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Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:19 am  |
I always like plants, esp fruit trees. I have been neglecting my garden, and those trees continue to live for me. (Thank you trees.) This year I decided it's time for me to get back in to gardening. A friend of mine is inspiring me. I saw him growing lots of stuff from seeds, and it's awesome. He gave me some tomato plants and pineapples that he grew from the tops of the pineapples he bought from the market. One of his pineapple plants is actually fruiting now. It's amazing.
So I bought Miracle Gro and I dug up ditches all around my plants and trees, and flipped up the soil to help with the aeration. Wow, that was some good exercises. I watered the trees and gave them Miracle Gro. I think maybe my fruit trees will be happy this year. I also just bought a Hass avocado tree and a Fuyu (Japanese) persimmon tree that I plan to plant or transfer to a bigger pot (might have to move later this year or next).
I can't believe gardening is so much fun and it's relaxing, too. |
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:28 am |
I love gardening, I started my tomatoe seeds in the house last weekend. Can wait to start my vegetable garden....
Still lots of snow here, so I have to wait for a while longer................... |
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:50 pm |
| dleonard wrote: |
I love gardening, I started my tomatoe seeds in the house last weekend. Can wait to start my vegetable garden....
Still lots of snow here, so I have to wait for a while longer................... |
Isn't it so relaxing? I really do love gardening. I enjoy seeing my tulips come up from the ground year after year. They've been so good to me 3 straight years now even though I didn't do much to them after planting them. I am finding myself come out of my house and smiling at the flowers on the Fuji apple trees like an idiot. I even said good morning to the trees. LOL
How long do you have to wait before you can plant them? Another month? |
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:59 pm |
I love gardening, but I am basically a lazy gardener. Also the area I live in has been in drought for 7 years and we are on fairly tight water restrictions. Great tip for all gardeners. Seaweed solution helps plants cope with the stress of drought and when being transplanted. In fact any time you are going to put your plants under stress, such as heavy pruning or repotting, given them a dose of seaweed solution. This acts as a tonic rather than a fertilizer and so can be used at any time of year. It can also help plants that are under heavy insect infestation bounce back.
Apart from natives I mainly grow fruit trees and leafy greens. Most of my edibles are chosen either because they are resistant to diseases and insects, or because they are either expensive to buy, or difficult to get in shops. Luckily many fruits are both, so my fruit trees consist of pomegranates, persimmons, feijoas, cherry guava, chinese gooseberries, passionfruit, lemons, olives and figs, along with an apple and apricot tree that were both here when I first moved in. I love plums and nectarines, but because they attract fruit flies, I haven't planted them.
I'm also a messy gardener. I find that the messier the garden the more wildlife it attracts, and I've put flat water bowls out for the birds, up on pedestals so that they are protected from my cat. I also keep all my meat and fat scraps for the carnivorous birds, and throw a small amout out for them about twice a week. It's hard to work out which I get more pleasure from - watching the birds playing in the water or scoffing down home grown passionfruit still warm from the sun. |
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Mabsy
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:58 pm |
OMG! I have built a house recently and it's sitting on a pretty big block of bare land. Anybody who loves to garden should just come over to my place and go happy on it. I can provide all the tools  And that should tell you that I'm, at the moment, not a happy little gardener because it just takes such a long time when you're starting from scratch (and so much effort and so much $$$). I think/hope that once it's all finished I will start the enjoy regular garden maintenance though at the moment I'm not too sure that is possible |
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Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:33 am |
Mabsy: I've been there.............but you start on garden at a time, and in no time.........years later  you will have a beautiful yard........it's been 10 years for me and I still make new flower garden every year.............it's all worth the effort..............good luck |
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Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:55 am |
| I wish I could have a garden, but I live in an apartment. There also isn't much light, so it isn't good for keeping potted plants either. However, I love to keep fresh flowers around. They just make me happy every time I look at them. I saw on the Martha Stewart show today that she is doing a line with 1-800-Flowers.com and the arrangements looks beautiful. I would love to have something like that in my apartment. |
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Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:21 pm |
We have a lot of shade in our yard. It is difficult for me to grow the flowers I like. My DH and I are very into landscaping. In fact our neighbors think we are crazy to be out cleaning our yard in early March. DH is the lawn keeper. Must say our lawn is like a golf course. I am the keeper of the shrubs and leaf raker. I envy those who can have a vegetable garden. The trees in our yard are big and old (Spruce, Holly, Oak, Maple). To cut them down is not an option. Pretty soon we have to have trees sprayed for those disgusting Gypsy Moths. Right behind our house is our state forest. I love New England!
Happy gardening. |
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Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:12 pm |
| Mabsy, you are too funny! Ok, I must qualify that I love gardening but it's gotta be my own garden. LOL Gardening is a lot of work for sure. Whenever I dig up ditches or flip up the soil to ventilate it, I skip my treadmill for the day. Swinging that axe is hard work! I have a hard time trimming my trees, too. I know it has to be done for the trees to grow thicker and fuller, but I feel like I should not cut any of their limbs off. Anyone else has this problem? |
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Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:45 pm |
I particularly like citrus trees. Where I live they need to come in for the winter but they smell wonderful. I partcularly like the Ponderosa lemon (Logees in CT has cuttings from a 100+ years plant that are awesome). I also have kumquats.
I do not have a big yard but I also like perennial flowers and have several tubs of herbs. |
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Mabsy
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Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:11 pm |
| Thank you dleonard. That is indeed what I have been doing and it looks like there's a good year or so in it still... |
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Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:40 am |
I know this may sound funny but I think nature grounds you. It does for me...at times, that I am upset I touch a tree or a leaf and feel better. I know it sounds odd but it works for me.  |
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Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:28 pm |
| I love gardening. I'm growing exotics (jasmines, orchids, plumeria, etc.) in a non-tropical zone. It's a challenge to make some of them flower, but well worth it when they do. I also love roses and peonies, too. Okay, I love beautiful flowers with scents. All of them! |
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Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:46 pm |
| SCF, I don't think it sounds weird at all. I smiled like an idiot when I came home and saw my bing cherry tree got beautiful huge pink flowers on it. It made me so happy. Like I said, I found myself say good morning to my trees when I came out of the house and got greeted by the beautiful flowers. I think gardening is really relaxing....a definite stress reliever and a great exercise. I was digging up this plant that was crowding out my Cherimoya tree, and it was a back breaking work. |
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Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:50 pm |
| I am so excited that spring is here! It is already very spring like weather here in the south and Lowe's and garden shops are getting filled with flowering plants. My house is situated on land which is surrounded by a pine forest. I have many different types of roses which will bloom for the next 6-7 months and several areas where I will plant hot pink and purple annuals. The beautiful Crape Myrtle trees are coming to life and I can not wait until they flower. The Hostas are so happy and green with almost daily rain showers. I absolutely love working in my yard! Such great exercise and so rewarding! |
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Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:03 pm |
My tiny fuji apple tree has fruits on it! YEAH!!  I don't know if they would be any good or not, but I sure love looking at the fruits on the tree. |
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Sat May 24, 2008 8:29 pm |
For those of you that love gardening and want to have your own veggies there is an excellent method called square foot gardening. I just found out about it after we broke ourselves in our veggie garden, but still used this method in a lot of pots and need to tell you, the plants in the pots that were planted later look better than the ones in veggie garden.
http://www.squarefootgardening.com/
You can find more info at the above link. |
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Sun May 25, 2008 4:36 pm |
Hi, I have an apartment, but I love gardening and last year I started to grow peppers on my balcony. Everyone I know said to me it is impossible to grow sweet peppers in the pots and boxes on the balcony, but I proved they were wrong! I was so happy to see the first flower on my pepper - I couldn't stop talking about it for a week. Gardening is very rewarding and relaxing! Even if it is on a very small balcony. I wish I have a house with a big garden where I could grow so many plants. This year I planned to grow different types of pepper. I already plant everything and OMG there is no free space on my balcony...just for me to move between pots and boxes.
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This is my flowers this year. I love Dalias and Portulacas! They usually flower the whole summer.
Yesterday I photographed the first flower on my pepper
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Mon May 26, 2008 12:57 pm |
| WOW Laral!! That's gorgeous! I've always wanted to grow peppers but thought it was too hard.... I've just ordered the topsy turvy tomato planter from TSC and also am anxious to try the SFG, it looks amazing! |
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Wed May 28, 2008 9:38 pm |
Thanks Dahli!
Peppers are really easy to grow! They like sunshine and moisture - just don't over water them.
If you or anyone else need information and tips on growing peppers let me know and I will
e-mail it to you.
Lara |
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Thu May 29, 2008 6:53 am |
WoW,,dala,,it is beautiful!!!! I am a lazy person so I always let the plants dry to death..  But I love plants and flowers  |
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Thu May 29, 2008 8:33 pm |
| Sure Lara1, I always look for advices so I would take that info that you are willing to share, and thank you for it in advance. |
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Fri May 30, 2008 3:28 pm |
Hi edithsz, I am not sure if we allowed to post direct links on this forum and I will send all websites to your e-mail instead.
Lara |
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Fri May 30, 2008 3:35 pm |
Thanks, Lara1, that's what I thought too. I am looking forward to see what can I do to make my peppers healthier and larger.
Thanks again. |
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