The Gardening Thread.

**Scarecrow2.0** · 03-06-2011, 02:31 PM

I thought it might not be a bad idea to have a thread for gardening. I know many people here like to grow their own vegetables and with spring right around the corner it would be nice to hear everyone's tips and tricks for growing the biggest and tastiest vegetables. of course flowers can be included as well.

so what do you grow yourself? what do you know that others could benefit from? who knows... knowing how to grow your own food could save your life some day.

on march 1st I planted some tomato seeds. all 4 pots already sprouted as of this morning. last year I kind of got a late start so I did not get nearly as many tomatoes as I wanted. so this year I probably started too early. but oh well. they will stay inside until it gets warm enough outside anyway. I also want to plant some habanero peppers which I have never tried before.

living in an apartment limits the number of plants I can grow but some are better than none. not to mention that home grown vegetables are so much more tasty than store bought.

so not really being an expert on gardening I am ready to learn from everyone else's experience!

**Blammer** · 03-06-2011, 04:23 PM

Is BASIL

= nothing like fresh PESTO!

**Nes** · 03-06-2011, 04:29 PM

Getting mine figured out. Plan on growing alot of things this year. Shopping for A tiller and some large pots.

**Barbwire** · 03-06-2011, 06:00 PM

http://www.josho.com/gardening.htm

This really works.

**Conservative Wife & Mom** · 03-06-2011, 07:50 PM

I add Osmocote plant food everytime I plant anything...flowers, shrubbery, trees and/or vegetables. I call it "magic pellets" and that kinda speaks for itself!

**MoJo** · 03-07-2011, 06:25 AM

Lot of well aged manure from the barn goes into the gardens. I dont use any chemical fertilizers. they deplete and do nothing to actually build good healthy soil.
Tomatoes, 5 different kinds, peppers, 3 different kinds, cucumbers, melons, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, potatoes, about 8 different kinds of lettuce, spinach, soup beans, chives (always there) and lots of other herbs, carrots, beets, squash, greens, blackberries (always there), okra.... did I miss anything? anyone who wants to volunteer to help can reap the rewards at harvest!!!!

**Conservative Wife & Mom** · 03-07-2011, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoJo

Lot of well aged manure from the barn goes into the gardens. I dont use any chemical fertilizers. they deplete and do nothing to actually build good healthy soil.
Tomatoes, 5 different kinds, peppers, 3 different kinds, cucumbers, melons, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, potatoes, about 8 different kinds of lettuce, spinach, soup beans, chives (always there) and lots of other herbs, carrots, beets, squash, greens, blackberries (always there), okra.... did I miss anything? anyone who wants to volunteer to help can reap the rewards at harvest!!!!

Mojo, I would love to volunteer to help, but that would be quite a commute, from Virginia.

**KathleenElsie** · 03-07-2011, 08:53 AM

we hope to till the "dung" into the garden in the next few weeks. The blueberries get the our rabbit's leavings. The other I hope to get from a local farmer.

**MoJo** · 03-07-2011, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Conservative Wife & Mom

Mojo, I would love to volunteer to help, but that would be quite a commute, from Virginia.

You'd be one of the new *migrant workers*

**Conservative Wife & Mom** · 03-07-2011, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by MoJo

You'd be one of the new *migrant workers*

-- will work for food!

**Scarecrow2.0** · 03-07-2011, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoJo

Lot of well aged manure from the barn goes into the gardens. I dont use any chemical fertilizers. they deplete and do nothing to actually build good healthy soil.
Tomatoes, 5 different kinds, peppers, 3 different kinds, cucumbers, melons, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, potatoes, about 8 different kinds of lettuce, spinach, soup beans, chives (always there) and lots of other herbs, carrots, beets, squash, greens, blackberries (always there), okra.... did I miss anything? anyone who wants to volunteer to help can reap the rewards at harvest!!!!

now that sounds like some work. I would not mind helping out at all. especially because at the end you get a whole lot of fresh veges!
Mojo. my good friend is coming to visit from russia soon and he said he wants to travel a bit. so we'll be down next month to work the land. lol

I am a huge tomato and pepper fan. what kinds do you grow?

**MoJo** · 03-07-2011, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Scarecrow2.0

now that sounds like some work. I would not mind helping out at all. especially because at the end you get a whole lot of fresh veges!
Mojo. my good friend is coming to visit from russia soon and he said he wants to travel a bit. so we'll be down next month to work the land. lol

I am a huge tomato and pepper fan. what kinds do you grow?

Hey.....let me know when you plan on being here, I need to get the out-house painted. I'll need to give the wolfhounds a bath too so they're ready to receive their countryman! LOL
I plant several tomatoes, Russian, Amish and some others I've picked up from a few different heirloom sites, and the peppers are all sweet type as I cant handle the hot ones! But I try to shake it up a bit with some Italian types and some mexicans.

**Scarecrow2.0** · 03-07-2011, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MoJo

Hey.....let me know when you plan on being here, I need to get the out-house painted. I'll need to give the wolfhounds a bath too so they're ready to receive their countryman! LOL
I plant several tomatoes, Russian, Amish and some others I've picked up from a few different heirloom sites, and the peppers are all sweet type as I cant handle the hot ones! But I try to shake it up a bit with some Italian types and some mexicans.

nice. I've loved tomatoes all my life. they're one of the best things on earth in my opinion. I just got into eating bell peppers about 5 or 6 years ago. I never liked them before that, but everytime I tried them they were cooked. so after eating them fresh and raw I decided they are good for me too

I also got into eating raw hot peppers last year after reading about lots of health benifits that they provide. I mean I liked spicy foods pretty much my whole life but after eating a sandwich with butter and grated habanero pepper.... now that's hot...
I just picked up some fresh habaneros today. I cut one open and pulled the seeds and put them on a plate to dry them for a week and I will try growing my own. I could only find the red habanero seeds being sold in stores around here but I wanted the orange one's which is why I decided to just dry some out and plant them next week. after pulling the seeds out of course i had to take a nice bite of it... and my mouth is still burning a little

good stuff.

**Nes** · 03-16-2011, 09:48 AM

Got my tiller put together and tested out. Mowing my yard with my 20 inch mulching push mower today. Boy am I out of shape.

**KathleenElsie** · 03-16-2011, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Nes

Got my tiller put together and tested out. Mowing my yard with my 20 inch mulching push mower today. Boy am I out of shape.

Not quite at that point yet. LOL we can still get snow. Did turn on the pump is the koi pond and have started to pick up the downed limbs from the area we will mow.

**MoJo** · 03-16-2011, 11:16 AM

I keep hoping the ground is dried enough that I can get the tiller in and get my lettuce and spinach in the ground.
Then the tractor and disc and head to the big garden to prep for taters etc. I'm getting ANTSY!!!!!

**KathleenElsie** · 03-16-2011, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoJo

I keep hoping the ground is dried enough that I can get the tiller in and get my lettuce and spinach in the ground.
Then the tractor and disc and head to the big garden to prep for taters etc. I'm getting ANTSY!!!!!

Know what you mean. Cold frames for the early salad veggies work. But the big tillers just gunk up in the soil right now.

**MoJo** · 03-16-2011, 12:22 PM

ahhhhhhhhhh sunshine. I just came in from putting supers on 3 hives. I have a feeling this is going to be a great year for honey harvest!!!

**KathleenElsie** · 03-16-2011, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MoJo

ahhhhhhhhhh sunshine. I just came in from putting supers on 3 hives. I have a feeling this is going to be a great year for honey harvest!!!

is it right to be envious

**MoJo** · 03-17-2011, 04:59 PM

What a day. 72 degrees, tons of sun and a light breeze. Got into the garden with the tiller, ground was very work-able. Took another load of manure to the big garden, disced it in.
Got into the green house and got the seeds all started. Laid out the direct sow seed.
Transplanted 9 blackberry bushes................
Spring has sprung and I'm lovin' it!!!

03-06-2011, 02:31 PM	#1
Scarecrow2.0 Join Date: August 5 2010 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 5,212	The Gardening Thread. I thought it might not be a bad idea to have a thread for gardening. I know many people here like to grow their own vegetables and with spring right around the corner it would be nice to hear everyone's tips and tricks for growing the biggest and tastiest vegetables. of course flowers can be included as well. so what do you grow yourself? what do you know that others could benefit from? who knows... knowing how to grow your own food could save your life some day. on march 1st I planted some tomato seeds. all 4 pots already sprouted as of this morning. last year I kind of got a late start so I did not get nearly as many tomatoes as I wanted. so this year I probably started too early. but oh well. they will stay inside until it gets warm enough outside anyway. I also want to plant some habanero peppers which I have never tried before. living in an apartment limits the number of plants I can grow but some are better than none. not to mention that home grown vegetables are so much more tasty than store bought. so not really being an expert on gardening I am ready to learn from everyone else's experience! You can have my freedom as soon as I'm done with it!!! http://www.princesilverseeds.com

03-06-2011, 04:23 PM	#2
Blammer Join Date: March 18 2002 Location: Toad Hall Posts: 15,787	Only thing I've bothered with sofar........ Is BASIL = nothing like fresh PESTO! "One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain." - Thomas Sowell NEVER Trust a Liberal, a Progressive, or a SMILING DOG! "I do NOT rule Russia! - TEN THOUSAND CLERKS Rule Russia!" = Czar Peter the Great

03-06-2011, 04:29 PM	#3
Nes Join Date: July 21 2001 Location: N. W. Okla Posts: 35,246	Getting mine figured out. Plan on growing alot of things this year. Shopping for A tiller and some large pots. Proud American. Proud Okie NEVER FORGET All Fisherman Are Liars Except You And I And Sometimes I Wonder About You. ..............

03-06-2011, 06:00 PM	#4
Barbwire Join Date: September 11 2009 Posts: 4,303	http://www.josho.com/gardening.htm This really works. "If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel !" -- Benjamin Netanyahu http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/ Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway. ~John Wayne God does not promise tomorrow He does promise eternity!! Where is up to you, Choose wisely!!!!!!!

03-06-2011, 07:50 PM	#5
Conservative Wife & Mom Join Date: August 2 2010 Location: In the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave! Posts: 2,453	I add Osmocote plant food everytime I plant anything...flowers, shrubbery, trees and/or vegetables. I call it "magic pellets" and that kinda speaks for itself! I'm a Conservative Christian-American with dual citizenship...the Kingdom of God is my 1st home and the U.S.A. is my 2nd. Proud Member of: Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), Jews for the Preservation of Firearm Ownership (JPFO) and GOA. "If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." ~~ Ronald Reagan "They who would give up essential liberties to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~~ Benjamin Franklin "One of the sad signs of our times is that we have diminished those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain." ~~ Daniel Noe, Western Center for Journalism

03-07-2011, 06:25 AM	#6
MoJo Join Date: August 3 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,119	Lot of well aged manure from the barn goes into the gardens. I dont use any chemical fertilizers. they deplete and do nothing to actually build good healthy soil. Tomatoes, 5 different kinds, peppers, 3 different kinds, cucumbers, melons, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, potatoes, about 8 different kinds of lettuce, spinach, soup beans, chives (always there) and lots of other herbs, carrots, beets, squash, greens, blackberries (always there), okra.... did I miss anything? anyone who wants to volunteer to help can reap the rewards at harvest!!!! I am that I am.......

03-07-2011, 08:53 AM	#8
KathleenElsie Join Date: March 28 2009 Location: South Western Pennsylvania Posts: 21,347	we hope to till the "dung" into the garden in the next few weeks. The blueberries get the our rabbit's leavings. The other I hope to get from a local farmer.

03-16-2011, 09:48 AM	#14
Nes Join Date: July 21 2001 Location: N. W. Okla Posts: 35,246	Got my tiller put together and tested out. Mowing my yard with my 20 inch mulching push mower today. Boy am I out of shape. Proud American. Proud Okie NEVER FORGET All Fisherman Are Liars Except You And I And Sometimes I Wonder About You. ..............

03-16-2011, 11:16 AM	#16
MoJo Join Date: August 3 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,119	I keep hoping the ground is dried enough that I can get the tiller in and get my lettuce and spinach in the ground. Then the tractor and disc and head to the big garden to prep for taters etc. I'm getting ANTSY!!!!! I am that I am.......

03-16-2011, 12:22 PM	#18
MoJo Join Date: August 3 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,119	ahhhhhhhhhh sunshine. I just came in from putting supers on 3 hives. I have a feeling this is going to be a great year for honey harvest!!! I am that I am.......

03-17-2011, 04:59 PM	#20
MoJo Join Date: August 3 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,119	What a day. 72 degrees, tons of sun and a light breeze. Got into the garden with the tiller, ground was very work-able. Took another load of manure to the big garden, disced it in. Got into the green house and got the seeds all started. Laid out the direct sow seed. Transplanted 9 blackberry bushes................ Spring has sprung and I'm lovin' it!!! I am that I am.......

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