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Who's Planning Their Garden?
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Elspeth  |
Posted: 02-Feb-2007, 12:49 PM
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With the temps in the north finally dipping below freezing, I'm finding myself thinking of spring gardening. Who else is doing the same?
We live in a small suburban lot, ringed by HUGE trees. So, direct sunlight is a rare commodity. Add to that two boys playing football and two dogs chasing each other and I'm struggling to have grass let alone anything else.
But this year I'm determined!
Last year I planted a small herb garden and I loved it. Love cooking with herbs. I had thyme, sage, oregano and rosemary. The thyme and oregano did the best, sage not too well and rosemary only OK.
This year I'd like to add garlic. Anyone have a preference in types?
I've tried to grow tomatoes and I just don't have enought light. My mother always has plenty, so I think this year I'll stick to one grape tomato for the kids to snack on and plant lettuce instead. I like Romaine and want to give growing it a try. Any advice?
I've also gotten into making salsa with tomatoes, garlic, onion and 4 kinds of peppers - not bell. Me and the kids like it and I keep telling myself look at all the vegetables I'm eating. I'd like to try growing the peppers. Not sure if I've enough light though. And, I'm not sure where to get the different kinds of plants.
Does anyone order their plants?
Lastly, I want to plant an apple tree. We really like Jonagolds. I'm not sure if you can buy them or if they're a grafted species.
OK, really lastly, any suggestions for pretty, hardy, shade tolerant ground covers? My dogs do a number on plants - and no I don't mean numbers one and two. What they don't eat, they trample. I'm envisioning lots of chicken wire cages for tender plants.
Oh, yeah, I forgot the other thing. This really is the last! Grapes! I want to start an arbor. Wild grapes grow in the shade - why not domestic? I want purple eaing grapes. Seedless if possible. Ideas???
And hello everyone! Hope you've all been well.
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Celtic cat  |
Posted: 04-Feb-2007, 05:24 PM
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My sister in law is going to give me gardening duty over her new herbs. Anything you have found that they are picky about? Good luck with all of yours.
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Elspeth  |
Posted: 21-Apr-2007, 08:15 AM
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Went to the store yesterday to get clover seed. Tierd of trying to grow grass where there is Too much traffic from kids and dogs Little sunlight Little water because the big trees suck it all up.
So, I'm planting it to clover. The problem is finding a place I can buy a pound or two of just clover seed. In suburbia, people are trying to get rid of it, not grow it.
But, when I was there I discovered distressed plants (winter came back here after spring had begun) It was all 50% off of already reasonable prices.
I bought
Two pots of heather Three forsythia bushes One old-fashioned lilac that I planted at the corner of our front porch. Imagine, sitting on the porch in the soft May evenings, surrounded by the scent of lilacs.  One Yellow Delicious Apple Tree One Peach tree A Concord Grape vine A Black Raspberry bush Rosemary Garlic
And the assorted lawn fertilizers, rhododendron fertilizer, plant fertilizer, topsoil and Cow Manure in a bag.
Yesterday I planted the herbs and loosened up the soil in the herb garden. My oregano overwintered and the thyme and sage was coming back until we got more winter. Not sure if they have any life left of not. Probalby should just get more.
I planted the lilac and the peach in the front yard and fertilized the yard.
Today we tackle the back since I'll have kid power to assist in the yucky clean-up needed of dog mess.....
Happy Gardening to all on this Beautiful Spring Day!!
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Elspeth  |
Posted: 30-Apr-2007, 07:38 AM
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PAULA!!!!
My long lost friend!!!
Love to see your rock garden pics, or even just tell us what's in it. I want to do a little rock garden too.
Got all the plants in. Nice loose soil and cow manure for the plants.
Still need to plant the backyard to clover. Took me a while to find some. Here in suburbia, people are trying to kill it, not plant it.
Need to mow the lawn too, but it's buried in the garage underneath all the stuff from the basement the kids tossed in there. Man, if my kids were ever home, I'd make them do some cleaning.
Still need to get more sage and thyme. We all need more thyme, right? And my s-i-l recommended taragon too. Never used it, but what the heck, might as well give it a try.
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Arianrhod  |
Posted: 15-May-2007, 06:10 AM
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Ah Elspeth ! it is a pleasure to see you, sounds as if you have made great headway in your garden plan's . Next time you are my way, come dig some clover and take it home to transplant, the rabbits love it here, and the added bonus is, they leave my flowers alone!
The rock garden, my neighbors's are moving a good deal of land around. He had piles of different sized rocks behind their barn, and I asked him if I could have some. We have a werid steep bit of land along the front step's, that NOTHING will take hold in, my DSO has tried, carpet junpier, every sort of ground cover ect. So I went and got as many rocks as I could handle, and laid them right on what was growing in that slope, I took a load every Sunday for three weeks.
When I got it looking how I wanted it, with the rocks arranged, I used Round Up to take care of the scrub that was growing, waited a week, back filled it with dirt, and planted it with begged chicks and hens, and sedums. It is just it's second year, and it has thrived, and it really doing well..
I took a picture of some iris , there were some old old iris beds on the side here, not even green was coming up, and my dog was eating the bulbs, ew. So I STEPPED a few into the rocks and they took, go figure.
If the pic does not post, perhaps the powers that be will help me *please* Nope won't post *cries* I will email then to you! Paula
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