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Another weekend, another tomato harvest.
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brightgnosis · 3 months
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I spoke to my Husband about how badly I'm struggling trying to figure out what on Earth to do with next year's garden. He's pushing me to do all flowers- which is kind of what I've been wiggling back and forth on, personally; he said that's immediately where his brain went, too, when I expressed having issues deciding.
When I brought up the fact that I can't bring them indoors because Araris'd try to eat them, and I can't handle the heat outdoors, so it felt like there was no real point- not since I'd never be able to enjoy them ... He started looking at ways to help cool the garden down for me; ever the eternal "Fixer", that man, I swear. But he did actually manage to find a couple options!
The two main options include (1) A small, battery operated misting fan I can just fill up and plop on one of the tables; and (2) Installing an 8ft Sun Shade on the garage. Something I can just pull over to the fence in order to provide extra shade when the Umbrella actually stops being useful after midday near entirely (which is always around roughly midsummer).
I don't know why I didn't think to find options to cool the garden down for myself. The thought just ... Never even remotely crossed my mind in any capacity. But between those two things, it should hopefully actually allow me to continue using and enjoying the garden through Summer. And so now it's not really all that unreasonable to try and do a flower garden next year after all!
I've kind of already picked out a rough idea of seeds and split the garden into three groups, now, then: The Garage bed, the Fence bed, and the pots.
➽ For the Garage bed, because it's so sunny, I'm going to plant largely natives that can handle the heat well (Coreopsis, Indian Blanket, Echinacea, Cardinal Flower, Yarrow, Queen Anne's Lace, Milkweed, Goldenrod, Sunflower, Passionflower, etc).
I already have half of the seeds for this since I ordered some of them last year and the starts just failed. So I won't have to order many more. Maybe only half of them, likely.
➽ For the Fence bed, since it's largely shaded, I'm going to plant more traditional ornamental garden flowers that probably can't handle our heat and our direct sun so well (Poppy, Lupine, Zinnia, Carnation, Cosmos, Calendula, Foxglove, etc).
I don't have any of these seeds in stock except for Lupine, because I haven't done an Ornamental plot since I started seed collecting. So I'll have to order all of these ones.
➽ And for the Pots, I'm just going to do some various mixed stuff; fill the larger ones in with what I've already planned to hold-over or re-plant from last year- and then save the smaller pots for the random things I find throughout the year at the Herb Festival and Lowe's ... Let everything just kind of fall as it may with the Pots.
I'm definitely still going to keep my normal staple Herbs like Rosemary, Basil, and Sage. Then I'm also going to do the new Plant Allies and other things I've already chosen for next year- like Rue, Absinthe Wormwood, Hyssop, and Mugwort, and then the new Rose I've already pre-ordered (which should be arriving in May, I think? I can't actually remember now). Plus I've got the potted Perennials that're still going strong- like the Comfrey, two Peonies, Blueberry, Lilac, and Perennial Salvia / Woodland Sage. And my Husband and I always grow Tomatoes every year, too, and won't be changing that (we've already picked those out.
I'm not going to re-order my Lily Bulbs this year. There's just too many of them to re-order, and doing so would wind up with far more bulbs than I could ever actually have the space for (I wish I could just order packs of like 5 bulbs or less, but everywhere sells like 10+ 😩); I think I'll just wait to re-order all of my Birthday Lilies I lost until we're actually out at the Farm and I can put them straight in the ground instead of risking loosing them in the pots again.
But not re-ordering them does mean I now have an extra 2 pots I can fiddle with if I can find space for them over by my garden instead of in the Breeze Way.
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everydayhalfling · 1 year
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Them!
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poeticsdialogue · 1 year
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My little garden ✨🌺
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ourlittlechateau · 10 months
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Over watered the seedlings today and they surprised me by not spilling over. Their trick for today was antigravity water. If you would like to watch this video and more link on the YouTube link below
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mdibrah52906 · 11 months
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caitlinsteward · 2 years
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@notesfromroosterchapel on Instagram
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comparatist · 2 years
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31.07.22
outside my apartment today. took a smol break after a long study time.
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occultopossum · 2 years
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Speaking of gardening how my outdoor garden is doing
Chamomile, bok choy, chives, lemon balm, zucchini, a whole ton of sunflowers, tomato, bell pepper, beans
And some other misc flowers ,
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chokrihizem · 2 months
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With their vivid colors and delicate petals, marigold flowers have long been prized in gardens all over the world. Their popularity comes from the many advantages they offer to the garden ecosystem as well as the gardener. In this guide, we will delve into the art of growing and caring for marigolds, covering everything from planting to maintenance and providing the keys to successfully growing these lovely blooms. Whether you are an experienced gardener or a beginner with a green thumb, this comprehensive guide will give you the knowledge and abilities to nurture healthy marigold plants in your landscape.
How to Grow & Care For Marigold Flowers Step by Step
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rey-manu · 6 months
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Aquí empezamos! 👑
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Gorgeous, shiny currants.
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brightgnosis · 3 months
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My Mother in Law was talking around Christmas about how she really wants to cut down the Pecan Tree in the back yard this year "so she can have more space to Garden". And it's kind of the most ridiculous thing; my Husband and I both agree that it's sort of a whole new level of crazy for his mom at this point.
The back Pecan Tree sits directly in the center of the yard and shades the entire yard to an extent. Not fully, though; there's still plenty of light, and it still gets plenty hot out there. Especially during high Summer whenever the Sun shifts finally. But it's just enough shade that the Oklahoma heat doesn't entirely fry everything in the backyard- which is huge and incredibly important out here given how quickly our Sun and heat will absolutely fry everything in sight.
But just besides that really important fact ... She really doesn't even garden anyways? I mean, she always starts a garden every year. But she always starts even the basic things too late for anything to really grow right- and then by the time May or June rolls around, she's never actually out there in it doing anything. She's not even the one doing any of the work on it. Occasionally she'll waddle out there and pick a Tomato or 2, or a Pepper if they've survived, but that's pretty much it. It's literally all my Father in Law- and the most he really even does is turn on the hose to water it.
They don't weed anything. They definitely don't keep the trumpet vine under control. They never fertilize anything. The soil in their beds are the worst quality top soil you can get (that's water resistant to boot) because they refuse to buy proper soil ... And then she'll literally sit inside all day for the rest of the year and complain about how everything dies, and it's so hard to grow anything here, and how she never had this much trouble gardening at the farm; it never stops, and it's mind numbing to listen to every. single. year.
And I get she has Cancer and can't do a lot of things anymore. She doesn't seem to get that herself, however? Like, she literally says she "feels like it's giving up" to even so much as use a cane ... To me ... The person who literally uses a Cane daily now thanks to Covid; she absolutely refuses to acknowledge she has Cancer and that gives her a lot of very significant limitations, and work within them. She's still trying to do everything she was doing before, and then even more, and then whines constantly whenever it doesn't work out for her. And I truly don't get it.
Cutting down the Pecan really makes no sense. Why cut down a perfectly healthy old growth tree (one that's even providing additional food) "to have more space to garden" when you not only can't garden in the first place, but really don't even garden anyways whenever you "try" to- and what gardening you do try to do is half-assed to the max. Especially when the tree's basically what's saving what little you do plant to begin with. It's the definition of insanity.
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everydayhalfling · 1 year
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Yesterday was Harvest Day
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poeticsdialogue · 1 year
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A day in my garden 🌺🍋🌼
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ourlittlechateau · 10 months
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Here is another tomato seeding this one is the Great White tomato. The Great White tomato came from the Oxheart tomato or yellow tomato.
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