Show me your garden
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5marshallsstrong wrote: »I am glad y'all are as excited about planting as I am! I don't have pictures yet but so far I have a lot of basil, German & lemon thyme, two big Rosemary plants, sage, pineapple sage, as well as Greek & Italian oregano for the herbs. My kids planted a dried avocado pit and dried cherry seeds..lol. They check them every day!!
Since normally I have the "thumb of death" I only plant herbs. However this year i bought 3 baby tomato plants. The purple Cherokee has matured beautifully and has some fairly large tomatoes already. The German queen has a few small fruits, and the pink brandywine has some flowers. We will see if I battle the squirrels. I put the basil near the tomatoes because I read the worms hate basil... Otherwise I have no clue and look forward to learning as I go!!
I'm trying brandywine this year too... Look for horn worms every day as a grown one can eat a tomato plant over night!!! Their horn doesn't sting but I've never been brave enough to grab with out glove to find out lol. They are very hard to find so look hard lol
My beans sprouted... After the first round rotted due to cold weather.
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@ettaterrell oh yeah those look awesome. the farmers near me are getting their fields ready so we should be able to plant soon. I'm gonna start hardening my guys next week so hopefully plant the following weekend0
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I know your excited!!! By the time I get back from vacation I will have to start my mid season seedings lol. Soo. Much fun!0
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Ok you've all shamed me into sorting out my garden tomorrow! Not that I will plant anything, but strimming/mowing/weeding needs to be done first!3
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First harvesting of kale! Slathered in avocado oil and garlic and baking into kale chips.
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ettaterrell wrote: »I know your excited!!! By the time I get back from vacation I will have to start my mid season seedings lol. Soo. Much fun!
Awe man I wish I could do mid season seedlings. I guess I could've with my winter squash I probably started them too early0 -
@pandapoptarts wow that is awesome0
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Aren't my little cabbages pretty?? I can't wait for them to grow. Lol2
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Last week's rhubarb flower stalk pull. Keeps the stalks tender no matter what size they get to. My DH is 5'10" to give you a bit of perspective. No time for other gardening, but I love to share in my dad's bounty (Italian garden of tomatoes and radicchio.)
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Panda_Poptarts wrote: »Aren't my little cabbages pretty?? I can't wait for them to grow. Lol
Looking great!
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Update...
Here is garden, just started filling with topsoil (I got from previous garden ~ I'm relocating garden to get more sunlight): (the large compost pile in the upper right, is my neighbors compost, he is giving it all to me.) I have my other neighbor's tractor to scoop it up and transfer to my garden. The compost is about 4-6 years old, some of it on the upper 40% is not broken down as much as I would like, but the lower 60% is very nice, looks like dirt.
Ya know, I always wanted a fish pond next to my garden, OK lets get r done...
9' wide, 21' long, 3'2" deep:
Then it rained and since this is the lowest spot on my property, it promptly filled up. :noway: :grumble: But that wasn't according to the plan! I have to drain it and install the liner.
Here is close to the end of today. I have all dirt smoothed out and about 4"-6" of compost on top of dirt. Plenty of earthworms. Some of the compost is a little too coarse to plant in, so I'll use some potting soil on top of compost. Or I may screen/sift some of the more mature compost I have.
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Update...
Here is garden, just started filling with topsoil (I got from previous garden ~ I'm relocating garden to get more sunlight): (the large compost pile in the upper right, is my neighbors compost, he is giving it all to me.) I have my other neighbor's tractor to scoop it up and transfer to my garden. The compost is about 4-6 years old, some of it on the upper 40% is not broken down as much as I would like, but the lower 60% is very nice, looks like dirt.
Ya know, I always wanted a fish pond next to my garden, OK lets get r done...
9' wide, 21' long, 3'2" deep:
Then it rained and since this is the lowest spot on my property, it promptly filled up. :noway: :grumble: But that wasn't according to the plan! I have to drain it and install the liner.
Here is close to the end of today. I have all dirt smoothed out and about 4"-6" of compost on top of dirt. Plenty of earthworms. Some of the compost is a little too coarse to plant in, so I'll use some potting soil on top of compost. Or I may screen/sift some of the more mature compost I have.
Wow!!! Everything looks amazing and lucky you for having such great neighbors!! That garden is going to put out like crazy!
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@dittodan that is looking amazing. my goal for someday lol, very nice work.
I'm such a total nerd, I just called the topsoil farm to let them know i'll be there Saturday to get some soil. lol I'm so friggin excited!
eta: here's my babies on their first day outside #proudmama
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I'm in the process of buying a house and look forward to figuring out how to garden starting next year. Between now and then, I plan to research low carb gardening as much as possible. But the house I'm buying has 2 other things to consider:
1. There is a giant maple tree in the back yard that shades the entire yard and half of the house. I live in a small town of about 5K residents and I'm pretty sure it is the biggest maple tree in town. I haven't measured, but eye-balling, it is about 7-10 feet in diameter at the trunk. I don't want to destroy such a grand old tree. But also, as long as the tree is there, I can't grow much in the back yard because there is too much shade.
2. There are moisture problems in the basement. There is a flower bed along the foundation on one side of the front of the house. That is one of the walls where water is seeping in. I would like to replace those flowers with vegetables that will help soak up lots of water. Fortunately, the tree doesn't shade that area.1 -
Wow, who mows your 'pasture' @DittoDan ?
Cute babies @auntstephie321 !
@midwesterner85 that is some awesome old tree. Worth the sacrifice to keep it alive, I would say! Tree diameters are normally measured at 'breast height' 4.5 feet above the ground. I'd be interested to know what that measurement is as it would tell you the age of the tree, also if you know what kind of maple it is, you may have a record holder there. My husband was in forestry for many years.
Sounds like you need some drainage tile work on the one side of the house.... yikes!
Not a food garden, but I wanted to post a happy day picture of some of my lupines.
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@canadjineh I'm not sure how I would even measure diameter. I could take a measuring tape all the way around it for circumference with the help of a 2nd person. I'll try to remember to do that next month when I move in.0
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@midwesterner85
Wikipedia - and grab a friend, lol. and pi
"The girth measurement is commonly taken by wrapping a Measuring tape (tape) around, and in the plane perpendicular to the axis of, the trunk, at the correct height. In spite of the apparent simplicity of wrapping a tape around a tree trunk at breast height, errors in this measurement are common. The most common error is mixing measurements of single trunk trees with those of multi-trunk trees and not distinguishing between the two. Even with single trunk trees irregular bumps and hollows are common. Some trees have low branches that split below breast height. Other trees have epicormic sprouts, suckers, or dead branches. Some tree trunks stand slanted at an angle rather than vertical. Girths of trees with these features may be measured by competing methods by different surveyors and result in differences. The basic guidelines for dealing with the above difficulties were developed by American Forests,[3] and most of the guideline used by other tree measuring groups around the world are based upon American Forests guidelines. The Native Tree Society measurement guidelines[1][2] also generally follow the American Forests prescription, with some additional elaborations. Many trees have burls bumps, and knots along their trunk. If these occur at the 4.5 feet girth measurement height, including them in the measurement would falsely inflate the girth measurement. The girth measurement should then be taken at the narrowest point below the odd growth and the height of the girth measurement noted. In some cases a girth taken just above the odd growth will be more representative of the actual girth of the tree. In these cases the measurement should be taken there and the height above the base of the tree noted."0 -
@canadjineh It isn't perfectly round, but I'll see if I can take some measurements next month and come up with a fair diameter. What I know is that it is enormous. I've attached a picture - the house is in the way, but you can see it sticking up from behind.
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Holy smokes!
For multi trunk trees here's the site:
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midwesterner85 wrote: »@canadjineh It isn't perfectly round, but I'll see if I can take some measurements next month and come up with a fair diameter. What I know is that it is enormous. I've attached a picture - the house is in the way, but you can see it sticking up from behind.
No sunlight, no garden.
Methinks you'll have to put garden in the front yard, can you do that?
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midwesterner85 wrote: »@canadjineh It isn't perfectly round, but I'll see if I can take some measurements next month and come up with a fair diameter. What I know is that it is enormous. I've attached a picture - the house is in the way, but you can see it sticking up from behind.
No sunlight, no garden.
Methinks you'll have to put garden in the front yard, can you do that?
Dan
It won't be much, but I'm a newbie so probably shouldn't do much. You see those flowers along the foundation on the left? That is where I'm thinking I should start.0 -
midwesterner85 wrote: »midwesterner85 wrote: »@canadjineh It isn't perfectly round, but I'll see if I can take some measurements next month and come up with a fair diameter. What I know is that it is enormous. I've attached a picture - the house is in the way, but you can see it sticking up from behind.
No sunlight, no garden.
Methinks you'll have to put garden in the front yard, can you do that?
Dan
It won't be much, but I'm a newbie so probably shouldn't do much. You see those flowers along the foundation on the left? That is where I'm thinking I should start.
Good idea, look into "raised bed" & "Square foot gardening".
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I'm doing raised beds this year. I'll post when they are set up. You could absolutely put them in the front yard. Lots of people in the city do if they don't have back yards0
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Fence for deer or rabbits, @autstephie321 ?1
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canadjineh wrote: »Fence for deer or rabbits, @autstephie321 ?
Neighbors dogs mostly. We do have rabbits around, at least we used to, no deer though0 -
Deer are our problem here, one year a doe that a neighbour was hand feeding (stupid man!) ate the centers out of all my dad's radicchio. Just went in one night and took the vital bite out of each one. Dad was SOOOO MAD, if he was able, there would have been a venison carcass in the freezer.0
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canadjineh wrote: »Deer are our problem here, one year a doe that a neighbour was hand feeding (stupid man!) ate the centers out of all my dad's radicchio. Just went in one night and took the vital bite out of each one. Dad was SOOOO MAD, if he was able, there would have been a venison carcass in the freezer.
Oh my goodness, that would be heart breaking. I noticed a bunch of chipmunks back in the woods today, I'm hoping the fence will be enough.0 -
All done, except the gate will go up today, there's a temporary door for now. I think I'll put stone down in the middle so I don't have to mow in there and a table with a couple chairs to relax. Overall I'm very pleased with the turn out and can't wait to see how it grows. Also have some big ideas for the future.
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A massive hailstorm ripped through on Saturday and killed just about everything. My little tomato plants are beaten to hell, but there are some green tomatoes still attached to the vine. All my greens, especially those massive collards, got their leaves thoroughly mutilated. Cabbages and cauliflower seem to be doing okay.
I've got my fingers crossed that things grow back.
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