I'm so jealous of everyone that can just plant in the ground. Our ground is 2 inches of crap and then limestone so everything has to be some form of raised bed.
Containers all the way here! We don't have room for everything otherwise.
My seedlings are looking great! I have eggplants, cherry tomatoes, tons of flowers and herbs (I love the purple basil leaves!). Last frost is end of April, so I'll start hardening off when I get back from passover. I hope everything survives my absence. I have capillary mats underneath the seedlings and will have the workers mist them once in a while.
I also started some lettuce and chard in outdoor containers today!!!
Also, remember my squirrel nemesis?? He managed to miss 1 of the 80 crocuses I planted! I win! (I lose)
awwww, maybe try the blood meal next year and/or I also found granulated fox urine to try to act as a repellent
Containers all the way here! We don't have room for everything otherwise.
My seedlings are looking great! I have eggplants, cherry tomatoes, tons of flowers and herbs (I love the purple basil leaves!). Last frost is end of April, so I'll start hardening off when I get back from passover. I hope everything survives my absence. I have capillary mats underneath the seedlings and will have the workers mist them once in a while.
I also started some lettuce and chard in outdoor containers today!!!
Also, remember my squirrel nemesis?? He managed to miss 1 of the 80 crocuses I planted! I win! (I lose)
awwww, maybe try the blood meal next year and/or I also found granulated fox urine to try to act as a repellent
I think I will. That, and leaving the chicken wire down through spring. I took it up when the ground thawed, and he feasted on the blooming crocuses also!
We got the converted dog run set up this weekend. We have a huge rabbit population here and it will hail at a moments notice, so I figure we will be better off growing everything inside walls with the ability to throw a tarp over the top when the weather goes haywire. It's 12' x 8', which gives me a lot of room to work with. Added bonus: I'm trying to figure put a way to add a sloped roof and wrap the whole thing in heavy grade poly tunnel plastic in the fall and turn it into a walk-in poly tunnel/poor mans greenhouse.
I'm planning on clearing the decorative granite from the other beds and filling in the rest of the bottom and setting grow bags on rock to help with drainage. The entire garden will be in containers. I'm slowly gathering seeds and supplies to do starts-- our last frost date is mid to late May, but I probably won't put out tomatoes until June 1.
I'm doing a total utility garden-- I'm looking for things that can be frozen or canned, so limited range of veggies, but with a little variety. As soon as the bags are set I'm planting short season peas and carrots as well as lettuce and spinach. Tomatoes will replace peas after 50 days (I'm growing three varieties of paste), squash and peppers will replace carrots after 60, and bush beans will replace lettuce. I'm trying out some winter squash, but I'm not going to do a whole lot-- just a couple of plants of butternut, spaghetti, and pie pumpkin. Hopefully they will go up the wall without too much drama.
awwww, maybe try the blood meal next year and/or I also found granulated fox urine to try to act as a repellent
I think I will. That, and leaving the chicken wire down through spring. I took it up when the ground thawed, and he feasted on the blooming crocuses also!
GRRRRR, I really hate them. I'm so afraid they are going to massacre the fruit from all my new trees.
I think I will. That, and leaving the chicken wire down through spring. I took it up when the ground thawed, and he feasted on the blooming crocuses also!
GRRRRR, I really hate them. I'm so afraid they are going to massacre the fruit from all my new trees.
Try dangling sparkly things! Sometimes it freaks them out. Not my evil squirrel, but he's freakishly brave for a rodent.
Try dangling sparkly things! Sometimes it freaks them out. Not my evil squirrel, but he's freakishly brave for a rodent.
I did buy some sparkly mylar tape that I'll try when the fruit comes out. I read that nothing works for long.
I'll be glad to rent out our dog :-) She apparently has a peace treaty established with the rabbits under the shed, but she will go after some squirrels!
I did buy some sparkly mylar tape that I'll try when the fruit comes out. I read that nothing works for long.
I'll be glad to rent out our dog :-) She apparently has a peace treaty established with the rabbits under the shed, but she will go after some squirrels!
we do have a dog, but she's annoying and hates to be outside by herself. Might need to try to train her to be outside more.
I'll be glad to rent out our dog :-) She apparently has a peace treaty established with the rabbits under the shed, but she will go after some squirrels!
we do have a dog, but she's annoying and hates to be outside by herself. Might need to try to train her to be outside more.
Our dog likes watching the squirrel do his evil digging. She's also not particularly intimidating. Maybe I'll borrow my neighbors Bernese Mountain dog.
I did buy some sparkly mylar tape that I'll try when the fruit comes out. I read that nothing works for long.
I'll be glad to rent out our dog :-) She apparently has a peace treaty established with the rabbits under the shed, but she will go after some squirrels!
we do have a dog, but she's annoying and hates to be outside by herself. Might need to try to train her to be outside more.
We get to TRIPLE the size of our garden this year since we are moving. New house's garden area is awesome! H already plans on rototilling within 7 days of moving in. We will have roma tomatoes, yukon golds, carrots, onions, acorn squash, cucumbers, eggplant and sweet corn! Corn will be a first for us since we will have the room. We are stoked!
Oh, and the major plus to this new garden, we have a sprinkler system! Makes all the difference in the world.