I just wish I had real dirt to work with. Our soil is all sand & hardly any nutrients in it at all. We mixed in a lot of soil amendments, (revitalizer compost, green sand, crushed oyster shell, pure live oak ash, corn meal, & rocket fuel). Especially after adding compost later in a few years I should have some really good garden soil.

Looks good, Skinnerback. I sure do like all those liveoaks in your yard. How are you keeping the deer out of your garden?

Looks good skinner!

Nice feeder, looks like you could tag out with out leaving the house

Thank you. I like the trees too & it keeps mowing the yard interesting Well I'm not sure yet on the deer. I bought some deer repellent but I have no idea if it's going to work or not. I may have to build a fence if they terrorize me.

scare crow and a radio might help, talk radio you don't want any "mood music"

there's also motion detector sprinklers

Tanks East, yeh I like a little meat with my veggies. I must confess, I've sat in my garage many times with my crossbow looking out the window at my feeder watching deer at 15-20 yrds. So far I've passed on everything. I've seen two huge bucks but never had a shot. My neighbors however unleash hell on the deer come rifle season. I could tag out in my back yard lol...

Thanks Payne, never heard of the motion detector sprinklers.

these are suppose to be good ones, I don't know I haven't used one personally.

http://www.amazon.com/Havahart-5265-Detector-Sprinkler-Repellent/dp/B000BO71NY

My local walmart has them, dont remember brand or price though

I may give them a try. They might like it though lol. When I'm running my lawnmower the deer will come in my yard no problem. As soon as I turn the mower off they run? I dunno...

I didn't say anything about a paintball gun, why do you ask?

I bought my mom this sprinkler to keep the cats\squirrels out of her raised bed. So far it works great! I got lucky and caught it on sale for less than $40. Over 1,000 reviews on it so far.

good luck

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000071NUS/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I don't have a fenced yard and I mentioned chickens to the wife before.

That's too bad, they'll keep them away and will walk through a garden and not destroy the plants like chickens will.

I just saw my first tomatoes on my plants. They're on the ones that I dug up and replanted the second time.

Thats good Bill. I wish mine were planted. We had a 19*F freeze last week, so I held off planting them. Looks like I may plant them today.

Finally got a pic of the set up I have right now. Strawberries and herbs are not in the pic.



a couple heirloom varieties, chocolate pepper and anaheim plants with some cilantro. merigolds to keep the bugs away

not much but its a start

Looks good Hooligan.

How big are those pots?

Payne I think they're 3 gallon. They're 13 1/2". I know most people use 5 gallon but I'm gonna try it with these. They have worked good for Cherokee Purples in the past. Middle trough is 20 gal

My Black Krim and Brandywine plants are starting to produce

Next task is to make something to keep my strawberries safe from thieves

You could get some plastic mesh fence, cheap and easy to work with.

Looks good

Thanks I'll run by the feed store tomorrow and grab some

Trying to decide what else to plant

Try some pole beans. They don't take up much space and are easy to grow. I like the Kentucky Wonder's.

Maybe some okra, I like Clemson spineless.

PM me your address, I'll send you some seeds.

I havn't got these on the patio yet.

If i had those on my patio, my two Australian Shepherds would eat every tomato.