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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions: 2004 Aug - Oct: Gardening (ARCHIVES): Archive through June 03, 2004 users admin

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Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 5:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, of course! And what better way to de-stress than to sit out on that balcony oasis. Heck, I would post them, and a lot more, too!! Lovely.

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 5:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Don't feel self-conscious we love your pictures! Your green thumb is showing big time! Your flowers and plants are very beautiful Yankee. Please feel free to post more if you wish.

Jagger thank you so much for your help. In answer to your question I used Floridagold Cypress mulch. I will be sure to remember to fertilize with miracle grow. Thanks again and I will post when I see the first veggie. I am so excited I have never had a garden and I can't wait. I planted 5 difference tomatoes, 2 squash, 1 cucumber, banana peppers, hot peppers, bell peppers, basil, flatleaf parsley, curly parsley, and thyme.

ps I don't know the first thing about raising a garden but I want to learn.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 10:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Gorgeous photos, Yankee. Uhhhhhhh, you had sun?

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 10:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Looks great, Yankee!

I'll have pix to post tomorrow--I hope. DH was outside with the camera.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Monday, May 31, 2004 - 5:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How lovely! You have made your deck a little piece of heaven on earth, Yankee.

Lurknomore
Member

07-07-2001

Monday, May 31, 2004 - 10:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yankee, I've meant to tell you I adore your hidden treasure of a garden. And I can relate. When I lived in a high rise in Boston I made my MUCH smaller balcony the most gorgous garden I've ever had with numerous window boxes. I always dreamed of a yard with lots of space, and now that I have one I'm LOST lol.

Yesterday I picked up a few more plants (not what I went looking for but isn't that always they way) and since they are forecasting a week of yet more rain I'm gonna forego shopping today and go do some planting. If everyone could send my poor back some supportive energy I'd appreciate it!

I think I sort of said how I have been working to have a very unique collection of hydrangeas. I fell in love with one, and because it was a bit droopy even talked the manager into a discount! I knew it was unique, but was blown away when I read more about it online. (Here's one link if anyone wants to see it http://www.hydrangeashydrangeas.com/nigra.html ).

I have one other that grows tall and likes partial shade so my ambitious plan du jour is to TRY to cut out a real bed at the end of the driveway and put them in there. There is a sorry looking one there now that has an evergreen on the edge and a mish mosh of early bulbs and that's it. I'm going to try to save some of the bulbs, but we'll see. Wish me luck!

And I'm STILL trying to figure out the perfect spot for my multi-blue Clematis as that must go in soon. I hope I get inspired (and not mosquito bitten to death lol) out there!

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Monday, May 31, 2004 - 6:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmm, DH made some interesting picture choices:

LR2B01
Speckle is trying to figure out what is going on. This is taken in the area that used to be filled with clutter.

LR2B03
We had a friend bless us with about 30 plants, in various conditions, and a lot of empty pots. I still need to go through those plants and deal with them.

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 2:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Great pictures Lk and Yankee, I just love to see what ideas people come up with. Some of those flowers are beautiful. I just wish it would quit raining around here so some of my stuff would start to grow. So far the only thing to bloom is the colimbine.

I spent the weekend building a small greenhouse, never tried it before so I'll see hot good the tomatoes grow with the addition of the sun beating down on them from 3 sides through glass, hopefully I'll get some nice big juicy tomatoes out of the deal.

Kristy you must have a very large garden to grow all the stuff you've got going, some of those things take a lot of room.

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 3:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lkunkel -- nice photos -- WOW that's a lot to work with! Can't wait to see how everything grows...

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 7:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jagger my garden is only 8ft by 4ft. The information I got on the net said to plant squash or cucumbers on the edge and let them fall over the side. I planted 1 cucumber and two squash. The info also said you could plant your plants closer together than in a regular garden. Do you think I planted too much in it?
5 tomatoes
2 squash
1 cucumber
4 bell pepper
2 hot peppers
2 banana peppers
2 parsley
1 thyme
1 basil
4 mexican peppers

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 7:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Okay the garden is 8' by 4'...so that would be 32 1' squares.

The squash, bell peppers and the tomato plants all need 1' each, according to my Square Foot Gardening book. So that is 11', or 11 squares.

The cucumber can be planted 2 to a 1' square, so that's only 6", or a half-square. Running total: 11.5 squares.

The parsley, thyme, and basil can be in 1 one-foot square. Running total: 12.5 squares.

Even if the hot peppers, banana peppers, and Mexican peppers require 1 square each, that is only 8 more squares, for a total of 20.5 squares.

Thus, you have plenty of room left for more planting.

I love SqFtG. I use 12" wide window boxes, and it makes it really easy to figure out.

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 4:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you SO much Lkunkel. That is great information to have on hand. I had no earthly idea how much room to allow. Now I can go out and get some carrots, and raddishes.

ps anyone know what time of year to plant chives. I would love to grow my own.

Thanks again Lkunkel

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 6:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Number of carrots = 16 in a 1' space
Number of radishes = 16 in a 1' space
Number of chives = 9 in a 1' space

I planted my chives in January. Check here for some planting guidance.

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you very much Lkunkel, I am going there right now.

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 5:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm starting to get a little worried, my plants have a slight yellow color to them. They have been in the ground since the saturday before Memorial Day and I have watered them every day. They are not as green as they were when I first planted them.

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 6:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kristy: it could be overwatering, or iron deficiency. Can you take a picture? It would help us help you.

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you Lkunkel. My batteries in my digital camera are dead. I have placed an order for them with my neighbor who works for duracel(sp). I should be getting them in a day or two and I will post as soon as they arrive.

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 7:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was thinking the EXACT same thing -- either overwatering or a mineral deficiency in the topsoil.

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here are a few photos I snapped today. The first is a close-up of my bright orange flowers:

orange

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The second is a close-up of one of my passionflowers on my vine. I had FOUR open today!

I was testing to see how close I could get with my digital camera.

passionflowercloseup

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 7:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
And here's a shot of the vine with 3 of the flowers visible:

passionflowervinejune2

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 6:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Those passion flowers are gorgeous, Yankee. I've not seen them in my neck of the woods so they must not do well in this zone. Vancouver is quite mild, yes?

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 7:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh my goodness Yankee, those are GORGEOUS!

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 8:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, you guys. Yes, Vancouver is quite mild. (My relatives in DC don't believe me when I tell them the winters here are warmer than there -- they think it's Canada so it MUST be cold! :-))

I bought this vine last year. Everything I read said it would only overwinter in climates without a hard freeze -- and even then it would die back to the ground during the winter, but regrow in the spring. Well, my plant withered and lost a few large leaves, but never died down to the ground over the winter. I left it completely alone, to see what it would do. And as you can see, it did just fine! Each flower only stays open for 2 days, but there are tons of buds all over, and lots of new growth, so it should flower through the summer (knock on wood).

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 5:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ok, I think my problem is due to over-watering. I removed most of the mulch to help it along to dry out some. The soil was really really wet. I hope I haven't drowned them. The darn web-site I used for research said to water well each day for a couple of weeks after planting. Is there a book "planting a garden for dummies", cause this dummy needs one. How am I supposed to know how much to water them. If the plants hadn't started to turn yellow I would have bog plants by now!LOL