Gardening

I'm excited to see tiny cucumber sprouts popping up in the Earthbox! In a day or so I will move the seedlings from the Aerogarden outside and finish transplanting those.

I'm going to order some bags of mulch and some bags of gravel from Home Depot for delivery. I need to work on my flower beds and I want to add some gravel to an area around the garden shed.
 
Last year the whole first half of the growing season was a wet disaster. It was horrible and this year might be the same according to Ryan Hall, Y'all. I am about to set up raised gardens made from old rotted water troughs for my burdock idea and maybe a few more traditional items. I will try to clear the big garden a little if the ground warms up a bit before mud season. But still in planning stage.
 
I have a few things started, but I am far form finished planting. So far, I have bunching onions, bulbing onions, celery, celeriac, a variety of long-season hot peppers, parsley, thyme, rosemary, and I am soaking asparagus seeds to plant tomorrow. Asparagus is problematic here, so I am willing to wait a few years rather than spend a lot of money only to have them freeze out the first or second year. I have a small bed against the foundation of the entryway, but all that I have planted away from the house has died. I will do another round of planting in a few weeks.
 
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Kind of a sad commentary on my life, but I found a 4" pot of curly parsley at Walmart garden center today and I was almost giddy. I love having fresh parsley growing in the kitchen window but I usually have a hard time starting it from seeds.

I also planted a row of radish seeds around my tomato plants in the tall raised bed. Then I promptly forgot about them and accidentally raked them up with my little hand rake, "just smoothing off the soil." Gah. I don't know how much I dragged those seeds around but I'm sure they are no longer in a tidy straight line.
 
Beth Gallagher said:
Kind of a sad commentary on my life, but I found a 4" pot of curly parsley at Walmart garden center today and I was almost giddy. I love having fresh parsley growing in the kitchen window but I usually have a hard time starting it from seeds.

I also planted a row of radish seeds around my tomato plants in the tall raised bed. Then I promptly forgot about them and accidentally raked them up with my little hand rake, "just smoothing off the soil." Gah. I don't know how much I dragged those seeds around but I'm sure they are no longer in a tidy straight line.
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I have planted seeds and then not recognized them and pulled them as weeds. Talk about sad commentary. :rolleyes:
 
in the past I have sprayed the property for mosquitoes. I used pre-filled hose end sprayers with chemicals that are supposed to be friendly for dogs and children. I would spray twice a year and never let anybody including dogs and children go outside while the yard was still wet with spray.

I take precautions I do not spray areas where children's play or a vegetable garden things of that sort.

Last year I purchased 4 pre-filled hose end sprayer bottles, I never use them, timing never seems right, plus my daughter was worried about the children and dogs.

This year I decided to look for an alternative that would work and reduce the bombardment from these little critters.

I found a number of plants that can be planted around areas that you sit or put in pots that repel mosquitoes. Some are better than others but they all have some degree of success so I'm planning on getting the seeds, (which I've already ordered) and spreading them around.

Here is the list of seeds I ordered from Pinetree.
Marigolds
Lavender
Lemon Basil
Catnip
Lemon Balm
Lemon Grass
Citronella Geraniums

There are others like Pennyroyal, It wouldn't be good for me it's toxic. Another one which is more like a bush it's called American Beautyberry, it's supposed to be an excellent repellent for mosquitoes. Tyme is another one that's not good for me, I and my daughter are allergic to it.

I'm sure there are others but this is what I come up with and intend to spread the seeds around especially some vacant areas where they can just grow wild we'll see what happens.
 
Tony Page said:
in the past I have sprayed the property for mosquitoes. I used pre-filled hose end sprayers with chemicals that are supposed to be friendly for dogs and children. I would spray twice a year and never let anybody including dogs and children go outside while the yard was still wet with spray.

I take precautions I do not spray areas where children's play or a vegetable garden things of that sort.

Last year I purchased 4 pre-filled hose end sprayer bottles, I never use them, timing never seems right, plus my daughter was worried about the children and dogs.

This year I decided to look for an alternative that would work and reduce the bombardment from these little critters.

I found a number of plants that can be planted around areas that you sit or put in pots that repel mosquitoes. Some are better than others but they all have some degree of success so I'm planning on getting the seeds, (which I've already ordered) and spreading them around.

Here is the list of seeds I ordered from Pinetree.
Marigolds
Lavender
Lemon Basil
Catnip
Lemon Balm
Lemon Grass
Citronella Geraniums

There are others like Pennyroyal, It wouldn't be good for me it's toxic. Another one which is more like a bush it's called American Beautyberry, it's supposed to be an excellent repellent for mosquitoes. Tyme is another one that's not good for me, I and my daughter are allergic to it.

I'm sure there are others but this is what I come up with and intend to spread the seeds around especially some vacant areas where they can just grow wild we'll see what happens.
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Keep two eyes on your lemon balm and cut it back drastically before it sets seeds. Unless you want it everywhere. Lemon grass from seed will take forever. Pick some up at the local Asian grocery store and root in water.
 
Marie Miller said:
Keep two eyes on your lemon balm and cut it back drastically before it sets seeds. Unless you want it everywhere. Lemon grass from seed will take forever. Pick some up at the local Asian grocery store and root in water.
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Thanks for the info I'm not familiar with any of these plants except for Basil and marigolds.
 
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