My husband thought this one was too funny, and drew the face on it. Tomato with a mohawk! 
And last but not least... me and my dog, Sodo: 
Posted on 09/18/2009 4:05:37 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232
Daughter and I got the water bill for our beautiful garden and almost fell over. That’s the downside to growing veges in the desert; high water charges.
Oh well, the veges have been delicious!
We have three pumpkins coming along nicely and hopefully will be fun to carve as jack-o-lanterns.
We planted beets, broccoli, spinach, lettuces, chard, radishes, and a couple of others that I can’t remember, for our fall/winter garden. We have two or three nice acorn squash coming along.
Discovered an infestation of sow bugs in the rose garden so we are working on that. Planted flowers in the front garden for winter bloom, and next week will pull out the zinnias and plant the pansies and snap dragons for winter color.
Many years ago, my first spouse and I “posted” to Rochester right after we finished college. That one winter did us in and we moved to CA. Now, in the middle of all this traffic and cement I fondly remember autumn in Rochester and all the wonderful apples and veges available at farm stands in the country.
I dont know just how you are watering, if you are using a hose to spray your garden, I would suggest that you look into a drip irrigation system. Red Devil has a good setup on his homepage, along with links to some good video. Also, I use products from Berryhill Irrigation in N.C. It reduced my water bill to nearly nothing because there is no wasted water like hose watering.
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Berryhill irrigation:
http://www.berryhilldrip.com/index.htm
Thank you for the suggestion. I am definitely going to research that!
I put in a rather Rube Goldberg type soaker hose system with battery-operated timers, and I think I got carried away with how often and how long the water should come on.
How do I get to Red Devil’s homepage? Sorry, I’m still new to this. Thank you.
Scroll up to one of his post, like # 13 and click on his name at the bottom of his post. That will open his page.
As I remember( and memory is my weakest feature) soaker hoses pass a lot of water. A drip system is controled amounts. The Berryhill system that I use drip each outlet at 1/2 gal. per hour. Our entire system is on a timer that waters for 15 minutes twice per day. Also, Dripworks sells drip products too, but have not used them. Ive been with my Berryhill stuff for several years.
My husband thought this one was too funny, and drew the face on it. Tomato with a mohawk! And last but not least... me and my dog, Sodo:
Do you use a fert injector with your system?
Originally, my wife liked to hand water with a hose sprayer. Well that became time consuming, and then when she saw that the water bill went crazy, she asked me to expand the drip system to include the new areas. Also, another plus, we can travel a bit without worrying about the flowers and veggies while we are gone.
I envy your ripened corn. I am not an experienced gardener, and the corn I planted this year did not grow, “as high as an elephant’s eye,” but only about 3 feet high with a couple of tiny cobs. What should I do when planting corn? I live in NW Florida where the soil is sandy.
No, I haven’t used an injector, but, I am going to expand my veggie gardening next year and am considering that option. We used a pellet type food that disperses when it gets wet, over a period of about 3 months. I am not sure that this is as good as the garden center claims it is, so we are looking at other options for next year.
FYI: I really appreciate this thread each week. It has inspired me to get more serious about gardening, I have learned a lot, and it enables me to hear what others are doing and to ask questions of other gardeners, and to see pictures of their gardens. Thanks
The winter here does take some getting used to but autumn is absolutely gorgeous. I never realized such beauty in changing seasons until I moved here and I think I’d miss it if I ever went back to CA.
Wife and I were talking the other night about taking a mini vaction into the northeast soon. When is a good time to see the beauty of the area?
vaction=vacation
A good time to see the fall colors around Rochester is between the 1st to 3rd week of October. Most of the leaves are done falling by Halloween.
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