Time is my issue here.

I till gardens as one of my side hustles. I've fought tractor problems for a couple,of years and it's getting old. The past two weeks I have gone to do 6 jobs(3 tonight) where someone who has called me recently, had someone else show up and till for Them. It's their choice but if you call me Saturday and I road a tractor 5 miles to till for you and only find out when I get there that it's done.....it's infuriating. If you have someone else do your work....give me a ducking courtsy call. Pretty basic mad code.

Also....my circle are having an "outlaw giant pumpkin" contest. No rules, just make the biggest pumpkin. I'm open to super duper cheat codes. Help me beat my brothers and asshole friends.
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You should go back in about 3 months and till those same garden.
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I don't know that it's a cheat but only allow 3 blossoms to set fruit and then cull that down to the largest one so all the energy in the vines go to that single punkin. Good luck.

Also Dill's Atlantic are the seeds you want to plant.
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N, P, K water sunlight. Fertilize frequently so it never has to suffer.

What are your tractor problems?
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The biggest problem is I bought a piece of shit that had supposedly been restored but sat a long time. Something new all the time. The good news is my dad knows a lot about old shitty tractors and it makes him feel good when I call him to come help me figure out what to do. Maybe it's the best tractor ever.
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Ah yes. Old and shitty. I know the type. Grandpa had a damned old IH 806 that I swear to god had more blowby than compression and he’d spend a day making the fucker run.
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Genetics probably being the most important thing here but I would add beneficial bacteria and fungi as well. Maybe even bring in springtails if he doesn't already have them. Start by making the soil the best you can so uptake of nutrients can be effective as possible. Beneficials might even help to not get so hot on the nutrients.
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Here are a couple of links that expound on what has been said regarding giant pumpkins.

http://www.gardenersnet.com/vegetable/giantpumpkins.htm

http://www.gardenersnet.com/vegetable/giantpumpkins.htm
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getting ready to plant garden of hot pepper plants.

45' x 25' community garden
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Planted five tomatoes of different varieties, 15 peppers of different varieties, basil, thyme, shitload of strawberries from last year that need to be thinned, ann two 10 foot rows each of carrots and bunching onions.
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For 20 years I had a place with a huge yard full of trees, bushes, rock beds and other various landscaping. I could spend an entire goddamn weekend doing spring clean up and still not finish it. It took me at least 2 hours to do a full mow and trim. I was never caught up, there was always something that needed attention.

Moved into a new place this month and now I have 1 tree, 3 little bushes, and a lawn I can mow in 30 min and I fucking love it.

Yard work sucks.
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Oh, and the best part of it, this is what's behind our place. It's like having a huge yard, but I don't have to take care of it.




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I lived across the street from a middle school, It was fantastic!

Living by an elementary on nice days during recess... not so much but still better than a high school with a shitty marching band that practiced a lot:-):-):-)

My yard not only was low maintenance but they paid me to mow it







I have established landscaping in my present house and the previous owner did a great job of landscaping. In the fall I hire someone to cut everything back, remove the leaves, and mulch. About all I do is fertilize 5 times a year and watch someone else mow the grass.
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Old place had an elementary school across the street, with the playground directly in front of me. It was noisy when the kids were out. The playground is far enough away here that I haven't really noticed it too much.
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Middle schools, old enough to take the bus, too old for recess...
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