How much Rosemary and Thyme do you use? Maybe also add some parsley, chives, chervil or tarragon? For everyday use like the basil and cilantro... I also always have some cress going.
I'm a big fan of Rosemary. My mom suggested Thyme when I asked her if she'd be okay with it. I don't really use parsley or chives ever and I have no idea what cress or chervil is. Tarragon is something to consider because she always wants me to use it on fish.
We're going to try another "surprise garden" this year. How does it work? Section off a little portion of your garden, mix in a couple inches on compost with the soil, cover with a little mulch, water occasionally and wait a while and pretty soon "things start jumpin' up from the ground" ( a line from Neil Young's, "Home Grown"). Last year we got some flowers, a few different types of melons, a number of different tomato plants that ripened at different times and some very cool unidentified pioneer plants. It was a lot of fun!
That is awesome! We have a veggie section, but also lots of lawn that we still want to turn into a big bird and butterfly paradise. We started last year already, but there is still lots of room. I want a mulberry tree this year, and maybe for the front a peach and a pear tree and maybe an apple.
Ident, yeah, I would suggest to put them in the window. Hm, so maybe your potted option works a little better. The plants do need a certain amount of sunlight tow grow.
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We're going to try another "surprise garden" this year. How does it work? Section off a little portion of your garden, mix in a couple inches on compost with the soil, cover with a little mulch, water occasionally and wait a while and pretty soon "things start jumpin' up from the ground" ( a line from Neil Young's, "Home Grown"). Last year we got some flowers, a few different types of melons, a number of different tomato plants that ripened at different times and some very cool unidentified pioneer plants. It was a lot of fun!
That is awesome! We have a veggie section, but also lots of lawn that we still want to turn into a big bird and butterfly paradise. We started last year already, but there is still lots of room. I want a mulberry tree this year, and maybe for the front a peach and a pear tree and maybe an apple.
Ident, yeah, I would suggest to put them in the window. Hm, so maybe your potted option works a little better. The plants do need a certain amount of sunlight tow grow.
i mean if I could hang it somehow I would. I just dont see it working. Especially since it's plastic when the heat comes up it'll end up melting if I leave it on the windowsill.
We're going to try another "surprise garden" this year. How does it work? Section off a little portion of your garden, mix in a couple inches on compost with the soil, cover with a little mulch, water occasionally and wait a while and pretty soon "things start jumpin' up from the ground" ( a line from Neil Young's, "Home Grown"). Last year we got some flowers, a few different types of melons, a number of different tomato plants that ripened at different times and some very cool unidentified pioneer plants. It was a lot of fun!
That is awesome! We have a veggie section, but also lots of lawn that we still want to turn into a big bird and butterfly paradise. We started last year already, but there is still lots of room. I want a mulberry tree this year, and maybe for the front a peach and a pear tree and maybe an apple.
Ident, yeah, I would suggest to put them in the window. Hm, so maybe your potted option works a little better. The plants do need a certain amount of sunlight tow grow.
Blueberries will produce an easier to harvest crop, but they won't give shade. Have you ever seen any articles on pruning fruit trees to be miniaturized? Dwarf root stock isn't as strong as full sized and they still grow huge, so you take a regular Apple tree and prune it to stay small. It's pretty cool! Don't forget that you will get a very poor fruit set if you don't have another variety nearby, or graft some branches from another variety onto your tree. The same principle applies to most peaches and pears as well.
We have two cherry trees already. We also have blueberries, but we only planted them last year and the squirrels and the groundhog made short process with them... I will look into the pruning, thanks for the tip
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We have two cherry trees already. We also have blueberries, but we only planted them last year and the squirrels and the groundhog made short process with them... I will look into the pruning, thanks for the tip
Mother Earth News had an article recently, I am putting in a few apples next year.
For those of you that start seeds indoors, what do you start your seeds in? Plastic seedling trays, peat pots, plastic cups, DIY paper pots? If you use plastic pots, do you re-use year after year?
I used peat pots and they worked well. I attempted at folding my own newspaper pots, but they fell apart when I added soil. Peat pots can get expensive, and I'm trying to be resourseful so I'm thinking of using a pot press:
I found a site where I can make them from PVC pipe cheaper than buying one. Anybody ever use one? How did it go?
Thank you, I'm hoping to start seeds this week.
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Soil blocks...I think I'm going to use / make those instead.
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
I use saved sour cream, cool whip, and cottage cheese containers. I reuse them year to year. Last year I tried some where I cut the bottom off and put them on cardboard with wax paper, it made transplanting a cinch, I just pushed the sets out from the bottom like a pushpop. I'm probably doing that for all of them next year. I like big containers, I have room in my basement to spread out, and the plants get off to a very strong start without getting rootbound. This year I am buying plants from a greenhouse because I don't have anyone to take care of them when I go see PJ.
RK, I use a lil window greenhouse with a seedling mat underneath. I have a garden window, so it hangs out. I block the cat out with lil tension rods. I just the refill the plastic trays each year with soil. Once the seedlings get large enough, I transplant them into translucent plastic cups that I reuse for several years or recycle.
I dug up two parts of the garden this week. Tough job, and there is still tons left, ack! I have potato seedlings, red squash, cucumbers, herbs, beets, chard, carrots and all kinds of other stuff, all seeds. We will go to the plant market after Toronto as well and then things will hopefully get in motion. I cannot wait to garden again! Since we have a pair of bluebirds nesting in our backyard (YAY!!! First time ever and we have a nestbox camera, so we can see what is going on in the box), i am not too much in a rush to get busy though. Mama bird is incubating and we don't want to disturb her too much. I hope they stick around for another brood and get down on the insects in the garden once it is growing.
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We have eaten 2 bushels of spinach so far and it just keeps coming. Beets are almost ready too, I love me some beets. Peas are sporting lovely flowers right now so I will begin munching those next week, yay!
The summer garden is behind schedule, but I have 50 tomatoes, 50 peppers, and untold legions of squash going in the ground tomorrow!
Nice! Our garden is set up now as well. We got tomatoes, four kinds of potatoes, which are starting to come out, three kinds of radishes, carrots, brussels sprout, broccoli (first time, let's see how it goes), kohlrabi, cucumbers, squashes, peas, beans, chickory/ endives (trying again this year), arugula, chard, celery, herbs, melons and a pepper plant. We put it all in on my birthday weekend, and it looks great so far
The first brood of Bluebirds has fledged, all five happy and healthy, and mom is already building another nest. I hope they like our garden bugs.
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I hate slugs. I am in the middle of a slug war. I refuse to be defeated but in Ireland it is wet. We have millions of slugs. Probably thousands in my garden alone. I've got beer traps set up because I don't want to use chemicals. They seem to love my string bean plants the most. It's amazing how much damage those gelatinous little suckers can do.
I hate slugs. I am in the middle of a slug war. I refuse to be defeated but in Ireland it is wet. We have millions of slugs. Probably thousands in my garden alone. I've got beer traps set up because I don't want to use chemicals. They seem to love my string bean plants the most. It's amazing how much damage those gelatinous little suckers can do.
Try putting a ring of crushed eggshells around your garden. Slices them up and they don't like crawling over them apparently. Crushed seashells should work as well.
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I hate slugs. I am in the middle of a slug war. I refuse to be defeated but in Ireland it is wet. We have millions of slugs. Probably thousands in my garden alone. I've got beer traps set up because I don't want to use chemicals. They seem to love my string bean plants the most. It's amazing how much damage those gelatinous little suckers can do.
Maybe try to find someone who has a hen that isn't laying much anymore, buy or borrow it and turn it loose a couple times a day!
I already have strawberries. Planted everything else. Some of my starts didn't look so good, guess I'll see how they do.
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There are ducks who love slugs! I recently saw an article about a vineyard that has cohorts of them going through there daily eating all the slugs. (Looked it up, here it is!http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/this-vineyard-puts-800-happy-ducks-work-every-day) And rgambs, it's actually a bell pepper haha We don't eat that spicy. I prefer herbs, garlic onions and horseradish for flavours. Which we have growing as well.
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Wanted to bump this one! I’ve been constructing a new garden the last six week as this is our first full summer in this house. I’m very excited to see how things go! I started most things inside from seed. Peas, carrots, lettuce, Swiss chard, Brussels sprout, asparagus, turnip and onion. What are you planting?
Wanted to bump this one! I’ve been constructing a new garden the last six week as this is our first full summer in this house. I’m very excited to see how things go! I started most things inside from seed. Peas, carrots, lettuce, Swiss chard, Brussels sprout, asparagus, turnip and onion. What are you planting?
Your raised beds look amazing! Congratulations on your garden. I only have a patio and planters but have new strawberry plants in.
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Ident, yeah, I would suggest to put them in the window. Hm, so maybe your potted option works a little better. The plants do need a certain amount of sunlight tow grow.
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Don't forget that you will get a very poor fruit set if you don't have another variety nearby, or graft some branches from another variety onto your tree. The same principle applies to most peaches and pears as well.
Plastic seedling trays, peat pots, plastic cups, DIY paper pots?
If you use plastic pots, do you re-use year after year?
I used peat pots and they worked well. I attempted at folding my own newspaper pots, but they fell apart when I added soil. Peat pots can get expensive, and I'm trying to be resourseful so I'm thinking of using a pot press:
I found a site where I can make them from PVC pipe cheaper than buying one.
Anybody ever use one? How did it go?
Thank you, I'm hoping to start seeds this week.
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This year I am buying plants from a greenhouse because I don't have anyone to take care of them when I go see PJ.
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Not sure what I am going to plant.
Decisions
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Peas are sporting lovely flowers right now so I will begin munching those next week, yay!
The summer garden is behind schedule, but I have 50 tomatoes, 50 peppers, and untold legions of squash going in the ground tomorrow!
The first brood of Bluebirds has fledged, all five happy and healthy, and mom is already building another nest. I hope they like our garden bugs.
Blasphemy!
How do you make spicy food without peppers??? Don't tell me you don't like chili, fajitas, stuffed peppers, or salsa???
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I’ve been constructing a new garden the last six week as this is our first full summer in this house.
I’m very excited to see how things go! I started most things inside from seed. Peas, carrots, lettuce, Swiss chard, Brussels sprout, asparagus,
turnip and onion. What are you planting?
Strawberries are yummy