How does your garden grow?

[Western]

Tim, you may want to keep the local florist on "speed dial":laughing: CYA ya know!!

I starting picking squash and zucs Sunday. I planted 1 package of crookneck and one of zuc's and I have only 4 zuc plants?? seed mix up at the plant:confused3: Should have squash coming out my.....

 

[Jstpssng]

I'm glad to read about what nice crops some of you are getting... as I try to digest the can of creamed corn which I just had for supper.
I just checked on my garden to see what was up and determine how many life preservers I should buy... I wish that I could share our abundance of rain with those of you who really need it.

 

[Larro Darro]

Tim, you may want to keep the local florist on "speed dial":laughing: CYA ya know!!

I starting picking squash and zucs Sunday. I planted 1 package of crookneck and one of zuc's and I have only 4 zuc plants?? seed mix up at the plant:confused3: Should have squash coming out my.....

Dennis, I mixed my crooked neck and zucs seeds and planted them together, since I didn't have that many anyway. I haven't taken the time to see if I can tell how many of each I have. As soon as they all put on fruit I'll know.

On the flower front, I have bought Margie fresh flowers on very few occasions. The last two times I can remember was when she first got her current job, and then when she retained it four years later. That was ten and six years ago. We both are pretty frugal about things like that.

Larro

 

[Larro Darro]

I'm glad to read about what nice crops some of you are getting... as I try to digest the can of creamed corn which I just had for supper.
I just checked on my garden to see what was up and determine how many life preservers I should buy... I wish that I could share our abundance of rain with those of you who really need it.

We had our share about three or four weeks ago. It rained 8" in one day, most of it coming during the night. And of course I had just put most of my tomato sprouts outside to catch a few rays.

Larro

 

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On the flower front

My advice is don't bother with mixed flower bags you get at the box stores and wally world...

buy seeds...from a reputable source...I recommend Cosmos and Zinnias...
look for good color mixes...some of the colors of the Zinnias will take you back to the first time (maybe on Christmas morning) to opened a brand new deluxe box of crayolas...the colors are so vivid, so brilliant they are surreal...maybe even psychedelic in the right light...

Both Cosmos and Zinnias will bloom all summer and both attract butterflies...

I have had very good luck with all the seeds I've gotten from "eden brothers" they are easy to find with a quick search...

 

[Tororider]

Larro,
You have me jealous. I haven't been able to find time for a garden yet this year.

 

[Jstpssng]

My advice is don't bother with mixed flower bags you get at the box stores and wally world...

buy seeds...from a reputable source...I recommend Cosmos and Zinnias...
look for good color mixes...some of the colors of the Zinnias will take you back to the first time (maybe on Christmas morning) to opened a brand new deluxe box of crayolas...the colors are so vivid, so brilliant they are surreal...maybe even psychedelic in the right light...

Both Cosmos and Zinnias will bloom all summer and both attract butterflies...

I have had very good luck with all the seeds I've gotten from "eden brothers" they are easy to find with a quick search...

GREAT points... then again I'm rather biased.

For generations my family ran a greenhouse/flower shop... people from miles around came to buy plants and arrangements. We had repeat generations of customers... Mother's Day to Memorial weekend was our busiest time. There also is a large cemetery across the road where many of our flowering plants ended up... a big seller was our geraniums.

Today you couldn't grow a geranium in that cemetery, because somebody brought in a plant with an invasive beetle which has since spread through the entire 30+ acre burial ground. Had my parent's not chosen to close their business, this insect would have done it for them.

Before you transfer any plant material- especially firewood- any distance, think about what you are doing. Is there any chance you might have unwanted hitchhikers?



OOPS, sorry. Guess I tripped onto my soapbox again. I'm done... Time to go dig another invasive from my own back yard... the best way to control this invertebrae is to thread one onto a hook and feed it to a fat trout.

 

[Larro Darro]

My advice is don't bother with mixed flower bags you get at the box stores and wally world...

buy seeds...from a reputable source...I recommend Cosmos and Zinnias...
look for good color mixes...some of the colors of the Zinnias will take you back to the first time (maybe on Christmas morning) to opened a brand new deluxe box of crayolas...the colors are so vivid, so brilliant they are surreal...maybe even psychedelic in the right light...

Both Cosmos and Zinnias will bloom all summer and both attract butterflies...

I have had very good luck with all the seeds I've gotten from "eden brothers" they are easy to find with a quick search...

We did buy a few packs at Wally World, which I planted in trays. Most of them are ready to transplant. But what I planted today was from a seed catalog. I can't find the shipping package, {and Margie is out of town} so I don't know which one it was. The purple flowers {silky Aster and Fleabane Daisy} have Myseed.co on the packets. The African Daisy is from Outsidepride.com. The dryland wildflower mix is from Myseedneeds.com. Mamma gave us several seed catalogs about the time we were buying seeds at Wally World, and Margie looked through them, and maybe looked online, searching for some purple daisies. That is her favorite flower, and it isn't easy to find. One of our hollow log planters is pretty full of volunteers, so I'm not even going to put any seed in it, maybe just transplant a few from the trays. I planted seed in the other log today.

Larro

 

[Larro Darro]

Larro,
You have me jealous. I haven't been able to find time for a garden yet this year.

It is over twice as big as last year, so it is taking all my spare time. Most years we just do pepper and tomato plants. I went a little crazy this time.

I know how much you like to reuse things. Take a look at my bike plow thread. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/310678-bicycle-garden-push-plow.html
I ended up buying a hand plow anyway, but the homemade one will get the job done on the cheap.

Larro

 

[Western]

A garden and you have no spare time, but when it's dinner time, you reap the rewards (usually):thumbsup: