So I got a deal on 10 new orchid plants - mostly Vanda's and Catleya's and after weeks of trying to get out to the greenhouse I planted all ten in bark and moss medium. I needed to do this as I am leaving for France December 12 and they are pretty mu...
The husband is updating and repiping my greenouse this week end and I am get two shipments of Orchids next week.
With all the work he's doing he has asked me to grow somethng he can eat!
Hppy
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So I found an easy way to get my garden area roto-tilled. Got up dressed and went out and began trying to start the tiller. It has a pull start. My husband comes out to see what all the cussing is about. H starts the tiler and does the whole area.
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I haven't been able to do anything in the garden this Summer because of issues with my eye and having two Surgeries. I took an bunch of pictures last wek so I could start mapping out my Garden which will include some permnent plants, medicinal and cu...
So the new dog thinks it's great fun to dig up my vegetable garden. this would be OK if I was in a tilling stage but all but I am getting ready to move seedlings out to the garden and I don't want to lose this years crop. So I called a fencing contra...
Has anyone used non hive forming solitary bees to improve vegetable and flower yields?
I am look at two different types Leaf cutter bees and blue mason bees. Any one have any experience with these?
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It turned out to be another Fairy Tale eggplant, but I do have a Rosa Bianca plant which is correctly labeled that seems to have a fertilized flower so I am praying that it will go full term. I wrapped the Rosa Bianca plant in a frost ...
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I lost some seedling to multi adverse factors: too much water, fertilizing too early and poor pest control. However some of the seedlings have matured to very strong and healthy young plants.
I found a clear storage box with clear...
Zone 9a
We had a few nights that dipped into the 40s in November. Some seedlings like Milk Bok Choy were eaten by pest so I will be succession planting as needed. I am still thinning out broccoli and cauliflower and using the delicious tender...
Has anyone ever tried multiple times to grow plants that totally fail every time and then they surprise you by appearing in your seedling salvage box bearing fruit? ?
I had a storage container that I would sometimes replant seedlings that I thin...
I planted beets, carrots, and radishes in 2 plastic storage container in September or October. I pulled a few of the plants out today to check the progress. The carrots and beets haven’t formed yet, but the radishes are definitely a winner for me....
I also forgot to mention that I sometimes cover the plants with toole on colder nights in the 40's F. I just found Frost Shield 6' x 50' roll at Lowes that I plan to use when temperatures drop into the 30's F.
I live in Texas, zone 9a. I haven't gardened in over 5 years because had abandoned it when I decided to go back to school. Now that I finished school I am getting back to gardening for hobby. I envy people with green houses, but maybe next year I w...
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You might want to try companion planting using plants that have natural pest control properties. Try planting your squash with catnip, tansy, radishes, nasturtiums, marigolds, bee balm and mint.
I prefer not to use chemicals on my garden but som...
hppygr8ful replied to Zapi791's topic in Let's Talk
Where do you live that you can plant like that in October? I'm in So Cal but the nights are getting too cold for outdoor growing and the greenhouse is taken up with the orchids.
Hppy
I placed my first order from Baker Creek, rareseeds.com .:
Nagasaki late Chinese Cabbage
Baby milk bok Choy
Free seed variety 1
He shi ko bunching onion
Kano eggplant
Lesya pepper (sweet)
Yellow scallop squash
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I am posting the pictures and writing about my garden on my days off to relieve stress. Thinking about my garden helps me through the long and exhausting 12 hours shifts at work. I haven't considered a hobby in food styling yet because I don't kno...
Thank you for the info about weight loss. My co-worker eats pepper for to prevent constipation also.
I grew 6 spineless okra seeds this Summer which 5 sprouted and produced more than enough okra all Summer. It is actually still producing but s...
I was in the green house this am and noticed one of my Catleya orchids that I purchased last year is trying to bloom. I have also attempted to cross polinate two orchids from the Phalaenopsis species. I took pollen from the white one and pollinated t...