Garden 2009

Undertoad · 05-19-2009, 12:45 PM

Heh heh! The previous years garden threads went in Quality Images, Home Base, and Nothingland, depending on who started it. Now it goes in Food and Drink.

And I'm in this year. Having a strapping 22-year-old lad around to haul stuff is a fine advantage. I ordered a yard of compost to fill in what was lost after severe weeding. It's too late to start some of the cool weather crops but we will get those in for the fall. It'll be carrots and some herbs to start, and tomatoes and squash and some other veggies will go in from pre-started, purchased plants.

There was actually a harvest before this, of dill and sage that made it through two years of weed beds AND an earlier weeding. Everyone should plant herbs. They are utterly simple, and some come back every year with practically no work. Your only problem is that you will have way too much. In the 3x8 bed I may try putting in eight different herbs or something, because you ever only need a few leaves of something.

kerosene · 05-20-2009, 10:33 AM

Looking good, UT. I really like the raised beds. We just planted our garden a week ago, so we are seeing things sprout right now. Unfortunately, our soil is mostly clay and some sand. we had a standing water issue in our garden until we amended it with some fertilizer and top soil.

ZenGum · 05-21-2009, 12:16 AM

So, that's where the bodies are buried, right?

Makes for some tasty termaters!

classicman · 05-22-2009, 10:26 PM

Just keep the raised beds watered - they dry out faster than ground level ones.

skysidhe · 05-24-2009, 09:51 AM

nice!

I've got a butterfly and hummingbird flower garden going of sorts. It's viewable outside my floor to ceiling living room window seltered by an ouside divider.
I feel very blessed about this getting my hands dirty activity and potentially drawing in beautiful creatures next year.

kerosene · 05-24-2009, 02:52 PM

Now I wish we had done raised beds. Our garden is in standing water, after 2 days of rain!

ZenGum · 05-24-2009, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by skysidhe

nice!

I've got a butterfly and hummingbird flower garden going of sorts.

How deep do you plant them?

skysidhe · 05-24-2009, 08:28 PM

hehehe *chuckling out loud *

FLOWERS silly , thanks for the smile

skysidhe · 05-25-2009, 12:11 PM

Wow my little attempt looks so lame next to UT's huge raised beds.

I moved and was blessed with a little patches of earth.
I planted a bleading heart in white...an Oriental Poppy ( in the sunny part and a columbine and some periwinkle close in by the window. I am not sure I am going to appreciate the periwinkle because of it's intrusiveness.

I am not attracting hummingbirds and butterflies yet but the pool seems to be springing up ducks!

piercehawkeye45 · 05-26-2009, 08:35 AM

I want to start planting my garden but I need to build a fence first. The rabbits here are crazy. I don't trust the squirrels either and they will be able to jump over any fence due to a lot of trees in our backyard.

Peppers, onions, tomatoes, basil I think?

Undertoad · 05-26-2009, 09:12 AM

Tomatoes, yellow squash, cucumber, and pimiento pepper from Bonnie plants; carrots, basil, and dill from seeds.

Pest control is always an issue. I managed the rabbit population last fall by running over the babies with the lawn mower. I didn't mean to, it was horrible, but at least it was a quick death for both of them. In previous years I put up chicken wire, which is easy to do with the raised beds.

piercehawkeye45 · 05-26-2009, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

In previous years I put up chicken wire, which is easy to do with the raised beds.

We plan on using chicken wire as well. We don't have raised beds so we will just place the chicken wire about a foot underground. I'm guessing that will suffice.

Beestie · 05-26-2009, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Tomatoes, yellow squash, cucumber, and pimiento pepper from Bonnie plants; carrots, basil, and dill from seeds.

Is that a modified version of Mel's Square Foot Gardening? I sure wish I could grow a garden. I don't know what to do with myself - I love growing stuff but I absolutely suck at it.

classicman · 05-26-2009, 01:28 PM

There is also a plastic version and you can make a "door" out of it better. I don't recall the cost differential though. Might be worth a look.

piercehawkeye45 · 05-26-2009, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

There is also a plastic version and you can make a "door" out of it better. I don't recall the cost differential though. Might be worth a look.

The door is the one thing I haven't planned out so I will if any troubles come up. Thanks.

05-19-2009, 12:45 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Garden 2009 Heh heh! The previous years garden threads went in Quality Images, Home Base, and Nothingland, depending on who started it. Now it goes in Food and Drink. And I'm in this year. Having a strapping 22-year-old lad around to haul stuff is a fine advantage. I ordered a yard of compost to fill in what was lost after severe weeding. It's too late to start some of the cool weather crops but we will get those in for the fall. It'll be carrots and some herbs to start, and tomatoes and squash and some other veggies will go in from pre-started, purchased plants. There was actually a harvest before this, of dill and sage that made it through two years of weed beds AND an earlier weeding. Everyone should plant herbs. They are utterly simple, and some come back every year with practically no work. Your only problem is that you will have way too much. In the 3x8 bed I may try putting in eight different herbs or something, because you ever only need a few leaves of something.

05-21-2009, 12:16 AM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	So, that's where the bodies are buried, right? Makes for some tasty termaters! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

05-22-2009, 10:26 PM	#4
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Just keep the raised beds watered - they dry out faster than ground level ones. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-25-2009, 12:11 PM	#9
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Wow my little attempt looks so lame next to UT's huge raised beds. I moved and was blessed with a little patches of earth. I planted a bleading heart in white...an Oriental Poppy ( in the sunny part and a columbine and some periwinkle close in by the window. I am not sure I am going to appreciate the periwinkle because of it's intrusiveness. I am not attracting hummingbirds and butterflies yet but the pool seems to be springing up ducks! Attached Images

05-26-2009, 08:35 AM	#10
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	I want to start planting my garden but I need to build a fence first. The rabbits here are crazy. I don't trust the squirrels either and they will be able to jump over any fence due to a lot of trees in our backyard. Peppers, onions, tomatoes, basil I think? __________________ I like my perspectives like I like my baseball caps: one size fits all.

05-20-2009, 10:33 AM	#2
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Looking good, UT. I really like the raised beds. We just planted our garden a week ago, so we are seeing things sprout right now. Unfortunately, our soil is mostly clay and some sand. we had a standing water issue in our garden until we amended it with some fertilizer and top soil.

05-24-2009, 09:51 AM	#5
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	nice! I've got a butterfly and hummingbird flower garden going of sorts. It's viewable outside my floor to ceiling living room window seltered by an ouside divider. I feel very blessed about this getting my hands dirty activity and potentially drawing in beautiful creatures next year.

05-24-2009, 02:52 PM	#6
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Now I wish we had done raised beds. Our garden is in standing water, after 2 days of rain!

05-24-2009, 08:28 PM	#8
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	hehehe chuckling out loud FLOWERS silly , thanks for the smile

05-26-2009, 09:12 AM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Tomatoes, yellow squash, cucumber, and pimiento pepper from Bonnie plants; carrots, basil, and dill from seeds. Pest control is always an issue. I managed the rabbit population last fall by running over the babies with the lawn mower. I didn't mean to, it was horrible, but at least it was a quick death for both of them. In previous years I put up chicken wire, which is easy to do with the raised beds.

05-26-2009, 01:28 PM	#14
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	There is also a plastic version and you can make a "door" out of it better. I don't recall the cost differential though. Might be worth a look. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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