Garden 2013 - Page 2

zippyt · 04-03-2013, 07:46 PM

And that spiney bastige got it

zippyt · 04-13-2013, 09:54 PM

First asperagoose of the year

gvidas · 04-28-2013, 05:13 PM

Start early, finish someday.

A few weeks back (4/14) I dug out the previous tenant's raised bed, added the tree that fell down and the rotting logs that used to define the bed perimeter, and then piled some straw and the topsoil back on.

In the end, that day of yardwork turned into a round of pruning the trees that resulted in just as much of a brush pile (maybe more) as we had before the hugelkultur. Oh well.

Sundae · 04-14-2013, 04:34 AM

You have growing things already?
Our daffodills aren't even flowering yet.

Yes, I know we live in different climates.
But sometimes, because we share a language, I forget a little.

I'll have to take some photos of Penny (my Cherry tree) again this year.
She's already fat with bud.
Still leaning like Pisa's tower, but I've decided it does not bother me. I haven't killed her yet and that's what's important.

footfootfoot · 04-15-2013, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae

You have growing things already?
Our daffodills aren't even flowering yet.

Yes, I know we live in different climates.
But sometimes, because we share a language, I forget a little.

I'll have to take some photos of Penny (my Cherry tree) again this year.
She's already fat with bud.
Still leaning like Pisa's tower, but I've decided it does not bother me. I haven't killed her yet and that's what's important.

Arkansas is like the Spain of the US. I think they can grow Pawpaws and bananas down there.

Griff · 04-15-2013, 04:06 PM

I put down black plastic two weekends back. Just too lazy to weed.

Ocean's Edge · 04-14-2013, 11:41 AM

we had a few good days and I got a few crocuses (just the yellow ones/ don't know where the other four colours are!) a couple snow drops fighting their way up.

Dafs and tulips and hyacints and maybe the alliums are coming.... they're making a nice show of green but no colour yet. Then we got a snow storm this weekend and I'm wondering if I'll ever see em.

Hard to plan buying seed potatoes when the world still looks so white

chrisinhouston · 04-15-2013, 11:27 AM

I'm going to make a big attempt to get my vegetable garden in today or tomorrow. We are already up in the mid 80's F in the day and 60's to 70's at night so summer will be here soon. My plot it about 10 x 25 ft or so and unfortunately the trees I planted on the west side of our property are getting bigger which provides afternoon shade but doesn't help the garden.

I stopped by Home Depot over the weekend and they had plant sale, the vegetables that usually go for $3.98 (which is outrageous) were reduced to $2 each (which is bearable) so I got about 10 tomatoes of different varieties and some peppers (capsicum for you Australian Cellar folks) and some additional herbs to add to that garden. I also got 10 bags of manure to add, the soil is pretty good but can always use a little more organic matter.

I have a gasoline powered tiller and will rake off the spring weeds and then get it all turned over and the plants in. I usually put down some of that compostable weed block material as I hate weeding. It keeps the weeds from growing but lets the water get to the ground.

What am I doing typing here? I could be working outside!

footfootfoot · 04-15-2013, 05:02 PM

I need to make the posts and cross arms for my Hops ranch. Need to negotiate visiting rights for the hops plants.

ZenGum · 04-15-2013, 06:55 PM

Well, hop to it.

footfootfoot · 04-15-2013, 08:06 PM

I'm hoping to hop to it.

ZenGum · 04-16-2013, 06:44 AM

It's the yeast you can do.

gvidas · 04-28-2013, 05:15 PM

I'm calling this a "more cultured hugelkultur" -- the missus likes things more when they are rectilinear.

There's only a few inches of compost so far, and most of it is filling out the sides between my pallet-wall and the mound. A neighbor has a giant pile of compost, since he does this for a living, and a slightly more distant neighbor has an even larger pile, but after 8 wheelbarrows I'm starting to wonder what the upper limit of "take as much as you want" actually is.

(the photo is from around barrow #5)

zippyt · 04-28-2013, 06:33 PM

Hay bales with maters and the such ,

DSCF7762 by zippyt, on Flickr

DSCF7753 by zippyt, on Flickr

DSCF7758 by zippyt, on Flickr
I beleve these are eggplants and squash

DSCF7761 by zippyt, on Flickr
Scuze me here's the egg plants , and peppers

DSCF7764 by zippyt, on Flickr
the pea patch is Happy happy ,

DSCF7766 by zippyt, on Flickr
and the Asperageese are doing Fine despite the weeds that Seem to

Asperageese by zippyt, on Flickr the asperagoose patch

And Yes Sunday , we have growey up thingees all ready

zippyt · 04-28-2013, 06:23 PM

well our hogra,, hogfra ,,,,, , fuck it raised wood garden aint so pretty but i bet it will do the job ,

DSCF7769 by zippyt, on Flickr

DSCF7768 by zippyt, on Flickr
Carol even put a few extra tomato and other plants in it ,

DSCF7770 by zippyt, on Flickr
part 2 to follow

04-03-2013, 07:46 PM	#1
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	And that spiney bastige got it __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

04-13-2013, 09:54 PM	#2
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	First asperagoose of the year Attached Images __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

04-28-2013, 05:13 PM	#3
gvidas Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 286	Start early, finish someday. A few weeks back (4/14) I dug out the previous tenant's raised bed, added the tree that fell down and the rotting logs that used to define the bed perimeter, and then piled some straw and the topsoil back on. In the end, that day of yardwork turned into a round of pruning the trees that resulted in just as much of a brush pile (maybe more) as we had before the hugelkultur. Oh well. Attached Images

04-14-2013, 04:34 AM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	You have growing things already? Our daffodills aren't even flowering yet. Yes, I know we live in different climates. But sometimes, because we share a language, I forget a little. I'll have to take some photos of Penny (my Cherry tree) again this year. She's already fat with bud. Still leaning like Pisa's tower, but I've decided it does not bother me. I haven't killed her yet and that's what's important. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

04-15-2013, 04:06 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I put down black plastic two weekends back. Just too lazy to weed. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-14-2013, 11:41 AM	#7
Ocean's Edge is a beach Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: One step back from the end of the world Posts: 245	we had a few good days and I got a few crocuses (just the yellow ones/ don't know where the other four colours are!) a couple snow drops fighting their way up. Dafs and tulips and hyacints and maybe the alliums are coming.... they're making a nice show of green but no colour yet. Then we got a snow storm this weekend and I'm wondering if I'll ever see em. Hard to plan buying seed potatoes when the world still looks so white __________________ *Schrodinger's cat is a koan.*

04-15-2013, 11:27 AM	#8
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	I'm going to make a big attempt to get my vegetable garden in today or tomorrow. We are already up in the mid 80's F in the day and 60's to 70's at night so summer will be here soon. My plot it about 10 x 25 ft or so and unfortunately the trees I planted on the west side of our property are getting bigger which provides afternoon shade but doesn't help the garden. I stopped by Home Depot over the weekend and they had plant sale, the vegetables that usually go for $3.98 (which is outrageous) were reduced to $2 each (which is bearable) so I got about 10 tomatoes of different varieties and some peppers (capsicum for you Australian Cellar folks) and some additional herbs to add to that garden. I also got 10 bags of manure to add, the soil is pretty good but can always use a little more organic matter. I have a gasoline powered tiller and will rake off the spring weeds and then get it all turned over and the plants in. I usually put down some of that compostable weed block material as I hate weeding. It keeps the weeds from growing but lets the water get to the ground. What am I doing typing here? I could be working outside!

04-15-2013, 05:02 PM	#9
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I need to make the posts and cross arms for my Hops ranch. Need to negotiate visiting rights for the hops plants. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

04-15-2013, 06:55 PM	#10
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Well, hop to it. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-15-2013, 08:06 PM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'm hoping to hop to it. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

04-16-2013, 06:44 AM	#12
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	It's the yeast you can do. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-28-2013, 05:15 PM	#13
gvidas Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 286	I'm calling this a "more cultured hugelkultur" -- the missus likes things more when they are rectilinear. There's only a few inches of compost so far, and most of it is filling out the sides between my pallet-wall and the mound. A neighbor has a giant pile of compost, since he does this for a living, and a slightly more distant neighbor has an even larger pile, but after 8 wheelbarrows I'm starting to wonder what the upper limit of "take as much as you want" actually is. (the photo is from around barrow #5) Attached Images

04-28-2013, 06:33 PM	#14
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Planting time Hay bales with maters and the such , DSCF7762 by zippyt, on Flickr DSCF7753 by zippyt, on Flickr DSCF7758 by zippyt, on Flickr I beleve these are eggplants and squash DSCF7761 by zippyt, on Flickr Scuze me here's the egg plants , and peppers DSCF7764 by zippyt, on Flickr the pea patch is Happy happy , DSCF7766 by zippyt, on Flickr and the Asperageese are doing Fine despite the weeds that Seem to Asperageese by zippyt, on Flickr the asperagoose patch And Yes Sunday , we have growey up thingees all ready __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

04-28-2013, 06:23 PM	#15
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	well our hogra,, hogfra ,,,,, , fuck it raised wood garden aint so pretty but i bet it will do the job , DSCF7769 by zippyt, on Flickr DSCF7768 by zippyt, on Flickr Carol even put a few extra tomato and other plants in it , DSCF7770 by zippyt, on Flickr part 2 to follow __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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