Mr. Angie and I are putting in a raised bed veggie garden for the first time. About half our seedlings are now in (and enduring a nasty heatwave this weekend). Will edit with a pic soon!
For the first time in at least a decade, I don't have a garden. I'm letting it lie fallow for now because the drought is so bad. Less than an inch of rain (2.3cm) in the last eight months. So I'm sadly forgoing the garden this year. I might get inspired to try something later in the season if we get monsoons, but it's all I can do to keep my perennials alive right now. We don't even have weeds growing.
Angie, your garden sounds lovely. I really enjoy gardening in raised beds. Please keep us updated. I can garden vicariously.
Mushrooms and peppers and dog poo, oh my! I just have flowers, will have pics later. And one tomato plant that grew wild, under my patio seat
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I don't have much space but in the conservatory (or sun porch if you prefer) I have a couple of tomato plants ( pretty much coming to their end now), several varieties of chillies and pepper, plus basil and oregano.
Outside I had overwintered peas, early potatoes which are now all finished and eaten as were radishes and spring greens, more tomato plants, spring onions aka scallions, carrots, climbing runner and dwarf French beans. Most of it is in containers as the soil's rubbish thick clay which is either ankle deep mud or like concrete.
I only started growing about 4 years ago when I stopped working full time, and have never learned gardening "theory", just had some good success by winging it. You definitely can tell the difference between fresh home grown and supermarket "fresh".
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Sounds like a nice garden, KM. I've done very scaled back gardens the last two years because we've been in such a bad drought. I used to try a couple of new crops each year. This year I'm trying winter and summer savory and rhubarb. They're doing well. My peas failed. It was too hot for them. So I just have a few tomato plants, basil and other annual herbs. I'm buying everything else at the farmer's market.
Sounds like a nice garden, KM. I've done very scaled back gardens the last two years because we've been in such a bad drought. I used to try a couple of new crops each year. This year I'm trying winter and summer savory and rhubarb. They're doing well. My peas failed. It was too hot for them. So I just have a few tomato plants, basil and other annual herbs. I'm buying everything else at the farmer's market.
Well we are both at the mercy of the weather but for different reasons! My tomatoes were quite early this year even though I started them later and it looks like they'll be finished before the end of August because June was very good for them. Sometimes they go on into October but they stay green and will never ripen by then.
This weekend we might have a windstorm and it could knock all the flowers off my bean plants, though I have got plenty of pods off them already - just as well.
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She knows which end to use
"You can shit later, there's people coming!"
And we ask the stranger not to kill us in our beds tonight for no damn reason at all
My first garden here went pretty well. My backyard didn't get enough light, but all my veggies and herbs did pretty well anyway. Especially the jalapenos. I put in about six pepper plants and was giving bags of the things away. And then my neighbor put in a two-story addition. I really did my best until about three years ago I said "fuck it" and tilled the whole thing up.
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As soon as those cameras are off I am going to fuck that little dog.
Not my garden, but one of our unique garden pests. This is a Child of the Earth, which is the Native American name for these critters. As you can see, it's about the size of my thumb, but pretty harmless. This one drowned trying to get a drink, so he went into the chicken treat bowl. The drought's tough on everybody.
Rhaegar, despite wounding Robert, was struck down with a massive blow from Robert's warhammer, which scattered the rubies encrusted in Rhaegar's armor under the water. Rhaegar died with Lyanna Stark's name on his lips.
That back yard has the potential to be a paradise (and I'm not just referring to the gorgeous bird of paradise I see). It looks like you can put some nice plants in the grass area above the retaining wall, the raised beds will be awesome, you have a patio for cooking out (saw the grill), plus the area between the patio and the retaining wall could be used for anything. Also, I love how high the fencing looks in most areas. Maybe think about putting a wisteria in for eve more privacy, and some beautiful flowers when its in bloom.
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It's definitely a meditation kind of thing for me, Donal. Like your grandfather, my mother had quite the green thumb, and as a little girl I used to help her out in the gardens. While it wasn't any kind of conscious decision, at some point I realized one of the reasons I like to (what I call) "play in dirt" so much is because it makes me feel connected to her. There are so many times I'll see something blooming, or plant something I find particularly beautiful, and think, "mama would have loved this." I wouldn't go so far as to say I've inherited her green thumb, as hers was very, very green. I do like to think, however, mine has at least a bit of a greenish hue. :)
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The first thing you have to do is figure out how much light you get where, and the quality of the soil (although That will help determine what sorts of plants will do well.
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Your yard is beautiful. And my father was the same way, Nym. Maybe getting lost in the garden will give me some peace.
And lovely hawk!
Mine? Thanks! I can't take any credit for those trees, though. One day when the light is right, I'll get some good pictures of the little flower garden I put in out back. That was 100% me, and I'm actually kind of proud of it, although it is still a work in progress. As for getting lost in the garden bringing you peace, I can only speak for myself, but it certainly is good for me. There are times it helps me get out some aggression (like battling ivy, or digging up some random thing), times it, in some ways, allows me to nurture, times it makes me feel, in some strange way, a sense of control...and when something blooms, even though, yeah, that's what plants do, it gives me a sense of accomplishment. That's all in addition to working out there helping me feel my mama's presence, if you will. I also started a "tradition" of planting something for her every Mother's Day. It could be something tiny, but, still, it's for her, and I know if she could see it, it would make her smile.
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I really need to stop saying, "how stupid can you be?" Some people are starting to take it as a personal challenge.
I might get inspired to try something later in the season if we get monsoons, but it's all I can do to keep my perennials alive right now. We don't even have weeds growing.
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And my father was the same way, Nym. Maybe getting lost in the garden will give me some peace.