2025 garden

[dennishoddy]

We used some 2' wide trellis(6 total) and leaned against the fence on one side of the garden(same concept). One or two mounds of cantaloupe at the base then as the vines get long just move them over to the cattle panel and they'll attach and grow up. The key is to create a hammock or put straw down under the melon or inevitably when they're ripe it will fall and break open approximately an hour after the last time you checked on it.

I'll have to remember the hammock or bed of straw. I have a dozen bales of wheat straw saved. Sounds like a great use for them.

 

[Ken Robinson]

Seems like all I did during the summer was mow the yard with a push mower and hull purple hull peas.

Ha Hulling Peas!
Can't tell you how many times I got bored and started throwing hull, or peas, into the wrong tub!!!
That's an old memory! Ha!!

 

[tynyphil]

We too have never tried this. But we are now! Assuming to plant the Cantaloupes right along of the edge of the bent cattle panel?

Yes. Last year I tried something new and it worked great. I start the seeds in my greenhouse or a sunny location in a Styrofoam coffee cup. When ready to put out, tear the bottom of the cup off. Doesn't disturb the roots and protects the seedling some when outside I planted them on inside in a row where the panel meets the ground. Then on the outside I attached a strip of canvas or light cloth that is about 18" tall to the panel. This protects the seedling from prevailing wind and offers a little shade thru the day