Mary, Mary quite contrary How does your "Victory" garden grow?

[N9BOW]

Had to order Some flywheel pullers to get the Tiller tine assembly off. Won’t budge. Have the oil seal ready to go. 
 

picked up a LAM broad fork to keep at it while the tiller is being repaired. The thing is a beast... love it

[wily]

Hope you get it back together soon...I planted cucumbers tonight...I’m not sure my trellis will work so we will see what happens 

[budman]

Wily I use a couple of old Cattle panels and they work great.  Been using the same ones for at least 15 years. But going to have to put some fencing around my garden this year because the deer found my purple hull peas last year. They don't eat the plants just the pods, and only the ones about ready to be picked.

[MOPanfisher]

On 4/10/2020 at 7:07 PM, wily said:

I don’t think I’m going to do the drip this year either...I got one of those music stand/tripod type sprinklers...and the set the hose down the row like mopanfisher said...should be good enuf 

i got my planter today...wife didn’t seem impressed so that was probably a mistake...5 dollar corn style 

but I did get my book...she reluctantly smiled when I showed it to her

I’ve made 3 passes tonight...going to Hit the watermelon patch before it gets dark....

I’ve started tilling with the blades going forward...My tiller jumps quite a bit when the tines are spinning forward but seems to be doing a good job...hopefully the more I do it...the less it will jump

dogs sure like running thru the fresh dirt

I spent a lot of years with a garden tiller and have a rocky old garden,fixing it back up and welding on it etc. What I found I had to do was throttle it down and not hold it nearly so tightly,kind of let it kick up a little bit or it would beat you to death when it hits a rock.  Now the tractor mounted roto tiller, heck I just love tilling up gardens with it. 

[N9BOW]

4 hours ago, MOPanfisher said:

I spent a lot of years with a garden tiller and have a rocky old garden,fixing it back up and welding on it etc. What I found I had to do was throttle it down and not hold it nearly so tightly,kind of let it kick up a little bit or it would beat you to death when it hits a rock.  Now the tractor mounted roto tiller, heck I just love tilling up gardens with it. 

Yup!!!! kinda like running a floor polisher.. the tighter you hang and the more downward pressure you put on a tiller tines (Until you get some depth) its a ride.....Golly bob howdy..Its a ride... I think that why they called my model the Super Bronco!!!! 

My Grandpas garden in the upper north east was shaley soils.... learned a lesson or three!

Had a 3pt tiller on my 2640..That was the bomb!

[MOPanfisher]

I think mine is a BRonco as well, and yeah well named.  When younger I decided I could force it to do what I wanted through pure strength and cussedness, I did accomplish it jumping sideways enough a few times to eat some plants.  It does a good job when I am patient, sadly I am NOT known for patience.  LOL

[N9BOW]

I love listening to these guys!.. the Row by Row the Garden Show on YouTube

18:45 for the best line of the show.. "I may have to go down to the pond to wash my rear end" God Lovem!

 

[MOPanfisher]

Well I have embarked on a new type of gardening sick regular garden is out for now.  The old garden got a good dose of roundup about a week ago, this morning I went looking for old seeds, found my stash of heirloom canteloupes, and several packages of last year's seeds for little yellow squash and cucumbers.  So I wouldn't call it rows but I did string a ouole rows worth of seed in what would loosely be described as a row, and then rolled them into the wet grind with my mower.  I have don't similar before with some left over seeds and had some success with it, haven't got much to lose and the jungle garden is planted.  Will have a few more hills of actual planned and planted squash but by the time they are ready to plant I hope to have at least 1.5 arms useable maybe even 2!  Also used the rest of the letruce seed around the mineral tubs and some dill weed behind them.  Again I have nothing to lose except some seed.  The only thing I am totally unwilling to give up on is my strawberries and they are blooming well, if necessary I will lay amongst them to pull weeds, usually don't have an issue fidig helpers to pick them, they are older variety I have had for 25 years, replanting every few years.  They don't keep well or travel well but doggone it they are tasty.  Besides by the time they are ripe I should be able to have my grandson back to help pick/eat them.  We shall see what happens with the rest.

[N9BOW]

2 hours ago, MOPanfisher said:

Well I have embarked on a new type of gardening sick regular garden is out for now.  The old garden got a good dose of roundup about a week ago, this morning I went looking for old seeds, found my stash of heirloom canteloupes, and several packages of last year's seeds for little yellow squash and cucumbers.  So I wouldn't call it rows but I did string a ouole rows worth of seed in what would loosely be described as a row, and then rolled them into the wet grind with my mower.  I have don't similar before with some left over seeds and had some success with it, haven't got much to lose and the jungle garden is planted.  Will have a few more hills of actual planned and planted squash but by the time they are ready to plant I hope to have at least 1.5 arms useable maybe even 2!  Also used the rest of the letruce seed around the mineral tubs and some dill weed behind them.  Again I have nothing to lose except some seed.  The only thing I am totally unwilling to give up on is my strawberries and they are blooming well, if necessary I will lay amongst them to pull weeds, usually don't have an issue fidig helpers to pick them, they are older variety I have had for 25 years, replanting every few years.  They don't keep well or travel well but doggone it they are tasty.  Besides by the time they are ripe I should be able to have my grandson back to help pick/eat them.  We shall see what happens with the rest.

If I was closer I'd pack up the tiller and help ya out!

[N9BOW]

Got the tiller all put back together and hit the 4 garden plots (Im pooped), Got my other tomatoes all planted, and my sweet banana peppers planted. Need to get the cabbage in today or tomorrow and the beets ad carrots tonight. Maybe Monday or Tues the Corn, squash 3 varieties, Zukes, Cukes, and a couple pumpkin and couple watermellon and I should be close to being done.. I'm gonna be outa room.