The Endzone Garden Thread

[Orangeslice13]

More containers coming soon

 

[VolNExile]

Have not stained it yet and temporarily screwed old deck boards too it to prevent dogs, but here is the potatoes bin. View attachment 439074

Do the dogs just run through beds and casually destroy, or are the digging up plants?

Our cat likes flying through the fluffy Fancy Dirt (like she plays in snow), and sometimes does her business there , but the only damage she does to plants was the time she sprawled all over a catnip plant. Dumb stoner cat.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Do the dogs just run through beds and casually destroy, or are the digging up plants?

Our cat likes flying through the fluffy Fancy Dirt (like she plays in snow), and sometimes does her business there , but the only damage she does to plants was the time she sprawled all over a catnip plant. Dumb stoner cat.

They dig for gawd knows what

 

[VolNExile]

Broccoli and Brussel sprouts in.

Planted broccoli,brussel sprouts,cauliflower,cabbage,onions,lettuce,and spinach on Sunday.Going to get cold this weekend.

Do you have problems with cabbage moths (and worms)? If so, do you use row covers, etc.?

Our first bug - excuse me, pollinator, grrr - to show up each year is the white cabbage butterfly (Pieris rapae.) It’s also the last to depart. Its larval form is the “imported cabbageworm,” and it can be pretty destructive to plants in the cabbage family. I don’t even plant anything it likes (yet), as the last thing I need is to feed another bug. I’d sure like to plant Brussels sprouts one day, though.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Do you have problems with cabbage moths (and worms)? If so, do you use row covers, etc.?

Our first bug - excuse me, pollinator, grrr - to show up each year is the white cabbage butterfly (Pieris rapae.) It’s also the last to depart. Its larval form is the “imported cabbageworm,” and it can be pretty destructive to plants in the cabbage family. I don’t even plant anything it likes (yet), as the last thing I need is to feed another bug. I’d sure like to plant Brussels sprouts one day, though.

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We plant other things among the garden to deter bugs.
It seems to work pretty good
Companion Planting with Herbs for a More Robust Garden

 

[Orangeslice13]

I’d have to go look at the book but I think lavender and dill keeps the cabbage pest away

 

[Juanita]

All your pics are wonderful! But they make me jealous and somewhat sad. I live in an apartment now; I miss my yard. Although it was a great deal of work, it was also a stress reliever and creative outlet. Mom and I would cruise the neighborhood before trash pick up day to salvage discarded chairs, tables, screens...One of my favorite tools was a can of spray paint.

 

[Juanita]

Mom and I used to laugh and say that we kept our tacky in the back. This is front of house. Azaleas weren't blooming.

 

[VolNExile]

All your pics are wonderful! But they make me jealous and somewhat sad. I live in an apartment now; I miss my yard. Although it was a great deal of work, it was also a stress reliever and creative outlet. Mom and I would cruise the neighborhood before trash pick up day to salvage discarded chairs, tables, screens...One of my favorite tools was a can of spray paint.
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Mom and I used to laugh and say that we kept our tacky in the back. This is front of house. Azaleas weren't blooming.
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Damn, that would break my heart to leave that! But house and yard can be a lot to keep up. We’re looking for someone to help, but not a landscape maintenance service intent on making our yard look like everyone else’s. Just someone to do some occasional heavy lifting. (I’m 67; husband is 72.)

 

[GVF]

Got the garlic in the concrete planter over the weekend. Will be seeding the tomatoes and okra in the greenhouse prob this week. Everything else will direct seed in the garden when the plateau warms a bit and snow goes away for good. Also got the herb sections on side of house ready. Just need to plant the herbs now. Dug up the lemon balm. Great perennial herb. But, is a big spreader, and we didn't use it. Looks like my oregano is sprouting back. I do have some annual herbs that actually behave as perennials for me. Rosemary and Thyme always make it through hte winter, and most of the time my oregano comes back. My chive pots are also alive and well. But, my rosemary was about 4 years old, and very woody. Pulled it form the concrete planter in lieu of the garlic. Will plant some fresh young rosemary again.

 

[Juanita]

Mom still lives there with her new husband. She decided, at 83, to remarry. That prompted my exit. Lived there for 14 years. We've since resolved our differences. I have to turn a blind eye to what they can and can't do in the house and yard. I've tried working over there for her but I get pissed. It's okay. I like my apartment. When Penney's closed it's doors in Kingsport, and I lost my full time job, I scrambled for work. Folks here knew what I could do. So, I restacked rocks, pruned, pulled weeds, cleaned baseboards and toilets...whatever they needed. I'd rather be outside. Don't know if I can do it again this spring with my carpal tunnel issues. But, I will try. I'm 63.

 

[VolNExile]

They dig for gawd knows what

So much for pest protection!

 

[VolNExile]

Did some cautious poking around. The peas have germinated and should be showing above ground in 4-5 days. The potatoes have sprouted, also underground. Don’t know when they’ll show up (this is my first time planting taters.)

Meanwhile the wheat straw is growing! lol


It’s incredibly easy to pull. Easy to tell the difference from invading grass. You can see the seed in the straw. Hmm, I can, anyway:

 

[Tin Man]

I use wheat straw, and pulling up volunteer sprouts is just something that needs doing.

 

[VolNExile]

I use wheat straw, and pulling up volunteer sprouts is just something that needs doing.

Yep, and last year it only lasted 2-3 weeks, IIRC.

Heckuva lot easier than pulling up Bermudagrass or something equally awful.

 

[malinoisvol]

Yep, and last year it only lasted 2-3 weeks, IIRC.

Heckuva lot easier than pulling up Bermudagrass or something equally awful.

Freaking Johnson Grass around here. Roots can go on forevvvvvver!

 

[Juanita]

Hate Johnson grass. Y'all probably know this trick: newspapers. Have to place the layers right, then soak em down, throw pottery shards and some dirt on top.

 

[Orangeslice13]

I have planted the fig trees.
I believe it will probably be 5 years before I get figs.

 

[82_VOL_83]

I have planted the fig trees.
I believe it will probably be 5 years before I get figs.

How big are they? I got figs 2nd year....like 4 or 5. That next winter killed them dead in Knoxville.

 

[Orangeslice13]

How big are they? I got figs 2nd year....like 4 or 5. That next winter killed them dead in Knoxville.

They are cuttings off of my grandparents tree. They should be fine since the parent tree is from Chattanooga and older than I can remember.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Had to get permission to go on the property and get the clippings. My grandparents passed long ago

 

[VolNExile]

Had to get permission to go on the property and get the clippings. My grandparents passed long ago

That was nice of the owners to let you do that. I should have asked to take some cuttings from my grandmother’s flowering almond from her old house on Tanglewood.

 

[Orangeslice13]

That was nice of the owners to let you do that. I should have asked to take some cuttings from my grandmother’s flowering almond from her old house on Tanglewood.

I made 4 clippings last year around June. Kept them in buckets all summer. Left them outside for the winter. Yesterday they all started budding. I think all 4 are going to make it.
Woohoo.

 

[82_VOL_83]

They are cuttings off of my grandparents tree. They should be fine since the parent tree is from Chattanooga and older than I can remember.

Mine was about 3 ft tall when I planted it.

My dad has one outside Huntsville that is a cutting off a S. GA tree. Its 30 this year.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Mine was about 3 ft tall when I planted it.

Mine are all less than a foot tall. Lol