The Endzone Garden Thread

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VolNExile said:
This is GREAT.

They have way more space to work with, but it’s the same idea as in the Charles Dowding vids (and many others, of course.)

We built flower beds at our previous house using the lasagna method. We did slide out the existing grass first (not all the roots), and then a layer of cardboard, the turf we removed (upside down), another layer of cardboard, compost, straw instead of wood chips, more compost, and more straw. We did this in February and planted in May. It was the lushest garden I’ve ever had.

No digging! No digging! whew

February is a great time to start this if you’re in Zone 7 or so.
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I'm going to try the hay and wood chips this year. I have compost making and this is the second year I've had wood chips down. My soil is looking better all the time.
 
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Roses are starting with new growth, time to prune and shape my roses. Moved 5 roses in December. The previous owner had most of the roses in the wrong places. Nice David Austin roses, just stupidly placed. After being here 4 1/2 years we're starting to get the landscaping in shape. I've moved 10 of the 20 roses so far as well as 4 hydrangeas.


Also, planted about 16 other plants to solve privacy issues.

I mulched all the beds with a mint mulch last fall. Plants love the stuff.
 
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GoDucks349 said:
Roses are starting with new growth, time to prune and shape my roses. Moved 5 roses in December. The previous owner had most of the roses in the wrong places. Nice David Austin roses, just stupidly placed. After being here 4 1/2 years we're starting to get the landscaping in shape. I've moved 10 of the 20 roses so far as well as 4 hydrangeas.


Also, planted about 16 other plants to solve privacy issues.

I mulched all the beds with a mint mulch last fall. Plants love the stuff.
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Lucky you, flower gardening in PNW! What zone, and how’s the sun/rain balance?

Mint mulch: do you mean living mint plants? If so, aren’t they going to try to take over? The previous gardeners here planted lemon balm which is a neat plant, but holy cow, it’s invasive!

Which David Austens? I need to take on the front yard soon.
 
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GoDucks349 said:
Roses are starting with new growth, time to prune and shape my roses. Moved 5 roses in December. The previous owner had most of the roses in the wrong places. Nice David Austin roses, just stupidly placed. After being here 4 1/2 years we're starting to get the landscaping in shape. I've moved 10 of the 20 roses so far as well as 4 hydrangeas.


Also, planted about 16 other plants to solve privacy issues.

I mulched all the beds with a mint mulch last fall. Plants love the stuff.
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Oh no....Duck has found the reasonable people section of Volnation.
 
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@Orangeslice13 I think you posted that Red does her own soil testing, but I can’t find the thread. Do you know if she has any particular brand(s) that she recommends?
 
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VolNExile said:
Lucky you, flower gardening in PNW! What zone, and how’s the sun/rain balance?

Mint mulch: do you mean living mint plants? If so, aren’t they going to try to take over? The previous gardeners here planted lemon balm which is a neat plant, but holy cow, it’s invasive!
Which David Austens? I need to take on the front yard soon.
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I call it mulch, it's really a compost. Here's the description from Lane Forest Prod.

Blended Mint Compost

Finely textured, with a blend of Lane Garden Compost, Mint Straw Compost, Barnyard Compost, & Aged Bark Fines, this very dark, curb appealing compost blend works well as a mulch in place of bark.

Just got the new David Austin catalog in the mail today. I don't have all of my current roses identified yet. My wife has a favorite that is sort of a dusty rose it's beautiful. I have one that is a very deep red that I really enjoy.

We're in a zone 6 growing zone. We typically, have a very mild winter with an occasional snow, we get plenty of rain and the summers are pretty mild. We don't have the eastern heat/humidity issues of eastern summers. We typically get around 47" of rain a year. Just noticed that the weather is suggesting possible snow next week, it would be our first of this winter. Elevation is the key to whether you get snow in Oregon. I can see snow in the hills around Eugene (elev 400 ft) snow is probably at 1000 ft.

As for mint..... LOL if you want to grow it, KEEP IT IN A POT!! My last place had 5 varieties of mint that were going everywhere. The only one I kept was the corsican mint, it makes great ground cover. And is relatively easy to control.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
FTR Duck wears socks with flip flops but other than that he’s close to my favorite non Vol on this site.
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Thanks.

Oh, and I don't wear flip flops, I've got a thing about putting things between my toes... Quickest way to get me to give up top secret info is to put something between my toes.
 
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GoDucks349 said:
Thanks.

Oh, and I don't wear flip flops, I've got a thing about putting things between my toes... Quickest way to get me to give up top secret info is to put something between my toes.
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You'll fit right in here with these bunch of weirdos that think socks with flip flops is weird. Buncha no socks and flip flop wearing jacklegs.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
I tricked him into that.
I was talking about hunting in PF. He said he fishes and hikes so I wanted pictures. I’ve got to get out West one of these days
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If you come out to Oregon, let me know and I'll see if I can head you to places you'd enjoy.

Don't know if you followed it this last summer, but the "Holiday Farm fire" was in an area that I've known very well for many decades. It's the Mckenzie River valley east of Eugene. I've rafted and flyfished virtual every mile of that river. Now most of it is burn to a char. Drove up there a few weeks ago, my heart broken seeing places I loved with these tall charred douglas fir trees burnt to a crisp right down to the waters edge. Then I smiled a bit as I could see green ferns and some scrub maples growing among all the dead trees.
 
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GoDucks349 said:
If you come out to Oregon, let me know and I'll see if I can head you to places you'd enjoy.

Don't know if you followed it this last summer, but the "Holiday Farm fire" was in an area that I've known very well for many decades. It's the Mckenzie River valley east of Eugene. I've rafted and flyfished virtual every mile of that river. Now most of it is burn to a char. Drove up there a few weeks ago, my heart broken seeing places I loved with these tall charred douglas fir trees burnt to a crisp right down to the waters edge. Then I smiled a bit as I could see green ferns and some scrub maples growing among all the dead trees.
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This is what needs to happen in the Zone.
 
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GoDucks349 said:
If you come out to Oregon, let me know and I'll see if I can head you to places you'd enjoy.

Don't know if you followed it this last summer, but the "Holiday Farm fire" was in an area that I've known very well for many decades. It's the Mckenzie River valley east of Eugene. I've rafted and flyfished virtual every mile of that river. Now most of it is burn to a char. Drove up there a few weeks ago, my heart broken seeing places I loved with these tall charred douglas fir trees burnt to a crisp right down to the waters edge. Then I smiled a bit as I could see green ferns and some scrub maples growing among all the dead trees.
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I understand. When Mexico beach died in the hurricane most of my childhood memories went with it.
I was there recently at the former family place at it was hard for me to even stand there.
 
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Drove from Reno to Klamath Falls to visit my brother. Beautiful drive! Part of our drive from Goldsboro, NC to Fairbanks, AK.
 
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Joe wears camo fishing and Slice wears it to the beach, and they make fun of me for wearing socks wif my flip flops.
 
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