The Farm

[Tad]

waiting for mulch for this bed and also still trying to figure out what should go in it, relocating plumbing is coming right up.

[Tad]

I am seriously considering an above ground pond for raising some catfish in this section here. I think next to palms and farming aquaculture rules!

[Tad]

these christmas palms survived the snow from a few years ago and dig like creampuffs, I think I will do some more in the field, nothing overboard a hundred or so in 3's

[bubba]

Tad,Great work.No question,you are a serious palm grower.

[Tad]

Shamo, the water line is relocated, now I gotta relocate all these damn pots!!

[Tad]

spindle palm just waiting for spring to be relocated into the new garden

[Tad]

still need a little somthing in this bed

[Tad]

some allagoptera arenarias also scored from redlands!

[Tad]

clumps of 3's and hope for some seed a few years from now!!

[Tad]

i think they will look nice once they fill in

[Tad]

I intend to fill this little shady bed with mettallicas and see if I cant get them to procreate as well

[Tad]

This is my wifes garden, it was really nice last year before the baby came along!! I HATE THIS LITTLE AREA!!

so she persuaded me to give it a make over,

[Tad]

I am declaring JIHAD on ugly here at the farm and this area is fuuuuuuuggggggglllllyyyyyy!!

[Tad]

my favorite serano pepper plant well that can staay!

[Tad]

grape vines gotta go

[Tad]

houston send in the tactical nuke now please!!

this is like removing a giant cancerous tumor!!

it's gonna get worse before it gets better so lets dig in!!

[Tad]

a little progress

[Tad]

I hate duranta, "chop it back to the bone Roberto!!"

[Tad]

Oh, no Roberto watch out

[Tad]

things got a little temporarily hectic as chopping back the cursed blue sky flower revealed we had some unexpected guests, a quick dousing of wasp and hornet killah and a lil water break it was safre to move back in and continue with the carnage!

[Tad]

once extracted

[Tad]

cinder block for scale

[Tad]

laying out 2 raised beds

[Tad]

please do not feed the monkey junk food

[Tad]

a little higher

[Tad]

ooooooooopppppppppsssssssss some body dug up some of those cursed durantas!

[Tad]

Dont worry about Renee guys, she wont get mad over the duranta shes gonna be so thrilled with the garden she wont even notice they  are missing.

[Tad]

at 1/3 of a yard per bucket I have about 12 yards of top soil in this puppy

[Tad]

keep it coming guys

[Tad]

top it off later with some nice composted mulch let it simmer till first of feb and plant it up!!

[Tad]

later this week a little brick work for a side walk

[Tad]

stupid catI am not scared of you!!

[Tad]

Renee I swear the duranta will be put back and it will grow out again and look better than ever, c'mon you know its one of my favorites in the yard!

[Tad]

spider man gets hiss butt kicked!

[Tad]

my first ever job site fatality

[Tad]

second smaller bed goes up

[Tad]

i will add more later the batterys dead in the camera!!

[Cycadcenter]

Hey Tad,

Any chance of starting a new thread, this one is getting pretty long and takes ages to load when I'm on dial up.

Thanks

Bruce

[amazondk]

Tad,

Great pictures of your work.  I keep them coming.  But, maybe as Bruce said it would be good start from another spot.  My connection is now better than dial up, but nowhere near what my kids have in Florida.

Thanks, again for the pictures.

dk

[_Keith]

You could start on 1-1-08 entitled "A Year at the Farm - 2008".  Take us through a year of a commercial palm growing operation.  That would be awesome.