85% were i live is an old home place there was some little running roses here when my dad bought this place the flower gets about big as a golf ball yhey are so pretty the color is pinkish red then i have a regular rose garden
Everything seems to be a bit early this year.. I am in southern Ontario.. and came back from Florida to find everything in bloom at once.. it is usually not until after the forsynthia is finished, that the apples cherry trees and crab apples come into bloom.. and then usually around mother's day the lilacs.. but they have been in bloom for at least a week now..
i love the garden i have about 2 acres of garden my english peas are gone warm weather got them my brocali is heading now tomatoes are blooming i have little cucumbers and little snap beans i use a lot of chicken and rabbit manures wow that makes things grow cotton seed meal is good stuff too need to plant my pink eyed butter beans in the next week or two water melons are starting to put on runners my oinons are big as base balls i use bone meal for my onions that make big roots i will dig my multiplying onions full moon in may to dry for this september maybe i can learn some new tricks glad i found ya'll
Some of you have shared tips on how to avoid weeds, (like plastic sheeting to grow through), but I'm sure there are many tips on how to cut back the work load..
One is timing, early bird n'all..
Another is to get help.
I dont have any keen gardeners around me, so I use people of the local L.E.T.S scheme,
My ground has been tilled 3 times so it is ready to plant. Today I am going to plant radishes, onions, green beans, carrots, sugar snap peas, basil and chives. I have seed potatoes and zucchini as well to be planted buy don't know if I'll get in all in the ground today. I am hoping that we have had our last frost.
Oh really, that works? Well I have an enormous pine tree out the back, and I have to shovel the damned needles away, as they are everywhere.. heaps and mounds of it..
So I'll try that when I restart that Heather area. Thanks!
Thanks GT, excellent idea. There is a guy in a nearby town with a back hoe and I could get him to turn the earth over with another 1 or 2 guys picking out the weeds.
I always get so excited when spring comes around again and I can get in the garden, preparing beds, getting the seeds in trays etc. My worst mistake is to get too excited and plant seedlings early and then the frost goes and kills them off. Hopefully this year I've held myself back and all my little veg and flower seedlings are still snug inside the greenhouses. Hopefully I'll have the usual potatoes, tomatoes, courgettes,cucumbers,onions,peas,cabbages,radishes, green leafy salad things,some berries and fruits.Not to mention lots of flowers too. I find so much peace and calm in my garden.
There is a old saying, the ansure lies in the soil. You have to say this in a west country acksent. Lots of hummas heeps, leaf mould grass cuttings, anything you can get hold of. Big compost heep to recycle everything, if this is possible.
On thing peeps could try. I you can get grow bags. Just cut 3 crosses in the bag, then plant your toms in the bag. maybe some lettice as well. You will need water drainage hole. Then you use the bage for other things. Then you dig it in the soil after a year or so.
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RE: Hoping to grow good veggies this year
I am growing brussel sprouts. I like brussel sprout with buttersauce.
RE: My lilac is blooming!
85% were i live is an old home place there was some little running roses here when my dad bought this place the flower gets about big as a golf ball yhey are so pretty the color is pinkish red then i have a regular rose gardenMy lilac is blooming!
that should have spelled: temps as in temperatures oppsMy lilac is blooming!
Your roses are already bloomng? What are the daytime teps where you are right now?RE: My lilac is blooming!
roses is about all the flowers i do and they bloom from spring to fallRE: My lilac is blooming!
Everything seems to be a bit early this year.. I am in southern Ontario.. and came back from Florida to find everything in bloom at once.. it is usually not until after the forsynthia is finished, that the apples cherry trees and crab apples come into bloom.. and then usually around mother's day the lilacs.. but they have been in bloom for at least a week now..The lilacs are my favorites..
moon sign
do you go by the moon sign to plant or dig root crops?RE: just found ya'll
Hi there! Step right in!Sounds like a wonderful garden you have there, I am looking forward to learning about what you do.
just found ya'll
i love the garden i have about 2 acres of garden my english peas are gone warm weather got them my brocali is heading now tomatoes are blooming i have little cucumbers and little snap beans i use a lot of chicken and rabbit manures wow that makes things grow cotton seed meal is good stuff too need to plant my pink eyed butter beans in the next week or two water melons are starting to put on runners my oinons are big as base balls i use bone meal for my onions that make big roots i will dig my multiplying onions full moon in may to dry for this september maybe i can learn some new tricks glad i found ya'llRE: Project: Reclaiming That Jungle!
Aaah, I envy you all these fruit trees! Yumm!Project: Reclaiming That Jungle!
Here's a pic of my cornel cherry tree or bush. This is from last autumn.My lilac is blooming!
My lilac and other bushes are blooming at the moment, and it is a delicious treat for the eye and nose to sit in the garden ..What is blooming where you are right now?
Weeding weeding weeding
Some of you have shared tips on how to avoid weeds, (like plastic sheeting to grow through), but I'm sure there are many tips on how to cut back the work load..One is timing, early bird n'all..
Another is to get help.
I dont have any keen gardeners around me, so I use people of the local L.E.T.S scheme,
which is great. I always have an extra pair of hands when I need them..
What kind of helpers or tips can you report?
Hoping to grow good veggies this year
Yay!!RE: Hoping to grow good veggies this year
My ground has been tilled 3 times so it is ready to plant. Today I am going to plant radishes, onions, green beans, carrots, sugar snap peas, basil and chives. I have seed potatoes and zucchini as well to be planted buy don't know if I'll get in all in the ground today. I am hoping that we have had our last frost.Shirley
RE: What kind of soil do you have?
hi its ossietoo thats good advice from sundance4u i must trie to remember these tips i can learn a lot from listeningRE: Monsanto seed banned in Germany
i agree with gp.cause many people are hungry near die.
this people need some food for live.
i think we must use electricity or hibrid cars
not biocars
Monsanto seed banned in Germany
What are your thoughts about this?
RE: Project: Reclaiming That Jungle!
Yeah I would. It was such a relief when it was finally DONE! (I remember dreaming about picking roots out of soil... ...)And driving those excavators is actually a lot of fun! All these levers and directions..- great exercise for the old brain cells..!
Let us know how you are progressing!
What kind of soil do you have?
Oh really, that works? Well I have an enormous pine tree out the back, and I have to shovel the damned needles away, as they are everywhere.. heaps and mounds of it..So I'll try that when I restart that Heather area. Thanks!
RE: What kind of soil do you have?
Hey Smoky!Project: Reclaiming That Jungle!
Thanks GT, excellent idea. There is a guy in a nearby town with a back hoe and I could get him to turn the earth over with another 1 or 2 guys picking out the weeds.RE: Hoping to grow good veggies this year
I always get so excited when spring comes around again and I can get in the garden, preparing beds, getting the seeds in trays etc.My worst mistake is to get too excited and plant seedlings early and then the frost goes and kills them off.
Hopefully this year I've held myself back and all my little veg and flower seedlings are still snug inside the greenhouses.
Hopefully I'll have the usual potatoes, tomatoes, courgettes,cucumbers,onions,peas,cabbages,radishes, green leafy salad things,some berries and fruits.Not to mention lots of flowers too.
I find so much peace and calm in my garden.
RE: Hoping to grow good veggies this year
There is a old saying, the ansure lies in the soil. You have to say this in a west country acksent. Lots of hummas heeps, leaf mould grass cuttings, anything you can get hold of. Big compost heep to recycle everything, if this is possible.RE: Hoping to grow good veggies this year
On thing peeps could try.I you can get grow bags. Just cut 3 crosses in the bag, then
plant your toms in the bag. maybe some lettice as well.
You will need water drainage hole. Then you use the bage for other things. Then you dig it in the soil after a year or so.
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