Gardening

[SR]

Just spent the morning cultivating the earth and planting Japanese Eggplant, Bells, Seranos, Basil, Cilantro, and Romas.

I love to garden? Does that make me Larry B?

[Larry B.]

Hmmm... there is grass, but definitely no Cilantro.

You're probably gay, though.

[SR]

Hmmm... there is grass, but definitely no Cilantro.

You're probably gay, though.

[Artemis]

Pretty soon the neighbours will start to gossip and say things like, "He often goes out and squats among the cabbages and leeks."

[SR]

I didn't realize that gardenphobia was so prevalent on the boards.

[Artemis]

I don't know about Larry B, but I was just joking.

Gardening is wonderful! Personally, I love it.

Nothing tastes as good as the food you've grown yourself.


"Flowers are essentially tarts; prostitutes for the bees. There is, you’ll agree, a certain je ne sais quoi oh so very special about a firm, young carrot."

~Monty

[SR]

I don't know about Larry B, but I was just joking.

Gardening is wonderful! Personally, I love it.

Nothing tastes as good as the food you've grown yourself.


"Flowers are essentially tarts; prostitutes for the bees. There is, you’ll agree, a certain je ne sais quoi oh so very special about a firm, young carrot."

~Monty

I was joking as well. I'm sure Larry B was as well.

Yeah, I thought there would be a few here to impart their magic born of the thumb. Every year , I want to plant, but it ends up being every five, it seems. So glad to have taken the time this year! And, I totally agree....by summer I will have ceviche and pico de gallo that will be outa this world!

[Larry B.]

Joking too... I wish I'd have a place to grow my own food, herbs, spices, etc. Having been born in the country, the difference between a real tomato and a supermarket-tomato is too noticeable. I can't eat peaches from supermarkets anymore, they have actually made me nauseous.

[Artemis]

I don't have a garden because I live in an apartment building, but I help my mother with her garden. Her backyard is mostly a vegetable garden, which is an amazing thing in the city. We plant tomatoes, a variety of peppers, cucumbers, beets, onions,spinach, swiss chard, zuchini, eggplant(not every year) celery, carrots. there's herbs like parsley,mint,sage,tarragon,rosemary,thyme, oregano, basil. my mom also has a couple of quince trees and apricots. we had a peach tree but it got diseased so we had to cut it down.

[guysmiley]

I use to make a little urban garden in my Portland balcony. There were upside down tomato planters for tight spaces I had, and the other boxes I built myself. I really enjoyed it. Sitting on my balcony was like a garden, but everything was edible, and I used them for my cooking. Basil, Tomatoes, Shiso(a great really easy to grow healthy mint family plant), Camomile, carrots, Rosemary, and Cilantro. Right now I have green onions. Trying for Hot Indian Peppers and Thai Basil. Shit is hard to germinate. I think learning the skill to make or grow your own food is essential to life, even if we live in a city. Kept it up man. I think Its rewarding.

[Essence_Smith]

I love to garden? Does that make me Larry B?

Nah...just means that "Old Fart" status is right around the corner...

[SR]

Dude, I think my recent aquisition of bi focals cemented that status.

[Essence_Smith]

Dude, I think my recent aquisition of bi focals cemented that status.

[Hokahey]

I'd like to get a garden down. Probably already a little late considering how early the Spring weather came. Maybe not?

I spent Saturday re-landscaping my disaster from 3 years ago. 3 bushes died and 3 others didn't look like I expected. This was all a first time thing for me. Now seeing what worked and what didn't I planted bushes that will better match my vision. Nothing fancy, but in a subdivision where people pay to have their yards professionally done I'm just trying not to have the shittiest looking yard on the block without paying an arm and a leg.

[Romeo]

I would love to garden but I can't grow plants for shit. I could kill a silk plant.

BUT I do plant bulbs in the fall and have lovely tulips in the spring. But that's not actually gardening since the bulbs do all the work. And I do buy hanging plants for my porch (I love wave petunias) and when they look like they are about to die I water them.

I would love a vegetable garden but I don't get much sun in my backyard (only in the morning)

[SR]

Romeo and Hoka....I am no expert by any loose definition at all.....but I have found that it is impossible to thwart some herbs and plants from thriving. Basil and chilis grow like weeds with just minimal care. By that I mean decent sun exposure and water.

As nice as it is to harvest the foods and prepare them, watching them thrive is oddly grattifying for me. It's grounding ( Arty).

[SR]

Dude, I think my recent aquisition of bi focals cemented that status.

True story.

[Romeo]

because our houses face West, my neighbor grows her veggies in her front yard. Right along our common fence she has strawberries. AND I know Mint will grow and grow and grow because some even started growing on my side (I'm all set for mojitos )


I should try. My Grandpa was from Sicily and was a ardent gardener!! He could grow anything anywhere they lived! When they lived in a apt behind his store and had a 2X4 backyard he would grow cucumbers to make his own garlic pickles. When I was little & they moved out here to LI he had the most wonderful garden with tomatos, carrots and Zucchini. With TALL Sunflowers framing the garden. He also used to grown mint, I remember he used to let me pull the leaves off to chew.

[SR]

Nice!

[clickie]

Hoka all you need is a rototiller, some seeds, and a sprinkler for those times in the summer when it doesnt rain and youre set...

[creep]

I'd like to get a garden down. Probably already a little late considering how early the Spring weather came. Maybe not?

I spent Saturday re-landscaping my disaster from 3 years ago. 3 bushes died and 3 others didn't look like I expected. This was all a first time thing for me. Now seeing what worked and what didn't I planted bushes that will better match my vision. Nothing fancy, but in a subdivision where people pay to have their yards professionally done I'm just trying not to have the shittiest looking yard on the block without paying an arm and a leg.

i have been spending a lot of time redoing my backyard. i have pulled shit out, re-sodded, built a workshop, deck and garden, put brick down and a bunch of other shit. i am doing my front now

before


after


side before


side after

[Artemis]

Looks really good, creep!

[Romeo]

nice clean up Creep!
The side of the house looked a little creepy before...

[creep]

nice clean up Creep!
The side of the house looked a little creepy before...

the lady that owned my house before me owned a bunch of birds. that probably explains the creepiness of the yard.

[Artemis]

Is that tree in the photo the plum tree?

I will always remember your post about trying plums for the first time.