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Another weekend, another tomato harvest.
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leebrontide · 4 months
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Ok, new garden idea!
I remain desperate to remove the ugly low non-native pine hedge at the alley side of the yard. I never see any wildlife around it and it does nothing to obscure the view of garages and trash bins.
Eventually the apple and plum trees will obscure the upper part of the view, so I wanted something to obscure the lower part of the view.
My latest concept: the thorn beds!
The ground along that side is thick with big woody roots, so cutting them down and plopping a raised bed on top makes sense. the roots will break down eventually and make nice rich soil, but it's hella hard to plant into.
And, Ty misses our old garden's raspberry bed. I keep raspberries in beds because, as anyone whose grown them knows, they like to escape and run rampant.
But from an aesthetic viewpoint they're just sort of....a big green blob of a plant.
But how cute would it be to do a mixed bed of raspberries and raspberry colored roses? These plants like similar conditions and the roses are good at not being strangled by the berries.
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So yeah. Kind of obsessed with this idea.
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anipgarden · 1 year
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Behold, my Zucchini Bins
Every year so far I’ve struggled to grow zucchini. I keep losing them to snails and slugs, and its so rainy in Florida during the growing season that diatomaceous earth is ineffective. One of my friends recommended growing them in bins, so I can control the snail population easier, so fingers crossed! I’ve got drainage holes in the bin and they’re lifted off the ground and all that jazz.
In order to spice things up, I’ve planted some nasturtium and borage seeds in each bin. I’m hoping to get a nice little community of flowers alongside the zucchinis to both encourage pollination and also make it look pretty. And if the zucchinis fail then hopefully I’ll at least have flowers.
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turtlesandfrogs · 2 years
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Today at work I was listening to gardening podcast, and it stopped me in my tracks because one of the hosts said that gardening in containers was inherently unsustainable, because you have to water them so much more.
Now, obviously I disagree, and I think it's unnecessarily discouraging for folks who for one reason or another are limited to growing in containers.
There are so many ways to address this, and perhaps the easiest (if you're growing ornamentals) is to grow drought tolerant species so that they won't be bothered by less water than in-ground plants. In fact, this can be a solution if you live somewhere with moist soils but want to grow things that like dryer soil.
Next, if you have drainage holes and put pots on the soil surface, roots WILL eventually root down into the soil. You can cut the bottom off pots or enlarge the holes to encourage this. I keep plants that like to spread (such as mints) in pots like these, and I don't water them. Because I believe in making plants find their own water, in general.
Next, if you want to grow more water thirsty plants, then look into reusing water. For example, a lot of people wash their rice or rinse their beans- you can water with that.
Do you wash your veggies? Water with that.
If you hand wash dishes, you can wash in a dish pan and then water with that (put the chunks in the compost though).
You know how they say to catch the water from when your shower is warming up? Water with that.
Use a dehumidifier or a/c unit that collects water? Water with that!
Get a rain barrel (or more than one) & water with that!
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br-nz · 4 months
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REWILDING THE GARDEN
So i decided to remove my lawn and turn it into a combined vege and wild flower garden. I don’t have any sunnt garden spots so i can’t grow root crops, like beetroot and carrots and radishes. I would also like to be able to grow cauliflower and broccoli and beans and corn and other things.
I currently grow potatoes, lettuces, peaches, apples, red and blackcurrants and cherriesI currently grow potatoes, lettuces, peaches, apples, red and blackcurrants and cherries.
I paid to hire a turf stripper which my gardener eventually managed to get working and the turf was stripped, and flipped, cardboard goes down and now I have 10 m³ of expensive compost to spread.
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First pile of compost delivered and my spade for scale
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Second Pile delivered! Ive managed to spread about half of it but I ran out of cardboard. More has been acquired and I am now working on the rest of it, however it is now 27°C outside and I am melting
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everydayhalfling · 1 year
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An interesting guy?
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faecorelifestyle · 7 months
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From Indoor Edible Garden by Zia Allaway
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tewaimoana · 3 months
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Rescue tomato that popped up next to the passionfruit, and was relocated, is the first to start colouring. Well done little guy.
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invoke-parlay · 8 months
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The downwards angle of the tomato branch 🧡
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lixslife · 5 days
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wildrungarden · 24 days
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3/3/24 ~ started some onion sets! First time growing these. Hopefully they will do well 😅 I have a ton leftover so I guess I’ll plant random onions throughout my landscape 👐🏻
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Gorgeous, shiny currants.
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leebrontide · 5 months
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If you ever wondered how many needles a mature larch drops, please know that not only is this not all of this years drop, it’s not even most of it.
When we first moved to Rhombus House I was a little disappointed because we had such a big old tree but it wasn’t something that produced fruits, syrup, nuts or flowers, or even especially striking fall foliage.
Now I see what I gift this century old tree is. The larch needles are spectacular mulch. It breaks down into lovely rich (if acidic) soil. The best soil we have by FAR is right under the larch.
I know I’m always preaching not raking up yard waste- but in this case I’m piling it up where it can still provide several inches of critter habitat, and break down to fertilize my grapes, blueberries, etc.
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anipgarden · 22 days
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Got things and stuff happening in the Ani Garden
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Rudbeckia germination experiment has…. Results. The first and third picture are of seeds that weren’t stratified, and the second and fourth are of seeds that were cold stratified for about a month. Growth rate seems about equal?
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My raised bed is popping! German Queen tomatoes from Walmart, cucumber starts from Home Depot, just 3 of the 14 (14?!?!?!?!) roma tomato seedlings I got from a 6 cell pack at Home Depot, a bunch of peas and carrots I started from seed, all thriving! Also a spaghetti squash seedling and some nasturtium seedlings! I planted green onion seeds in there ages ago but have no idea if thats whats coming up or if its just grass/weeds.
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The zucchini bins of eras past. Never have they successfully grown a zucchini but may this year be the first of many zucchini triumphs!!! I found out I can. Start zucchini seedlings WAY earlier than I had been in my zone so hopefully thats’s my breakthrough! Also planted nasturtiums and borage into the bins, fingers crossed they grow in! Some nasturtiums are already starting, but no signs of the borage to my knowledge. Borage is one of those plants I’ve wanted to grow for a long time but have never been successful with.
Also the first bin has 2 more of the 14 (14 YALL!!!!) roma tomato seedlings
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turtlesandfrogs · 2 months
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I am so excited about legumes this year. So. Excited.
I'm doing three new kinds:
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The Beefy Resilient Grex, edible lupines(!), and cowpeas that are supposed to do well here. Just look at them! So cool!
I love legumes. Edible lupines!!!
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hookandspade · 2 years
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A slice of the cottage life in my big city garden.
Two years ago, it started with an almost bare patio and a few container plants. Now I have an obsession on a tiny patio.
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