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What Are Your Growing 2015?

d'Kong76 May 03 2015 02:55 PM

Nice day to finally get the veggies going... Yellow bell pepper Sweet banana pepper Red bell pepper Cucumber Cherokee purple tomato (have no idea if they're purple) Park's whopper tomato Super sweet cherry tomato Hot banana pepper Parsley Cilantro Cowhorn long cayenne pepper Dragon cayenne pepper (these names crack me up) Basil Garden salsa hot pepper (jalapeñosesque?) Anaheim hot pepper Rosemary Zucchini green squash 3-year-old oregano 2-year-old thyme

cooby May 03 2015 04:26 PM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

such a perfect garden day! My knees hurt soooooo bad. Bought two new rosemarys this year ($1.00 each at one of my local Amish greenhouse, gosh I love them) but I didn't plant them yet. I divided some Shasta daisies yesterday (dang near did me in) and did some other stuff today. Better report tomorrow when my wrists stop hurting...

MFS62 May 03 2015 05:23 PM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

Hoping to grow some grass on spots where he town plowed snow with salt on it onto my front lawn and my plow guy got a few chunks of grass along side my driveway. I put down top soil, seed and fertilizer and am hoping for the best. MMYF will do the flower planting stuff in the near future, Later

d'Kong76 May 03 2015 07:18 PM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

cooby wrote: Bought two new rosemarys this year ($1.00 each at one of my local Amish greenhouse, gosh I love them) but I didn't plant them yet. Last year I didn't have to plant rosemary, it survived the winter. The long winter killed a bunch of stuff, including a rose bush which kinda sucks.

Ceetar May 04 2015 08:05 AM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

hops and grass hopefully. I've probably dumped half a bag of grass seed (And some fresh soil) on a portion of my yard this spring. Been here 21 months and the grass is still mostly mossy crap. It's a process. Bought a watermelon and a cucumber pod to plant on my hill too. see how that goes.

cooby May 04 2015 08:15 AM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

d'Kong76 wrote: cooby wrote: Bought two new rosemarys this year ($1.00 each at one of my local Amish greenhouse, gosh I love them) but I didn't plant them yet. Last year I didn't have to plant rosemary, it survived the winter. The long winter killed a bunch of stuff, including a rose bush which kinda sucks. Wow, do you know what kind of rosemary it is? Arp maybe? I think it's the only kind we have a prayer of wintering here. Our Master Gardener native plant sale is this Saturday with yours truly! as the chairman. I bought some native plants and have been encouraging locals to buy buy buy at just $2.50 a plant (perennials! for $2.50!). The guy across the street from me, whom I don't even know bought $90 worth; I can't wait to see what he does with them!

metsmarathon May 04 2015 09:36 AM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

my front yard is a mossy mess that i've been ignoring until i can have some success on the side. my back yard has taken priority in the past, and is finally looking rather good (with a few troublespots here and there) i've been trying in vain for the past four years, or maybe 5, to grow grass on the one downhill side of my driveway. i think each year i screw up the watering, as i usually have higher priority watering tasks going on. also, over winter, it'd had a thick layer of leaves covering it, under the snow. this year, i'm hoping to make it a priority. and if it doesn't work, next year, i'm just gonna do wildflowers.

Ceetar May 04 2015 09:53 AM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

metsmarathon wrote: my front yard is a mossy mess that i've been ignoring until i can have some success on the side. my back yard has taken priority in the past, and is finally looking rather good (with a few troublespots here and there) i've been trying in vain for the past four years, or maybe 5, to grow grass on the one downhill side of my driveway. i think each year i screw up the watering, as i usually have higher priority watering tasks going on. also, over winter, it'd had a thick layer of leaves covering it, under the snow. this year, i'm hoping to make it a priority. and if it doesn't work, next year, i'm just gonna do wildflowers. I want to do wildflowers in the front. It's a mossy, hilly, mess and there's no way I have the time to get grass to grow there. I don't know if the rocky soil will take to the flowers without some serious dirt addition though.

d'Kong76 May 04 2015 10:14 AM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

cooby wrote: Wow, do you know what kind of rosemary it is? Arp maybe? I think it's the only kind we have a prayer of wintering here. Don't tell anyone, I'm pretty geeky and keep the veggies tabs in a tomato can on top of the garage fridge. haha "Rosmarinus offiinalis - A very strong vigarous grower with straight upright stems and deep green foliage, great flavor. We found this variety in Israel and think it to be the very est of rosemaries. Loves the hot sun. Must be brought inside for the winter in New England but will survive south of Virginia. Likes a well drained soil."

metsmarathon May 04 2015 12:22 PM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

what do i need to do to recover my lawn from its mossiness, anyways?

Ceetar May 04 2015 12:34 PM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

metsmarathon wrote: what do i need to do to recover my lawn from its mossiness, anyways? As I understand it, it's about drainage, shade, and pH. I have all three problems. I used a spreader with some lime to raise the pH a couple of times last year, and heavily in the fall. So far I have noticed better results this spring with grass growing in. Drainage. Moss doesn't have deep roots, but if the water sits at the top of the dirt, it's easy for it to grow. Supposedly less frequent deeper feedings are better than frequent spritzings when watering. And of course, shade. If the grass isn't getting enough sun to grow well, the moss has a place to grow.

Rockin' Doc May 04 2015 09:01 PM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

d'Kong76 wrote: What Are You Growing 2015? Old, fat, and lazy.

Nymr83 May 05 2015 10:36 AM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

metsmarathon wrote: what do i need to do to recover my lawn from its mossiness, anyways? a cement mixer?

Mets – Willets Point May 05 2015 11:04 AM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

Growing children. No time for anything else.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 05 2015 06:06 PM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

Assuming we can ever figure out a day for planting (we want to do it on a day when YoungerPooper's around, and weekends have been completely undoable so far), we've got the following lined up: Beets Broccoli Cucumber (early pride) Mesclun greens Microgreens (mixed) Sweet peppers (red roaster hybrid, tangerine dream) Tomato (tomande hybrid, honey delight hybrid, and red currant heirloom) Basil (Genovese and Thai) Cilantro Lemon Thyme Oregano Sage (common) Tarragon Thyme (common)

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 05 2015 07:35 PM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

A little gunshy on growing veggies after our rat issue last summer. We have herbs -- cilantro, sage, oregano, mint, rosemary, catgrass. Plus lots of flowers two rose bushes and ivy, stuff like that.

Frayed Knot May 05 2015 07:44 PM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Growing children. Those things need to be watered so often and the soil has to be just right.

d'Kong76 Aug 23 2015 04:13 PM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

Bad cucumber year, I removed them today. Zuchinni removal is just around the corner too. Guess it was the heat and warm nights last dozen nights or so? Tomatoes and assorted peppers (both hot, and mild) exPLOded this year.

Ashie62 Aug 23 2015 05:52 PM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

Considering Strawberries and weed.

Fman99 Aug 24 2015 07:30 PM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

Erections.

Ceetar Aug 25 2015 05:43 AM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

Fman99 wrote: Erections. Just don't ask me to help you with the harvest this year.

cooby Aug 25 2015 10:27 AM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

Our Master Gardener group had a native plant sale this year, so that's what I grew :) We counted seven Monarch caterpillars on our milkweed the other day! My granddaughter loves them!

Rockin' Doc Aug 25 2015 06:49 PM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

Old and Tired.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 25 2015 10:01 PM Re: What Are Your Growing 2015?

Ceetar wrote: Fman99 wrote: Erections. Just don't ask me to help you with the harvest this year. lolollloll