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  • SEAHORSES4EVER
    SEAHORSES4EVER Posts: 1,553 Member
    edited May 2017
    Tomato plants
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    The raised bed with lettuce, carrots, strawberries, onions and potatoes
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    Herb window box
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    chilli babies
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    Elderflower
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    I make sure these are all organic, to keep the pesky bugs away I use water and vinegar mix to spray on and keep lavender and flowers nearby to attract bees, hoverflies and butterflies which not only pollinate but also feed on the pests.




  • LittleLionHeart1
    LittleLionHeart1 Posts: 3,655 Member
    @SEAHORSES4EVER
    I really like all your pictures and gardening. :)
  • FireTurtle75
    FireTurtle75 Posts: 2,014 Member
    I'm already looking forward to next year. I'm happy with what I'm getting out of these plants considering they took a beat down from a big hailstorm right as they started flowering.
  • FireTurtle75
    FireTurtle75 Posts: 2,014 Member
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    I make sure these are all organic, to keep the pesky bugs away I use water and vinegar mix to spray on and keep lavender and flowers nearby to attract bees, hoverflies and butterflies which not only pollinate but also feed on the pests.
    Those all look great. We used to use water & vinegar mix & also water & dawn dish detergent in a spray bottle to keep bugs off of most of our plants when I was growing up. You have to apply it a lot more than pesticides since it washes off, but it was a heck of alot cheaper in the long run & safe to use.
  • SEAHORSES4EVER
    SEAHORSES4EVER Posts: 1,553 Member
    FireTurtle75 wrote: »
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    I make sure these are all organic, to keep the pesky bugs away I use water and vinegar mix to spray on and keep lavender and flowers nearby to attract bees, hoverflies and butterflies which not only pollinate but also feed on the pests.
    Those all look great. We used to use water & vinegar mix & also water & dawn dish detergent in a spray bottle to keep bugs off of most of our plants when I was growing up. You have to apply it a lot more than pesticides since it washes off, but it was a heck of alot cheaper in the long run & safe to use.

    I'll spray it daily in the summer months when all the bugs come to play. maybe put a mini polytunnel and netting over too.

    This will also probably be me
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  • LittleLionHeart1
    LittleLionHeart1 Posts: 3,655 Member
    Bam!! Got it! :D@SEAHORSES4EVER
  • SEAHORSES4EVER
    SEAHORSES4EVER Posts: 1,553 Member
    You are my hero @HyeKarma I would never have found it with a name like "does anyone else".

    Pics of my rhubarb are coming!
  • LittleLionHeart1
    LittleLionHeart1 Posts: 3,655 Member
    y1brbnzi9y3j.jpg Wimpy little grape vine. And to think, we had many vineyards at one time.ul5vxreiblfd.jpgPeppersh5dkz4cnwo0x.jpgMy fuji apple tree from a seed. hdd6htot4y8e.jpgOrganic jumbo date palm, from a seed. p4a27usxijul.jpg And.... Pineapple sage explosion.




  • SEAHORSES4EVER
    SEAHORSES4EVER Posts: 1,553 Member
    edited August 2017
    You're awesome @HyeKarma
    Can I come for dinner?
  • SEAHORSES4EVER
    SEAHORSES4EVER Posts: 1,553 Member

    Some of the rhubarb that's ready. Going to save it for my birthday and make rhubarb vodka :p
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  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    Some of the rhubarb that's ready. Going to save it for my birthday and make rhubarb vodka :p
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    Rhubarb is only good for one thing, and that is the sound it makes when you mow over it.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    You are my hero @HyeKarma I would never have found it with a name like "does anyone else".

    Pics of my rhubarb are coming!

    feel free to pm me photos of your rhubarb.



    ...... if that's what you're calling it these days.
  • SEAHORSES4EVER
    SEAHORSES4EVER Posts: 1,553 Member
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    Some of the rhubarb that's ready. Going to save it for my birthday and make rhubarb vodka :p
    thgqll3kbn05.jpg

    Rhubarb is only good for one thing, and that is the sound it makes when you mow over it.

    Take that back!
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    Some of the rhubarb that's ready. Going to save it for my birthday and make rhubarb vodka :p
    thgqll3kbn05.jpg

    Rhubarb is only good for one thing, and that is the sound it makes when you mow over it.

    Take that back!

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  • SEAHORSES4EVER
    SEAHORSES4EVER Posts: 1,553 Member
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    Some of the rhubarb that's ready. Going to save it for my birthday and make rhubarb vodka :p
    thgqll3kbn05.jpg

    Rhubarb is only good for one thing, and that is the sound it makes when you mow over it.

    Take that back!

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    Reported. BLOCKED!
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    I'd love to, but how do I keep the dadgum deer from eating anything I try to grow? I live out in the woods.
  • dc8066
    dc8066 Posts: 1,439 Member
    You eat it first.
    As for practical ideas, try to find some motion activated 'scarecrows'/flashing lights, etc.
  • LittleLionHeart1
    LittleLionHeart1 Posts: 3,655 Member
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    You're awesome @HyeKarma
    Can I come for dinner?

    :) Sure. It's a potluck. Bring some vodka with you. I will make some yalanchi. :D
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    Some of the rhubarb that's ready. Going to save it for my birthday and make rhubarb vodka :p
    thgqll3kbn05.jpg

  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    Some of the rhubarb that's ready. Going to save it for my birthday and make rhubarb vodka :p
    thgqll3kbn05.jpg

    Rhubarb is only good for one thing, and that is the sound it makes when you mow over it.

    Take that back!

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    Reported. BLOCKED!

    I miss Lexi.
  • WanderingRivers
    WanderingRivers Posts: 612 Member
    No. I kill plants.
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,456 Member
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    Some of the rhubarb that's ready. Going to save it for my birthday and make rhubarb vodka :p
    thgqll3kbn05.jpg

    I looove stewed rhubarb and custard ..haven't had it in years
  • SEAHORSES4EVER
    SEAHORSES4EVER Posts: 1,553 Member
    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    Some of the rhubarb that's ready. Going to save it for my birthday and make rhubarb vodka :p
    thgqll3kbn05.jpg

    I looove stewed rhubarb and custard ..haven't had it in years

    Rhubarb crumble is the best!
  • SEAHORSES4EVER
    SEAHORSES4EVER Posts: 1,553 Member
    HyeKarma wrote: »
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    You're awesome @HyeKarma
    Can I come for dinner?

    :) Sure. It's a potluck. Bring some vodka with you. I will make some yalanchi. :D
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    Some of the rhubarb that's ready. Going to save it for my birthday and make rhubarb vodka :p
    thgqll3kbn05.jpg

    I've never tried yalanchi! It'll be an experience. Of course I'll bring the vodka.
  • LittleLionHeart1
    LittleLionHeart1 Posts: 3,655 Member
    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    Some of the rhubarb that's ready. Going to save it for my birthday and make rhubarb vodka :p
    thgqll3kbn05.jpg

    I looove stewed rhubarb and custard ..haven't had it in years
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    Some of the rhubarb that's ready. Going to save it for my birthday and make rhubarb vodka :p
    thgqll3kbn05.jpg

    I looove stewed rhubarb and custard ..haven't had it in years

    Rhubarb crumble is the best!
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    HyeKarma wrote: »
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    You're awesome @HyeKarma
    Can I come for dinner?

    :) Sure. It's a potluck. Bring some vodka with you. I will make some yalanchi. :D
    SEAHORSES4EVER wrote: »
    Some of the rhubarb that's ready. Going to save it for my birthday and make rhubarb vodka :p
    thgqll3kbn05.jpg

    I've never tried yalanchi! It'll be an experience. Of course I'll bring the vodka.

    On the menu:
    Stewed rhubarb and custard
    Rhubarb crumble
    Rhubard vodka

    And yalanchi...... and whatever else... If you know anybody who makes good homemade ice cream, we can invite them too. I'm still intrerested in a sample of that elderflower cordial you make. That sounds really good.
    I wonder if it's good over ice cream.
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