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4/28/2010 11:13:00 AM

I've planted basil, greek oregano, lavender, and sage. I have space for one more herb so I might plant some thyme too. I should take some pictures.

4/28/2010 12:08:50 PM

I've got some 10-12" tomato plants I was ready to plant outside this week since its been sunny and warm for the last couple weeks and it was the same in projected forecasts, even though the last frost date is May 5. Yesterday we had a freak snowstorm that left 12" of snow on my deck and about 7 on the ground Its supposed to be 70° again by this weekend, but I have to leave town for a week

4/28/2010 2:28:12 PM

^ dang that sucks!! where do you live?? ha ha ha I'm rockin' Zone 8b for LYFE

PS what do you think of 2 scoops of worm compost with each plant?? that's what I thought vermiculite was but now I know I'm wrong. The tomatoes are sooooo green now, and the new leaves on the squash are green so I think it's doing good!!

4/28/2010 5:23:49 PM

where can I get a big african violet pot?

I want the kind that you can just fill up with water and leave it alone for awhile.

My violet has outgrown it's current container



like this

4/28/2010 5:25:30 PM

My tomato plants are flowering and my peppers are starting to come in.

4/28/2010 6:49:58 PM

Planted some dahlia bulbs the other night, and have gotten a few more herbs going in pots. Lettuce in planter is doing fantastically well, lettuce in ground decently. Tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant are adjusting well to new in-ground homes (or large pots in the case of 3 of the peppers) but I think I may need to fertilize to give them a "grow, bitches!" kick. I've seen a couple of buds on the tomatoes, but have pinched them off so far since it's so soon after transplant and they're little guys yet (not even 1' tall).

To create the in-ground bed, I tilled together some of that miracle-gro enhanced soil with the soil that was already in the ground (somewhat high clay content) and a little mushroom compost. Do I need to hold off on any fertilizing right now because of what's in the soil, or since it's a mix, can I fertilize weakly?

Also--to anyone growing strawberries--are there any special preparations I need to be doing? We got a strawberry plant which had a few tiny berries on it when we brought it home, which were promptly eaten by a bird or squirrel. That was more than two weeks ago and I've seen nary a flower since, though the foliage is growing quite nicely. What gives?

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4/28/2010 6:57:49 PM

^^^I'd try Logan's, Atlantic Avenue Orchid & Garden or Garden Supply Co

4/28/2010 10:09:08 PM

started my compost pile 3 days ago!

4/29/2010 12:09:30 AM

started my compost pile 3 days ago!

4/29/2010 12:10:03 AM

Scraped the garden one last time today. (and let me tell you, that was a BITCH) The GF is mounding the rows today while I am at work, and we are planting tomorrow. While she is planting I will finish up the fence.

IT OFFICIALLY BEGINS!

5/1/2010 3:01:50 PM

PICS!!! My veggies are doing GREAT and I have flowers now too

5/1/2010 5:24:09 PM

I noticed today that we have a bunch of watermelon plants coming up where we had them last year. We didn't plant any this year, but it's neat that they are coming back.

5/1/2010 5:27:23 PM

volunteers!!

5/1/2010 5:42:39 PM

went to the farmers market this afternoon.

Those plants are looking good nerdchick. what area of the country do you live in?

5/2/2010 4:46:03 PM

BEHOLD!

5/3/2010 10:11:25 AM

wow, nice work dj.

Nice rabbit/deer proofing.

5/3/2010 10:22:06 AM

LOL, yeah. My girlfriend's dad said "What are you trying to keep out, Elephants?"

We were too tired (and sunburned) to plant anything but the onions, potatoes, and garlic. But we are going to plant in the evenings this week.

5/3/2010 10:25:49 AM

my plants are looking forward to today's rain followed by tomorrow's heat and Wednesday's sun!

5/3/2010 10:39:03 AM

WOW dj that plot looks terrific!!! I'm so envious!!!

Thanks Quinn! I live in Charleston, SC. I wish I'd started my seeds sooner, especially the "spring" veggies. I just know they're gonna die soon.
Like Raleigh we had 2 weeks of absolutely gorgeous weather, and now it's hot and muggy. Spring is over!

My tomatoes and squash are doing GREAT!!! every day it looks like they're bigger than before. especially the squash is just growing like CRAZY!

PS remember my strawberry Growin' Bags? they're going crazy with berries!!!

5/3/2010 9:05:29 PM

My lavender looks like it's rotting. I think I've over-watered it and then there's all the humidity we've been having.

5/4/2010 9:06:02 AM

my squash was doing awesome in its container, just growing like crazy. I don't know how tall it is now but probably ~20". It has a bunch of buds and one of them was fully open into a bright yellow/orange flower yesterday before work when I was watering! Then I came home from work and the entire plant wasn't looking too hot and the flower was totally wilted! wtf

5/4/2010 9:08:11 AM

tomato


jalapenos


zucchini


basil, oregano, salad bowl, cilantro


front yard w/ sod, bed extension, and all it's glory

5/4/2010 2:51:01 PM

wow!!! your plants are so big already! I know I should've started my seeds sooner!!

5/4/2010 3:41:33 PM

follow this lovely lettuce from baby to plate! I ate it today and the leaves were a little bitter plain, but with some parmesan cheese, salt, oil & vinegar it made a delicious salad!

5/6/2010 8:15:35 PM

NICE!!!

5/6/2010 8:48:21 PM

those are cute plates

5/6/2010 10:02:29 PM

We got everything planted and the irrigation system I set up is working PERFECT. We have 3 green pepper plants that aren't going to make it. I think we should have left them in the flats a little longer. Fortunately we have 6 more still in the flats. We have the WORST luck with green peppers for some reason.

5/7/2010 8:28:56 AM

bummer. Looks like you'll have an abundance of other stuff still though. djeternal fresh market ITT

5/7/2010 9:06:55 AM

LOL

Well we were smart this year and bought double what we did last year. Kept half in flats and planted the other half. So if anything dies, we have backups ready to go.

5/7/2010 11:22:14 AM

I'm HORRIBLE.
I just got my cukes in the ground yesterday (well, all except the ones I decided I wasn't going to bother with. If anyone wants them, and two broccoli plants that aren't doing so hot, or some basil, and maybe some sage, let me know.)

I'm really glad I didn't put my plants in the ground before we left for vacation, but really sad that I missed out on being able to put them in when we should have (which would have been while we were gone).

Then I was sick last week, and didn't get anything planted

So I'm doing all this work in hopes that Z or elise will do the easy part of what I'd be doing if I were going to be here this summer (namely, eating and drying). I just can't stop taking care of these plants. I'm also hoping that, because Z LOVES pickles so much, that he'll feel up to attempting to putting these cukes to good use

5/8/2010 11:13:24 AM

My Garden list:

3 Tomatoes
2 Grape Tomatoes
2 Bell Pepper
2 Mexibell Pepper
2 Chilli Pepper
2 Borage plants

3 Sunflowers
11 garlic

Herb Garden: Multiple locations.
Large Leaf Sorrel
Thai Basil
Italian Basil
Calendula
Summer savory
Roman Chamomile
Agastache
Thyme
ST. JOHNSWORT
Cilantro
Garlic chives
Parsley
Lemon Balm
Oregano
Stevia
Fernleaf Dill
Sage
Rosemary
Lavender
Heather


And I'm probably leaving something out...

5/9/2010 11:11:45 PM

Here are some pics I just took while I was watering:

Here is the Romaine Lettuce. I like the one taken through the water spray!




A few of the GARDENDOME!!!!!!!








And finally, a little lizard that hangs out by the hoses. We have tons of these little guys that hang around the house, but I think he's cool because he lost his tail.



[Edited on May 10, 2010 at 5:16 PM. Reason : tags]

5/10/2010 5:15:48 PM

coffee grounds + tomato plants

yes or no?



also, how much longer after flowers should I expect fruit?

5/12/2010 8:52:50 AM

Do I need to be "pollinating" our squash plants at all or something? I was reading online and this site was saying that any flowering vegetable plant needs to be "hand-pollinated" if you are growing it in a pot. I had never heard of that before, but I am also a n00b gardener. We just have our squash in 12" containers outside and are watering, fertilized, and are letting them do their thing.

5/12/2010 8:59:34 AM

^I read that too, but I also read that squash is a resilient vegetable that you can let do its own thing aside from making sure it has enough water (no need to fertilize or pollinate). The only veggie, that I was attempting this year, in my research that suggested across the board to hand pollinate if growing in pots was cucumbers. But take my advice w/ a grain of salt...I'm pretty new with this whole thing.

I was coming in here to post that I've got 3 flowers on my zucchini squash right now, and about 7 flowers on my tomato plant and two starting to fruit

Lost a jalapeno plant, but it was one of the smaller ones that I didn't think would make it anyway. The others' were too strong and I figured they'd overpower its root system.

5/12/2010 10:36:13 AM

holla djeternal with that bad-A garden of yours!

My roomie planted a herb garden that is awesome, now I just gotta take pics.

5/12/2010 10:46:35 AM

The tomatoes are doing great so far, as are some of the peppers, squash, and cucumbers. Already have had several casualties though, but they were really small when we planted them so that is to be expected.

Now I'm just concerned because we are going out of town for a week next week and our neighbor is going to be watering them. Hopefully she doesn't over/under water. Best case scenario would be if it rained all damn week, lol

5/12/2010 11:00:16 AM

My tomato plants are I don't think my yard gets enough sun for em.

5/12/2010 11:05:03 AM

I didn't hand pollinate my squash or zuchinni last year and they turned out fine.

5/12/2010 4:48:51 PM

Does anybody have any good suggestions for flowers/plants that don't need a lot of light? My flowers keep dying cause my office window doesn't get direct sunlight at all...

5/13/2010 11:56:41 AM

^inside or outside plants?

5/13/2010 4:04:16 PM

yes!!

philodendron looks pretty and can grow with no natural light at all (I had it in my office with no windows)

5/13/2010 4:21:10 PM

Garden pics1:


The empty-ish looking half on the left is corn and string beans. The maters are looking good, though


Hops are hopping


Rhubarb is rhubarbing


I've got a bunch of maters already.


Something is eating the cucumber plants. Fence is going up this weekend.


more maters


more maters

5/13/2010 9:15:48 PM

sweet, thanks

oh and G.O.D., it's an inside plant

5/14/2010 8:08:50 AM

What garden center around here has ladybugs? I've got an aphid problem

5/14/2010 10:59:23 AM

Finally have our first baby tomato of the season (on one of the sungolds) and the others are flowering. Red bell and golden cayenne peppers are starting to set fruit too. And we have a volunteer tomato that I'm kind of excited about--since we didn't seed them and grew in pots on the deck last year, the only way it could have sprung up is if it came from a tomato that fell off the plant or got tossed off the side of the deck due to bird/bug damage, decomposed in the grass, and somehow survived our tilling up of that patch of earth to create the garden. Resilient little guy--I'm hoping it's going to be a grape tomato as that plant was very productive.

Still no flowers whatsoever on our container strawberry, though it seems to be producing leaves vigorously and looks generally healthy. Is there anything I can do to kick-start that guy into production? I was hoping for at least a few fresh strawberries...

5/14/2010 2:43:16 PM

I won't even mention how lazy I've been in my gardening pursuits this spring- I still have my winter gardens in
between getting accepted to nursing school, moving the bike co-op, and raising baby chicks.

Luckily, though, I thought to seed out my summer stuff back in early March, so everything is ready to go.
I just need to get motivated, re-dress the soil, and plant.

Can't wait for the chicken manure I'll have later this summer after it ages- it's going to be awesome for
the garden!

I'm also going to put in a 4th bed on the side of the house, for asparagus for next year, and melon,
if these are compatible.

5/14/2010 5:16:38 PM

question about container gardening and soil compaction

I know it's inevitable that the soil is going to settle, but does this seem really low to anybody else?

should I add more soil to get it back toward the top of the pot or just leave it along?

5/14/2010 6:20:30 PM

^ As long as your plants aren't falling over and the roots aren't exposed, those look fine for now. You could add a few more inches when they get bigger.

5/15/2010 11:34:42 AM