While image posts are not disallowed by any means. I'd like to draw your attention to this earlier meta discussion about purely sharing images. While lovely images of a garden, they are just that,...
While image posts are not disallowed by any means. I'd like to draw your attention to this earlier meta discussion about purely sharing images. While lovely images of a garden, they are just that, images. They don't provoke all that much discussion and also don't invite much more than some basic compliments.
So, why not expand on the image post? What inspired your wife to start this garden? What is doing well this year? Anything that isn't doing as well as she'd hoped?
I appreciate the prompt! My wife has always had houseplants and loved horticulture. After the pandemic she decided to try and grow as much as she could for our home needs. My daughter eats a lot...
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I appreciate the prompt!
My wife has always had houseplants and loved horticulture. After the pandemic she decided to try and grow as much as she could for our home needs. My daughter eats a lot of cantaloupe, my wife's mother and my wife make all sorts of things with the peppers, and I'm excited about using the dill she is growing to try and pickle the cucumbers! It's also why you see the chicken coop in the background. We would like to try and produce at home as much as we consume as reasonably possible.
We also have a garden. In our climate kale does exceptionally well and we also grow tomatoes, beans and squash. In addition we make our own yoghurt and bread. My husband has always and will always...
We also have a garden. In our climate kale does exceptionally well and we also grow tomatoes, beans and squash.
In addition we make our own yoghurt and bread. My husband has always and will always have a garden. It's a useful and attractive hobby that I appreciate.
I'm envious! When did she start planting? I did mine in early May, but it's barely gone anywhere. Not sure if it's because of all the rain we had with little sun or if I wasn't watering correctly,...
I'm envious! When did she start planting? I did mine in early May, but it's barely gone anywhere. Not sure if it's because of all the rain we had with little sun or if I wasn't watering correctly, but only now are my plants starting to really grow.
Hoping to at least get a good amount of Cucumbers so I can make pickles this year.
She planted early to mid April on the cantaloupe and the cucumber. Most of the other stuff of was started in March in a 2' x 4' grow tent. Finding the right watering schedule and how much to let...
She planted early to mid April on the cantaloupe and the cucumber. Most of the other stuff of was started in March in a 2' x 4' grow tent.
Finding the right watering schedule and how much to let them dry back is an art, in my opinion!
Nice garden! It certainly does become quite the obsession doesn't it? I started 4 years ago with five 5 gallon buckets on my deck in my little quarter acre suburb yard. This year im up to around...
Nice garden! It certainly does become quite the obsession doesn't it?
I started 4 years ago with five 5 gallon buckets on my deck in my little quarter acre suburb yard. This year im up to around 50 containers of many different sizes, 3 gallon up to 25 gallon. And the wife and I seriously thinking about trying move to someplace we could grow a bigger garden and maybe get some chickens. Which is hilarious because im like the least out doorsy person ever. But ive got the gardening bug bad lol.
I know there's a conversation going on about increasing the number of subs here. Im just a brand new reddit refugee, but I think a gardening sub would be pretty awesome.
My guess if I am reading the tealeaves correctly is that we will have gardening as a subset of hobbies for a while. However, I am laughing at your 'little' quarter acre yard from my apartment in a...
My guess if I am reading the tealeaves correctly is that we will have gardening as a subset of hobbies for a while. However, I am laughing at your 'little' quarter acre yard from my apartment in a three unit building, a few garden boxes in a shared back yard and a community garden plot from the city. We are motivated and make it happen but we could do a lot more with a 'small' quarter acre.
I guess it's all a matter of perspective. But, that quarter acre also includes my actual house footprint and a front yard that im not allowed to plant crops on ( HOA). So my growing space is...
I guess it's all a matter of perspective. But, that quarter acre also includes my actual house footprint and a front yard that im not allowed to plant crops on ( HOA). So my growing space is probably more like 1/8 of an acre. And even that isnt all usable because my garden is supposed to be unobtrusive snd not visable from the road (HOA). Its small from the perspective that all the homes in my neighborhood are right on top of each other. You never know when some busy body neighbor is going to lodge a complaint.
But ultimately you're right even with 50 containers I'm only using maybe a third of my back yard. I could grow a lot more. At this point I'm constrained more by time than space.
But that aforementioned HOA is currently being raised from the dead by a group of concerned citizens and who knows where that ends up. So we're out of here asap. It's just that gardening has reset our priorities as to where we end up moving to.
We live in central South Carolina so you can still buy a house and 4 or 5 acres in semi rural areas for reasonable prices.
That makes sense. There are several good reasons we are not considering the south right now, but moving to a lower cost housing region might be something we can manage at some point.
That makes sense. There are several good reasons we are not considering the south right now, but moving to a lower cost housing region might be something we can manage at some point.
I hear you. Hopefully someday we will get to the point where the worst part of the south is actually the heat. For now know that not everyone here is an intolerant gun toting bible thumping...
I hear you. Hopefully someday we will get to the point where the worst part of the south is actually the heat. For now know that not everyone here is an intolerant gun toting bible thumping redneck.
Love sunflowers. There's that middle period of growth where they shoot up and its as exciting as it gets in gardening. Plus they're direct seed in my neck of the woods, and don't require much....
Love sunflowers. There's that middle period of growth where they shoot up and its as exciting as it gets in gardening. Plus they're direct seed in my neck of the woods, and don't require much. That's an enticing grow.
Any specific varieties? Favorite last year was Buttercream F1 . Pollenless, branching, and looks just as good as the picture.
The last photo looks great - the structure on the left is made of 4*4 grid fencing material? I'm also curious a about the greenhouse at the rear right of photo. :D Please tell her she has a lovely...
The last photo looks great - the structure on the left is made of 4*4 grid fencing material? I'm also curious a about the greenhouse at the rear right of photo. :D
Oh what a lovely greenhouse! That wouldn't fly in my area, unfortunately, because it would fly in a hurricane. I have to remember your cattle panel trick ;)
Oh what a lovely greenhouse! That wouldn't fly in my area, unfortunately, because it would fly in a hurricane.
We live where the tornados come from so I suppose we've just been fortunate so far. I have the frame cemented into the ground and it's dug down about 8" below grade. The top is just below the...
We live where the tornados come from so I suppose we've just been fortunate so far. I have the frame cemented into the ground and it's dug down about 8" below grade. The top is just below the privacy fence.
We lost a panel to some wind a few months ago and never found it ðŸ˜.
While image posts are not disallowed by any means. I'd like to draw your attention to this earlier meta discussion about purely sharing images. While lovely images of a garden, they are just that, images. They don't provoke all that much discussion and also don't invite much more than some basic compliments.
So, why not expand on the image post? What inspired your wife to start this garden? What is doing well this year? Anything that isn't doing as well as she'd hoped?
I appreciate the prompt!
My wife has always had houseplants and loved horticulture. After the pandemic she decided to try and grow as much as she could for our home needs. My daughter eats a lot of cantaloupe, my wife's mother and my wife make all sorts of things with the peppers, and I'm excited about using the dill she is growing to try and pickle the cucumbers! It's also why you see the chicken coop in the background. We would like to try and produce at home as much as we consume as reasonably possible.
We also have a garden. In our climate kale does exceptionally well and we also grow tomatoes, beans and squash.
In addition we make our own yoghurt and bread. My husband has always and will always have a garden. It's a useful and attractive hobby that I appreciate.
I'm envious! When did she start planting? I did mine in early May, but it's barely gone anywhere. Not sure if it's because of all the rain we had with little sun or if I wasn't watering correctly, but only now are my plants starting to really grow.
Hoping to at least get a good amount of Cucumbers so I can make pickles this year.
She planted early to mid April on the cantaloupe and the cucumber. Most of the other stuff of was started in March in a 2' x 4' grow tent.
Finding the right watering schedule and how much to let them dry back is an art, in my opinion!
Nice garden! It certainly does become quite the obsession doesn't it?
I started 4 years ago with five 5 gallon buckets on my deck in my little quarter acre suburb yard. This year im up to around 50 containers of many different sizes, 3 gallon up to 25 gallon. And the wife and I seriously thinking about trying move to someplace we could grow a bigger garden and maybe get some chickens. Which is hilarious because im like the least out doorsy person ever. But ive got the gardening bug bad lol.
I know there's a conversation going on about increasing the number of subs here. Im just a brand new reddit refugee, but I think a gardening sub would be pretty awesome.
My guess if I am reading the tealeaves correctly is that we will have gardening as a subset of hobbies for a while. However, I am laughing at your 'little' quarter acre yard from my apartment in a three unit building, a few garden boxes in a shared back yard and a community garden plot from the city. We are motivated and make it happen but we could do a lot more with a 'small' quarter acre.
I guess it's all a matter of perspective. But, that quarter acre also includes my actual house footprint and a front yard that im not allowed to plant crops on ( HOA). So my growing space is probably more like 1/8 of an acre. And even that isnt all usable because my garden is supposed to be unobtrusive snd not visable from the road (HOA). Its small from the perspective that all the homes in my neighborhood are right on top of each other. You never know when some busy body neighbor is going to lodge a complaint.
But ultimately you're right even with 50 containers I'm only using maybe a third of my back yard. I could grow a lot more. At this point I'm constrained more by time than space.
But that aforementioned HOA is currently being raised from the dead by a group of concerned citizens and who knows where that ends up. So we're out of here asap. It's just that gardening has reset our priorities as to where we end up moving to.
We live in central South Carolina so you can still buy a house and 4 or 5 acres in semi rural areas for reasonable prices.
That makes sense. There are several good reasons we are not considering the south right now, but moving to a lower cost housing region might be something we can manage at some point.
I hear you. Hopefully someday we will get to the point where the worst part of the south is actually the heat. For now know that not everyone here is an intolerant gun toting bible thumping redneck.
There's a lot of good people here.
Wendell Berry is one of my favorite writers. The South like everywhere has good people.
Nice! My wife is currently obsessed with sunflowers. There is now a wall of them between our house and our neighbors house.
Love sunflowers. There's that middle period of growth where they shoot up and its as exciting as it gets in gardening. Plus they're direct seed in my neck of the woods, and don't require much. That's an enticing grow.
Any specific varieties? Favorite last year was Buttercream F1 . Pollenless, branching, and looks just as good as the picture.
My partner seems obsessed with all plants. If I left her unchecked, I'm pretty sure I'd be living in a jungle right now :P
There's literally a propagation tent in our bedroom. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
I'm not a plant connoisseur, but dont they rob your oxygen at night or something?
Plants provide oxygen!
That's awesome! We have a couple tucked into the corner. 😂
The last photo looks great - the structure on the left is made of 4*4 grid fencing material? I'm also curious a about the greenhouse at the rear right of photo. :D
Please tell her she has a lovely garden
it's called hog paneling, fyi
On the left are two cattle panels that were bent, tied to T-posts at the bottom, and zip tied together at the top.
Here's a link to the greenhouse: https://www.amazon.com/Upgraded-Greenhouse-Polycarbonate-Window-Outdoor/dp/B098TJGK5H?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1&psc=1
Oh what a lovely greenhouse! That wouldn't fly in my area, unfortunately, because it would fly in a hurricane.
I have to remember your cattle panel trick ;)
We live where the tornados come from so I suppose we've just been fortunate so far. I have the frame cemented into the ground and it's dug down about 8" below grade. The top is just below the privacy fence.
We lost a panel to some wind a few months ago and never found it ðŸ˜.
Meanwhile someone found a free panel and it made their week :)