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Hi goons. Here's a gardening thread. I started a garden at my new house this spring and it's growing stuff! Here's a picture from a couple of weeks ago after mulching and staking the maters. I have herbs and fruits, because peppers and tomatoes are fruits. Also I planted a blackberry bush, but it's behind the roses. Also gently caress roses; they're mean. And gently caress the yard. What has grass ever done for me? I'm learning to compost correctly this year, too (that's what that green cylinder thing is). Edit: "Post yer zones" I'm in hardiness zone 6b, which is a recent update, according to http://www.stlmg.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/whatsnew.detail/recID/19/index.htm Go here to get your zone http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/phzmweb/interactivemap.aspx psychokitty fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Jun 22, 2016 |
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hi im the neighbors dog *fucks up all your poo poo*
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Jun 22, 2016 20:46
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now im your drunk friend *pours last bit of beers all over your poo poo* *pisses on your garden*
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Jun 22, 2016 20:47
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your thread is correct, OP
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Jun 22, 2016 20:47
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South east England, wonky stripes.
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Jun 22, 2016 20:47
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now i'm a squirrel *fucks up your poo poo beyond all recognition*
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Jun 22, 2016 20:48
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try gardening your yard, OP!
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Jun 22, 2016 20:50
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roymorrison posted:now i'm a squirrel I'll be in the squirrel blind.
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Jun 22, 2016 20:52
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Do you have pests? In the suburbs groundhogs are assholes
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Jun 22, 2016 20:52
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King of Bees posted:I'll be in the squirrel blind. You need to start public executions
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Jun 22, 2016 20:52
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ChrisHansen posted:Do you have pests? In the suburbs groundhogs are assholes at some point in the late 90s my mom went to loving war on the chipmunks in our yard took the hose to their burrows, flushed them out and captured them, then exiled them miles away from the house it is only this year that they've summoned the temerity to tentatively scout out our domains once again
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Jun 22, 2016 20:54
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My girlfriend and I fight over how much to water the garden. I loving hate her she's dumb.
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Jun 22, 2016 20:56
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post yer 'zones bros I'll be taking interest in this thread, will post pics this weekend when my garden isnt in such a shameful goddamn state, its time for growing season 2 soon anyways (I live in central FL, we have 2 active growing seasons but gently caress it can plant year round) 9b here bitches   why yes it is January, just finished planting all the greens 
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Jun 22, 2016 20:57
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im in the forbidden zone. unfortunately gardening is forbidden in this zone.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:01
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FrankieGoes posted:My girlfriend and I fight over how much to water the garden. I loving hate her she's dumb. Have you mulched? If not, you should mulch. Also get rid of her if she wants to water more.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:02
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I am allowed two pots on my porch. One is full of flowers that reseeded from last year and the other has 2 big ol mater plants in it. I will be so pissed if the deer get to them
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Jun 22, 2016 21:03
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Raise that bed a bit to deter slugs imo. e: good effort though especially if it's your first real crack at gardening.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:03
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jBrereton posted:Raise that bed a bit to deter slugs imo. It's not my first attempt, but it's been several years since I've had my own plot. This one is actually a few inches higher than the grass and level with the concrete pad. Haven't seen any slugs. I haven't planted anything too intensive because I've had a serious cane grass problem that I've worked my rear end off eradicating all year (without poison) since we bought the house. Also there's a runoff issue around the right side as you look (where it's not freshly mulched) and I have a bunch of weeds and poo poo to deal with back there.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:09
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My garden consists of a dead plant in a pot on my balcony, I'll post pics later.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:10
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psychokitty posted:Have you mulched? If not, you should mulch. Also get rid of her if she wants to water more. i tried mulching with my wife once she hated it and i promised not to try it again
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Jun 22, 2016 21:11
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ChrisHansen posted:I am allowed two pots on my porch. One is full of flowers that reseeded from last year and the other has 2 big ol mater plants in it. I will be so pissed if the deer get to them I hope your maters are determinate. Please tell what variety.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:12
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psychokitty posted:Have you mulched? If not, you should mulch. Also get rid of her if she wants to water more. We drip but she's always wanting to add more and when she initially planted some stuff she basically turned the whole thing into a mud hole and everything nearly died.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:12
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I sure hope those herbs don't up and decide to go all America on your plot there. In my past experience most herbs decide "gently caress your plans, all of this space is mine" and then my whole house smells like mint.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:13
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Can anyone recommend a plant that will thrive indoors without a lot of sun? Maybe one that would be good at keeping me company. No cacti please.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:14
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poopnanners posted:Can anyone recommend a plant that will thrive indoors without a lot of sun? Maybe one that would be good at keeping me company. No cacti please. crab grass
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Jun 22, 2016 21:15
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I'm in zone 6b (new england) and this year is mostly just flowers but i do have 9 tomato plants and two large blueberry bushes along with wild concord grapes (trained onto posts and wires) and wild blackberries
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Jun 22, 2016 21:15
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ChrisHansen posted:Do you have pests? In the suburbs groundhogs are assholes Oh, as to this point. We are in the city proper. We have bunbuns and squirrels and possibly burrowing things, but none of them has seemed to wreak any havoc thus far. Something ate a few leaves of a bell pepper plant, but not really a big deal.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:15
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psychokitty posted:It's not my first attempt, but it's been several years since I've had my own plot. Used to have a wonderful garden but moved for work to somewhere with a pitiful yard  Had a peach tree that actually had peaches on it for a couple of years in northern England (although they were very small and almost instantly devoured by interested pigeons) and a good-sized pond that housed a few frogs that kept the slug population down, at least until they were brutally killed by ducks (cute but massively destructive - they dig up just about anything looking for food, and the oil that runs off their backs will ruin anything less massive than a lake). You thought about putting some wildflowers down in the lawn to attract bees and stuff?
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Jun 22, 2016 21:15
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poopnanners posted:Can anyone recommend a plant that will thrive indoors without a lot of sun? Maybe one that would be good at keeping me company. No cacti please. Buy some of these mushrooms, they yield like 5 times.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:15
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poopnanners posted:Can anyone recommend a plant that will thrive indoors without a lot of sun? Maybe one that would be good at keeping me company. No cacti please. Have you tried marijuana and a grow light?
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Jun 22, 2016 21:16
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mr_cramalldees posted:I sure hope those herbs don't up and decide to go all America on your plot there. In my past experience most herbs decide "gently caress your plans, all of this space is mine" and then my whole house smells like mint. It's mostly just mint that does that. Never plant mint anywhere but a planter or it'll end up loving everywhere. poo poo like basil and sage and whatnot don't get out of hand from my experience. Maybe Parsley can be kinda bad.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:16
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poopnanners posted:Can anyone recommend a plant that will thrive indoors without a lot of sun? Maybe one that would be good at keeping me company. No cacti please. a ficus, I've had two for about 16 years now or a philodendron
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Jun 22, 2016 21:16
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poopnanners posted:Can anyone recommend a plant that will thrive indoors without a lot of sun? Maybe one that would be good at keeping me company. No cacti please. Snake plants are insanely easy to grow. Once my mom forgot to water one for 3 months and it looked perfectly healthy
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Jun 22, 2016 21:17
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FrankieGoes posted:We drip but she's always wanting to add more and when she initially planted some stuff she basically turned the whole thing into a mud hole and everything nearly died. satisfy her water obsession by peeing on her face edit: VVV gently caress deer, srsly VVV
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Jun 22, 2016 21:17
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Hello, it's me, a deer. *brings friends who devour everything, including the irritant plants and some plastic decorations* *tramples the seed beds because why the gently caress not*
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Jun 22, 2016 21:17
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mr_cramalldees posted:I sure hope those herbs don't up and decide to go all America on your plot there. In my past experience most herbs decide "gently caress your plans, all of this space is mine" and then my whole house smells like mint. Ah yes... the mint plant. It's in a separate plot on the other side of the yard. But let me assure you that I DID NOT PLANT IT. I would NEVER plant mint in a garden plot unless I wanted it to take over. When you garden, you have to know what stuff behaves and what doesn't. So now, I have to pretty much constantly patrol my yard for mint sproutlings because I didn't catch it before it flowered last year. I purposely planted creeping thyme in the back so that it would creep and help with the runoff, etc. We'll see.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:17
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psychokitty posted:Oh, as to this point. We are in the city proper. We have bunbuns and squirrels and possibly burrowing things, but none of them has seemed to wreak any havoc thus far. Something ate a few leaves of a bell pepper plant, but not really a big deal. A little bit of chicken wire would keep pests away pretty nicely. Whatever got those pepper leaves will tell all his friends and soon you will be overrun
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Jun 22, 2016 21:19
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FrankieGoes posted:It's mostly just mint that does that. Never plant mint anywhere but a planter or it'll end up loving everywhere. poo poo like basil and sage and whatnot don't get out of hand from my experience. Maybe Parsley can be kinda bad. I had that experience with mint (it took over my entire back yard, yard mowing became a chore as the minty sensation became so strong it would reduce me to tears) and now I'm super gunshy. Now I just put every herb in a pot.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:19
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jBrereton posted:You thought about putting some wildflowers down in the lawn to attract bees and stuff? One of those herbs is lavender. I've seen bees on it already a bunch. We also have milkweed growing on our fence, which the butterflies like. Future plan is to keep bees and plant more lavender. Also front yard plan is to have some native-scape involving wildflowers.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:19
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psychokitty posted:One of those herbs is lavender. I've seen bees on it already a bunch. We also have milkweed growing on our fence, which the butterflies like.
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