West Coast Vaper Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Prep work in full swing. Worm bins coming along nicely and compost heap looking good. Spent the last few months clearing and leveling some ground next to the shade house then churning in some compost. 20m x 10m. Planting Fire Stick round the perimeter as part of a mole barrier. Will be using tyre's stacked two high as a raised bed with herbs and companion plants scattered around. Then a shade net sunk 500mm into ground as another mole barrier and 2m above ground as a wind break. Inside shade house I have 100l planter boxes that I'm almost done prepping. Mainly planting @Bay Seeds autoflower this season and then a variety of unknown photoperiod crosse's for my infusion projects. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 I'm in two minds about using tyre's now. Thinking environment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 Time to start prepping soil. Sitting at 200l I think I'm gonna need a heap or six more. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty.Psychonaut Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Hey @DamDave hope all is well that side! I just recently took my bin apart, but for the longest time I had an old compost tumbler standing here. I would dump all my spent FF soil in there with a bag of elemental blend, give it a few spins and done. Then I unload it all into a big 100L pot to stand and cook till I am ready to use it. I always test ph and ppm before using, but in your case having to mix quite a couple of big heaps right now, a setup like this will save you a ton of back ache and if you anything like me you would do anything to get around those back aches. anyway, I know you mix once off and done, but these things really are great for making compost too, you can literally do everything inside the bin and leave it be and just rotate it couple times once every week. so it's not like there's no other uses fpr this thing. here's a few examples. first one is more permanent second one is without a pole / A frame configuration and instead have the barrel rolling on wheels, with this configurarion I would just advise to avoid swivel wheels otherwise you gona have some trouble. fix wheels would work better than these trolly wheels. last one is probably the most practical and most sensible, you could do the same thing, but lay the bin horisontally to reduce impact when you roll the bin. what happens a lot with these vertical bin systems is people flipping them too fast and having the entire weight of the medium inside fall to the bottom either damaging the bin or structure. horisontal bin gives for a more even roll and spread inside the bin. just have to roll it slowly. small wooden frame. A frame would work nice aswell. a pole. and a bin. nice little backyard project that can save you tons of time and effort in the long run. if you a guy that regularly mixes soil or wana make compost 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty.Psychonaut Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 On 7/30/2022 at 7:43 PM, DamDave said: I'm in two minds about using tyre's now. Thinking environment. as long as you not planning on leaving the tyres there to start breaking down and contaminating the earth then you fiiiine to ease the feeling at the back of your mind you might wana take a look at weed guard? that black material people lay down under stone gardens. this stuff - basically do the same as you would with the tyres, but just with this stuff. dig a hole where you gona put the plant, go down maybe 50 - 75cm, line the walls of the hole with the weed guard and leave the bottom open. fill the hole with your soil mix and done 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said: as long as you not planning on leaving the tyres there to start breaking down and contaminating the earth then you fiiiine to ease the feeling at the back of your mind you might wana take a look at weed guard? that black material people lay down under stone gardens. this stuff - basically do the same as you would with the tyres, but just with this stuff. dig a hole where you gona put the plant, go down maybe 50 - 75cm, line the walls of the hole with the weed guard and leave the bottom open. fill the hole with your soil mix and done All good advice and ideas . Composting and playing with soil is an ongoing thing on the reservation. Blue bins are cool but boy, they take a bit of time. I chuck kitchen scraps in my blue bin with some leaves raked up from a small yard. That then gets taken to one of 3 compost heaps. Then I have 3 very basic worm bins which I chuck in some compost and kitchen scraps and those wrigglers are multiplying at a rate leaving behind some nice castings. As for tyre's. Always going to be a tough one. I've decided to go that route though. Unfortunately they fall into the category 'free of charge laying around materials'. Started planting poles for the windbreak yesterday. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 First 10m windbreak is up. Another 30m to go. Started collecting and prepping tyre's. Bottom tyre is like a little compost/worm bin then I'll be filling the next tyre up with amended soil. Gonna be putting 32 of these tyre raised beds in the 20m x 10m area. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 Anastasia 99 autoflower feminized pheno #4 courtesy of @Bay Seeds. Being the impatient git I am I've planted a few seeds in the shade house. 24 hours in the shot glass then less than 24 hours in paper towel and ready to rock and roll. 5 seeds in a 100l planter box. Soil in this box comes from a wholesale nursery up the road. Heard via the bush telegraph a few growers in the area are using it with good results. R25 for 40l trade price. Worth a try. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 7 days later and 100% germination on the Anastasia 99 autoflower feminized. True to form it has rained like a futhermucker every day since I planted these ladies. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 Somebody stop me. Prepping another unutilized part of the garden. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted August 28, 2022 Author Share Posted August 28, 2022 Chomping at the bit these little one's. I'm still prepping and these decided they happy in the compost/worm castings made by us. Went to a seed swop of a different kind today. Have loads of food to grow between the Mother Herbs in the tyre garden. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Seeds Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 You could make a great pumpkin patch. have nice trailing vines that you start in a few tyres. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted September 11, 2022 Author Share Posted September 11, 2022 Things are shak'n up on the reservation. No pics for short while. The kid was playing ball with a river rock and my phone/camera/connection with the outside world got in the way. Hopefully sort that out come end November. Tyre patch looking good. Variety of auto and photoperiod seedlings up then some peppers and veg on the go. In the shade house a few autos on the go and 3 photoperiod that I'm really hoping will reveg. Still holding on for the big plant. Cold and misty in the mornings. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 So I'm just waiting on some more soil before I collect any more tyres. There are about 10 autos in tyres and in the ground for now. Still cold and very damp here, till 10am some days it's misty.Purple peas, black beans, tomatoes, mint, spuds and a chilli plant growing in the tyre garden as well.In ghe shade house autos at varies ages. They having a hard time but growing. I'll get into more detail later. Ran a test on some homegrown seedling soil from our landlady. 128 photoperiod seeds into a tray. 92% germination in 7 days. Thats 118 from 128.Will start the autos en mass mid October probably early November. Sent from my SM-A032F using Tapatalk 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLazyFisherman Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Awesome stuff Dave I'm sorry I didn't commit to what we agreed. I moved out recently from the "said" place lol. The temperature and travelling distance extremes forced me. I loved the semi rural vibes but damn 42 celsius and -4 lol.. Im back at the coast lol*facepalm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLazyFisherman Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Awesome stuff Dave I'm sorry I didn't commit to what we agreed. I moved out recently from the "said" place lol. The temperature and travelling distance extremes forced me. I loved the semi rural vibes but damn 42 celsius and -4 lol.. Im back at the coast lol*facepalm Sent from my VOG-L09 using TapatalkAnd cooling down to 31 celsius at 10pm?... F**k no lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 9 minutes ago, thelazyfishermanza said: And cooling down to 31 celsius at 10pm?... F**k no lol Yeah. You need a pair and then some out here. Still 4 degrees here some mornings and boom 27 when the mist lifts. Enjoy coastal life boet. Heading to our beach hideaway in Britannia soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLazyFisherman Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Yeah. You need a pair and then some out here. Still 4 degrees here some mornings and boom 27 when the mist lifts. Enjoy coastal life boet. Heading to our beach hideaway in Britannia soon.It's tough out there yor...It's not for the feint hearted. I failed epically geniet*twee duimeSent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 The roots in this seedling tray is crazy.Sent from my SM-A032F using Tapatalk 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 9am and still misty on the reservation. Sun shinning less than a km away. Sent from my SM-A032F using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkunkPharm Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 55 minutes ago, DamDave said: 9am and still misty on the reservation. Sun shinning less than a km away. Sent from my SM-A032F using Tapatalk That’s the west coast for you 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ill_Evan Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 That's a spooky picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 That's a spooky picture. No filters. Some days it's like a Stephen King novel. Others, there are buck roaming the garden. Sent from my SM-A032F using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 I think this is an Anastasia 99 autoflower.Nearing the end.Sent from my SM-A032F using Tapatalk 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Coast Vaper Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 Yep, it was bound to happen.With the veggie/mother herb tyre stacks being a worm composting as well it has attracted a mole. Moles looove worms I've just read up.This area's soil is improving weekly now thanks to the worms spreading out.I've changed my mind. No more tyres. Not because of moles but I really don't want a fuck ton of tyres on the property to be honest. The other half of this area I'm gonna make no till raised beds (not very high) and I'm gonna be putting in worm farm towers.Sent from my SM-A032F using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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