tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post6588902571817497324..comments2024-03-13T08:22:42.716-05:00Comments on Johnday's Blog: Liberty Garden, Central Texas, Climate Zone 8AJohn Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12123174297818737132noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-34480354271014093002020-09-21T04:13:25.331-05:002020-09-21T04:13:25.331-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001152979693960229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-26250307048717113362020-09-01T13:34:00.416-05:002020-09-01T13:34:00.416-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13101227655375312617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-42346228912926223412020-04-01T19:31:57.965-05:002020-04-01T19:31:57.965-05:00It's nice in the gardens I tend. I get good fo...It's nice in the gardens I tend. I get good food , too. I bet you can do something in Vegas, but you will need drip watering on a timer and mulch.John Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123174297818737132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-29493091511805382272020-04-01T12:29:40.275-05:002020-04-01T12:29:40.275-05:00John, I always knew you had it in you. Great Job! ...John, I always knew you had it in you. Great Job! In my younger days, in the late 50, I too partially lived from my garden.FrankJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09285217625700971250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-86403014522793067452020-02-12T11:04:33.882-06:002020-02-12T11:04:33.882-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jar Binkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361326138020046808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-49706799825653290462019-09-09T06:20:40.675-05:002019-09-09T06:20:40.675-05:00Thanks Alice,
I have put in a similar garden at P...Thanks Alice,<br /><br />I have put in a similar garden at People's Community Clinic, where I work, and a bigger one a couple of hours south, in the coastal plains, and I stay fairly busy tending them, working, blogging, bike commuting, etc.John Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123174297818737132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-60618022150575948552019-09-09T06:04:01.099-05:002019-09-09T06:04:01.099-05:00Hey John ! That's a great garden plan you'...Hey John ! That's a great garden plan you've laid out. I hope to see more update on such <a href="https://homeia.com/diy-projects/" rel="nofollow">DIY project</a>. Alice Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455832208942839451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-49029446014357353042018-12-13T09:00:05.619-06:002018-12-13T09:00:05.619-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.yoyoservicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466524088609434869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-44835978783136829482018-11-04T07:31:29.268-06:002018-11-04T07:31:29.268-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bk_Servicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133168531248050332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-1108780469574019532018-11-03T08:49:03.041-05:002018-11-03T08:49:03.041-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rifat Ansarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807558891346928498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-20082750729406906132017-09-21T20:07:50.059-05:002017-09-21T20:07:50.059-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.John V. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800995707571935901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-31327851297685329652016-10-18T10:36:32.153-05:002016-10-18T10:36:32.153-05:00Awesome straight to the point lay out for gardenin...Awesome straight to the point lay out for gardening. I'll begin this soon and keep you posted on things. Thanks for your help and great gardening layout. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658609755652662828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-13757355889919917032016-09-23T16:20:09.183-05:002016-09-23T16:20:09.183-05:00Nice pictures at that link, John. The white kline-...Nice pictures at that link, John. The white kline-bottle sort of planters look like a great idea for herbs. I can't tell what they are made from. They look sort of like the blue food grade plastic barrels, but not blue, and with that tube up the middle.<br />I'm in NW Austin, very near Jollyville. I don't seem to be able to contact you other than this blog.John Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123174297818737132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-86967953898893953912016-09-23T15:12:12.427-05:002016-09-23T15:12:12.427-05:00Hi John - just ran across your post at Cassandra&#...Hi John - just ran across your post at Cassandra's Legacy. Been in and out of gardening for years in Ann Arbor and Austin. Retired now and living up in the Domain for awhile. Did the country thing on 5 acres outside of Driftwood - chickens, gardens, black soldier fly grubs, tea brewer, etc. for ten years. How different than Michigan. Had a hobby business for a couple of years distributing Garden Towers. Here's a few pictures on that. http://tinyurl.com/zholmne<br /><br />Hope to make your acquaintance one of these days. I've met some really fantastic growers around Austin over the years and you look like you're really nailing it in your back yard. Best regards, John Fry<br /><br />dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09557561635871184834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-50170545613595970262016-07-11T19:08:54.560-05:002016-07-11T19:08:54.560-05:00Jeavons advocates deeply digging and amending beds...Jeavons advocates deeply digging and amending beds to optimize the environment for the crops. This idea has been widely used. I really dug out truckloads of stones and dug deep to work in organic amendments into the dense clay, for the first 2 years. These days, with the soil ecosystem established, I cut the crops off at soil level at end of season, letting the roots, worms and microbes build healthy soil. The waves of different plants in different years and seasons all do work with their roots, some digging deeper, some wider, but all adding organic matter and opening up the microstructure.John Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123174297818737132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-55526328302188502192016-07-11T03:43:35.177-05:002016-07-11T03:43:35.177-05:00Thinking of implementing the Jeavons system - have...Thinking of implementing the Jeavons system - have you any experience there? By the way I enjoy your odd comment on The Automatic Earth. I'm here in central victoria Australiathe home farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00734234459380595284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-19680128137949349752016-07-07T13:30:42.566-05:002016-07-07T13:30:42.566-05:00keep reading this & thinking and planning. so...keep reading this & thinking and planning. someday. and, sooner rather than later, i've decided.judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538487313218918605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-26175391787781593172016-07-06T04:19:31.306-05:002016-07-06T04:19:31.306-05:00John,
With vertical farming, the producer is rel...John, <br /><br />With vertical farming, the producer is relying on artificial lighting for about 100% of the photosynthesis. If you do a Google search on the topic you'll see that pink LED lights are the modern standard of the industry. It's about as artificial as it gets, but I can attest that the produce this method produces is very tasty as long as the producer is scrupulous about maintaining nutrient levels. These urban gardens are alwasys going to be energy intensive, but you might note that the Virtual Capitalist graphic perhaps unrealistically states that the building can be a net producer of energy if enough solar, wind or other exotic energy production technologies are applied. I have my doubts about this optimistic scenario, what with the Second Law of Thermodynamics being what it is. Ray Durayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12639517407559635845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-44267811632301656002016-07-05T21:22:06.715-05:002016-07-05T21:22:06.715-05:00I think vertical farming only works with a lot of ...I think vertical farming only works with a lot of mirrors to get sun on all the beds. There's only so much solar energy in a beam of sunshine, and that's what does the work of photosynthesis. "Photosynthetic ceiling" is the term for that limit. The amount of energy embedded in structures like that is vast, and can only be considered in fossil-fuel-world, right?John Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123174297818737132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-47886629843098564062016-07-05T21:18:56.361-05:002016-07-05T21:18:56.361-05:00Hi Darshan,
I'd love to let you harvest everyt...Hi Darshan,<br />I'd love to let you harvest everything that ripens each day, and run the drip-system, while you do, when we're visiting our daughter at grad-school in Rochester, 8/2 - 8/10/16. <br />That probably won't work for you, though. It's a world of difference when you live with your garden.<br />I hope you are able do that soon.John Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123174297818737132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-71023474772805527772016-07-05T19:24:18.448-05:002016-07-05T19:24:18.448-05:00Hi John,
That's a great garden plan you'v...Hi John,<br /><br />That's a great garden plan you've laid out. And for those who want to see an alternative future, there's this:<br /><br />http://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-vertical-farming-works/<br /><br />Over the past couple of years, we've been getting more and more hot-house/greenhouse produce at our local stores. Lettuce, tomatoes and peppers especially. I know of one local company that is doing a thriving business with energy intensive warehouse grown lettuces which local restaurants can't get enough of. Oh, yeah. I'm in Central Oregon where we are in what is considered a sub-arctic climate. And there-in lies a difference from Central Texas. <br /><br />While I admire John's garden immensely, it has to be stated that taking suburban back yards and intensively converting them to productive gardens is probably not going to be the answer in 2050 with nine billion "useless eaters" on the planet. <br /><br />My answer, fewer mouths to feed, seems to be anathema to the species at large. In the meantime, we're likely to see lots of interesting experiments in how to feed ourselves. <br /><br />Here's an interesting thought: "The US spends more than $600 billion a year on war while 15 million of its children go hungry." http://ckm3.blogspot.com/Ray Durayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12639517407559635845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-78263890304755053312016-07-05T19:04:09.645-05:002016-07-05T19:04:09.645-05:00Thank you John! I hope to replicate your success ...Thank you John! I hope to replicate your success at some point. Currently I'm limited to 1 4 x 8 foot bed in a community garden, but I hope to expand.Dshahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978442824607048207noreply@blogger.com