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If it's really crazy, might be best to take it apart in pieces. Don't try to pull out huge pieces, just trim with lopers or some shears if you're brave and treat it like eating an elephant. Spread it over a couple days, even. Like someone else said, trim it all the way back to the root ball and, if you want it gone, shovel it

Gorgeous. I love this. What all you gonna grow on that monster?

Edit: nevermind. I see you answered that already. Nice

Thanks! I'll keep tabs on it as long as I'm going out there. They've got about four or five more beds similar to this one I'm gonna be working on. Hopefully I can remember to get some good pics

I usually will ask a client to order extra straw when they put in an order in and pay for the extra bales which I know is not helpful

Tractor Supply is a good have-to-have-it stop, but you can get it cheaper at feed supply or garden centers. A particularly helpful garden center or nursery might order some for you if they don't already carry it

Go to your local farmer's market and hit up a market farmer, ask around a bit. Failing that, Craigslist is still surprisingly useful and I still ain't never been stabbed in the liver once

An attempt at vertical gardening with potatoes. A hoop of cattle fencing with a bit of landscaping fabric on the bottom to hold in a grow medium, then straw up as the seed potatoes send up the shoots

At the start of the season, I was excited to try a next step from potatoes the previous season that were grown in plastic tubs. Got a lot more than I was expecting, but also a lot of rotten potatoes since the drainage was bad

So, to remedy the drainage issues, here we are. I've since read a bunch of stuff about how towers are bad, especially for determinate potatoes (some are), so we'll see how things come along

Best mulch ever in my opinion. Stays loose enough for carrots to sprout through, but can be laid on thick enough to grow potatoes. Then at the end of the season you can pull the top layer back and work in the rotten bits to feed the beds. Just watch where you get it so you don't create a weed problem for yourself!

I don't. I do water my potted stuff more, but these guys are on the lines, so it's equal across. I definitely should have considered that, but these were the pots I had when I was setting up, so we ran. Turned into a nice little advertisement for large terra cotta

Always trade-offs. The bags will absolutely dry out faster in my experience, but they do avoid anything related to drainage issues and hey, can't beat how well they store. Still looking for one that can last as long as a pot, but they make a lot of sense in market gardens

Right now we're getting mid-80's (~30C) for highs, but by July/August, we'll be flirting with 100 (37.8C) most days. My lettuce and broccoli are already bolting. Bout time to take a break from brassica til late July when I put down my first fall starts

Bonus tater towers killing it. Love how well this is working out so far (we will revisit these words in some months)

I can think of other reasons

There's a better life
And you think about it, don't you?
It's a rich man's game
No matter what they call it
And you spend your life
Putting money in his wallet

-9 to 5

Someone get him out of there or he's gonna eat all the nut meat for himself!

One of god's best practical jokes was putting the male g-spot in our ass. It's up to you whether you're in on the joke or not

Damn. You just don't think about crabs being an an enemy. Must have hit his weak point for massive damage