gardening

decides2dream

who loves it?




i soooo love working in my garden. i spent most of the weekend doing so. all the hanging baskets, window boxes and pots.....all planted/mulched. planted the veggie garden, cleaned out all the flower beds, more mulch. everything planted and *set* for the summer season....table....bbq....hammock...adirondacks...porch swing. all good! :cool:

i am so NOT a pink person, but my two exceptions: pink lipstick and FLOWERS! love pink flowers. hanging baskets have fuschia petunias, window boxes medium pink impatiens with sweet potato vine. various pots with deep pink geraniums, begonias...ivies...lamium.

veggie garden: 6 different varieties of peppers from habeneros to red bells, japanese eggplant, roma tomatoes, yellow squash, zucchini and cucumbers.


what flowers and/or veggies did you plant? what do you like?



oh, and the pond has 10 new little godfishies.

decides2dream

damn...


nobody?




hmpf.

FinsburyParkCarrots

I love gardening. Soon time to put the geranium tubs out.

comebackwoman

I love gardens...although I'm not very skilled as a gardner I love flowers and plants...although I don't really know the names of most of them. I usually go to the nursery...see what they have and if they're supposed to grow in shade/sun/etc and give it a go. I've kept it pretty low maintenance...a lot of flowering bushes, bulbs and perrineals, although I'll be damned if I can name them (I know I have azaleas, rhododendrums, a hydrangea and that's about all I can name) I have a few hanging plants on the porch...never did window boxes, but always wanted them.

roar

i'm starting to really get into gardening...and for some reason I really enjoy weeding. ?

last weekend i planted about thirty assorted flowers -- lots of pinks! i'm really excited to watch the clematis grow...and see the sunflowers in august!

i also added chives, early girl and cherry tomatoes, and jalapenos to the mix.

PJaddicted

OK...WHERE ARE THE PHOTOS MISSY????

Your yard is always STUNNING!!!

My goldfish had their own babies last year! I'm a proud grandma!

oxc

decides2dream

roar wrote:

i'm starting to really get into gardening...and for some reason I really enjoy weeding. ?

last weekend i planted about thirty assorted flowers -- lots of pinks! i'm really excited to watch the clematis grow...and see the sunflowers in august!

i also added chives, early girl and cherry tomatoes, and jalapenos to the mix.

i do too!
it's therapeutic on some level, i think.
i also find the more i garden, the more i love it...and sure the better i get at it. better choices, plans, etc. i come from a design background so it's almost like planning colors for a painting, planning space just for outside. ahhhhhhh.....in another life i'd go for a horticultural degree and become a landscape designer. or at least i'd get the degree/knowledge. hahaha. i already have plenty of degrees not being utlized really for this lifetime.



we LOVE hot peppers - we have 6 peppers this year:
jalapeno
serrano chili
habanero
red bell
and, errr...2 others i can't think of their names....:o






as to pics, i haven't taken any yet! :eek: i know, i know...how unlike me! that may be my one *plan* for this weekend. i got a brand spanking new digital true SLR for my bday...in november...and have yet to break it out! sooo LONG overdue to give it a workout, and absolutely, photograph this years garden.


as to the fishies...quite honestly, i was ready to have a fish-free pond due to all the fish lost to birds eating them off. :( now, i sadly just don't name em...and we get tiny little goldfish and see what happens. not nearly as fun as it used to be, but eh well.......i still love having a pond.

oh and as far as herbs...chives and lavender....and every year i add basil, cilantro and rosemary.

PJaddicted

Do you put floating plants in the pond? I buy Water lettuce and it spreads all over the surface of the pond giving my fish lots of cover. I have 8 adults and they all laid eggs a week ago. I have two babies that spent the Winter in my turtle take.

oxc

Trailer

I love growing vegetables... but I live in the city:( That's why I make it a point to stop by my parent's house around this time of year and set up their garden. Last year I dug up their ground and added all sorts of different types of soil, fertilizer, compost, earthworms, etc. I totally thought I made it too acidic, but their crop yield was amazing!! I got so many thank you calls from my mom telling me about the salad they were about to enjoy:D

small town beck

Trailer wrote:

I love growing vegetables... but I live in the city:( That's why I make it a point to stop by my parent's house around this time of year and set up their garden. Last year I dug up their ground and added all sorts of different types of soil, fertilizer, compost, earthworms, etc. I totally thought I made it too acidic, but their crop yield was amazing!! I got so many thank you calls from my mom telling me about the salad they were about to enjoy:D

Want to come over and garden for me? I could serve you some iced-tea


d2d, can't wait to SEE your garden in person!!!

Trailer

small town beck wrote:

Want to come over and garden for me? I could serve you some iced-tea

Iced tea?? Make it a sixer of beer and we've got a deal:p:D

HushBull

The coffeehouse that i worked for the last year and a half had a nice garden.
At first it didn't really interest me much, but more and more I found myself drawn to it. Now, I want my own garden!

seagoat2

I live in L.A. - the only real gardens I see in my neighborhood are few & far between, at least on my block. I decided to green up my patio space, like I did for the past few years & add a few more plants/trees/flowers. The response is encouraging. I've seen so many critters this spring, it's inspired me to keep planting. If you have the time to notice, you'll discover how much your little patch of green is appreciated.....I've seen mourning doves, hummingbirds, house sparrows, house finches, blue jays, crows, mockingbirds, bees, hornets, squirrels, ladybugs, butterflies, moths, hover flies, carpenter bees & maybe a few more I can't recall visit my tiny space. I'm not even a "green thumb" kind of gardener. I planted a lot of native species & the critters just know where to find them. I also put out a wild bird seed mix. I think urban gardens are so important as a corridor for biodiversity...I encourage all of you to do whatever you can in your space to attract wildlife. They really need our help & if your neighborhood is anything like mine, the song of a bird is so much more welcome than the shrill of a siren or a car alarm......:-) I might plant some veggies too, if I figure out how to avoid last years' failures....! Only 2 tiny tomatoes...:-(

prism

yep... i have my hanging baskets of fuschias, another with dark pink and purple million bells, and another with purple wave petunias and lavender. in other containers i have geraniums, purple lobelia, and one that has three different flowers in it.

i don't have alot of room in my flower beds. the black and white tulips are dying out but blooming in those right now are irises, and of course my lilac bushes one purple, one white (they smell heavenly) the lavender is coming in thick and the two different shades of purple rose bushes will be blooming soon.
i have in a couple of big containers one grape tomato plant and one yellow pear tomoto plant

I have another container that had pansies and violas in it but the neighborhood brazen doe came up and ate them the other day. but just yesterday i looked out the wiondow across the street and i saw a doe(not sure if its the same one) and she had a brand new baby....it was so adorable...awwww

small town beck

Trailer wrote:

Iced tea?? Make it a sixer of beer and we've got a deal: p: D

Deal



But I am going to watch you garden... and look out my neighborhood is full of BUNNIES

decides2dream

PJaddicted wrote:

Do you put floating plants in the pond? I buy Water lettuce and it spreads all over the surface of the pond giving my fish lots of cover. I have 8 adults and they all laid eggs a week ago. I have two babies that spent the Winter in my turtle take.

oxc

we've done water hyacinth in the past, but i also like to SEE my fish! thing is tho, our pond is in a mostly shaded spot, so not too many plants do all that well growing in there. we've had water lilies in the past, but now the tree has grown too much, thus too much shade for them to do well.


perhaps we'll give water lettuce a go. thanks for the tip!




nice to see some many enjoy gardening and/or appreciating em anyway...

nick1977

I'm working in my garden this weekend!!!!!!!

I love gardening! I'm still learning how to be successful at it, but I love it.

decides2dream

nick1977 wrote:

I'm working in my garden this weekend!!!!!!!

I love gardening! I'm still learning how to be successful at it, but I love it.

NICE!!!

it's addictive!
ENJOY!


i am simply going to enjoy BEING in my garden this weekend...perhaps snap a photo or 2 as mentioned above...but otherwise, a trowel shall not enter my hands.

nick1977

decides2dream wrote:

NICE!!!

it's addictive!
ENJOY!


i am simply going to enjoy BEING in my garden this weekend...perhaps snap a photo or 2 as mentioned above...but otherwise, a trowel shall not enter my hands.

I will. It is pretty simple right now....I have 4 tomato plants, sugar peas, cabbages, spinich, swiss chard, parsley, onion, carrosts, arugala, oregano, sage, rosemary, mint, basil, chives, and a few other things.

I also planted some sunflowers.

My herb garden is great! My vegetables are not doing so well. :( I think my tomatos are doing pretty good though! I've also just picked all my radishes, some did well, some did not.

For my cool weather vegetables, I should have started them earlier from seed in a little miniature greenhouse and moved them to the garden...I will try that next year.

Obi Once

No garden for me, but a loggia and living room filled with plants. I take good care of my green friends and make new plants too.

AndyManderson

I long for the days to get out of an apartment and into a house just so I can have a garden

seagoat2

AndyManderson wrote:

I long for the days to get out of an apartment and into a house just so I can have a garden

I hear that! You can still put plants in containers, tho. Most of mine are & it's looking good back there on the patio......;-)

justam

I like my yards but I'm more often trimming the hedges, mowing the lawn, raking leaves, etc., than anything else.

My back yard has three enormous trees that tend to eventually kill everything I plant beneath them.

This year I'm trying to keep the flowers alive by choosing hardy and shade-loving ones...some Lily of the valley and violets. Wish me luck!

I'm also focusing on re-seeding the lawn and keeping the weeds out!

patrickredeyes

These people were doing some inside gardening. Too bad they got busted.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=753746

rockford

Jams was nice enough to photograph the garden at my new house in West Seattle... Thanks Lisa.

http://picasaweb.google.com/adelicateflower/GregsGardenMay08

Just put in some hot peppers, eggplant, zucchini, and basil today. I don't know what'll do well out here so I'm trying a bit of everything.

Loujoe

Anyone start yet? Dropped some seeds in. Beets, turnips, carrots, peas, (lettuce inside). Always love this time of year.

Vitalogensia

Got four types of hot peppers and four types of tomatoes going inside, will start hardening soon.  My girlfriend bought a house so we'll be figuring out where to put the garden and compost when we move in a month; strangely excited for that.

Loujoe

Yep. I became an old italian gardener overnight. Be careful!

lastexitlondon

Im in. There is a thread  on gardening i used to post in. Can't  recall its title.  But ive been growing/gardening  a few years now. Its really liberating 

GlowGirl

lastexitlondon said:

Im in. There is a thread  on gardening i used to post in. Can't  recall its title.  But ive been growing/gardening  a few years now. Its really liberating 

https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/206276/whats-growing-the-official-garden-thread