The more you put your hand in it to "fix" things the more it's going to mess up

That's oftentimes the problem haha

I HIGHLY recommend reading this book

You have to understand that your soil is alive and that there is an entire food chain maintaining the balance

(Or there's supposed to be if we'd stop messing with it by constantly trying to "correct" problems we think exist)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-grow-100-pounds-of-potatoes-in-4-square-feet-81760

This is an awesome method

My father and I hand plant 10k plus onions by hand

Using an Amish plough

Every year

It’s a small plot as well

Planted this myself, that Boulder has been in my grandmother’s yard for 4 decades

I thought it was pretty aesthetic

It's extremely aesthetic, bruh

Very nice @Francis V

I like the cat.

We used to put spuds in a stack of rocks in the woods and let them grow

Potatoes are hardy

The cat actually shortly after this photo was taken gave birth to bob tailed kittens

Neat. 😀

@Francis Vvery cool,liking all of it! That's a neat tidbit about the boulder too,neat picture,nice looking

Carolina reapers about to start popping

Jalapeños already way ahead

Herbs somehow held out through the drought

Leeks have had a heck of a time with the grasshoppers this year

Aaaand tomatoes fending off the hornworms

Our overgrown in weeded family garden. It may not look the best but they produce for sure.

I'm jealous of the land tbh

That’s my moms. Not to much now a days just what we need. More of a hobby/family farm. Although she sells at the farmers market as a hobby. And actually we’ve found it easier to sell what we don’t need then to try and give it away.

Oh and she has 50 acres.

Nice Cleome

ty!

https://m.facebook.com/artamanleague/

Not sure if you're familiar with these folks but very interesting stuff.

I love that page! Very inspiring. Very similar to what we have going on here too. I love that they are a part of a volkish/ agrarian movement in Germany! I want to see more of this in the US as well!

https://wtop.com/virginia/2018/06/noxious-weed-alert-giant-hogweed-spotted-in-virginia/

Invasive plants are a serious problem for native plant species in the United States. They outcompete native plants due to a lack of predators. They disrupt soil microbiology and ph, and affect the sensitive balance of the overall ecosystem.

It’s also worth mentioning the fact that the fight to stop the spread of invasive plants directly parallels our own fight to preserve our culture as identitarians.

I’m going to try and post at least one invasive plant a week, highlighting its environmental disruptions, how to spot it, and how to get rid of it efficiently.

This week it’s Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) is a tall (up to 15-20 ft), herbaceous, biennial plant.

Giant hogweed is native to central and southwest Asia. It was intentionally introduced via the nursery industry where it eventually escaped and spread.

Impacts
Giant hogweed suppresses the growth of native plants, which has a negative impact on native wildlife. In addition, giant hogweed poses a threat to human health as direct skin contact with the plant’s toxic sap induces extreme photosensitivity causing slow to heal burns and scarring. this sap can also cause blindness upon contact with the eyes. Costs are incurred for both medical treatment and efforts to keep the plant under control. Over 100,000 seeds per plant are dispersed annually by water, wind, or humans.

Giant hogweed burns

Habitat: Giant hogweed invades disturbed areas across both the Northeast and Pacific Northwestern United States. Although often found in open fields and along roadsides, it has been observed along streams in natural areas.

Identification:
Leaves: palmately compound, with three deeply incised leaflets, with spotted leaf stalk, enormous, lower leaves can be 5’ wide. Only basal leaves are produced the first year.

Flowers: 50-150 white, small, many borne in large, loose umbels at tops of stems. Blooms late June through August.

Stems: often purple-mottled, up to 4-in in diameter, hollow and ridged.

Physical/Mechanical Control: Hogweed is difficult to control due to its toxic effects on the skin. A small number of plants can be hand dug, but care should be taken to remove most of the root and to protect skin and eyes.

Repeated mowing does not kill the plant and causes resprouting, but it may weaken the plant if done consistently and persistently enough to starve the roots. Chemical Control: Foliar treatments with glyphosate (trade name “roundup”) or triclopyr ( trade name “garlon”) have been effective. Glyphosate is considered the most effective herbicide and should be used in spring and early summer when plants are less than three feet tall. A follow-up application in midsummer may be necessary. Use caution around desirable species since glyphosate is non-selective.

If anyone has questions concerning invasive plants, native plants, identification of plants feel free to ask any time, I do this for a living and I want to help make everyone more aware of this beautiful green earth, and our responsibility as it’s stewards.

@horticult Is there any place on-line to track Hogweed's spread?

Unfortunately there is no one specific place to track the spread of invasive plants, this website puts out alerts on all invasive species and they update when it’s spotted in new areas. https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/index.shtml.

City or state parks services are the best resource to find out if a new invasive species has been spotted in your area.

Unfortunately most invasive occur on residential land, and oftentimes the landowner is not informed of the potential ecological threat.

Snake head fish have been a huge problem too..also from Asia

Silver carp too.

It's like Kudzu, those Asians are killing us. Yikes.

The State bird of South Dakota is the Chinese ring necked pheasant and killing it is a major tourist attraction for us here.

My grape's

I have a great book on viticulture if your interested in it

@V.Balboa - PA that's awesome

nice!!!!

Anyone have methods to get tomatoes to be less acidic? Mine are coming in overly acidic and tart. The problem is in all 4 varieties I planted so I don’t think it’s just the variety.

Dam I wish I would have saw your post earlier @Prestor John Add more Garden Lime to your soil

@V.Balboa - PA thanks. Next year my tomatoes will be on point!

No problem just Remember to save All your leaves this Fall

@Prestor John

Spinach sprouted!

Nice but How are you growing them in the Winter ?

This is my Garden area don't forget to rake and bag all the leaves that you can for spring