Aneeda72 Garden 2021

[Aneeda72]

I love to garden flowers and veggies and fruit vines, but no trees. Anytime I get a tree husband manages to break it. I am being to think he hates trees . Anyway, have been working, working, working on re doing the garden for this year, in both the front and back. Here is a picture of the raised bed box spring which is almost done.

 

[Pinky]

I love to garden flowers and veggies and fruit vines, but no trees. Anytime I get a tree husband manages to break it. I am being to think he hates trees . Anyway, have been working, working, working on re doing the garden for this year, in both the front and back. Here is a picture of the raised bed box spring which is almost done.

Looks great, @Aneeda72 - you put an awful lot of work into your garden. I hope you get a good crop of veggies this summer.

 

[Aunt Marg]

As Freddie Prinze used to say... "looking good"!

 

[Aneeda72]

In the background, he is working on Bella”s reshaped dog run, again. It will be 80 feet long in the side yard and about 15 feet in front of the back of the house. Her dog house will be moved where there is shade for a good part of the day. We also have a shade cover for a section back there.

You can see tomatoes in blue pots. It is still to cold to have tomatoes outside at night. Taking out the dead roses as there just was not enough moisture for some of them and irises from the front will be moved back. Again, because I move them they won’t bloom, but I am making changes that will mean less watering in the front, and front side yard.

We are in a bad drought.

We lost a great deal of speciality grass which was supposed to survive the winter and didn’t because the Lowe’s employees were wrong. . I should have googled all the plants I bought. I did buy them on clearance, except for a few, so not as great a loss as it could have been.

 

[Aneeda72]

Garden tip: The commercial nursery puts 3 to 5 seeds in a veggie pot to ensure that at least one seed sprouts. (As mentioned pots are now on sale at Lowe’s 3 for 9 dollars.). The trick to buying these pots is to buy the pot with the most sprouted seeds in it. I see people all the time, grab a pot without checking.

If only one seed has sprouted, and you plant too early, and it dies, you are out 3 for the plant and then another three to buy another plant. Sometimes you can only get two in a pot, I really try to get three. This means more veggies. This is a spaghetti plant with three plants in it.

 

[SeaBreeze]

Looks good Aneeda, good luck with your garden. You're much more ambitious than I am, I used to have a full veggie garden and a strawberry patch. Between the bugs, the dry conditions, poor soil and my black thumb, I gave up in my retirement. The time in my life I used to think I'd embrace gardening more than in my working days, I want nothing to do with it. We go away on camping trips a couple of times a year too, so anything growing in the yard, plants, flowers or vegetables would need care and watering while we're gone. A neighbor had volunteered in the past, but I don't want to do that. Maybe when we're too old to go on vacations anymore, I'll plant a couple of big pots with cherry tomatoes.....but I doubt it.

 

[Aneeda72]

Our neighbor is a hoarder, . When we removed the large 50 ft tree and had the stump ground, we had to replace the fencing between our yards. It was 4 foot, so we replaced it with 4 feet. Then this guy dug a drive way out so then the fence is too short and he complained.

We went and bought a roll of five foot fencing and added it on our side. Repurposed at one end a lot the cement we had to out in a raised area. Then, our neighbor, who had removed his junk to dig the driveway, put his junk back, and leaned it up against our brand new higher fence. Bent the top of the fence.

So, we took the dog run pieces, attached them to the fence, put the slats in, to hide the crap in his yard. He has an old car in the back of his yard, an old camper on a trailer, another old car, and his truck which he parks between our houses. It’s against code.

We planted bushes in front of the fencing which spread 10x10. Repurposed the cement like rocks. Putting up dog fencing to keep Bella out as she would eat the plants.

 

[Aneeda72]

Looks good Aneeda, good luck with your garden. You're much more ambitious than I am, I used to have a full veggie garden and a strawberry patch. Between the bugs, the dry conditions, poor soil and my black thumb, I gave up in my retirement. The time in my life I used to think I'd embrace gardening more than in my working days, I want nothing to do with it. We go away on camping trips a couple of times a year too, so anything growing in the yard, plants, flowers or vegetables would need care and watering while we're gone. A neighbor had volunteered in the past, but I don't want to do that. Maybe when we're too old to go on vacations anymore, I'll plant a couple of big pots with cherry tomatoes.....but I doubt it.

I hope we have one more trip in us, to Texas, to see my daughter then that will be it. Otherwise, we are done at this point. But my daughter will be upset if we don’t come out and she probably would not come back here if we do not go there.

Adult children are still childish .

 

[Aneeda72]

Small window of sunshine so got all but three of the strawberries I bought planted. I paid close attention to the strawberries because I bought the wrong kind before. Some strawberries only bear fruit once. These are usually the bigger strawberries.

If you want strawberries all summer long, and I do, make sure you get the ever-bearing strawberries.

 

[Chet]

I way, way downsized gardening from what I had to two 1 square foot tilled areas for two tomatoes and that's it. They are the size of two containers if I were planting a container garden, but in the ground.

 

[MickaC]

Aneeda....you most surely have a gardener's place in my heart.
Love your raised bed idea, and what your plans are and have been at your place.
Just when i say......no yard projects this year.....i come up with another one.
Do have one advantage here, our heat doesn't get as hot as where you are.
My newly thought up project still remains......3 galvanized water troughs for raised gardens.....so, more landscape stones in the area where they will be placed, stones in the bottom of them for drainage.
Also have an active mode in my brain as to thinking of things to ad, to add interest.
One of my favorite is galvanized watering cans, 2 gallon size......i've collected a lot of things, my treasures, which is part of my yard.

Aneeda, keep posting, so i can enjoy your progress......great job.....will look amazing.
Bella will enjoy her runs.....especially the 80ft one.

Would love to hear about others and your projects.

 

[Aneeda72]

Aneeda....you most surely have a gardener's place in my heart.
Love your raised bed idea, and what your plans are and have been at your place.
Just when i say......no yard projects this year.....i come up with another one.
Do have one advantage here, our heat doesn't get as hot as where you are.
My newly thought up project still remains......3 galvanized water troughs for raised gardens.....so, more landscape stones in the area where they will be placed, stones in the bottom of them for drainage.
Also have an active mode in my brain as to thinking of things to ad, to add interest.
One of my favorite is galvanized watering cans, 2 gallon size......i've collected a lot of things, my treasures, which is part of my yard.

Aneeda, keep posting, so i can enjoy your progress......great job.....will look amazing.
Bella will enjoy her runs.....especially the 80ft one.

Would love to hear about others and your projects.

Thanks, @MickaC changing a lot of stuff this year. I love to garden, just love it. Everything has to be done before June 20th as hip replacement is the 21. Last year was just get stuff done so the yard looks half way decent.

A lot of my plants, as I said, turned out not be perennials as advertised. Should have looked them up, hindsight is so wonderful. And I think the two grapes I bought died. I did not know grapes are poisonous to dogs. The progress is slow but I can’t do heavy work. Got to reply on the big guy. Our springs are so weather difficult. 80 degrees one day, snowing the next.

Yes, the run gives me room for two dogs, , really hard to resist. I saw a cowboy corgi for sale, I should not look, tri color face and blue speckled body. OMGOSH so wanted that puppy, but we are never successful with two dogs. Besides I don’t need another dog that bites, , or another dog. (Writing that on the blackboard 100 times.)

You could put strawberries in those water cans, just saying . I have never planted cabbage and might give it a try. Apparently they like the colder weather in the beginning. Our veggie plants are all from Bonnie.

 

[Aneeda72]

I just ordered. Borage seeds from Amazon. Never heard of it before, but it’s a companion plant for tomatoes and says it discourages hookworm. I hate tomato worms . When we had a garden when I was a child it was my job to pick the worms off. It’s still my job.

It says the Borage leaves and flowers are edible and tastes like cucumber. Says they attract bees to the garden, and I need bees so there you go.

 

[Aneeda72]

I have never put veggies out this early in the year, but with up to 80 degree days and mostly 40 degree nights I decided to try it. Wish I had not. I covered the plants as a rep from Bonnie told me, read a bit on line, and decided to chance it. Yup, bad move, everything died. I mourn the loss of the money I paid for the veggies, and the veggies, but now I know that for me, at least, it doesn’t work.

Too much moisture and the water in the plants themselves can freeze, which it did, and then the plants freeze, and that is that. A half frozen plant might grow but not very well. This is the same problem that greenhouses have, moisture control. Glad I never bought a green house.

In the second picture, I am using a pallet as a climbing fence for cucumbers. I put grow pots over the cucumbers and they survived the night just fine. I have always used pots as covers, not plastic. Plastic was clearly a mistake. I will not rebuy more veggies till May.

 

[MickaC]

I have never put veggies out this early in the year, but with up to 80 degree days and mostly 40 degree nights I decided to try it. Wish I had not. I covered the plants as a rep from Bonnie told me, read a bit on line, and decided to chance it. Yup, bad move, everything died. I mourn the loss of the money I paid for the veggies, and the veggies, but now I know that for me, at least, it doesn’t work.

Too much moisture and the water in the plants themselves can freeze, which it did, and then the plants freeze, and that is that. A half frozen plant might grow but not very well. This is the same problem that greenhouses have, moisture control. Glastd I never bought a green house.

In the second picture, I am using a pallet as a climbing fence for cucumbers. I put grow pots over the cucumbers and they survived the night just fine. I have always used pots as covers, not plastic. Plastic was clearly a mistake. I will not rebuy more veggies till May.

You're not alone, Aneeda, learned this early planting lesson,the hard way many years ago.
Being Canada, should know better.
Was always in a rush planting early, then have to cover, warm temps early is hard to resist.
My change of habits came into place.
Annual flowers, waited till June 1st planting, they always caught up, and grew just fine.
Potatoes and carrots, no matter what, tried to get them in beginning of May, rest of the garden, closer to the May long weekend.
Annual flower planting in town, still wait till June 1st.
Aneeda....you're right, plastic is a mistake.
Still... the love of gardening....will never give up.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

@Aneeda72 ,that raised bed is to die for. In New Jersey the last frost date is May 15th and even that can be to early to put plants in. Mine are doing well inside and the only thing I have in my garden are peas and swiss chard, both are up. They love the cool weather.
I hope you have a great garden this year.

 

[Aneeda72]

@Aneeda72 ,that raised bed is to die for. In New Jersey the last frost date is May 15th and even that can be to early to put plants in. Mine are doing well inside and the only thing I have in my garden are peas and swiss chard, both are up. They love the cool weather.
I hope you have a great garden this year.

Yup, it was a mistake for sure, but curiosity got the best of me. First and last time I do that. Thanks on the raised bed, I was talking to another shopper at Lowe’s today and she said she had two bed springs in her basement for years and she is going to make them into raised beds as well. I’ve started a trend.

 

[Tish]

Looks fantastic.

 

[Aneeda72]

Looks fantastic.

Thanks

 

[Alligatorob]

Itching to get our veggies in, but it is still a bit early here. I have planted a few things that can withstand a little frost, some broccoli and lettuce. Supposed to be in the upper 20s tonight, but no other freezes in the 10 day forecast. It won't be long now...

 

[Liberty]

I have never put veggies out this early in the year, but with up to 80 degree days and mostly 40 degree nights I decided to try it. Wish I had not. I covered the plants as a rep from Bonnie told me, read a bit on line, and decided to chance it. Yup, bad move, everything died. I mourn the loss of the money I paid for the veggies, and the veggies, but now I know that for me, at least, it doesn’t work.

Too much moisture and the water in the plants themselves can freeze, which it did, and then the plants freeze, and that is that. A half frozen plant might grow but not very well. This is the same problem that greenhouses have, moisture control. Glad I never bought a green house.

In the second picture, I am using a pallet as a climbing fence for cucumbers. I put grow pots over the cucumbers and they survived the night just fine. I have always used pots as covers, not plastic. Plastic was clearly a mistake. I will not rebuy more veggies till May.

Gardeners supply has a freeze cover that protects down to 24° and lets 60% light through. We use that every year to protect tender plants in Jan-Mar. Works well.

 

[Aneeda72]

Working on the garden and told my husband no going in early as we need to get your new blueberry bushes in. This meant he had to make a few changes in the garden that I am not strong enough to do. After the blueberries were in, these plants will be 5x5 ft, he was to move some stuff, can’t think of the name.

Anyway, ready to move the shredded stuff when a perfectly beautiful day turned nasty. Clouds rolled in, it got a bit cooler and then the wind hit. 25 mph steady wind with gusts up to 50 mph so that ended that plan. Hmm, put everything away.

Then I had him go sit in the shed and half fill the pots with potty soil so I can transfer the rest of my small plants into bigger pots so they don’t get root bound. And I will just haul them in and out of the shed until they can be planted. I ”paid” him with lunch out, and I AM a GETTING MY MONEY’S WORTH.

He ate all his lunch and 3/4 of mine as I let him pick the place and I don’t like their food a whole lot. Then a scoop of ice cream afterwards. I really like the Baskin Robbins lemon ice cream and only 240 calories in a scoop. Plus, cause I am doing so much my blood sugar can handle it as well.

He also got some easy to put up fencing put up. I got all the cement chunks moved, all the strawberries I had planted, raked up a bunch of stuff, moved some empty containers out of the shed and into the container storage area by Bella’s dog house. A lot got done and I wanted to work another hour, but nope. Oh, went and bought more strawberries plants which are still on sale.

 

[Aneeda72]

Little tiny early tomato on the plant I am keeping in the shed at night. It’s smaller Than a dime and the earliest tomato I’ve ever raised. I am so proud

 

[MickaC]

Aneeda....i have a dumb question.
Your box spring garden......can you reach to the center of them, without stepping into it.

 

[Aneeda72]

Aneeda....i have a dumb question.
Your box spring garden......can you reach to the center of them, without stepping into it.

Yes, it’s a full bed box spring and a piece of wood runs down the center.