***What's growing? The official garden thread***
Leezestarr313
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Y'all know the good feeling of growing you own food and vegetables ...
Cav and I spent the afternoon turning up the soil at our new house's garden (by the way, I've never seen soil THAT dark and rich, I think only rich, dark chocolate can compare....). Currently, we have started seeds in indoor greenhouses for yellow tomatoes, grape tomatoes, bell peppers, and lavender. We also started a herb garden with lemon basil basil, parsley, chives, cat grass, and we bought a plant of gooseberries and our neighbour gave us a raspberry plant.
So what are you growing this year and can you share any gardener tips?
Happy growing :wave:
Cav and I spent the afternoon turning up the soil at our new house's garden (by the way, I've never seen soil THAT dark and rich, I think only rich, dark chocolate can compare....). Currently, we have started seeds in indoor greenhouses for yellow tomatoes, grape tomatoes, bell peppers, and lavender. We also started a herb garden with lemon basil basil, parsley, chives, cat grass, and we bought a plant of gooseberries and our neighbour gave us a raspberry plant.
So what are you growing this year and can you share any gardener tips?
Happy growing :wave:
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Our tomatoes are bigger, our soil is rich and darker.. but thanks for the tip.. happy gardening
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Close up...
I also currently have passionfruit, beetroot, pumpkins, feijoas growing at the moment & many, many herbs(basil, 2 types oregano, 3 types thyme, parsley, rosemary.....).
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http://www.gardeningwithkids.org/skyscr ... arden.html
I just saw this today.....The Aquaponics garden what a great teaching tool!
http://store.backtotheroots.com/Home_Aq ... ponics.htm
Also excitedly waiting for a pink lemon tree....
Envy those of you who have had success with pumpkins... Those were my epic fail
Still fun to try
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i have no idea if it will work. i might have just wasted a lot of time and money.
What is that? :think:
And I dig the vertical garden! I would try that too if we had our own house :thumbup:
We are having a big barn next to our garen and we suspect that there might be mice ... We've read about these ultrasound thingies that you stick in the soil to shoo them away. Does anybody know if that actually works?
they're little greenhouses you start in the winter
http://www.agardenforthehouse.com/2012/ ... ing-101-6/
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EV - Canberra, Newcastle & Sydney 1&2 2011
This weekend I was thinking about posting some pics here. :think:
16 tomato plants and 6 peppers in the ground yesterday. YIPPEE!
Using this delicious cocktail, the results are simply amazing.
Happy Planting!
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I've also gotta dig up a Japanese maple. I don't know what to do with the sumbitch, though. I only know that I don't want it in our garden anymore. We already have one large Japanese maple and the smaller one is just overkill and takes up space where my babygirl could be playing. Anyone in the NYC area want a small you-haul-it Japanese maple?
My babygirl planted some sweet basil. I hope that does OK for her.
My wife planted some sunflowers for phytoremediation purposes, but a squirrel or bird ate all the seeds, so it looks like she's going to have to start those inside.
My wife also got some gladiolus bulbs, but I don't think she's planted those yet.
I think that's about it for our garden so far.
Happy gardening!
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EV - Canberra, Newcastle & Sydney 1&2 2011
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2015 Central Park
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2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2018 Seattle 1 & 2, Missoula, Chicago 1
Zucchini
Brussel Sprouts
Green beans
Lettuce
3 varieties of Peppers.
And my bride is going to make an attempt at growing Strawberries.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Where's the bacon?
:P
My gandma sent me some seeds for another herb that I haven't seen here yet, but that is essential for German style green bean soup. In English it seems to be called savory, we call it "bean herb". Good stuff!
I'm excited to see how the gooseberry and the raspberry will turn out. Also, there are some strawberry plants in front of our house, and they are already having green berries on them. Not it's all weeding every now and then and waiting for the harvest
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
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As a kid I used to LOVE to garden.
I'd really like to start again....though gardening in AZ is a little trickier than back in the midwest.
Regular Tomato (Heirloom)
Jalapenos
Habaneros
Mexican Pepper
Yellow Bell Pepper
Red Bell Pepper
Basil
Lime Basil
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2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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