HA!!!!!Have you tried cactus? They're pretty much indestructible. Just put them in a pot, put them near a window and then forget all about them.
HA!!!!!Have you tried cactus? They're pretty much indestructible. Just put them in a pot, put them near a window and then forget all about them.
I've been wearing purple since I was 14. I'll be 71 in 15 days time!!!!!Aren't they awesome!? it's about time they had some in purple!! I absolutely love the shade of purple!!
I live in an apartment now as well so don't have a garden. I grew up on a farm and we had a large garden every summer and I think it was worth the work. The produce is much better than anything from a store. I do go to a farmer's market during the summer which is far better than produce from a store. I don't get the personalized choice like I would get from a garden, it's whatever is available at the market that day.I've just spent well over an our reading this thread from start to finish. My word. You have lovely gardens but is it worth the heartache and hard work it takes? I live in an apartment so can't grow any veggies. Keep up the good work.
I'd love to eat home grown fruit and veggies. I don't have a farmer's market.I live in an apartment now as well so don't have a garden. I grew up on a farm and we had a large garden every summer and I think it was worth the work. The produce is much better than anything from a store. I do go to a farmer's market during the summer which is far better than produce from a store. I don't get the personalized choice like I would get from a garden, it's whatever is available at the market that day.
It has often started about these times, yellow leaves are steadily increasing in numbers now and nights are already too dark to see anything, when summer it is as bright as night as it is at cloudy winter day.Yikes! Pretty, but too early, right?
Here it is somewhat similar to McGrath, Alaska, but we get much more rain and clouds, this year it has already been raining around 400mm (almost 16 inches) and most heavy rainfall has been around 160mm in an hour (over 6 inches in an hour), that is for this year, which is close to record year, I should try growing rice instead of potatoesI'm in Canada, so I'm certainly familiar with cool temperatures, but so far there's no leaves changing colour yet. However, sadly today is dull and windy and actually has a fall look to it. :frown2:
I've picked my first ever carrots. They were about 2 inches long and about a 1/2" in diameter. Pretty cool. I'll leave the rest a while longer and see what happens.
Also picked some peas and green beans. And my corn has tassels & silk now. And cucumbers are crawling up the fence!
Tomatoes are still small and green. They need more sun! Green peppers did poorly. Next year I may try them in pots instead of the actual garden bed.
For my first garden, it's been fun. And hopefully not done yet, as we tend to have pretty warm temps right into September, though of course shorter days.
Anyone grow spinach in the fall? Not sure if it's worth trying or not.
You could come here. No snow where I live.Here it is somewhat similar to McGrath, Alaska, but we get much more rain and clouds, this year it has already been raining around 400mm (almost 16 inches) and most heavy rainfall has been around 160mm in an hour (over 6 inches in an hour), that is for this year, which is close to record year, I should try growing rice instead of potatoes
Tomatoes do grow, but only at southern wall and more successfully if old windows are placed leaning to wall, then one can pick them up at late August or September, put into shelf and wait for them to ripe.
Snow can come at September or October, sometimes it comes at January, because our weather varies quite a bit, it is really hard to plan what to grow during next season.
There were news recently where it was stated that we are having coldest and most rainy weather in whole world during our so called summer and it does not help that I live even high up on hills around 750ft from sea level.
This year I did not grow much at all, not sure about next year, I really would like to grow red sweet bell paprika and tomatoes, but it is not possible every year, also harvest will be after the summer and I would mostly need those at summer.
I could really move someplace where people don't know what snow is, but I have seen snow even in Texas, so might be that place would be too hot for my pale skin
I need a green house, several really, to season firewood and grow all these wonderful stuff people get to grow bit further away from arctic sea.
It is wonderful in there, orange juice is so easy to get, just grab few oranges from tree on yard, also lot less rain too, wonderful place what I have visited there.You could come here. No snow where I live.
That does sound really nice. I think that there would be a force field around the place that would keep out someone like me though. I shouldn't be around that many living plants. They'd be doomed. I walk into the garden center at Wal Mart or Home Depot and expect the plants to all just die as I walk by with my invisible (except to them) robe and sickle.
I was just checking my e-mail and I found one from Burpee for their Fordhook Open Day. (http://www.burpee.com/gygg/content.jsp?contentId=summeropens) Boy that sounds fun! They have self guided tours of the gardens, speakers, demonstrations and an open question and answer session. They are even going to have some chefs from the Food Network Test Kitchen! I could probably get to this if we planned it out well in advance; it's not really day-trip optional for me. I'd want to be sure we could get there early enough to make the most of it. But it looks really interesting!