Growing vegetables
DiscoveringLisa
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Hey, I'm looking for friends who like to garden and grow their own food. I've recently started growing my own veggies and would love some like minded people I can bore about it 🤣 I'm also a novice so it would be good to have people I could ask for advice. I also want to get some chickens but am in 2 minds about it. Worried about the noise they may make as I have a*shole neighbours and I've heard they also ruin your lawn...? Anyways, send me a request all you green fingered people ❤️😊
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Here's a really good (long! full of info and pictures!) thread about gardens:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10708195/garden-thread/p11 -
cmriverside wrote: »Here's a really good (long! full of info and pictures!) thread about gardens:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10708195/garden-thread/p1
Thanks ☺️0 -
I love the thread linked above, but for info specific to my area I go to my wonderful local FaceBook gardening group.0
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DiscoveringLisa wrote: »Hey, I'm looking for friends who like to garden and grow their own food. I've recently started growing my own veggies and would love some like minded people I can bore about it 🤣 I'm also a novice so it would be good to have people I could ask for advice. I also want to get some chickens but am in 2 minds about it. Worried about the noise they may make as I have a*shole neighbours and I've heard they also ruin your lawn...? Anyways, send me a request all you green fingered people ❤️😊
Chickens are fun...they don't make that much noise unless you have an annoying rooster. Hens can be chatty, but at their loudest they are the equivalent of decibel level of human conversation. Can't comment on the lawn...I live in New Mexico and I haven't had a lawn in about 30 years. They're generally pretty quiet during the day and chattier in the morning or right after laying an egg.
Can't help with the vegetables...we have an herb garden, but growing vegetables in our climate is pretty difficult as soil tends to be either sandy or granite rock underneath a shallow soil bed as well as the sun and heat and lack of water.1 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »DiscoveringLisa wrote: »Hey, I'm looking for friends who like to garden and grow their own food. I've recently started growing my own veggies and would love some like minded people I can bore about it 🤣 I'm also a novice so it would be good to have people I could ask for advice. I also want to get some chickens but am in 2 minds about it. Worried about the noise they may make as I have a*shole neighbours and I've heard they also ruin your lawn...? Anyways, send me a request all you green fingered people ❤️😊
Chickens are fun...they don't make that much noise unless you have an annoying rooster. Hens can be chatty, but at their loudest they are the equivalent of decibel level of human conversation. Can't comment on the lawn...I live in New Mexico and I haven't had a lawn in about 30 years. They're generally pretty quiet during the day and chattier in the morning or right after laying an egg.
Can't help with the vegetables...we have an herb garden, but growing vegetables in our climate is pretty difficult as soil tends to be either sandy or granite rock underneath a shallow soil bed as well as the sun and heat and lack of water.
Thank you ☺️ I may just start with a couple and see how I get on. If they start tearing up the place I'll know not to get any more 😂0 -
I want chickens too but I live in a suburban neighborhood and I'm afraid they will annoy the neighbors lol. We hope to be able to move into the country at some point and then I will definitely get chickens0
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I want chickens too but I live in a suburban neighborhood and I'm afraid they will annoy the neighbors lol. We hope to be able to move into the country at some point and then I will definitely get chickens
That's what I'm worried about. I wish I could move to the country, that's my dream ☺️0 -
I like the idea of chickens, but know the reality is not for me. I depend on my garden for much of my food. With a large freezer and huge larder, I keep enough of my harvest to take me all the way to the next harvest. Just this month, I finished off last year's green beans and I still have tomatoes and peppers that will likely overlap this year's new crop.0
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cwolfman13 wrote: »DiscoveringLisa wrote: »Hey, I'm looking for friends who like to garden and grow their own food. I've recently started growing my own veggies and would love some like minded people I can bore about it 🤣 I'm also a novice so it would be good to have people I could ask for advice. I also want to get some chickens but am in 2 minds about it. Worried about the noise they may make as I have a*shole neighbours and I've heard they also ruin your lawn...? Anyways, send me a request all you green fingered people ❤️😊
Chickens are fun...they don't make that much noise unless you have an annoying rooster. Hens can be chatty, but at their loudest they are the equivalent of decibel level of human conversation. Can't comment on the lawn...I live in New Mexico and I haven't had a lawn in about 30 years. They're generally pretty quiet during the day and chattier in the morning or right after laying an egg.
Can't help with the vegetables...we have an herb garden, but growing vegetables in our climate is pretty difficult as soil tends to be either sandy or granite rock underneath a shallow soil bed as well as the sun and heat and lack of water.
To add to this, check your local regulations. Many places do not allow it. In my area, they are allowed anywhere in Albuquerque, but Rio Rancho (considered to be in the greater metro area) does not allow you to keep chickens. I live in a rural village that bumps up to ABQ and Rio Rancho. We are zoned for livestock, including chickens and village residents are also required to live on at least an acre of property. We don't keep chickens anymore due to coyotes, but it was fun for awhile and having fresh eggs was great.1 -
I like the idea of chickens, but know the reality is not for me. I depend on my garden for much of my food. With a large freezer and huge larder, I keep enough of my harvest to take me all the way to the next harvest. Just this month, I finished off last year's green beans and I still have tomatoes and peppers that will likely overlap this year's new crop.
That's something that has me in 2 minds too. I have alot of veggies growing and am wondering what kind of damage chickens would do to them. Probably not practical for me but I do keep wondering. I could keep them in a coop with a run but that seems a bit cruel, I'd prefer them to be able to wander free.0 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »DiscoveringLisa wrote: »Hey, I'm looking for friends who like to garden and grow their own food. I've recently started growing my own veggies and would love some like minded people I can bore about it 🤣 I'm also a novice so it would be good to have people I could ask for advice. I also want to get some chickens but am in 2 minds about it. Worried about the noise they may make as I have a*shole neighbours and I've heard they also ruin your lawn...? Anyways, send me a request all you green fingered people ❤️😊
Chickens are fun...they don't make that much noise unless you have an annoying rooster. Hens can be chatty, but at their loudest they are the equivalent of decibel level of human conversation. Can't comment on the lawn...I live in New Mexico and I haven't had a lawn in about 30 years. They're generally pretty quiet during the day and chattier in the morning or right after laying an egg.
Can't help with the vegetables...we have an herb garden, but growing vegetables in our climate is pretty difficult as soil tends to be either sandy or granite rock underneath a shallow soil bed as well as the sun and heat and lack of water.
To add to this, check your local regulations. Many places do not allow it. In my area, they are allowed anywhere in Albuquerque, but Rio Rancho (considered to be in the greater metro area) does not allow you to keep chickens. I live in a rural village that bumps up to ABQ and Rio Rancho. We are zoned for livestock, including chickens and village residents are also required to live on at least an acre of property. We don't keep chickens anymore due to coyotes, but it was fun for awhile and having fresh eggs was great.
I don't think we have restrictions on keeping them in the UK. A lot of people in residential properties keep them. I think if you have over 50 you have to register them with some environmental and food agency type thing but other than that there's no issue. It wouldn't stop my neighbours complaining though.0 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »DiscoveringLisa wrote: »Hey, I'm looking for friends who like to garden and grow their own food. I've recently started growing my own veggies and would love some like minded people I can bore about it 🤣 I'm also a novice so it would be good to have people I could ask for advice. I also want to get some chickens but am in 2 minds about it. Worried about the noise they may make as I have a*shole neighbours and I've heard they also ruin your lawn...? Anyways, send me a request all you green fingered people ❤️😊
Chickens are fun...they don't make that much noise unless you have an annoying rooster. Hens can be chatty, but at their loudest they are the equivalent of decibel level of human conversation. Can't comment on the lawn...I live in New Mexico and I haven't had a lawn in about 30 years. They're generally pretty quiet during the day and chattier in the morning or right after laying an egg.
Can't help with the vegetables...we have an herb garden, but growing vegetables in our climate is pretty difficult as soil tends to be either sandy or granite rock underneath a shallow soil bed as well as the sun and heat and lack of water.
To add to this, check your local regulations. Many places do not allow it. In my area, they are allowed anywhere in Albuquerque, but Rio Rancho (considered to be in the greater metro area) does not allow you to keep chickens. I live in a rural village that bumps up to ABQ and Rio Rancho. We are zoned for livestock, including chickens and village residents are also required to live on at least an acre of property. We don't keep chickens anymore due to coyotes, but it was fun for awhile and having fresh eggs was great.
Albuquerque immediately has me thinking of Breaking Bad 😂2 -
I fence my garden with chicken wire and netting. That keeps the critters away, but once in a while I have to un-stick a snake from the netting. 😱1
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I fence my garden with chicken wire and netting. That keeps the critters away, but once in a while I have to un-stick a snake from the netting. 😱
I'm battling slugs at the moment, especially around my spinach ugh 😫 And birds have become a pain in the a*s with my new seeds, I've started covering them with nets until they get a bit bigger0 -
I have started my first vegetable garden this year. Above ground, in fabric pots because our soil is 50% rock and 50% clay! So far, I LOVE the fabric pots! I planted tomatoes, zucchini, sunflowers, and onions. Super excited for zucchini. I love it! And my daughter will eat tomatoes like an apple
We also have chickens. The predators are bad this year. Foxes and opossums. We have very few left
We need to completely enclose their run before we get more! But they are super easy pets. Haven't had a mean one yet. And we get lots of fresh eggs!!! LOVE THEM! 0 -
chrissyinbloom wrote: »I have started my first vegetable garden this year. Above ground, in fabric pots because our soil is 50% rock and 50% clay! So far, I LOVE the fabric pots! I planted tomatoes, zucchini, sunflowers, and onions. Super excited for zucchini. I love it! And my daughter will eat tomatoes like an apple
We also have chickens. The predators are bad this year. Foxes and opossums. We have very few left We need to completely enclose their run before we get more! But they are super easy pets. Haven't had a mean one yet. And we get lots of fresh eggs!!! LOVE THEM!
I have my potatoes in fabric grow bags but I'm hoping to build some raised beds this summer. We have alot of foxes in this area so that would be a concern.0 -
chrissyinbloom wrote: »I have started my first vegetable garden this year. Above ground, in fabric pots because our soil is 50% rock and 50% clay! So far, I LOVE the fabric pots! I planted tomatoes, zucchini, sunflowers, and onions. Super excited for zucchini. I love it! And my daughter will eat tomatoes like an apple
We also have chickens. The predators are bad this year. Foxes and opossums. We have very few left We need to completely enclose their run before we get more! But they are super easy pets. Haven't had a mean one yet. And we get lots of fresh eggs!!! LOVE THEM!
It's so nice to grow veggies with your kids and have them eat fresh from the garden 🙂0 -
DiscoveringLisa wrote: »I fence my garden with chicken wire and netting. That keeps the critters away, but once in a while I have to un-stick a snake from the netting. 😱
I'm battling slugs at the moment, especially around my spinach ugh 😫 And birds have become a pain in the a*s with my new seeds, I've started covering them with nets until they get a bit bigger
Beer traps sort of help. (Small container with cheap beer in it, set into the ground to rim level, top with something like a cottage cheese container with cut-out squares in the side as entry ports. (The "roof" keeps rain out, creates the darkness slugs like.) One issue here: The local raccoons considered the beer-marinated drowned slugs quite a tasty treat.
There are other options like "slug collars" around the plants, copper under the plants, etc., etc.1 -
DiscoveringLisa wrote: »I fence my garden with chicken wire and netting. That keeps the critters away, but once in a while I have to un-stick a snake from the netting. 😱
I'm battling slugs at the moment, especially around my spinach ugh 😫 And birds have become a pain in the a*s with my new seeds, I've started covering them with nets until they get a bit bigger
Beer traps sort of help. (Small container with cheap beer in it, set into the ground to rim level, top with something like a cottage cheese container with cut-out squares in the side as entry ports. (The "roof" keeps rain out, creates the darkness slugs like.) One issue here: The local raccoons considered the beer-marinated drowned slugs quite a tasty treat.
There are other options like "slug collars" around the plants, copper under the plants, etc., etc.
Copper didn't work at all. My slugs are hardcore and just slithered straight over it 🤣🤣 I'll try the beer traps though and I'll make sure it's cheap and nasty or else I'll end up drinking it 😁1 -
I mulch with thick grass clippings. Slugs don't like crossing it.0
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I was having a lot of trouble with bunnies, so my husband built a little fence thing to go around my raised beds. They're not very high, so I can still get in there easily, but high enough so the bunnies can't jump in. Little jerks were eating my bean sprouts as soon as they would pop up. And one of my tomato seedlings got eaten as well and part of one of my peppers lol... We still have squirrels to deal with but they seem to be leaving my garden alone for the most part. I also have lots of containers as well with different things. I love my plants.1
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DiscoveringLisa wrote: »DiscoveringLisa wrote: »I fence my garden with chicken wire and netting. That keeps the critters away, but once in a while I have to un-stick a snake from the netting. 😱
I'm battling slugs at the moment, especially around my spinach ugh 😫 And birds have become a pain in the a*s with my new seeds, I've started covering them with nets until they get a bit bigger
Beer traps sort of help. (Small container with cheap beer in it, set into the ground to rim level, top with something like a cottage cheese container with cut-out squares in the side as entry ports. (The "roof" keeps rain out, creates the darkness slugs like.) One issue here: The local raccoons considered the beer-marinated drowned slugs quite a tasty treat.
There are other options like "slug collars" around the plants, copper under the plants, etc., etc.
Copper didn't work at all. My slugs are hardcore and just slithered straight over it 🤣🤣 I'll try the beer traps though and I'll make sure it's cheap and nasty or else I'll end up drinking it 😁
I'd go cheapest possible, but not "lite".
ETA: There's supposed to be some yeast/sugar mixture (IIRC) that's supposed to work, too - but I don't remember details. I just went with cheap cheap beer, in quart bottles. Neither the slugs nor the raccoons seem to mind if it goes flat.1 -
I was having a lot of trouble with bunnies, so my husband built a little fence thing to go around my raised beds. They're not very high, so I can still get in there easily, but high enough so the bunnies can't jump in. Little jerks were eating my bean sprouts as soon as they would pop up. And one of my tomato seedlings got eaten as well and part of one of my peppers lol... We still have squirrels to deal with but they seem to be leaving my garden alone for the most part. I also have lots of containers as well with different things. I love my plants.[/quote
"..little jerks" 🤣🤣
Birds are always trying to pull me seedlings out. I try and motivate my dog to chase them away but unless it's a squirrel or a cat he's not interested 😂0 -
Chickens will absolutely destroy a vegetable garden if you just let them free indefinitely. Also, you want to have a coup that you can lock them in for their own protection, it's certainly not cruel. Depending on what sort of predators are around, especially if you don't have a rooster, they're super at risk. Hawks, snakes, raccoons, coyotes. Even small birds like blue jays will mess with them.1
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Also, I'm pretty sure chickens would happily take care of your slug problem.1
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Chickens will absolutely destroy a vegetable garden if you just let them free indefinitely. Also, you want to have a coup that you can lock them in for their own protection, it's certainly not cruel. Depending on what sort of predators are around, especially if you don't have a rooster, they're super at risk. Hawks, snakes, raccoons, coyotes. Even small birds like blue jays will mess with them.
Yeah we have alot of foxes around here 🦊...
Having a natural slug destroyer sounds appealing 🤔0 -
Re: slugs
How does one avoid slugs in their strawberries? So many times the fruit looks soooo sweet and juicy, only to pick it and having had the slugs beat me to it. Last year I put hay in the beds but then moisture got trapped and plants got yucky. Any suggestions are appreciated!
Good luck with your garden @DiscoveringLisa!
If I didn't have dogs I'd consider chickens, just for the eggs. Or goats to keep the grass cut and rent out. 0 -
Re: slugs
How does one avoid slugs in their strawberries? So many times the fruit looks soooo sweet and juicy, only to pick it and having had the slugs beat me to it. Last year I put hay in the beds but then moisture got trapped and plants got yucky. Any suggestions are appreciated!
Good luck with your garden @DiscoveringLisa!
If I didn't have dogs I'd consider chickens, just for the eggs. Or goats to keep the grass cut and rent out.
Oh I love goats Reenie. If I could have a farm I would. I'm a country girl trapped in suburbia 😂0 -
Hi I’m looking for a MFP friend also. I’m a novice gardener also. It’s been four years & each year I’m learning new things. I like to do my own canning with my veggies. Mostly zucchini relish, zucchini salsas and pickled dilly beans & pickled scapes. I’ve been on the app off & on since 2016 with great success & some massive set backs ( I call Covid 65 because that’s how much I’ve gained In three years. 🙁 I’m not really good with the community area but you could find me on Facebook messenger. LeeAnn Giroux
I’m in Ontario Canada. Love to hear from you.0 -
girouxleeann wrote: »Hi I’m looking for a MFP friend also. I’m a novice gardener also. It’s been four years & each year I’m learning new things. I like to do my own canning with my veggies. Mostly zucchini relish, zucchini salsas and pickled dilly beans & pickled scapes. I’ve been on the app off & on since 2016 with great success & some massive set backs ( I call Covid 65 because that’s how much I’ve gained In three years. 🙁 I’m not really good with the community area but you could find me on Facebook messenger. LeeAnn Giroux
I’m in Ontario Canada. Love to hear from you.
Hey LeeAnn, I'll send you a request 🙂0
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