Gardening Thread

[intothewoods]

Jeeze, WD, you didn't have to be so nasty about it.

She was only making a helpful suggestion.

Oh, thank you, SD.

Nasty? I wasn't trying to be nasty. I'm sorry if it came off that way.

I'm just cranky. Enjoy the poopy food. I'm only kidding WD.

 

[neci]

damn rabbits ate six of my pepper plants. they are gone. peppers and all. i hope their little mouths burn.

 

[AngelicAssassin]

What do serious gardeners think about infomercial products like the Topsy Turvy?

I see an awful lot of those on porches and in backyards all over this city, but I haven't purchased one for myself.

They work as long as you keep the "basket" moist. If you're growing tomatoes, they need water every day. The trick, however, is how fast: too fast, and you have silt laden water running down the plant; too slow and you'll die of boredom, or worse, not give it enough. The design provides no run-off area for the water to disperse as happens when the plant is stuck right side up in the ground.

My experiment had a plastic bowl tucked in the "basket" top. A fiber ribbon wrapped around the bottom with the ends tucked into the bowl. You fill up the bowl, and the soil beneath the bowl gets slowly watered by capillary action. A slit with a moisture indicator stuck through it at tomato base level lets you know if the water gets where it needs to go.

 

[satindesire]

Oh, thank you, SD.

Mmhm, you're welcome sweetie.

They work as long as you keep the "basket" moist. If you're growing tomatoes, they need water every day. The trick, however, is how fast: too fast, and you have silt laden water running down the plant; too slow and you'll die of boredom, or worse, not give it enough. The design provides no run-off area for the water to disperse as happens when the plant is stuck right side up in the ground.

My experiment had a plastic bowl tucked in the "basket" top. A fiber ribbon wrapped around the bottom with the ends tucked into the bowl. You fill up the bowl, and the soil beneath the bowl gets slowly watered by capillary action. A slit with a moisture indicator stuck through it at tomato base level lets you know if the water gets where it needs to go.

Oh, that's so creative! I love that!

How did you do that? And do you have pictures?

 

[WriterDom]

The corn is 4 feet high but the actual stalk is only 20 inches or so. It grows about 2 to 4 inches a day. 80 or so green tomatoes mostly from the first wave. There are three waves. Of about 40 plants each. The bush beans are flowering. That's a good sign. Most things seem to start as flowers.

I was watching the first blackberry get bigger and bigger but apparently some creature was also watching it and beat me to it.

 

[sb2009]

my little one took some basil and mint leaves to school for show and tell today. We made some bruchetta yesterday with the basil and she nearly ate the whole batch. I love that about her and her garden, she will eat anything she grows LOL

 

[satindesire]

my little one took some basil and mint leaves to school for show and tell today. We made some bruchetta yesterday with the basil and she nearly ate the whole batch. I love that about her and her garden, she will eat anything she grows LOL

*grunt* Oh My Lord, I do love me some authentic Italian Bruschetta.

 

[WriterDom]

Anyone tried growing gourds?

 

[satindesire]

Anyone tried growing gourds?

Sort of. When I was younger, my grandparents had pumpkins in their garden. I helped them in the garden (I.E. they made me weed, water, etc.) but there's nothing better than fresh pumpkin in pie.

 

[WriterDom]

Sort of. When I was younger, my grandparents had pumpkins in their garden. I helped them in the garden (I.E. they made me weed, water, etc.) but there's nothing better than fresh pumpkin in pie.

I don't think a pumpkin is anything like a gourd. Gourds need something to climb up. The watermelon came back on its own this year. I haven't tried pumpkins.

 

[satindesire]

I don't think a pumpkin is anything like a gourd. Gourds need something to climb up. The watermelon came back on its own this year. I haven't tried pumpkins.

Well, they're part of the same family as gourds. But okay, nevermind.

 

[WriterDom]

Well, they're part of the same family as gourds. But okay, nevermind.

But thank you for trying to be helpful Honey.

 

[satindesire]

But thank you for trying to be helpful Honey.

*teasing* Well, Mr Cranky Pants is feeling generous today, huh?

 

[WriterDom]

*teasing* Well, Mr Cranky Pants is feeling generous today, huh?

I'm trying to mellow. I saw butterflies making love on the back screen this morning. I took a picture but they were little guys so not sure how it will turn out.

 

[satindesire]

I'm trying to mellow. I saw butterflies making love on the back screen this morning. I took a picture but they were little guys so not sure how it will turn out.

Getting soft in your crotchety age, eh?

I've never seen butterflies mate before. Bees, yes, which is...weird, to say the least. That had to be awesome.

 

[WriterDom]

Getting soft in your crotchety age, eh?

I've never seen butterflies mate before. Bees, yes, which is...weird, to say the least. That had to be awesome.

It was weird. Like a back to back 69. The picture didn't come out very well.

 

[WriterDom]

The watermelon and well it's either zucchini or cucumbers, I planted both and only one came up, but they all bloomed overnight after I fed the garden yesterday. So many things happen in a garden overnight its almost like magic.

 

[cowslinger64]

Nothing to add about gardening, and certainly no offense intended....but I thought a gardening thread in a forum where people bind and beat the hell out of each other, was kinda funny.

 

[WriterDom]

Nothing to add about gardening, and certainly no offense intended....but I thought a gardening thread in a forum where people bind and beat the hell out of each other, was kinda funny.

Well there is humiliation:. Human scarecrows
Corncob dildos and buttplugs
Imagine what a really hot pepper would do to your privates?
Hmm.. not sure if gingerroot grows around here.
You could make your male sub fuck a watermelon and then eat it I guess if you had one.

 

[satindesire]

Nothing to add about gardening, and certainly no offense intended....but I thought a gardening thread in a forum where people bind and beat the hell out of each other, was kinda funny.

Really? I don't see the lack of connection. Even kinky people like to grow things.

 

[the captians wench]

I am so excited!

I usually kill everything. I mean everything. I even killed a shamrock plant some one gave me for Patty's day, and that's a weed!

But there's stuff growing on my balcony!

I planted a basket of morning glories, and there are now 2 very good looking vines coming out of it. The lavandar has sprouted. And I have a very bushy bunch of oregano sprouting, one little parsley plant coming up, and what I think is a rosemary!

I'm so excited. I hope I don't kill them now.

 

[satindesire]

I am so excited!

I usually kill everything. I mean everything. I even killed a shamrock plant some one gave me for Patty's day, and that's a weed!

But there's stuff growing on my balcony!

I planted a basket of morning glories, and there are now 2 very good looking vines coming out of it. The lavandar has sprouted. And I have a very bushy bunch of oregano sprouting, one little parsley plant coming up, and what I think is a rosemary!

I'm so excited. I hope I don't kill them now.

Pictures Plox!

 

[WriterDom]

It's getting too hard to count green tomatoes. Somewhere over 140 at the moment. But I think I'll create a record of what I harvest. Maybe create a blog or something so I'll have it for next year. So far only one jalapeno pepper.

 

[satindesire]

It's getting too hard to count green tomatoes. Somewhere over 140 at the moment. But I think I'll create a record of what I harvest. Maybe create a blog or something so I'll have it for next year. So far only one jalapeno pepper.

Holy Crapoli. What are you going to do with 140 tomatoes?

Unless you go the Italian route and make a massive red sauce and jar it, you're going to have to give those suckers away.

 

[WriterDom]

Holy Crapoli. What are you going to do with 140 tomatoes?

Unless you go the Italian route and make a massive red sauce and jar it, you're going to have to give those suckers away.

Those are mainly from the first wave I planted. There are 3 waves and the third isn't even blooming yet. Most of them I'll give away. I looked at that food bank site and there isn't one within 40 miles of here.

They are easy to give away. Right now they are expensive at the store but pretty soon we'll be up to our ears in local grown ones.