 Re: OK who doesn't practice what they preach?
[Re: Katie Finlay ]
#286034 - 07/19/2010 09:25 PM |
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I want a garden but only have room for one plant, which right now is chamomile (and some cactus, cause I love cactus).
I would love a container with a couple of tomato plants. I have plenty of room, but so far not enough get-up-and-go. 
Tomatoes are just so wonderful when they're "real." (And this is from someone living right in the nation's salad bowl, as far as agriculture goes.)
Oh, and a basil plant, too.
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Re: OK who doesn't practice what they preach?
[Re: Katie Finlay ]
#286035 - 07/19/2010 09:34 PM |
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Yeah, part of the reason why this is my favorite webboard Barbara. So many knowledgeable people.
I would love my own eggs! I want a garden but only have room for one plant, which right now is chamomile (and some cactus, cause I love cactus).
Having our own eggs IS very neat, I admit. However, if I ever pause long enough to figure out what the coop cost (It is named "The Alaskan Cruise" if that gives you any idea...) and how much we put into feed, bedding, etc... I'd probably make myself sick. On the waaaay plus side is we've started letting one group free range for about 1.5 hours at night, and are throughly enjoying sitting outside with an adult beverage watching these funny creatures do what they are intended to do. They are amazingly therapeutic to watch. Tonight I took out some almost too old bread and fed them, and the big rooster (aka Horn Dog :blush  ate so very, very gently out of my hand. The hens would practically take your fingers off grabbing the food, but the roo just calmly and politely took the bread. Very cool. Sometimes it is the simple pleasures in life which make it all worth while, isn't it?
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Re: OK who doesn't practice what they preach?
[Re: Connie Sutherland ]
#286036 - 07/19/2010 09:36 PM |
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Me too!! I was always afraid the dog would eat the tomatoes though. I want to grow zucchini and strawberries too. Actually, I'd really love to have a farm. Complete with sheep that Conan herd
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Re: OK who doesn't practice what they preach?
[Re: Connie Sutherland ]
#286044 - 07/19/2010 09:58 PM |
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I want a garden but only have room for one plant, which right now is chamomile (and some cactus, cause I love cactus).
I would love a container with a couple of tomato plants. I have plenty of room, but so far not enough get-up-and-go.
Tomatoes are just so wonderful when they're "real." (And this is from someone living right in the nation's salad bowl, as far as agriculture goes.)
Oh, and a basil plant, too.
You would not believe how much you can get from a small space. At the beginning of the growing season this year I decided to try something new with my lettuce since it's running crazy expensive in the stores. So I got a 99 cent nursery tray (with holes in the bottom) and two 20 cent packets of leaf lettuce and put cedar grove potting soil in it. Sprinkle in the lettuce seed pat and water.
I have more lettuce than I know what to do with now. At least this grew more than two omnivores eat regularly.
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Re: OK who doesn't practice what they preach?
[Re: Melissa Thom ]
#286045 - 07/19/2010 09:59 PM |
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Our first planting in our newly constructed raised bed was demolished by a freak windstorm.
We're still waiting to see how round two goes. The tomatoes and red onions are looking promising.
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Re: OK who doesn't practice what they preach?
[Re: Melissa Thom ]
#286047 - 07/19/2010 10:02 PM |
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I also grew lettuce this year for the first time and was so thrilled with the results! We used an exisitng raised planter and grew Red Ruffles, romaine, and Butter Crisp. They werr all delicious! It is too hot here now for lettuces, and I sure miss walking out at dinner time and harvesting my own greens! I also tried cabbage which was not nearly as successful, but I have ended up with a beautiful pumpkin volunteer with a gorgeous 12" pumpkin and a few more coming on the vine!
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Re: OK who doesn't practice what they preach?
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#286048 - 07/19/2010 10:04 PM |
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Our first planting in our newly constructed raised bed was demolished by a freak windstorm.
We're still waiting to see how round two goes. The tomatoes and red onions are looking promising.
It's been a lousy... horrid year for growing in Washington. I'm actually planning to till under my entire squash patch. Dump some steer manure and cover it until next year, there's just not enough time to salvage it this year. Even my zuchinni stunted. I might try growing that over again though. They tend to go nuts when they are given the opportunity.
Amazingly my tomatoes and peppers both look promising. They've taken off in the last month.
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Re: OK who doesn't practice what they preach?
[Re: Melissa Thom ]
#286050 - 07/19/2010 10:09 PM |
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Has anyone read Square foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew? It is a great place to start if your space is limited, or even if it isn't, really.
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Re: OK who doesn't practice what they preach?
[Re: Melissa Thom ]
#286051 - 07/19/2010 10:10 PM |
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Our first planting in our newly constructed raised bed was demolished by a freak windstorm.
We're still waiting to see how round two goes. The tomatoes and red onions are looking promising.
It's been a lousy... horrid year for growing in Washington. I'm actually planning to till under my entire squash patch. Dump some steer manure and cover it until next year, there's just not enough time to salvage it this year. Even my zuchinni stunted. I might try growing that over again though. They tend to go nuts when they are given the opportunity.
Amazingly my tomatoes and peppers both look promising. They've taken off in the last month.
Could you do some of the herbs in bad seasons? Or maybe the cruciferous vegs? Not that I know anything about gardening, but aren't they coolness-tolerant?
Too bad about the zucchini. El cheapo summer squashes are among my very favorite produce for dogs (and celery-top leaves). Zucchini guts are so soft and cellulose-light that I don't even do anything to them but throw 'em in the dish. When they're really really young, I don't even peel them.
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Re: OK who doesn't practice what they preach?
[Re: Melissa Thom ]
#286052 - 07/19/2010 10:10 PM |
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Our first planting in our newly constructed raised bed was demolished by a freak windstorm.
We're still waiting to see how round two goes. The tomatoes and red onions are looking promising.
It's been a lousy... horrid year for growing in Washington. I'm actually planning to till under my entire squash patch. Dump some steer manure and cover it until next year, there's just not enough time to salvage it this year. Even my zuchinni stunted. I might try growing that over again though. They tend to go nuts when they are given the opportunity.
Amazingly my tomatoes and peppers both look promising. They've taken off in the last month.
Its just been awful!
Wind, followed by freak heat waves that scorch the bejesus out of everything.
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