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Post by trtlcrzy on Jan 14, 2019 23:52:23 GMT -6
I realize we are in the dead of winter but I am so anxious for spring to come and to see my bulbs emerge. Have you guys been planning ahead for this years gardens?
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Post by Dramaphile on Jan 17, 2019 10:03:41 GMT -6
I got my Baker Creek seed catalog and have been making plans for what I want to plant. Need to actually get into my garden and clear out some things, i have't touched it since before the baby was born in october and I'm scared what it looks like.
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Post by Lakes on Jan 23, 2019 16:38:45 GMT -6
I’m trying to decide what I want to do with my small side garden. It only gets morning sun and we’re never on that side of the house so I want it to be low maintenance. Right now there are irises and then...weeds the rest of the season.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Jan 29, 2019 20:41:26 GMT -6
I’m trying to decide what I want to do with my small side garden. It only gets morning sun and we’re never on that side of the house so I want it to be low maintenance. Right now there are irises and then...weeds the rest of the season. How big of an area is it? You could plant a hydrangea or rhododendron if you just want to fill it up. Otherwise hostas, brunnera, and astilbe would be good options.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Jan 29, 2019 20:42:08 GMT -6
I got my Baker Creek seed catalog and have been making plans for what I want to plant. Need to actually get into my garden and clear out some things, i have't touched it since before the baby was born in october and I'm scared what it looks like. I was thinking about maybe seed starting this year. I don’t have any equipment and my house doesn’t get enough light so I’d need grow lights. I’m back and forth on it.
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Post by Lakes on Jan 30, 2019 15:19:51 GMT -6
I’m trying to decide what I want to do with my small side garden. It only gets morning sun and we’re never on that side of the house so I want it to be low maintenance. Right now there are irises and then...weeds the rest of the season. How big of an area is it? You could plant a hydrangea or rhododendron if you just want to fill it up. Otherwise hostas, brunnera, and astilbe would be good options. 3 feet by...20 maybe? I wouldn’t mind a hydrangea. I made a list through Audubon of native plants for birds, bees, and butterflies last year. I’ll have to find it and see what would do well in shadier conditions. I’d love to turn it into a low maintenance native garden.
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Post by Lakes on Jan 30, 2019 15:23:38 GMT -6
I also looooove ferns and am tempted to make a fern garden. There’s one house in my neighborhood and their front and side yard is all different types of ferns and I covet it so hard.
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Post by Pistol on Jan 30, 2019 20:23:42 GMT -6
I really need to figure out what I’m going to do with my front flowerbeds. I want to do mainly stuff that will cary over from year to year but then add in a few pops of color each year too. I did plant an elderberry bush (tree?) last year so I’m hoping it survives winter. I can’t wait for it to pop up and grow. Ignoring the crap in the flower beds, this is what I have to work with. I also want to stain our brick this summer some time.
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Post by Pistol on Jan 30, 2019 20:25:30 GMT -6
I do think we’re skipping vegetables this year though. I hate to but it’s just so hard with the chickens. They kinda ate everything last year. 😂
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Post by trtlcrzy on Jan 30, 2019 23:52:47 GMT -6
Pistol what zone are you in? Personally I’d continue the bed on the other side of the front walk so it goes the length of your house.
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Post by Pistol on Jan 31, 2019 5:39:28 GMT -6
Pistol what zone are you in? Personally I’d continue the bed on the other side of the front walk so it goes the length of your house. ummm Ohio? lol. And it’s hard to see but it does. The elderberry I planted is at the corner of the house.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Jan 31, 2019 13:11:55 GMT -6
Pistol what zone are you in? Personally I’d continue the bed on the other side of the front walk so it goes the length of your house. ummm Ohio? lol. And it’s hard to see but it does. The elderberry I planted is at the corner of the house. If you google hardiness zone you’ll get somewhere you can enter your zip code and it’ll tell you what your zone is. BHG has some garden plan ideas that you could modify to fit your space and what plants you like. Here’s a link to one of their foundation bed plans. www.bhg.com/gardening/plans/special-spots/walk-to-front-door-2/
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Post by Pistol on Jan 31, 2019 13:54:45 GMT -6
ummm Ohio? lol. And it’s hard to see but it does. The elderberry I planted is at the corner of the house. If you google hardiness zone you’ll get somewhere you can enter your zip code and it’ll tell you what your zone is. BHG has some garden plan ideas that you could modify to fit your space and what plants you like. Here’s a link to one of their foundation bed plans. www.bhg.com/gardening/plans/special-spots/walk-to-front-door-2/ 6A. I always have to look it up.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Jan 31, 2019 17:07:25 GMT -6
If you google hardiness zone you’ll get somewhere you can enter your zip code and it’ll tell you what your zone is. BHG has some garden plan ideas that you could modify to fit your space and what plants you like. Here’s a link to one of their foundation bed plans. www.bhg.com/gardening/plans/special-spots/walk-to-front-door-2/ 6A. I always have to look it up. I’m jealous of your zone, you can plant pretty much anything. Zone 4 sucks, haha.
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Post by Pistol on Jan 31, 2019 19:24:36 GMT -6
6A. I always have to look it up. I’m jealous of your zone, you can plant pretty much anything. Zone 4 sucks, haha. Yeah I pretty much never look to see if we can plant stuff here when I pick out plants. 😂 I’m thinking I want something like a boxwood (but not a boxwood because my mom informed me those smell like cat pee sometimes) and then just plant pops of color around the fronts of them in the flower beds.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Jan 31, 2019 19:27:04 GMT -6
I’m jealous of your zone, you can plant pretty much anything. Zone 4 sucks, haha. Yeah I pretty much never look to see if we can plant stuff here when I pick out plants. 😂 I’m thinking I want something like a boxwood (but not a boxwood because my mom informed me those smell like cat pee sometimes) and then just plant pops of color around the fronts of them in the flower beds. Only English boxwoods smell like cat pee. Get sprinter or green gem and they’ll be great.
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Post by Pistol on Jan 31, 2019 19:42:55 GMT -6
Yeah I pretty much never look to see if we can plant stuff here when I pick out plants. 😂 I’m thinking I want something like a boxwood (but not a boxwood because my mom informed me those smell like cat pee sometimes) and then just plant pops of color around the fronts of them in the flower beds. Only English boxwoods smell like cat pee. Get sprinter or green gem and they’ll be great. Oh! Good to know. Do they still have the same look as the English boxwoods? I like the look of them but just don’t want the smell.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Jan 31, 2019 19:54:59 GMT -6
Only English boxwoods smell like cat pee. Get sprinter or green gem and they’ll be great. Oh! Good to know. Do they still have the same look as the English boxwoods? I like the look of them but just don’t want the smell. Yes they do! I just realized it’s winter gem, not green gem. Either way when you go to the garden center they should be able to help you pick out the right ones.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Feb 2, 2019 7:17:53 GMT -6
The groundhog didn’t see his shadow so early spring! I hope that’s actually the case.
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Post by yoginikiki on Feb 9, 2019 13:32:55 GMT -6
Yay gardening!
I started my chilis and eggplant and herbs a few weeks ago and up potted today. I’m leaning in to my Brooklyn. Italian roots and up potted my basil plants to some empty coffee containers.
We are doing raised beds for veggis, a three sisters garden, a cut flower garden and have plans for an orchard next year.
I’m so deep into the Monty Don programs on Netflix.
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Post by mommabakes on Feb 10, 2019 14:42:10 GMT -6
I'm just starting to figure out my plans for the year. I hate our front beds- they're just a mash of random flowers that I don't like (Lily of the valley, day lily, and iris) and after mid summer, it just looks empty because the isn't anything that's growing by then. I think this is the year that we're able to get some things changed! I'm in Ohio, so can plant most anything. I've sketched out my ideas already, and I'm excited.
I want to do some evergreen shrubs in the back of the beds, ornamental grasses, lavender, allium, ranunculus, and phlox. A flowering almond and wiegela(never grown this, any tips?) also. Maybe a climbing rose. Maybe a butterfly bush. We have an azalea, honeysuckle, tulips, crocuses, and daffodils that will be staying also.
I think we're expanding our veggie garden this year also. Green beans, snap peas, tomatoes (grape and big), lettuce, basil, dill, red potatoes, radishes, maybe corn? We like to grow a lot of edibles, and I'm anxious to see what survived the harsh winter. We planted a lot of berries (gooseberry, blueberry, kiwi berries, honeyberries, raspberries) last year, so we'll see what needs replaced.
Basically, I'm super excited for spring!
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Post by mommabakes on Feb 10, 2019 14:44:16 GMT -6
I also looooove ferns and am tempted to make a fern garden. There’s one house in my neighborhood and their front and side yard is all different types of ferns and I covet it so hard. I'm planning on doing this in the flower beds in the back side of my house. Ferns are so beautiful!
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Post by bunnyfungo on Feb 18, 2019 1:29:42 GMT -6
Can I go here? I need you all to teach me how to keep plants alive. We are, fingers crossed, going to be moving to a house with a little over 2 acres of land. I would love to make the most of that by growing some vegetables this summer. There are also 4 apple trees and a few blueberry bushes already, so I need to not kill those. Any advice for a black thumb will be greatly appreciated. What are some things I can plant this year that I’m least likely to kill? 😂
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Post by Dramaphile on Feb 18, 2019 8:22:23 GMT -6
Can I go here? I need you all to teach me how to keep plants alive. We are, fingers crossed, going to be moving to a house with a little over 2 acres of land. I would love to make the most of that by growing some vegetables this summer. There are also 4 apple trees and a few blueberry bushes already, so I need to not kill those. Any advice for a black thumb will be greatly appreciated. What are some things I can plant this year that I’m least likely to kill? 😂 First thing to do is find your planting zone, you can use that to see which types of plants will grow best where you live. garden.org/nga/zipzone/I had a black thumb for houseplants prior to moving into a house and I can assure you, it is much easier when the rain does the watering for you! Things I have found to be pretty easy for a first time garden: Carrots, onions (get starters from the garden center), cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini, and peppers. I bought seedlings for my cucumber, tomato, and pepper plants and grew the carrots and zucchini from seed. Square foot gardening is another good resource, it helps you figure out how far apart to plant things.
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Post by Lakes on Feb 18, 2019 13:19:14 GMT -6
bunnyfungo herbs are a good place to start too! My chives, basil, and rosemary are basically self sufficient. So think about what you like to use in the kitchen and dedicate a little spot to some herbs.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Feb 18, 2019 21:07:18 GMT -6
Yay gardening! I started my chilis and eggplant and herbs a few weeks ago and up potted today. I’m leaning in to my Brooklyn. Italian roots and up potted my basil plants to some empty coffee containers. We are doing raised beds for veggis, a three sisters garden, a cut flower garden and have plans for an orchard next year. I’m so deep into the Monty Don programs on Netflix. I have been watching his stuff too, also gardener’s world on Netflix. Love him.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Feb 18, 2019 21:11:22 GMT -6
Can I go here? I need you all to teach me how to keep plants alive. We are, fingers crossed, going to be moving to a house with a little over 2 acres of land. I would love to make the most of that by growing some vegetables this summer. There are also 4 apple trees and a few blueberry bushes already, so I need to not kill those. Any advice for a black thumb will be greatly appreciated. What are some things I can plant this year that I’m least likely to kill? 😂 I’ve been watching some homestead gardeners on YouTube. The 2 specific channels are “roots and refuge farm”, they are all about doing it on the cheap and easy, and also “the rusted garden”. Before I knew anything about gardening I was successful in growing a raspberry bush and basil so I think those would be a good thing to start with. Tomatoes seem to be pretty easy if you get the watering down.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Feb 18, 2019 21:15:43 GMT -6
I have been starting seeds. I really want a lavender hedge at the front of my foundation plantings so I started 16 cells of munstead. I also started some purple coneflowers and sweet peas. I have never really done well with anything indoors from seed so I’m crossing all the things this works. I bought a small grow light but I want to get another one. I also decided to try sowing some seeds on the snow. I read it works for some types of flowers so figured I’d give it a go. I did a small area of foxgloves, so we will see what happens.
I ordered 3 David Austin Jubilee Celebration roses online that will be here, bare root, in the spring. I have high hopes that I can get my front foundation planting done this summer.
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Post by bunnyfungo on Feb 18, 2019 21:22:32 GMT -6
bunnyfungo herbs are a good place to start too! My chives, basil, and rosemary are basically self sufficient. So think about what you like to use in the kitchen and dedicate a little spot to some herbs. I was just thinking about herbs. There are a bunch of flower boxes on the deck and I thought I could try planting some herbs there. Because they would be easy to grab from the kitchen and also maybe if they were in my sight line, I might actually remember to take care of them. And plus also herbs are damn expensive. 😂
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Post by mb3 on Feb 23, 2019 20:27:26 GMT -6
Yay, new thread! I am impatiently waiting to see if the yews I hard pruned last August do anything. I’ve heard so many different, but all very definitive opinions on it. I don’t feel super strongly either way, I just want to know what will happen! I have a lot of front garden to deal with as well so I am *thinking* of doing morning glory seeds in the hanging baskets and the window boxes that I’ve 99% decided are going in the front windows. I figure I can have a big impact for relatively cheap and leave more room in my budget for actual plants then.
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