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06-04-2017, 11:58 AM #1
Gardening
Anyone here an enthusiastic gardener, especially of vegetables - and flowers, too, of course? It has been cool and damp, so I could not put seed or plants in, but now it is really hot, dry and sunny, so that's what I've been up to.
Sure would like to hear from anyone else, in any part of the world, who loves to see things grow.
I start most flowers from seed, but this year I bought 2 packages of ready-to-plant flowers - Nemesia and Stocks. Nice and smelly, both of them.
From seed, I'm growing the usual vegetables (including leeks) and for flowers, Tashkent Marigold, Irish Poet Flower, Sweet Peas, vines, poppies, and of course there's the endless volunteers, mainly calendula. It is like a weed.
So, I put aside for a bit the hippy vest I was crocheting, but when I get sick of weeding, why, I'll have to complete it.
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06-04-2017, 12:29 PM #2
Hi,
How is the weather in Canada that is where you live right? I live in South Carolina and it is hot. I live in a residence so we can't have a vegetable garden. However we do have many flowers,trees and shrubs. We also have a multitude of rabbits, ducks, deer, squirrels, birds sometimes snakes, lizards and bugs. I don't think a vegetable garden would last around here. Between the weather and the critters it is hard to keep a nice garden.
Spoula
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06-06-2017, 05:06 AM #3
We have planted a garden again at a friends house this year - with tomatoes, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, okra, and zuchinni.
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06-14-2017, 08:46 AM #4
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06-06-2017, 07:17 AM #5
How is the weather in Canada that is where you live right? I live in South Carolina and it is hot.
It is hot here, too and too dry for my taste. Upper 80s-low 90s is hot in my books. However, we can expect a nice thunderstorm as well as the usual tornado warnings soon, to cool things, off.
I am surprised to hear you say that because of both heat + critters you could not garden. Yes, I understand the critter problem - I have endless varmints in my garden - but heat? Plants love heat!
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06-14-2017, 01:03 PM #6
When you say plants love heat tell my plants and flowers that. They are laying down in the afternoon the leaves are wilted. It was only 95 today with 60% humidity. I was in the pool some and the shade the other time. Trying to finish my bikini top for the other granddaughter. Almost done can't wait to start something else.
Spoula
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06-16-2017, 01:29 PM #7
I garden a lot too. I live in Illinois and it's so hot here. I have to water every day. We are praying for rain. We live in an area surrounded on three sides by forest preserves. You want to talk about wild animals in your yard? We sure have them. Rabbits and deer are the biggest problem. The deer have decided that they just love my Swiss chard. They come for lunch every day. But I grow a big garden anyway.
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06-16-2017, 02:18 PM #8
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06-16-2017, 05:31 PM #9
Sorry about your Swiss chard. I always grow a version called "Bietina" AKA "Italian Swiss Chard". AKA "Perpetual Spinach" (even though it is not a spinach). 3 different names for the same thing.
I took this photo this morning from the house. They were real close. That is my fenced garden in the background. It is standard practice for a doe and young fawn to show up at this time of year. I guess they know that if they hang around the house the wolves & coyotes might stay away:
I'd love to see photos of your garden, Cricket & Spoula.
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06-17-2017, 05:38 AM #10
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