 days sense the last pictures

where taken , so here is the photo update. 

I will explain the progress and what i have 

learned this season.

as you might have noticed the greenhouse has went

through a make over. I moved lots of things around

some things just got to big to be on the top shelf. 

some things where in shadows

yet other things where not worth my limited 

greenhouse space.

i had to remove the center

shelves to make room fom groth/light

drastic mesures where needed

i had to plant some peppers outside

of the protection of the green house

right on the ground in the dirt.

up front you can see the 

2 colprits face to face.

i had to move them because they 

just would not stop hitting the top.

(golden cyanne / broccoli )

Here you can see my best sip Tomato

(Back center)

My standard control bucket to the right 

and far right front we will get into later on

ok here on the left you can see my

 sealed bottem buckets.

So i have had mixed results with this 

methiod as you can see.

the buckets have changed places and the

close one has had 2 plants pulled

and a new plant put in its place.

The other plants where still alive but not 

slow growing and not worth the space.

before i forget again

the 2 front center SIP buckets

are green bell pepper / jalapenio

left to right tabasco , thai , cherry bomb 

Cherry Bomb is a new pepper i bought 

Never heard of it but i understand it 

can pack a pretty good punch

cherry bomb / gypsy / cyanne from seed

Jalapeno from seed / mystery pepper from seed

Purple bell pepper / couple of mystery peppers

More mystory peppers 

My best SIP results 

I'd say this tomato it about 34-36 inchs

 from soil level and super heathy.

So this was a experement of mine.

I have very little expectations but , to 

my surprise this worked really well.

It was a random throw together.

a new oil collection pan from dollar tree

and a old wicket waste basket.

the idea was SIP + root aeration/air pruning

i will have to try this again with a less primitive system

   

Now to suspect #1

Name : miss Broccoli Waltham 29

Crime : trespass 

Location : very top of greenhouse

Punishment: relocation

Now to suspect #2

Name : Countess Von golden Cyanne

Crime : trespass / plantligomy  

Location : very top of greenhouse

Punishment: relocation

Was cough with many peppers from unknown father planr

AS you can see there has been lots of 

progress these last three weeks

The outcast plants from the greenhouse.
these lovly ladys have been moved into
a shallow water resavor as a exparement
if this works out corectly it will validate
the information i got from the wicker
basket tomato. wish me luck :)

My SIP pepper buckets seem to be

doing ok so far. we will see what happens.

I have already noticed that the buckets 

with center pipes are doing far better 

then the rest. These are the buckets with 

2x 2 inch net cups 

over 1 3 inch

Before you ask every other treatment is the same. 

same light , same water , same bucket size , same soil.

(as if anyone has ever asked anything , lol)

So my pumpkin buckets where intended to grow pumpkins in ,

but i need space from my pepper seedlings

come to find out my tomato loves its home.

my pepper is kind of being a jerk

in front you can see my slower of my 2 potato bags

My better potato bag its fully unrolled in early june.

i got months of growth 

the other bag is about half way

on to my berries

What can i say i failed

i didn't get a signal berry

loads of dead heads , deep green 

foliage . no fuit

Thats a retty flower in the making

guess where it comes from ?

The onion that you forgit about in the

pantery . just cut out the center bulb.

and in now time you have this wonderful

flower.

ohhh and it make you a nice crop of onion seeds
for next year.



i had to remove the center
shelves to make room fom groth/light
drastic mesures where needed
i had to plant some peppers outside
of the protection of the green house
right on the ground in the dirt.

Update 05-16 -18

Sorry it has been a while sence my last posting ,

 so here are some better late then never pics

 and update on my gardening adventures.

Enjoy....

on the left in black trunks :P KHI thai pepper

And her friend in matching bottems it a gypsy pepper

I bought these plant for 3 USD each

The plants in the soda cups are watermelons i bought.

turned out to be 4 plants in a pot so i transplanted

not bad for 2 USD

here we have my first atempt at sub irigatred planters

(4 blue buckets in the middle)

and also a test on a sealed resavor bucket system.

(the 2 white buckets to the left)

 here we have My first attempt at broccoli 

(far left )

Fallowed by a couple plants i bought 

First is a Tabasco pepper 

next is a golden Cyanne pepper

 here we have a Jalapino plant i started from seed

(left to right)

A purple bell i bought 

and a couple of mystery peppers i started from seed

Long story short adhisive dot lables fade

 fast in a green house , and fall off in humidity.

 notice 1 dot out of 5 left on the buckets.

The buckets by the way , i found at my local dollar tree

type 5 plastic and have worked like a dream.

I highly recomend them

On the left is a pepper i ended up pulling due to no growth :[

The pepper on the right is the Jalapeno i grew from seed that is doing great.

here is the rest of my garden layout

the 3 beds on the right , onions , carrots , and corn 

the 2 center beds are half squash / wax pepper

and little pukie` mon pumpkins

far back center is broccoli

 here we have some more of my SIP buckets

I have played around with these square buckets a 

bit and found that 2x 2 inch net cups works better 

then a single 3 inch.

left  is Jalapeno right Serrano top best of the mystery 

 the remaining 2 buckets are cyannee pepper

And this crazy contraption is my

 over wintered strawberries