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So who here likes to garden?
- Thread starter Earthen
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I have a small garden that we've used to grow peppers, cucumbers, and tomatoes. The results were actually pretty good, the peppers and cucumbers were great.
My childhood babysitter and family friend also has a garden that we eat from sometimes. Things like peppers and sesame leaves are grown. Sesame leaves are really good and I recommend them to anyone who hasn't eaten them before, which I assume would be a good amount of people.
My childhood babysitter and family friend also has a garden that we eat from sometimes. Things like peppers and sesame leaves are grown. Sesame leaves are really good and I recommend them to anyone who hasn't eaten them before, which I assume would be a good amount of people.
I'm not a gardener, actually I don't even own my own place yet so it's not something I'd be doing for a while but the idea of gardening always intrigued me since green lawns are boring lawns. Just some general questions though:
1. Is there any practical reasons to maintain a strictly organized garden? I've always preferred a more chaotic, natural look to gardens and landscaping but for the most part people tend to keep things categorized. Would doing so be better for the overall growth and health of the plants or is that merely just an aesthetic choice?
2. I've always heard weeds are typically bad for the garden, but what are some weeds that do have a positive impact? For example you said some are good for the local wildlife, some have culinary application, etc.
3. Is it bad that I really like dandelions? I remember growing up the dandelions ended up sprouting spiky things on the stems and that made them very uncomfortable to lay down in :(
1. Is there any practical reasons to maintain a strictly organized garden? I've always preferred a more chaotic, natural look to gardens and landscaping but for the most part people tend to keep things categorized. Would doing so be better for the overall growth and health of the plants or is that merely just an aesthetic choice?
2. I've always heard weeds are typically bad for the garden, but what are some weeds that do have a positive impact? For example you said some are good for the local wildlife, some have culinary application, etc.
3. Is it bad that I really like dandelions? I remember growing up the dandelions ended up sprouting spiky things on the stems and that made them very uncomfortable to lay down in :(
I have one garden box in my family's garden. It has a raspberry bush (That's like 6 that merged.) and a load of strawberries. They are doing really well this year and I'm finding ripe strawberries every day now, and there are load of raspberry flowers so I can't wait for those to grow.
We also have blackberry bushes growing along the fence for our horse arena (That thing people ride their horses in.) that is basically a giant litter box because we have no horses.
We also have blackberry bushes growing along the fence for our horse arena (That thing people ride their horses in.) that is basically a giant litter box because we have no horses.
1. it might be more of an aesthetic choice, look up companion planting and food forests. people spend a lot of time finding a space to garden and then they want to maximize, so even the unorganized seeming looking gardens may still be 100% planned.
2. weeds are by definition not planned, they happen anyway. You can dig them out and compost them. as always it depends on the weed. the 'blackberry' problem, i.e, there be wild blackberries, they are delicious, they are taking over your garden. nettle tea. several weeds have edible flowers; and all nightshades are considered weeds (idk why)
I wish I had the land to do it. My backyard is too small and full. My aunt grows mangos, limes, bananas, and more. I always wanted at least my own mango tree.
I'm growing a bunch of plants right now, they all started inside but some I have moved outside in the meantime. My courgette and cherry tomato plants are outside, inside I have carrots, fennel, broccoli, paprika and some more plants. I also have a pickle plant I should move outside sometime soon. The weather in the netherlands is really unpredictable and last year I had all my plants outside die to on me except for two leeks so that's why I'm keeping them inside until they're big enough to move. Some plants just keep dying on me though, my radish and spinach plants for instance and I'm not sure why.
I'm growing some cooking herbs in pots right now (mint, lemon balm, thyme, oregano, chives, scallions) alongside a potted tomato plant. New house doesn't have any soil in the backyard, so I have to make do. Trying to grow a raspberry plant, but right now it looks like we speared a stick into a large barrel of dirt. :/
I've started to begin a tiny garden including chives and oregano, I kinda also wanna grow rasberries out in front for the aesthetic :)
I wish I could garden :( I grew up in a huge drought and even green grass still seems unbelievably beautiful to me (especially because I lived somewhere with yellow grasses!)
I have major respect for people who garden, whether it's aesthetic or not, but especially for people who cultivate native plant species and who plant trees, even trees they'll never see reach maturity. One of the few decent things my father ever did was create a cultural research garden using native plants. My plant diversity lecturer from Biology 2 told us in the lab if we hadn't gone out and had the experience of growing something, we needed to do that, and I took it to heart very deeply; there's an intricate beauty to plant life and adaptation (which makes native plants especially cool imo) that I think would feel special to cultivate. There's a tree outside my old house that I'll never see grow to maturity but I worry about it being sick and stuff because as long as I believe it will reach maturity and help someone else, I'm happy
I'd love it if you guys posted pictures of your gardens :)
I have major respect for people who garden, whether it's aesthetic or not, but especially for people who cultivate native plant species and who plant trees, even trees they'll never see reach maturity. One of the few decent things my father ever did was create a cultural research garden using native plants. My plant diversity lecturer from Biology 2 told us in the lab if we hadn't gone out and had the experience of growing something, we needed to do that, and I took it to heart very deeply; there's an intricate beauty to plant life and adaptation (which makes native plants especially cool imo) that I think would feel special to cultivate. There's a tree outside my old house that I'll never see grow to maturity but I worry about it being sick and stuff because as long as I believe it will reach maturity and help someone else, I'm happy
I'd love it if you guys posted pictures of your gardens :)
Bumping because, after 3 months, my garden is finally starting to bloom!
I'll update with more pictures whenever the rest of my plants decide to bloom. My psychiatrist says that it's a great achievement that I've managed to get my plants this far, so we'll see what happens next.
Edit: More Zinnia.
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I'll update with more pictures whenever the rest of my plants decide to bloom. My psychiatrist says that it's a great achievement that I've managed to get my plants this far, so we'll see what happens next.
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I don't necessarily have a garden, but I love collecting plants, especially novelty and carnivorous ones! Currently right now I have a baby Venus Fly Trap, a pointsettia that I once tried to kill, and little cherry tomato seedlings. I'm hoping when I get a little bit more space and money to get a Pitcher plant or a sundew. I also want to dabble in the art of moss gardening as it seems both versatile yet wonderful.
Here are my spawn =) (sorry for shit photos i only have an iphone 4)
venus fly trap!!
pointsettia!!
tomato children!!!
Here are my spawn =) (sorry for shit photos i only have an iphone 4)
venus fly trap!!
pointsettia!!
tomato children!!!
I wish I had stability in my life right now to have an outdoors garden. So, I just compensate for it by having a small plant collection and a decent aquascape.
l to r: big air plant, phalaenopsis orchid, cryptocoryne fusca and moss mini terrarium, pingculinas, and other air plant
l to r: pingculina gigantea, 2 pings, other air plant, and an african violet
3.5g jarrium with tons of plants (cba listing them all), shrimps, and snails. It has been grown in a bit more.
If you're thinking about getting plants/garden, be sure to research all info. Plants are very difficult to kill if you take care of them properly. Green thumb is having knowledge and applying it.
l to r: big air plant, phalaenopsis orchid, cryptocoryne fusca and moss mini terrarium, pingculinas, and other air plant
l to r: pingculina gigantea, 2 pings, other air plant, and an african violet
3.5g jarrium with tons of plants (cba listing them all), shrimps, and snails. It has been grown in a bit more.
If you're thinking about getting plants/garden, be sure to research all info. Plants are very difficult to kill if you take care of them properly. Green thumb is having knowledge and applying it.
I do, I love to garden soo..... much.
A new flower decided to open up last night:
Really pretty!A new flower decided to open up last night: