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Posted on 2/9/19 at 10:03 am
Posted on 2/9/19 at 10:03 am
I noticed we have a few growers in here and I was wondering if folks may like to talk plants.
What sort of veggies does everyone like to grow? How about cannabis? Favorite style of gardening does everyone like to have in their landscape at home?
Personally I've given up on having a large veggie garden for the time being. I only do a few of the staples. I grow half a dozen or so heirloom tomato plants, one jalapeno plant, two bell pepper plants, horse radish, asparagus. Reason being is that I do too much weeding during my 9-5 than to come home and do a bunch more here. I do not use any chemicals whatsoever, ever.
As far ornamental gardens, I am enamored with the Japanese style gardens, but I try to use plants indigenous to the Southeastern US exclusively (except for a few species that are considered an ecological neutral). Currently I am developing a water and moss garden here at the hacienda.
Anyone built anything super frickin cool at their place? I always like seeing what ideas others have for in the garden.
What sort of veggies does everyone like to grow? How about cannabis? Favorite style of gardening does everyone like to have in their landscape at home?
Personally I've given up on having a large veggie garden for the time being. I only do a few of the staples. I grow half a dozen or so heirloom tomato plants, one jalapeno plant, two bell pepper plants, horse radish, asparagus. Reason being is that I do too much weeding during my 9-5 than to come home and do a bunch more here. I do not use any chemicals whatsoever, ever.
As far ornamental gardens, I am enamored with the Japanese style gardens, but I try to use plants indigenous to the Southeastern US exclusively (except for a few species that are considered an ecological neutral). Currently I am developing a water and moss garden here at the hacienda.
Anyone built anything super frickin cool at their place? I always like seeing what ideas others have for in the garden.
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Posted on 2/9/19 at 10:25 am to BoarEd
It is really tempting to get into gardening. I'll admit one of my favorite veg out activities is watching the various "famous gardens of NE Tupelo" or what have you on Netflix and Amazon. Sadly I have a bad back that makes lawn work a real trial.
Should I become rich off my backside I'll be a gardening machine. Or, rather, I'll hire someone to be a gardening machine.
Should I become rich off my backside I'll be a gardening machine. Or, rather, I'll hire someone to be a gardening machine.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 10:26 am to BoarEd
Does anyone have any cool ideas for keeping deer away without chemicals on their plants? I'm going to build a Shishi Odoshi, but I think things like noisy fountains will only work for a short time and the trick to keeping them away is using a variety of different things to keep them off balance (plant lots of herbs, tie white flags on tree limbs etc).
This post was edited on 2/9/19 at 10:38 am
Posted on 2/9/19 at 10:28 am to Arksulli
Sorry to hear about your back.
Yeah, gardening is my favorite hobby. Like it so much I made it my full time job.
I hope you're able to hire someone to build ya something you like. It is good medicine.
Yeah, gardening is my favorite hobby. Like it so much I made it my full time job.
I hope you're able to hire someone to build ya something you like. It is good medicine.
This post was edited on 2/9/19 at 10:29 am
Posted on 2/9/19 at 10:29 am to BoarEd
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Does anyone have any cool ideas for keeping deer away without chemicals on their plants?
Compound bow or 30-06. In season only.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 10:33 am to DownSouthJukin
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Compound bow or 30-06. In season only.
I feel ya there. I'm not worried about the deer at my place so much. I'm just always looking for ideas to solve other folks problems.
Folks in town can't shoot the deer in their yard.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 11:37 am to BoarEd
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Folks in town can't shoot the deer in their yard.
They can’t with a bow?
Posted on 2/9/19 at 11:44 am to BoarEd
Check out the cannabis thread I started. The original one made about 2 years ago was GREAT but for some reason got deleted.
I believe gardening is one of the best ways to help depression and overall mental health.
Desert (Tucson) gardening is different and can be difficult at times. Cactus and succulents are fun. But also kind of boring haha
I believe gardening is one of the best ways to help depression and overall mental health.
Desert (Tucson) gardening is different and can be difficult at times. Cactus and succulents are fun. But also kind of boring haha
Posted on 2/9/19 at 11:45 am to DownSouthJukin
Maybe. But my clients don't generally tend to be avid hunters.
I really wish the city would get on doing something about the size of the deer herds in Fayetteville. They're far too numerous. It's actually detrimental to the health of the herd when it gets to be too large. That's when you see the chronic wasting disease in deer. It's like mad cow disease.
I think that should fall under the city's purview personally.
One thing that I think may be a good idea is for the property owners to get together and approach the city about building a Greenway to route the deer away from people's houses.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 11:47 am to teamjackson
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Desert (Tucson) gardening is different and can be difficult at times. Cactus and succulents are fun. But also kind of boring haha
If I had to move my business or my home to the Tuscon area I would probably focus on building hypertufa planters. I would sell them preplanted with succulents. The look is incredible, IMO.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 11:58 am to teamjackson
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Check out the cannabis thread I started. The original one made about 2 years ago was GREAT but for some reason got deleted.
Yeah, I guess that's still a touchy subject. Maybe I should drop that subject from this thread. frickin stupid, if you ask me. There are simply too many uses for that plant for it to be illegal and I'm of the opinion everyone should just start being open about using it at this point. There are enough states on board with it now to get a constitutional amendment passed. But I digress. There's lots of other cool shite to talk about with plants, IMO.
This post was edited on 2/9/19 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 2/9/19 at 12:05 pm to BoarEd
My lawn is a mixture of all kinds of weeds and St Aug. I just want to get rid of the weeds on the cheap. Any suggestions on cheap weed killer and time of the year to apply?
Just to add I do not want any type of fertilizer/weed killer for the grass. I did the Scotts bonus S one year and was cutting grass every 5 days.
Just to add I do not want any type of fertilizer/weed killer for the grass. I did the Scotts bonus S one year and was cutting grass every 5 days.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 12:07 pm to Athis
Maybe someone else can answer that for ya. I don't use chemicals. I'd pull the damn things by hand before I put any chemicals on the ground. 
I will add though that I try to find alternatives to turf grass.
I will add though that I try to find alternatives to turf grass.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 1:08 pm to BoarEd
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Reason being is that I do too much weeding during my 9-5 than to come home and do a bunch more here. I do not use any chemicals whatsoever, ever.
Build a raised bed
Build a simple bed soaker
Cover with a cloth black screen (no more weeding)
Stake your plants and grow up (easier to pick and maintain)
I do like to start indoor with seeds and grow lights Helps to use a heating pad under your starters especially if you are doing hot peppers, okra, and other things that like heat.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 1:15 pm to BoarEd
We have always had a garden, mostly tomatoes, carrots, lettuce and beans.
My FIL is living with us now, and wants to run the garden out of those troughs they use for cows and horses. I have to get them to fit in our space, and we are going to do container gardening in them. He's done it for 3-4 years now, good results and easier on the back.
My FIL is living with us now, and wants to run the garden out of those troughs they use for cows and horses. I have to get them to fit in our space, and we are going to do container gardening in them. He's done it for 3-4 years now, good results and easier on the back.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 6:25 pm to kywildcatfanone
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My FIL is living with us now, and wants to run the garden out of those troughs they use for cows and horses.
I use a feeder trough to raise worms for composting leaves. I run leaves through a shredder and then line the trough with them packed down tight. Line it with vizqueen and add kitchen compost (lettuce refuse, coffee grounds, egg shells, etc) to it all. Churns out some pretty good gardening soil.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 6:26 pm to Cheese Grits
Yeah, I keep all of my veggies in a raised bed. Good gardening tips!
Posted on 2/9/19 at 6:30 pm to BoarEd
Good to know a fellow gardener. I love researching safe and organic pesticides/fungicides. In my line of work we deal with a variety of beneficial insects.
frick aphids, thrips, whiteflies and spider mites. If someone were to ask me an avenue to pursue in agriculture, I'd recommend researching IPM programs and etymology.
BoarEd, you use banker plants at all?
frick aphids, thrips, whiteflies and spider mites. If someone were to ask me an avenue to pursue in agriculture, I'd recommend researching IPM programs and etymology.
BoarEd, you use banker plants at all?
Posted on 2/9/19 at 6:53 pm to teamjackson
I do do a lot of companion planting, but I haven't tried potting them up together. I like the idea of it. Maybe pot herbs up with the tomatoes. It's a clever idea for sure.
Posted on 2/9/19 at 6:58 pm to teamjackson
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I love researching safe and organic pesticides/fungicides.
I use nothing
Raised bed keep things off the ground and stops some critters
Soaker hose is about 3 to 6 inches in the ground so affects only roots and not leaves and such on ground. Wet vegetation is what causes most fungus so that is eliminated
Ground cloth stops weeds - you can use the biodegradable but may need to put down 2 layers. No weeds means no weed killers.
Growing on stakes instead of ground sprawl keeps airflow and things dryer. Also makes it easier to prune and harvest.
Around my raised beds I have 2 bird baths, 2 bird feeders, and 4 birdhouses to keep insects in check. Though about bats but did now want rabies issues with surrounding dogs and cats.
Was thinking about having a single beehive but not get that far last year.
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