How does your Garden grow?

lisab

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My gardening skills amount to letting the grass (and weeds) in my yards overgrow until it looks like South Vietnam and my neighbors start complaining...

At that point point, I'll typically tell them that I'm pioneering a movement to save the old-growth forest, hahaha.. They typically don't laugh at that joke, though.

*wonders if DP's yard has Vu Quang oxen*

DiracPool

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*wonders if DP's yard has Vu Quang oxen*

I did actually find an MIA marine in their a few years ago. The family was very grateful...

Evo

I need to decide what to grow this year, I think I'm going to give up on tomatoes because if I want to prevent squirrels from stealing them, it's going to require some elaborate fencing around the container. Unfortunately there is no farmer's market near me and even though the local grocery store pretends that they sell "fresh from local farms" produce, the stuff is old, moldy and has fruit flies. The stuff shipped in from out of state is fresher and in better condition, but the tomatoes are picked green. There is just no way to get fresh tomatoes here without growing them. Oh well.

I think I'll stick to eggplant and perhaps a variety of peppers. I need plants that self polinate due to the lack of pollinating insects. Ok, I must have at least one tomato plant. I was thinking I might buy wire dog crate and place the plants inside. Any suggestions on a really easy way to prevent squirrel attacks, and no killing.

dlgoff

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I need to decide what to grow this year, I think I'm going to give up on tomatoes because if I want to prevent squirrels from stealing them, ... (store) tomatoes are picked green

NOOO! Find a way.

Andre

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... Any suggestions on a really easy way to prevent squirrel attacks, and no killing.

solution?

dlgoff

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solution?

And there's this.

Evo

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solution?

Nice cages.

ZapperZ

My amaryllis decided to join in the fun and bloom at the same time as my orchids.

Zz.

Evo

Gorgeous Zz, I am so jealous!!

Astronuc

Almost gardening season again. It is still cool here at night. But the blueberries are budding finally.

http://www.andreawulf.com/andrea-wul...an-nation.html

She describes how, even as British ships gathered off Staten Island, George Washington wrote his estate manager about the garden at Mount Vernon; how a tour of English gardens renewed Thomas Jefferson's and John Adams's faith in their fledgling nation; how a trip to the great botanist John Bartram’s garden helped the delegates of the Constitutional Congress to break their deadlock; and why James Madison is the forgotten father of American environmentalism.

lisab

Two weeks ago, I started some starts (I guess that's why they're called that...

). Nothing sprouting yet, still too cold - only in the 40s today.

Evo

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Two weeks ago, I started some starts (I guess that's why they're called that...

). Nothing sprouting yet, still too cold - only in the 40s today.

Bulbs? What did you plant?

lisab

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Bulbs? What did you plant?

So far, just tomatoes and various flowers. Lots of tomatoes - I'm optimistic about a warm summer, for a change! Heirlooms and sauce varieties, my favorites. They're in the screen porch where it's kinda sorta warm.

I have basil

seeds too, but I think I should wait for moderately warm weather for those.

Evo

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So far, just tomatoes and various flowers. Lots of tomatoes - I'm optimistic about a warm summer, for a change! Heirlooms and sauce varieties, my favorites. They're in the screen porch where it's kinda sorta warm.

I have basil

seeds too, but I think I should wait for moderately warm weather for those.

You're handy, you might want to make a simple cold frame to get your seedlings going.

http://www.bhg.com/gardening/yard/ga...le-cold-frame/

Astronuc

My brother and his wife have a portable greenhouse (basically shelves enclosed in clear plastic with some lights to warm inside) they keep in a dining area just off the kitchen. It gets background light since the kitchen faces northeast. It might get a bit of light in the summer during early morning.

Julio R

I just have my seeds, plots, and water mixed with a compost bin in my backyard and lawn. Mostly veggies, tea, herbs, and fragrances. Also two avocado trees that were previously here and a sour orange tree home to a pigeon in a nest.

ImATrackMan

Being here in south Florida, my* mango trees withstood the winter quite well. The poor avocado tree, however, got half it's leaves blown off during these pretty bad pre-spring storms we've been having.

*not actually MY trees, but rather my parents' (I'm still a young'n compared to most of you). I just take care of them.

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ZapperZ Mentor Blog Entries: 28	My amaryllis decided to join in the fun and bloom at the same time as my orchids. Zz.

Evo Mentor Blog Entries: 4	Gorgeous Zz, I am so jealous!!

lisab Mentor	Two weeks ago, I started some starts (I guess that's why they're called that...). Nothing sprouting yet, still too cold - only in the 40s today.

Astronuc Admin	My brother and his wife have a portable greenhouse (basically shelves enclosed in clear plastic with some lights to warm inside) they keep in a dining area just off the kitchen. It gets background light since the kitchen faces northeast. It might get a bit of light in the summer during early morning.

Julio R	I just have my seeds, plots, and water mixed with a compost bin in my backyard and lawn. Mostly veggies, tea, herbs, and fragrances. Also two avocado trees that were previously here and a sour orange tree home to a pigeon in a nest.

ImATrackMan Blog Entries: 1	Being here in south Florida, my* mango trees withstood the winter quite well. The poor avocado tree, however, got half it's leaves blown off during these pretty bad pre-spring storms we've been having. *not actually MY trees, but rather my parents' (I'm still a young'n compared to most of you). I just take care of them.