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gardening2020-05-18 03:48 pm
rafiwinters) wrote in gardening2020-05-18 03:48 pm
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Hello gardeners! So glad to have found you!
I'm EmeraldEm, or you can call me Em. I live in Providence, Rhode Island in the U.S. I was my dad's gardening assistant as a child (I'm 53) but have never had a garden or space for it as an adult. Just house plants. But suddenly my wife and I moved to a new apartment where there's a raised garden bed at the back of the property. So I asked for and received permission from the landlord to use it.
I have yet to go and measure it to see what the square footage is, but that's on my list. I'd started to get some tools and stuff two months ago, then the pandemic hit and everything went to heck. Now the weather's good I really want to get going! Here are some things I want to plant:
* lavender, dill, mint (I know mint should be in a separate pot or plot). Maybe sage?
* lettuce, carrots, tomatoes
* some pretty flower-things that will nicely grow on and cover the rather ugly stone walls of the raised bed
I've got a trowel, a cultivator and something that looks like a trowel but is narrower and maybe longer. Not sure what it is. The soil has clearly not been worked in ages and has some trash and a lot of weeds in it. Also some rocks. I'd clear it first before cultivating and planting.
So, basically, I'm starting from scratch. Any advice, comments, etc. would be very welcome. Thank you! :)
I'm EmeraldEm, or you can call me Em. I live in Providence, Rhode Island in the U.S. I was my dad's gardening assistant as a child (I'm 53) but have never had a garden or space for it as an adult. Just house plants. But suddenly my wife and I moved to a new apartment where there's a raised garden bed at the back of the property. So I asked for and received permission from the landlord to use it.
I have yet to go and measure it to see what the square footage is, but that's on my list. I'd started to get some tools and stuff two months ago, then the pandemic hit and everything went to heck. Now the weather's good I really want to get going! Here are some things I want to plant:
* lavender, dill, mint (I know mint should be in a separate pot or plot). Maybe sage?
* lettuce, carrots, tomatoes
* some pretty flower-things that will nicely grow on and cover the rather ugly stone walls of the raised bed
I've got a trowel, a cultivator and something that looks like a trowel but is narrower and maybe longer. Not sure what it is. The soil has clearly not been worked in ages and has some trash and a lot of weeds in it. Also some rocks. I'd clear it first before cultivating and planting.
So, basically, I'm starting from scratch. Any advice, comments, etc. would be very welcome. Thank you! :)
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If you can get hold of tomato plants, put them in the first bit of soil that's ready. They need a longer season than quicker-growing things like salads. Dill grows easily from seed and looks pretty. You could interplant with something like cosmos seeds for flowers. Calendula also grows easily and quickly from seed, as do agrostemma, nigella and eschscholzia. All good for beginners :)
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My wife and I are going to the garden center this morning to buy plants and seed and some more things like gloves. Tomatoes high on the list. :)