Let's kick it off


What a great weekend to start prepping

I added the composted horse manure to the garden....next week add in more peat moss

2 weeks till I start the seedlings


WOOHOO to warm weather!!!!!!!!

3/11/2007 2:48:05 PM

i went to town on a lot of trees around my house with a chain saw yesterday and today.

3/11/2007 2:49:11 PM

I started my seeds already

if anyone wants to get some cataloupe, pepper(cayenne, jalapeno, bell, banana), or tomato(roma and standard "beefmaster" sandwich type) seedlings let me know, I'll have plenty

I have them all planted in peat cups, I can probably give 4 plants for 2.50 or so


I'll plant the rest of my garden in a couple weeks

3/11/2007 3:00:16 PM

i know where theres gonna be a nasty jalapeno garden this year

3/11/2007 4:22:21 PM

does container gardening count?

3/11/2007 4:22:49 PM

If container gardening counts...

1) Have 1 big pot of tulips outside waiting to bloom

2) got 2 strawberry jars (10 plants) in my sun room waiting to go outside, (i think one jar will die out)

3) Have a pot of bulbs that my gf thought were pretty, never grown any of them before, some have pushed up through the soil, it could be intresting

4) a bunch of seeds waiting for the frost free date....which might as well be tomorrow....wooo global warming

3/11/2007 4:33:44 PM

let me know if any of yall need seedlings


I wanted to grow things all froms eed this year instead of buying lesser quality plants at the store

3/11/2007 4:37:34 PM

Ive got Acanthus, Lots of Plectranthus, Sansveria, Purple Passion vine, coleus, xFatshedera, Aluminum plant, apple trees, kentucky coffeetrees, Sanchezia, Geraniums, Marigolds, Kalanchoe, Jade Plants, Impatiens, Pittosporums, Euonymus, Goldfish plant, lipstick plants, and Fuschia


not much eatin, but bad ass plants i hope to include in my garden some day, its all stuff ive propagated by roots, leaves, and stem cuttings...i think the marigolds are the only hings propagated by seed

[Edited on March 11, 2007 at 4:40 PM. Reason : s]

3/11/2007 4:39:14 PM

is it wrong to sell a 3 bedroom house to 17 mexicans?

maybe.

3/11/2007 4:39:56 PM

cash makes the world go round


at least they have a house now

3/11/2007 4:40:35 PM

i want to grow some tomatoes. i live high up in a building, and have no land. Can you grow tomatoes in a flowerpot?

3/11/2007 4:41:15 PM

yeah, you can grow all kinds of things in a hanging basket

tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, cantaloupe, even squash, and watermelons

[Edited on March 11, 2007 at 4:43 PM. Reason : xxxssdfsdf]

3/11/2007 4:43:46 PM

btw if anyone wants cuttings of those bad boys alot of em need to be cut back and i dont wanna waste good plant material

3/11/2007 4:43:52 PM

tomatoes grow very well in pots you just have to keep them watered. (like 2x a day)

3/11/2007 4:44:06 PM

yes you can, but you'd still need lettus ham and mayo to complete your sandwich.

3/11/2007 4:44:33 PM

I'll trade you some seedlings for some apple trees, marigolds, and any good perennial flowers ya got

3/11/2007 4:45:00 PM

good i need to cut those apple trees down a bit they are getting leggy

3/11/2007 4:46:32 PM

let me know what ya got man

I'll come get whatever and trade for stuff if you want

3/11/2007 4:47:32 PM

where can you get a good tomato plant?

3/11/2007 4:48:26 PM

in your case I would just go to the local farmers market or to lowes/home depot/wally world and buy one or two and some hanging baskets

make sure you get a "bush type"... they are more compatable to container gardening

3/11/2007 4:52:17 PM

sweet. even sex can't come close to being better than a tomato sandwich made with homegrown tomatoes.

3/11/2007 4:52:59 PM

my daffodils are blooming
too bad cause they'll get wiped out by the next frost

I've got some garlic in the ground... gonna start some peppers from seed

and I'm going to buy some herb seedlings soon

3/11/2007 4:58:31 PM

I cleaned out three flower beds and planted a bunch of daylillies last weekend. This weekend I cleared shit out with the chainsaw and some clippers.

Anyone got any recommendations for stuff that is easy to grow and comes back every year?

[Edited on March 11, 2007 at 8:16 PM. Reason : .]

3/11/2007 8:16:15 PM

I cleared out our flower bed and planted some bulbs

supposedly you're supposed to plant them after the last frost, but whatever. survival of the fittest, I say.

3/11/2007 8:18:00 PM

Quote :

"Anyone got any recommendations for stuff that is easy to grow and comes back every year?"

I'm not much on perennial green things, I like color in my garden


daffodils, lillies, amarylillis, tulips.... most of those come back every year and multiply

buy 2x the number of bulbs that you need, make a "flower bed" if you have the room, plant 1/2 of the bulbs in it in rows, then plant the other 1/2 where you want them...

PS don't plan them in lines, they do (and look) much better in clumps, circles, and squares

the bulbs will multiply in both places, use the bed to plant things and let things multiply (and you'll know what bulbs are where because you labeled them in your bed)

nick, the daffodils should be fine yo

[Edited on March 11, 2007 at 8:41 PM. Reason : logan trading co has 75% off bulbs right now]

3/11/2007 8:41:03 PM

i dont care much about flowers im more of a foliage and form guy

3/11/2007 8:42:53 PM

faggot


oh wait

dammit, I'm talking about flowers and gardening

3/11/2007 8:44:35 PM

FLOWERS ARE FOR THE QUEERS

3/11/2007 8:44:58 PM

chicks dig fresh flowers though

3/11/2007 8:46:59 PM

it's true

3/11/2007 8:47:36 PM

i dont care what a bitch want

i like big leaves, thorns and twisted habits

3/11/2007 8:49:00 PM

lol
GROW ME A SALAD BITCH

3/11/2007 8:50:23 PM

how you think those apple cuttings will do?

what cultivar?

[Edited on March 11, 2007 at 8:51 PM. Reason : dddd]

3/11/2007 8:51:04 PM

red delicish

3/11/2007 8:51:49 PM

Imma need to get me a pollinator though

but it's cool, I'm going to plant 75 or so fruit trees over the next 2 years at my farm

3/11/2007 8:52:35 PM

if you plant black and/or raspberries, you can sell them at the farmers market!......and you'll let me come and pick as much as i want <attempting jedi mind trick>

3/11/2007 8:58:23 PM

I've always wanted a little stand at the farmers market

hopefully my raspberries will do well this year

and my scuppernongs and muscadines will start producing (this is year 3 since I transplanted them from the container I started the seeds in)

I've got a thousand or so japanese maple seeds in the fridge right now too

3/11/2007 9:01:11 PM

I found a little snake while working in the yard today. I thought about keeping it, but I'm too lazy to have something else depend on me to live so I let it go.

3/11/2007 10:29:27 PM

Quote :

" daffodils, lillies, amarylillis, tulips.... most of those come back every year and multiply"

I'll get some of those next time I go to home depot. I'm looking for stuff that I can plant and forget for the most part.

3/12/2007 12:05:50 AM

Someone gave me habanero seeds as a gift yesterday. I don't think I've ever actually eaten a habanero before.

3/12/2007 12:11:31 AM

how difficult would it be to start/set up a small herb thing in an apartment? (wolf village, so no balcony, etc). i was thinking about getting one of those strawberry plant pots, but i sorta want something not so big/bulky. could i do some different herbs in small pots, and put them right by the window?

i know, it's a stretch, but i <3 fresh herbs when cooking.

3/12/2007 12:13:54 AM

I do that and it works pretty well. Just make sure the window gets plenty of sunlight.

3/12/2007 12:20:25 AM

How many flower beds are too many?

so far I have 9 beds

3/12/2007 8:17:54 AM

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3/12/2007 8:31:25 AM

why has it gotta be an "old school" thread

3/12/2007 9:44:17 AM

When I was little our entire back field was a garden with every vegetable you could imagine, pear/peach/apple trees...over 100 pine trees, dogwood trees, azealas... and then everything got ruined by hurricane fran

We have since then replanted trees/bushes, but they're growing so slow

and now we just grow tomatoes and watermelons...

[Edited on March 12, 2007 at 9:58 AM. Reason : dfsfsfsf]

3/12/2007 9:56:10 AM

I have to move a bunch of full grown bushes in my back yard. I'm not sure when I'm going to do this, but I'm pretty sure I'm gonna put it off for as long as possible.

3/12/2007 10:01:07 AM

OK so what is the minimum amount of rows of Corn I need for best pollination?

3/12/2007 10:40:35 AM

set'm up

3/12/2007 10:49:08 AM

Quote :

"OK so what is the minimum amount of rows of Corn I need for best pollination?"

that isn't a big deal really

the main issue is not mixing your SE, SU, SH2 types with each other


space them out by at least 100' or 3 weeks planting time

[Edited on March 12, 2007 at 10:53 AM. Reason : set em up]

3/12/2007 10:52:46 AM