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Post by hmoosek on Aug 17, 2022 18:51:50 GMT -6
Update August 17 I know I had a post about these somewhere, but I’ll be dog if I can find it.  |
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Post by hmoosek on Aug 29, 2022 21:14:59 GMT -6
Photo Update August 29th. Coming right along. That’s glass gem corn growing with it. We’ll see how it does. Fabulous Idea or Bone headed idea? Not sure yet.  |
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Post by woodeye on Aug 29, 2022 21:21:23 GMT -6
Everything looks happy, so I bet it will be fine. One thing's for sure, you'll never know 'til you try... 
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Post by chrysanthemum on Aug 30, 2022 20:35:12 GMT -6
Those are looking really good, HMooseK.
Is your soil what they call “black gumbo”? I’ve read about it, but it’s definitely not around here. We’ve got caliche. I may be wrong, but yours looks great to me.
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Post by hmoosek on Aug 31, 2022 11:28:31 GMT -6
chrysanthemumYes, it’s black land gumbo. You stick with it when it’s dry, it’s stick to you when it’s wet. You walk across the garden when it’s wet and you gain 3 inches in height with each step.
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Post by woodeye on Aug 31, 2022 11:47:46 GMT -6
That sounds like the land south of mine, except it's Red Gumbo. It's horrible stuff, gums up everything, plus also gets slick when it's wet. But it's like an acme brick when it dries out. 
Luckily this place I live on is far from being as bad as the place south of me, but it's still not ideal in some areas. Some of those areas look like Australia, some look like the heart of Africa, and some are no-man's land...
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Post by hmoosek on Aug 31, 2022 12:23:35 GMT -6
woodeyeIt’s pretty good farmland and will grow most anything. It cracks real bad though.
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Post by woodeye on Aug 31, 2022 12:37:51 GMT -6
Yeah, that's the other difference besides color, red gumbo won't grow much of anything except cedar trees, at least on that place. I tried several times to have a garden down there, FAIL. Had to build raised beds...
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Post by hmoosek on Aug 31, 2022 17:42:52 GMT -6
I lived on a Turkey Farm out in West Texas the other side of Brownwood. We called that place No Man’s land. Wasn’t anything out there but Rattlesnakes, Horny Toads and Cougars. I’ve never seen so many snakes in all my life! I was only there for about 3 months.
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Post by woodeye on Aug 31, 2022 17:53:52 GMT -6
I lived on a Turkey Farm out in West Texas the other side of Brownwood. We called that place No Man’s land. Wasn’t anything out there but Rattlesnakes, Horny Toads and Cougars. I’ve never seen so many snakes in all my life! I was only there for about 3 months.  |
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Post by hmoosek on Aug 31, 2022 17:59:31 GMT -6
I lived on a Turkey Farm out in West Texas the other side of Brownwood. We called that place No Man’s land. Wasn’t anything out there but Rattlesnakes, Horny Toads and Cougars. I’ve never seen so many snakes in all my life! I was only there for about 3 months. Yes, it’s been years since I saw one too! Fire ants maybe…I dunno. |
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Post by woodeye on Aug 31, 2022 18:16:07 GMT -6
First I heard a theory that people kept too many of the horny toads as pets and that led to their demise.
Then I heard a theory that house cats ate up all the horny toads.
Then I heard a theory that coyotes ate up all the house cats.
Well, there's still house cats around, and there's still coyotes around, but there ain't no horny toads around.
So it's all beyond the scope of stuff that I know much about... 
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Post by hmoosek on Aug 31, 2022 18:47:53 GMT -6
Yes, I don’t have a clue. I know when I was a kid, they were plentiful. So were Jack Rabbits.
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Post by hmoosek on Sept 2, 2022 18:55:12 GMT -6
Pigott is blooming now. September 2nd  |
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Post by chrysanthemum on Sept 3, 2022 18:34:21 GMT -6
This is all so exciting, HMooseK. Thanks for the pictures.
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