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As we inch closer and closer to spring/summer gardening season, it's about time to start preparing. Figuring out what to plant, making sure the seeds are ready to go, coming up with a plan for how everything will lay out in the garden, and figuring out how to make sure it all gets enough water.
For me, that last point is the primary thing I'll need to focus on for this year. This year will be my second year gardening, but my first year going completely drip irrigation. I'm not using the...
I'm retired and one of my retirement jobs is raising cattle. The cows make excellent cow manure which when composted is free of pathogens and seed and a tremendous garden soil builder.
I formerly did this all alone but nowadays, I use dogs and helpers to round 'em up.
The manure and scrap hay is dozed into big piles which then generates tremendous heat killing all the bad stuff.
Contrary to what you will read on the 'net and what "experts" say this is highly fertile and soil tests...
Saw this topic on another gardening forum and thought it was a great idea. I'm assuming folks are doing at least a little something in their gardens almost every day, so this could be a place to keep everyone else updated on the little things you're doing. Who knows, it might remind someone else that they need to get out and do the same in their gardens! It'll also be interesting to see how different people, from different parts of the world, are tending to their gardens on any given day.
So, what did you do in your garden today?
Also, thought I'd spice this thread up by posting a photo from Meadowlark.
A budding interest in butterflies and a growing concern about ensuring abundant pollinators for the veggie garden, led to starting the subject garden last fall and expanding it considerably this spring. The garden consists of three parts A, B, and C with Part A located in proximity to the veggie garden, Part B, a bed off the patio, and Part C, a garden specifically for encouraging butterflies.
In this thread, it's my intent to document the progress of this garden going forward.
At this point, I’m basically trying to find what works and doesn’t work in my climate. Hence, there are many varieties under evaluation, and these will be listed out in turn.
Part A: Veggie Garden Partner
Inventory:
Black-eyed Susan, coreopsis, garden phlox, lantana, marigold blue eyes, marigold happy days, marigold nema gone, marigold African crackerjack, sunflower Mexican, sunflower mammoth, sunflower teddy bear, zinnia cut and come again, zinnia elegans, zinnia luminosa, zinnia state fair.
The marigolds and zinnias are planted in proximity to the veggie garden in alternating rows of different varieties of marigolds and zinnias. They are just about ready to explode in blooms.
The black eyed susans are grouped into one container in which the seeds were direct sowed earlier this spring
The lantana and other perennials like garden phlox are scatted about the area and just now coming on strong.
Part B: Patio
This section is located off the patio.
Inventory: amaryllis, campanula orchid flower, celosia, cone flowers, daylilies, Ixia, French Marigolds, stingless nettle, and assorted mixed native flowers.
Part C: Butterflies
This part is dedicated specifically to attracting and assisting butterflies.
Inventory: amaranth, bee balm, butterfly bush, calendula, coreopsis, cosmos, dahlia, dianthus, English Daisy, English lavender, gomphrena, Joe Pye Weed, milkweed swamp, milkweed sandhill
Hello again,
I am just starting out gardening and no one I know has ever grown celery. However, Celery is a main course in my diet. I put it in almost everything, and I love mirepoix, even by itself. The more I grow my own food the closer to vegetarian I get. So this is the system I am currently working with...I Grow my stalks from cuttings, first by dangling the butt end of the cutting in water until I get leaves and a reasonably long. Once I accomplish that, I transfer it into a small pot until I get roots handing out of the bottom hole, then I transfer it to a much larger pot, usually made from a gallon water container that I cut, spray painted and drilled holes in on top of a dinner plate. I have a creamer pitcher that I fill with water and give each of the mid level to larger plants once a day. I recently started fertilizing all stages with unused black tea packets and that seems to be going well. (I'm broker than broke right now and just trying to get by until I can do things a little more on the legit side.) anyways, any advice on celery, such as how much or how often to water, better ways to fertilize, etc would be great. Once I get a hang on celery I have a design in my head for some hydroponic set ups for it.
There was a blanket of fog covering us early this morning in this corner of the world, then the sun pushed through, so maybe I'll get some weeding done today 🙂 What's it like up your way @Logan ?
Have the storms left Texas yet?
