Sun on my back; Dirt on my hands…

[led05]

Getting somewhere now, hands a bit sore I’m getting soft - ha !

 

[Alitolla]

My Dreams garden

 

[oldmaninbc]

Thank you much & thx for visiting

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I was wrong on the ladybugs, gladly - the yellowing spots are where I was far too aggressive months ago braking & bending arms, next year I’m gonna top only I think, wait till you see some of these stem & base balls on these plants once season ends it’s wild, it’s impossible to capture the size of this plant on camera & where it is but man there’s a lot of flower coming, a decent October would be very welcomed

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Come on ladybug army

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Your big plant has it's own eco-system

 

[led05]

Well my hands don’t hurt anymore, my back & biceps took center stage - lol, whoa that’s a lot of hand tamping

Makeshift roller - ha

May put turf there in future but not for now, it’s prepped for it at least… turned out to be closer to 1000SF - did I mention that’s a lot of tamping !!

5oz 20 year fabric going down then some outdoor carpets & move all the crap back, leveled…

It was badly out level as we began with 22 apple trees now have 9, where the base of trunks remain I previously cut down were especially uneven… now my MIL can’t bitch anymore alls well

 

[led05]

My Dreams garden

Thanks brother; years of hardwork can create magic, eventually

 

[Alitolla]

Thanks brother; years of hardwork can create magic, eventually

Hardwork and a great h3art like yours dude

 

[led05]

Shit, too much work already done to not just turf this thing now, change of plans…

Gonna also make the new sand box 12’ x 10’ and half of it 24” tall / deep (so probably gonna need to order 6 tons more sand), hopefully good weather well into October, I’ve got another 3 + weeks of hard work back there with everything I need to do, still need to prep all the beds for fall / winter, plant garlic & other regular fall work too - man it’s a busy couple months…

500 staples just now, my right shoulder has taken a beating the past couple days, somebody else is jerking me off tonight - haha

Got a nice sunset as I was wrapping up, gonna be over 35K step day today by time days over, past 2 weeks straight have all been 25-35k days, been a bit since I’ve had over a 40k step day - gotta think I’m getting quite a few more than tallied when building stuff too, I’ll spend hours working hard and get basically none… ha, what the hell am I complaining & rambling on about - lol - my brain & body is shot, kids & wife been sick too, think I sweated that shit out day 1 but whom knows

 

[led05]

Holy crap think I just needed some food, realized I ate nothing all day & way too much coffee… I just ate two 6-8oz Sirloins, the kids & wife split the other two… Some garden potatoes & bunch of mushrooms, garlic & fresh herbs - Man I’m a perfect 130% full

Not gonna lie I ate one by hand before starting into my plate - Man was I hungry, ate it like a caveman

 

[Alitolla]

U're a real lucky man!i love it.

 

[Sub24ox7]

Sour livers
All of my plants had leaf septoria this year killed one outright the others limped along.
Great terps.

 

[led05]

HI Indica

Sick sunset at end my daughters practice earlier this week

Hand got worse

Now it’s all good basically callused over now

Overbuilt super sandbox - definitely gonna be repurposed once kids grow out of it

^^^ This entire area was a real mess, it took me a while pulling all the fence posts, rolling up the fence, digging up the stones, grading & leveling it etc but it’s mostly done now & wife definitely appreciative - still a bit of ways to go, fall bed prep & plantings but we’re getting it done bf the snow starts to fly

 

[led05]

Sticky Durlumbo is now insane frosty Durlumbo and it’s very early flower in weak sun, very happy I have a cut of this plant & it’s filled with seed even though it’s got more bug activity on it than any plant I’ve ever seen, at this point it’s a full blown series of experiments & I don’t necessarily think it’s a bug attractor rather series of many circumstances and zero treatments on this plant at all this year…. She’s still managing like a champ but absolutely being negatively affected, all types of beneficial insects @ too

Zoom in - Holy FK !

PS: Moved 24,000 lbs sand this past week, few thousand more to go then stone deliveries to follow

 

[Sub24ox7]

Sour livers

 

[led05]

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How do they smell now…?

 

[Sub24ox7]

Bitter dark liver and fruit and guava liver.

 

[LostTribe]

Great Flower : Leaf ratios on indoors, I love it

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April & Sept are my crazy work months, 80+ hour weeks, have already gotten so much done this month but now decided to properly level far back, tear down some original fencing to open up, have 15 tons or so of stone that was put down a decade ago to shovel & pick up & move (nightmare work hence my years of procrastination) & then still some finishing work on the new Cold frame (which turned out awesome, kids & wife already trying to claim it for things to do in there non farming related)

Just got first order of sand delivered (7 tons) - pricing still reasonable for my quarry connect, - 14,000 lbs to the driveway for under $300 - no complaints here; he did mention though Covid hammered his business hard so now only Stone & Sand as he can’t find the help to run the Topsoil, mulch & compost business anymore so I need to find new connect for that - gonna cost me 2X I can feel it already…

One Area getting graded

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New GH mostly done
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Tore down all this fencing & posts (farm jacks are your best friend - it was there as entire back & fenced area you see now wasn’t developed when first put in, overflow from original barn construction -

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7 tons, small load but it’s a few hundred foot wheel from the driveway to far back so good day of work

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Nights have been crazy dew lately, look at this BF sun even down - I chopped a couple plants, few still going

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That is absolutely amazing devotion. A dreamland!

 

[led05]

That is absolutely amazing devotion. A dreamland!

Many thanks LT

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Why you never give up…. Well Over a month ago I took cuts off the UB x Cambodian GH male & 4 other female plants, weeks ago all the females had rooted….

I took 3 off the Male, they were & have been looking hopeless….. But I figured wtf let’s let them go one more week, I’ve only changed water once in all this time, been busy with other shit….

Definitely no chance right….. But

It’s beginning - man he’s tough, there’s like nothing left to these, there’s old roots still in there from others but this one is definitely rooting out, it’s the middle one too - from above I’d say maybe the front one had a far, far out chance….

Ya never know unless you try! The Little Engine that could

 

[Maria Sanchez]

Thanks for sharing your beautiful garden and home @led05
Quite the garden workout you have there, haha!
That Durlumbo girl is amazing.
How long do you think she's go? November? December?

 

[led05]

Thanks for sharing your beautiful garden and home @led05
Quite the garden workout you have there, haha!
That Durlumbo girl is amazing.
How long do you think she's go? November? December?

My pleasure Maria & TY - I’d guess middle towards end of Nov but I don’t think we make it that far this year; generally our first hard frost is Oct 15th time period, by mid November we could have feet of snow or it can be in the 60’s+ and everything in b/w….

But Sticky Durlumbo is a queen amongst queens (Durlumbo in general) and is nearing the pinnacle of what can be done with the genetics within; emphasis on nearing - she’s a true beauty, I can’t wait to grow her out inside as well as the seeds forming within her

 

[LostTribe]

Many thanks LT

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Why you never give up…. Well Over a month ago I took cuts off the UB x Cambodian GH male & 4 other female plants, weeks ago all the females had rooted….

I took 3 off the Male, they were & have been looking hopeless….. But I figured wtf let’s let them go one more week, I’ve only changed water once in all this time, been busy with other shit….

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Definitely no chance right….. But

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It’s beginning - man he’s tough, there’s like nothing left to these, there’s old roots still in there from others but this one is definitely rooting out, it’s the middle one too - from above I’d say maybe the front one had a far, far out chance….

Ya never know unless you try! The Little Engine that could

I have had issues trying that with males and females. They dont like to reveg and root at the same time. I have better luck with flowering cuts when I top them as I put them in the aero. It stops the flowering hormone in the growth tips I believe. Nice!