baymule
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I am a fantastic gardener!
Making the most out of a small space
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I reckon so, you wanna come garden at my place? I could stand a few more dogs and kids.
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Square foot gardening and companion planting where you can. And, plant things like asparagus and rhubarb in your flower garden.
Britesea
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beautiful! I hope you didn't have neighbors stealing your produce? I remember one house we lived in had a Loquat tree/shrub right next to the front door. The house was on a corner, and kids used to cut across the yard rather than go the long way around on the sidewalk; we never did get to harvest any loquats- the kids picked em clean every year. NERVY!
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Wow - just wow!
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Wow is right!
I had a friend that had one spot only for a garden. It was about 5x20. She thought it was too small-until she talked to me and I came up w/a plan for it. I don't know if she's still planting anything in it or not.
I had a friend that had one spot only for a garden. It was about 5x20. She thought it was too small-until she talked to me and I came up w/a plan for it. I don't know if she's still planting anything in it or not.
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sumi
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Finally got round to catching up here, I've been so busy this past 2 weeks. I hope to be more settled and organised by Spring, so I can get started with some gardening here.
Those potatoes look wonderful! I want to grow some of those for sure and I'm thinking about carrots as well. I'm using quite a bit of them for my mealworms, partly because the beetles love them and mostly because they don't go mouldy overnight!
We saw some gem squash in SA that grows like a zucchini, instead of the usual runner and I asked my DH to bring me some seeds when I comes back (he's in SA at the moment). I cannot find gems here and love them
I hope I can grow them here.
Those potatoes look wonderful! I want to grow some of those for sure and I'm thinking about carrots as well. I'm using quite a bit of them for my mealworms, partly because the beetles love them and mostly because they don't go mouldy overnight!
We saw some gem squash in SA that grows like a zucchini, instead of the usual runner and I asked my DH to bring me some seeds when I comes back (he's in SA at the moment). I cannot find gems here and love them
I hope I can grow them here.
Britesea
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I never heard of gem squash?
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Neither have I.
baymule
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After gardening for years in that tiny space, we moved to 8 acres in February. Unimproved land, sand, sand, sand, did I mention SAND? 1st year garden=TOTAL FAILURE. We are getting pine shavings with a little horse manure mixed in from a horse event center 7 miles from our house now and dumping them everywhere. Need humus so bad! It will take time to get the soil right. Planting fruit trees, berries and grapes this fall/winter/spring.
