Veggie garden.

I think I might start a garden, does anyone on here have a garden? I have no clue where to start but think it would be a rewarding hobby to have.

 

Are you on some new medication?

Some very basics- for a small garden you can set out ant bait if you have an ant problem. The good kind of poison will never touch the plants if you put it on a little piece of tin foil next to the anthill. The ants take it back to the queen and hopefully the colony dies off.

 

Aphids you can actually order ladybugs in the mail if you have a problem, but that's more for big gardens. Sometimes you can spray them directly with a mixture of dishsoap and water (not sure if that's considered organic, but it is food friendly). Just test it first because some types of plants can be a little sensitive to the soap.

 

Harmful beetles you have to pick off by hand and dump in a bucket of soapy water (or just squish them). If you're squeamish you could always put them in a jar or something and set them free somewhere else, but they'll probably come back.

 

If you take good care of your garden, have a good soil mix and mulch it well, you probably won't have much of a bug problem in the first place. We never really do. The problems that you do have will usually depend on the plants that you have. Mulch is your new best friend- it holds moisture in, keeps weeds and some pests out, and protects the garden from the sun.

 

Where I'm not familiar with your climate, your best bet is to find a good garden centre and pick the brains of the people who run it since they know your area, what grows well there and how to deal with local problems. Also, the internet is your friend (lots of organic sites out there I'm sure) and it always helps to have a couple of good beginner's reference books around.

PRO.

 

 

My dream in life has to do with a veranda deck stretching around the back of my house overlooking a giant beautiful garden.

Too bad I wouldn't be able to tend for it on my life.

Are you on some new medication?

 

No, why do you ask?

 

 

I just want to live life and experience new things. To be more then one type of person living one lifestyle.

Veggie garden.

 

I cannot help you there....I can't even grow veggies because my dogs dig and eat up all of them.

My parents have a veggie garden... it's pretty dead right now... it didn't exactly work out this summer. our actual flower garden is really pwetty though :wacky:

 

Kudos to Nick, btw.

It looks like crap, but its my first garden. I find it relaxing. Maybe if it does well I'll work on having a bigger and better looking garden next.

 

 

KuTe garden Nicky poo.

You know you're Jealous.;)

Have you caught up on Entourage yet?

No, waiting for the last disc of Season two to come in, then the first of season 3. It keeps getting better as the season goes on.

awww it looks great, good luck with it :)

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No, waiting for the last disc of Season two to come in, then the first of season 3. It keeps getting better as the season goes on.

 

Hell yea it does.

Nick, Nick, quite...sick...how does your garden grow?

MAYBEEEEE

I DON'T REALLY WANT TO KNOW

HOW YOUR GARDEN GROWS

CAUSE I JUST WANNA FLY!

"How your garden grows" sounds a little dirty, like you could tie in a bush joke or something.

"How your garden grows" sounds a little dirty, like you could tie in a bush joke or something.

 

lmao

Nick, Nick, quite...sick...how does your garden grow?

 

Magic.

I have a mixed garden, 60% grass and 40% moss :P

is a rewarding hobby nick.

 

we have a common garden, which is quite big. (i live in a block of flats)

we have many roses, a jasmine, a lemon tree, a jujube, a common medlar, many palm trees and some aloe veras.

 

my dad wanted to plant a mango and a coffee tree.

 

a part of that in our balcony we have some plantpots and we had grown: oregan, parsley, beans, tomatoes, lentils.

My garden was attacked, something dug up a few of my tomatoes plants but most of them are ok and seem to be doing well and growing quite fast.

Great to hear you've started one, Nick!! True, animals are a constant pressure on gardens - but if you keep them in check, 80% of the harvest is yours to keep...;) Here, I am working on a new fence - good to keep out rabbits and deer, but pointless against birds, voles, squirrels, and chipmunks. So I live with a few losses - the lower snap peas devoured, and a few beans missing, but most of it's intact. You should be alright with the tomatoes, as the leaves and stems are poisonous - most animals taste them, but then leave them alone. Florida's the right climate for tomatoes - they love it hot!! Here, it's been a cool summer - perhaps 74 F today.. Corn crop is tasseling, and I'll need to get the electric fencer and insulated wire up in time before the raccoons start their yearly forays into my garden!:) Try some corn - Florida's season might be alright for two crops, if the corn is a day-neutral variety - one of the sweetest garden rewards!

I want a little garden full of different kinds of cacti, but all I have are little potted plants on my window seals.

Well it doesn't necessarily takes all of your free time, but you might end up taking several months of painful construction to get some veggies.