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129 messages, Last post on Aug 01, 2009 at 8:46 PM
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| Seed catalogs are now arriving! Let's talk about gardening here. | |
| Heck, we plant the garlic in November to winter over, and it's getting closer to the time to get the peas in by St Patrick's day. Ilike to get my potatoes in shortly after that. | |
I've tried a number of times to grow herbs indoors. They always die, no matter what I do.  My latest attempt was with the Chia set (yeah, yeah, yeah, but it came across well and has been reviewed well  ), but now they're all dead after two months. I'm thinking of this next: The AeroGarden. Anyone tried this? It's a pretty big cash outlay, but it looks like it solves the main problems I seem to have (light and food - just the little things that these danged herbs seem to demand and I seem to have so much trouble providing  ). It would probably take me very many years to recoup the investment if everything works advertised, but that would be okay with me if it would, um, work as advertised.
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Replying to: pat (Mar 07, 2007 3:24 pm) 
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Replying to: KarenS (Mar 13, 2007 9:18 am) |
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The pink banana seed that someone mailed us from Tennessee has sprouted. It was planted around last Christmas. We have about 40 seedlings coming up in the south facing window at the moment (mostly red yucca, other yuccas and agaves). There's lettuce started outside plus some rose cuttings that hopefully will root - last frost date is May 10, just around the corner. 
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Ok, I usually till the soil and add some compost and peat moss, but should I try something different? I feel like I've been doing the same process for the past 8 years and I should try something new to improve the soil. Any suggestions? It's a 16' by 6' plot, partial sun, in the Mid Atlantic. I usually do 'maters, cuces, green beans, etc.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Mar 15, 2007 11:05 am) If you've been taking care of the soil for 8 years, it's probably a nice consistency now. Maybe work in a little fetilizer to boost nutrient levels? Might also want to take a sample to your cooperative extension office and have them do an analysis for you and see if you're lacking anything specific. |
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Replying to: pf_flyer (Mar 15, 2007 11:19 am) Yeah, I visited Monticello a couple of years ago and also checked out the gardens there. The green beans were in season. It was a HOT day in August, too hot! The top layer is good, but the soil is all clay underneath. You dig more than 4" and that's all you get. I've had great years but the last couple were only so-so. Of course we only got rain late, and then it was too much of it.  -juice
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Replying to: ateixeira (Mar 15, 2007 11:32 am) Maybe you could even use the clay underneath tocreate sort of an underground "pot" to help hold moisture in the bed. Sort of scoop out the clay deeper in the center and leave a "lip" around the edge to keep the water around the roots of your plants. I know that leveling out my tiers made a HUGE difference in runoff. The downhill plants were always better watered and larger than those uphill. I'll have to cogitate on that one some more 
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