Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
I found some hops vines growing in our hedge. Anyone know anything they can be used for other than beer? Otherwise I guess I need to start sowing some barley.
You could make soap with them, if you're into that kinda shit. With another nice, aromatic herb or two you could really make something unique.
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MayabirdPecking at the keyboardRegistered Userregular
Got those bulbs planted.
Assuming I/we make it to the spring and it looks alright, I plan to take some pictures of the bloom.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
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Note to self: Don't wear a thermal underlayer when manually scarifying a lawn, you will die.
Second note to self: If you're going to manually scarify a lawn maybe invest in a full size rake instead of using one literally designed for use by children.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Note to self: Don't wear a thermal underlayer when manually scarifying a lawn, you will die.
Second note to self: If you're going to manually scarify a lawn maybe invest in a full size rake instead of using one literally designed for use by children.
Fuck that, I'd hire a powered machine. Gotta be worth the money to get it done in 1/10th of the time and 1/100th of the effort.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Eh, I'm not short on time, and ground work is the only way I can make my lazy arse get any exercise
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Very excited today because I just got delivery of some seeds I ordered to hopefully start a wildflower meadow in one corner of our plot
Also I just spent an hour cutting grass with a hedge trimmer, which was extremely satisfying but my arms ache now.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
It's okay, thread, I'll keep you alive.
I sowed those seeds on November 4th and when I checked the area today I noticed some have germinated already. Exciting stuff! I am never not surprised when seeds I've sowed actually start to grow.
This is where they are
The intention is to try and convert a good 25% of this paddock into traditional meadow. I've started it off by stripping turf from an 8*4m area and sowing a curated meadow species mix, which includes 8 grasses and 20 perennial flowering species, along with a mix of 13 cornfield annuals to act as nursery cover for the first year while the perennials are getting established.
Alongside that is another 8*4m area where I've just scarified the ground to open up the grass, and have sowed only Rhinanthus minor which is a meadow flower that is partially parasitic on grasses. The idea is it will weaken the grass that's already there, making more space for the meadow species to seed into at the end of summer.
I'm pretty psyched to see if it works. The meadow mix I'm using is one for loam soils, and that type of meadow is rare these days. It would be awesome to be able to establish a patch and help keep that type of habitat around.
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Red Raevynbecause I only take Bubble BathsRegistered Userregular
Awesome! Our wildflower patch is one of our favorite areas in the garden, especially because it just keeps coming up with new surprises throughout the year. And pollinators and other birds love it. The ratio of effort to results can't be beat!
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Man, my begonias are real champions. I "propagated" them by haphazardly chopping bits off and jamming them into new pots with some rooting hormone, and all four of them are acting like it was just another Tuesday.
And the original plant is already well back on the path to world domination after being cut down to bare stems.
Update:
Oh god, I've made a huge mistake, the house belongs to the begonias now.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Quick question - have you read Day Of The Triffids?
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Made our first No Dig bed today. 100 cloves of garlic, of 8 different varieties. Hopefully the results will be good but either way I'm already a fan of no dig, considerably less backbreaking than traditional methods.
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webguy20I spend too much time on the InternetRegistered Userregular
Made our first No Dig bed today. 100 cloves of garlic, of 8 different varieties. Hopefully the results will be good but either way I'm already a fan of no dig, considerably less backbreaking than traditional methods.
No dig is great. We use a method called Square foot gardening that uses 4'x4'x8" raised beds, and you partition each square foot out, and plant something different in it. Like 9 carrots, or 1 squash plant, things like that.
Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Hey northern hemisphere folks, spring is on its way. What plant plans do you have for the year?
I've ordered figurative tons of seeds we need for the year, plus literal tons of compost. 30 cubic metres of it. I hope the delivery vehicle can actually fit into our paddock.
Southern hemisphere folks, what's happening? Let me live vicariously through your leafy lives.
I have roma sprouts and 3-4 different pepper plant sprouts going in my kitchen at the moment. I'll probably buy 4-6 other pepper plants come march when the breeders start selling live plants.
I also have a box round back that would be a good setup for a trestle/something that vines if anyone has suggestions.
For the rest of the garden, my goal is still to have my own sala so I'll probably rotate in some onions and herbs.
My backyard grass took a real beating last year, I need to figure out how to rehabilitate it. I'm thinking of top coating some soil and then seeding the fuck out of it? I don't even like having grass.... I'm just maintaining it for like, property appeal purposes.
Also of course a weed plant, going to do a CBD dominant strain again. Last years grew very vigorously but I think it wasn't actually fully ripe when I harvested it. This year I'm going to try a different strain, hopefully one that matures faster.
Probably do some veggies too, some mix of tomatoes? some peppers?
Its way too early for this region to start most of these things up though.
Tomatoes grow very well for me in the PNW, we always end up with far too many. Radishes also grow well, however, both onions and garlic were a bust, not just for me but for my in-laws and other friends in the area.
I've got my winter garlic planted, they've sprouted their little green shoots and will probably remain like that until it gets a bit warmer. I give them their own entire raised bed since I don't grow anything else in the winter and they should be ready by late spring so I can plant something where they were. we'll see if more than 3 end up surviving this time...
I've also still got a few rosemary plants still going and some sage that's still hanging on.
I'll be planting a bunch of tomatoes, basil, and various peppers (some regular bell and some hot). I'm debating on whether to plant pie pumpkins again as they just spread their vines everywhere and only managed 3 pumpkins from 6 plants.
Might try some tomatillos this year so I can make some hot sauce. Gonna rearrange where I place the plants now that I sorta know how all the stuff grows from last year.
So I think I've found a solution to my slight flooding problems in the back of my yard after winter.
Apparently there's a native wild blueberry species in NY that is thirsty as fuck. So I'm going to try to get a few bushes and plant them to see if I can't get that nonsense to not look like a swamp. (highbush blueberry?) I guess it has a few plants it can pair well with, so I'll reach out to a gardening company when I get to that point but added benefit of drawing in some birds and local bees (honey bees don't really care for them I guess?).
Just thought I'd share for anyone who might have a sligthly swampy back yard. I'll probably aerate it a bunch, but as long as it cuts down on post winter swampiness all the better (it's normally fine the rest of the year).
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
So I think I've found a solution to my slight flooding problems in the back of my yard after winter.
Apparently there's a native wild blueberry species in NY that is thirsty as fuck. So I'm going to try to get a few bushes and plant them to see if I can't get that nonsense to not look like a swamp. (highbush blueberry?) I guess it has a few plants it can pair well with, so I'll reach out to a gardening company when I get to that point but added benefit of drawing in some birds and local bees (honey bees don't really care for them I guess?).
Just thought I'd share for anyone who might have a sligthly swampy back yard. I'll probably aerate it a bunch, but as long as it cuts down on post winter swampiness all the better (it's normally fine the rest of the year).
oh yeah, we mulched along one of our fences and planted some bushes to help with the flooding in heavy rains. That side of the yard is the only place where water just pools if there is a heavy rain so we're hoping as they grow, it'll help.
Well last year my partner asked for a plant for her birthday (next month) and that set off the chain reaction that lead to the previous photos I posted here of PLANTMANIA. I'm reticent to do that again.
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sponoMining for Nose DiamondsBooger CoveRegistered Userregular
Oh good, my weeds have sprouted
Should be a fine crop this year
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MayabirdPecking at the keyboardRegistered Userregular
So I think I've found a solution to my slight flooding problems in the back of my yard after winter.
Apparently there's a native wild blueberry species in NY that is thirsty as fuck. So I'm going to try to get a few bushes and plant them to see if I can't get that nonsense to not look like a swamp. (highbush blueberry?) I guess it has a few plants it can pair well with, so I'll reach out to a gardening company when I get to that point but added benefit of drawing in some birds and local bees (honey bees don't really care for them I guess?).
Just thought I'd share for anyone who might have a sligthly swampy back yard. I'll probably aerate it a bunch, but as long as it cuts down on post winter swampiness all the better (it's normally fine the rest of the year).
Make sure they're not all clones of each other so they can cross-pollinate and you can get some blueberries. (Also check if the soil is acidic because blueberries need acid soil.)
So I think I've found a solution to my slight flooding problems in the back of my yard after winter.
Apparently there's a native wild blueberry species in NY that is thirsty as fuck. So I'm going to try to get a few bushes and plant them to see if I can't get that nonsense to not look like a swamp. (highbush blueberry?) I guess it has a few plants it can pair well with, so I'll reach out to a gardening company when I get to that point but added benefit of drawing in some birds and local bees (honey bees don't really care for them I guess?).
Just thought I'd share for anyone who might have a sligthly swampy back yard. I'll probably aerate it a bunch, but as long as it cuts down on post winter swampiness all the better (it's normally fine the rest of the year).
Make sure they're not all clones of each other so they can cross-pollinate and you can get some blueberries. (Also check if the soil is acidic because blueberries need acid soil.)
Hey even if I don't, as long as the local bees like that shit. Everything is a bog up here so I'm pretty sure I'm rocking a low pH.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
Something ate all the branches off my year-old potted trees.
No need to prune this winter, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Lost Salientblink twiceif you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered Userregular
edited January 2021
A friend who's moving to the States left me two plants, a rosemary bush - which is the one type of plant I have managed to kill repeatedly - and a Fukien tea tree bonsai. So I guess I'm going to learn how to tend/prune a bonsai and also, hopefully, not kill a Fukien tea tree, whose care instructions are EXTREMELY COMPLICATED.
So uhh hey if anyone's into bonsai tending let me know I guess?
Also my monstera was losing leaves because it was thiiiiirsty so now I'm watering it and my fuckin' basil every two days
Fuckin' basil
E: Monstera's going gangbusters though so that's cool, and a bunch of its aerial roots are sticking straight up along its planter poles or crawling along the window ledge
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"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
Has anyone done live moss inside? Kind of considering making a thing, but wondering how terrible it'd be to upkeep (or if bringing moss into the house is a terrible idea).
Also what other plants are water soaks? I have an area in the yard that is pretty wet/soggy, and would love to have something soak that stuff up. It's on the fence line (and the fence blocks morning sun), so I might be a bit limited on things. I guess I could ask the plant store near us, especially for local stuff.
Has anyone done live moss inside? Kind of considering making a thing, but wondering how terrible it'd be to upkeep (or if bringing moss into the house is a terrible idea).
Also what other plants are water soaks? I have an area in the yard that is pretty wet/soggy, and would love to have something soak that stuff up. It's on the fence line (and the fence blocks morning sun), so I might be a bit limited on things. I guess I could ask the plant store near us, especially for local stuff.
I have a staghorn fern mounted on a bit of cork and nestled in some moss (I'm not sure what type)
the instructions that came with it indicated that misting the fern and the moss would keep them both happy in between occasional soaks, but really they seem mad if I don't soak them every week (maybe because my house is dry from winter heat?)
the moss greens up a bit right after the soak, but then shades back to brownish so maybe even that isn't often enough
it's kinda a pain, I fill a sink with tepid water and then try to get as much of it into the water as possible for an hour or so, and then let it drip dry for another hour or two in the shower
on a day to day though, the moss is fine - smells earthy right after a soak but otherwise unnoticable
If you have lights and climate control I'm pretty sure you can start now?
I'm in a similar boat as Kamiro. When I did my googling it seemed I could get away with a 6 week lead time for tomatoes and peppers before they would like to go outside (or into a bigger pot than the starter ones). In zone 7, so that means the earliest I should go to avoid the last frost is the start of March.
Herbs though, just go nuts if you have room inside. Cut them and make more herbs if you want.
Trying out basic hydroponic (kratky method) stuff this year for some herbs/lettuce/maybe strawberries. Also doing outdoor garden which may or may not fail entirely, but going to do potatoes and corn along with some other stuff. It's dumb but I'm a bit excited.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Sowed a few seeds today
Yes that's my shower, I don't have many decent spots for germinating seeds.
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Oh dang, after a decade of propagating one of my angel wing begonias actually bloomed!
Not sure what triggered it, but I appreciate the effort, buddy.
hey folks what do you call those little plastic walls you put around the edge of a garden to stop the soil washing away? my front yard is on an incline and we're losing a bunch to the street
edit: RETAINING WALLS
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Assuming I/we make it to the spring and it looks alright, I plan to take some pictures of the bloom.
Second note to self: If you're going to manually scarify a lawn maybe invest in a full size rake instead of using one literally designed for use by children.
Fuck that, I'd hire a powered machine. Gotta be worth the money to get it done in 1/10th of the time and 1/100th of the effort.
Also I just spent an hour cutting grass with a hedge trimmer, which was extremely satisfying but my arms ache now.
I sowed those seeds on November 4th and when I checked the area today I noticed some have germinated already. Exciting stuff! I am never not surprised when seeds I've sowed actually start to grow.
This is where they are
The intention is to try and convert a good 25% of this paddock into traditional meadow. I've started it off by stripping turf from an 8*4m area and sowing a curated meadow species mix, which includes 8 grasses and 20 perennial flowering species, along with a mix of 13 cornfield annuals to act as nursery cover for the first year while the perennials are getting established.
Alongside that is another 8*4m area where I've just scarified the ground to open up the grass, and have sowed only Rhinanthus minor which is a meadow flower that is partially parasitic on grasses. The idea is it will weaken the grass that's already there, making more space for the meadow species to seed into at the end of summer.
I'm pretty psyched to see if it works. The meadow mix I'm using is one for loam soils, and that type of meadow is rare these days. It would be awesome to be able to establish a patch and help keep that type of habitat around.
Update:
Oh god, I've made a huge mistake, the house belongs to the begonias now.
No dig is great. We use a method called Square foot gardening that uses 4'x4'x8" raised beds, and you partition each square foot out, and plant something different in it. Like 9 carrots, or 1 squash plant, things like that.
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I've ordered figurative tons of seeds we need for the year, plus literal tons of compost. 30 cubic metres of it. I hope the delivery vehicle can actually fit into our paddock.
Southern hemisphere folks, what's happening? Let me live vicariously through your leafy lives.
I also have a box round back that would be a good setup for a trestle/something that vines if anyone has suggestions.
For the rest of the garden, my goal is still to have my own sala so I'll probably rotate in some onions and herbs.
Also of course a weed plant, going to do a CBD dominant strain again. Last years grew very vigorously but I think it wasn't actually fully ripe when I harvested it. This year I'm going to try a different strain, hopefully one that matures faster.
Probably do some veggies too, some mix of tomatoes? some peppers?
Its way too early for this region to start most of these things up though.
Tomatoes grow very well for me in the PNW, we always end up with far too many. Radishes also grow well, however, both onions and garlic were a bust, not just for me but for my in-laws and other friends in the area.
I've also still got a few rosemary plants still going and some sage that's still hanging on.
I'll be planting a bunch of tomatoes, basil, and various peppers (some regular bell and some hot). I'm debating on whether to plant pie pumpkins again as they just spread their vines everywhere and only managed 3 pumpkins from 6 plants.
Might try some tomatillos this year so I can make some hot sauce. Gonna rearrange where I place the plants now that I sorta know how all the stuff grows from last year.
Apparently there's a native wild blueberry species in NY that is thirsty as fuck. So I'm going to try to get a few bushes and plant them to see if I can't get that nonsense to not look like a swamp. (highbush blueberry?) I guess it has a few plants it can pair well with, so I'll reach out to a gardening company when I get to that point but added benefit of drawing in some birds and local bees (honey bees don't really care for them I guess?).
Just thought I'd share for anyone who might have a sligthly swampy back yard. I'll probably aerate it a bunch, but as long as it cuts down on post winter swampiness all the better (it's normally fine the rest of the year).
oh yeah, we mulched along one of our fences and planted some bushes to help with the flooding in heavy rains. That side of the yard is the only place where water just pools if there is a heavy rain so we're hoping as they grow, it'll help.
Should be a fine crop this year
Make sure they're not all clones of each other so they can cross-pollinate and you can get some blueberries. (Also check if the soil is acidic because blueberries need acid soil.)
Hey even if I don't, as long as the local bees like that shit. Everything is a bog up here so I'm pretty sure I'm rocking a low pH.
One variety is called pink lemonade and they were delicious. The others were a little too tart for our liking.
No need to prune this winter, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So uhh hey if anyone's into bonsai tending let me know I guess?
Also my monstera was losing leaves because it was thiiiiirsty so now I'm watering it and my fuckin' basil every two days
Fuckin' basil
E: Monstera's going gangbusters though so that's cool, and a bunch of its aerial roots are sticking straight up along its planter poles or crawling along the window ledge
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If it's any consolation, they were delicious
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In other news I might be losing my third (of five) peach tree child to a fungal disease that prevents it from sending water up the branches. Lame.
Also what other plants are water soaks? I have an area in the yard that is pretty wet/soggy, and would love to have something soak that stuff up. It's on the fence line (and the fence blocks morning sun), so I might be a bit limited on things. I guess I could ask the plant store near us, especially for local stuff.
I have a staghorn fern mounted on a bit of cork and nestled in some moss (I'm not sure what type)
the instructions that came with it indicated that misting the fern and the moss would keep them both happy in between occasional soaks, but really they seem mad if I don't soak them every week (maybe because my house is dry from winter heat?)
the moss greens up a bit right after the soak, but then shades back to brownish so maybe even that isn't often enough
it's kinda a pain, I fill a sink with tepid water and then try to get as much of it into the water as possible for an hour or so, and then let it drip dry for another hour or two in the shower
on a day to day though, the moss is fine - smells earthy right after a soak but otherwise unnoticable
I'm planning on doing tomatoes, peppers, and tons of various herbs.
I've got a multi-tiered growing shelf with lights.
Eventually they'll be going out in a raised bed.
I'm in the mid-atlantic region
Herbs though, just go nuts if you have room inside. Cut them and make more herbs if you want.
Yes that's my shower, I don't have many decent spots for germinating seeds.
Not sure what triggered it, but I appreciate the effort, buddy.
edit: RETAINING WALLS
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