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ysabetwordsmithI enjoy growing dark-colored plants. I have black flowers, bronze leaves, black fruits, all kinds of interesting things.
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How to Secure Trough Pots to a Bench
May. 14th, 2025 12:37 amysabetwordsmithToday's project was filling a set of trough pots and securing them to the benches of the new picnic table. (This is from Tuesday, but it's after midnight so the date reads Wednesday. See some "before" pictures.) There are 6 troughs total, although one already had wild strawberries in it from earlier. Each bench holds 3 troughs. I got these and a bunch of other pots when Big Lots went out of business.
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spring garden
Oct. 11th, 2019 10:52 amtielanIt is the middle of spring, and everything is growing.
( well, nearly everything: the chickens aren't... )
( well, nearly everything: the chickens aren't... )
Speaking of the chooks, they're spending most of their days out in the front run, are laying, and quite happy to get in yo' face.
Interestingly, there's a section of the chook run which abuts the neighbour's yard beyond the fenceline, and I've noticed the neighbours have started throwing some of their kitchen wastes into the chook pen. Which, they're from out rural way, used to be farm folk, so I understand, so I trust they're not trying to poison my chooks. I've had a bit of a chat to them about the chickens when they first moved in (because I was worried about the noise they might make) but they've been pretty good about the occasional noisy clucking that takes place when one of the chooks wants something and isn;t getting it. (Hainan chicken is particularly noisy when she's bored.)
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The big project I want to do in the next couple of months (And really, I should have done it the last couple of weeks) is to get some bed edges in, made from heat-treated wooden pallets. But I put it off and off and off and it would be better to get the bed edges in sooner rather than later...
Ugh. Maybe I'll do them next winter...
Cucumbers and a Tomato Jungle
Aug. 4th, 2011 02:25 pmteapot_rabbitHello fellow gardeners! My last entry I had photos of dirt and weeds.
( This time I have photos of a backyard jungle, and the first fruits of my labor. )
( This time I have photos of a backyard jungle, and the first fruits of my labor. )
teapot_rabbitRight, so, people seemed to be interested in tomato reviews. Like I said before, I live in the California Bay Area; USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9a/9b, Sunset Zone 15. These reviews are merely my experiences, so feel free to disagree if I have slighted your favorite tomato. ^_^
( Lots of tomatoes under the cut! )
( Lots of tomatoes under the cut! )
Introduction and some photos
May. 2nd, 2011 01:56 pmteapot_rabbitHello all! Seeing other people's photos has made me even more impatient for my seeds to sprout and my seedlings to get big enough for transplant. The recent warm weather isn't helping either...
So, I'm in the California Bay Area; USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9a/9b, Sunset Zone 15. The weather this year was really weird - dry over the winter and then several huge rainstorms just when I'd usually start planting (it was so wet my peas - sugar snap and snow - rotted in the ground. That has never happened to me before.) As a result, I feel like I'm behind in getting my garden started.
I mostly grow vegetables at the moment, and I have a rather cottage-garden sensibility when comes to landscaping and flowers. I love roses, but since I'm renting at the moment, I can't really indulge myself there.
( Photos thisaway. )
So, I'm in the California Bay Area; USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9a/9b, Sunset Zone 15. The weather this year was really weird - dry over the winter and then several huge rainstorms just when I'd usually start planting (it was so wet my peas - sugar snap and snow - rotted in the ground. That has never happened to me before.) As a result, I feel like I'm behind in getting my garden started.
I mostly grow vegetables at the moment, and I have a rather cottage-garden sensibility when comes to landscaping and flowers. I love roses, but since I'm renting at the moment, I can't really indulge myself there.
( Photos thisaway. )
undoingHi all! I am new to gardening, and I am not sure what to do about a tomato plant I saved from my mother's windowsill.
It's, currently, close to being two feet tall — I would say it's about fifty centimeters. It's not in a pot; it's in a plastic food container that isn't even full of soil and the roots are being held in by a biodegradable "pot" made of compost. Which is about eight centimeters deep and wide. This is...far too small and should be transplanted to a large pot, since I can't transplant it outside.
But my problem is the plant is infested. I haven't quite figured out with what, but I am betting spider mites will be joining their buggy friends soon. (I think I found eggs, sob.) They seem to be mostly gathered around the bottom of the container.
SO. Is it okay to transplant this poor plant while I treat the infestation? Or should I try to eliminate the bugs and then transplant? ...does it even matter?
It's, currently, close to being two feet tall — I would say it's about fifty centimeters. It's not in a pot; it's in a plastic food container that isn't even full of soil and the roots are being held in by a biodegradable "pot" made of compost. Which is about eight centimeters deep and wide. This is...far too small and should be transplanted to a large pot, since I can't transplant it outside.
But my problem is the plant is infested. I haven't quite figured out with what, but I am betting spider mites will be joining their buggy friends soon. (I think I found eggs, sob.) They seem to be mostly gathered around the bottom of the container.
SO. Is it okay to transplant this poor plant while I treat the infestation? Or should I try to eliminate the bugs and then transplant? ...does it even matter?
Tomato blight ...
Sep. 18th, 2010 10:26 amfwuffydragonArgh! My tomatoes have started to get blight!
I have pulled them all off, and will be chopping and freezing them so I can make green tomato chutney later (no time right now!).
The plants will be bagged up and taken to the tip.
What should I do with the soil? Can I add it to my garden (they were in buckets) as long as it's not in the potato bed, or should I junk that too?
Advice please!
I have pulled them all off, and will be chopping and freezing them so I can make green tomato chutney later (no time right now!).
The plants will be bagged up and taken to the tip.
What should I do with the soil? Can I add it to my garden (they were in buckets) as long as it's not in the potato bed, or should I junk that too?
Advice please!
