Who is gardening? It is very therapeutic!

We also grow vegetables in what they call “lick tubs”
Cows lick molasses and minerals out of em.

Just planted some caladium bulbs, yup they gut dug up!

I think you're on to something, it must be the fertilizer.

Had to replant my sunflower seeds, critters got them too. Same as last year.

I sprinkle garlic powder around my new plantings but I think the rain has been washing it away. I'll be interested to hear how your cinnamon works.

Sorry to hear about your marigolds but I bet they'll look beautiful wherever they end up. My favorite flower... I have 3 flats to put in my front bed.

Waiting for a dry spell so I can go pull weeds. Hubby took the trimmer around the edges of the garden and beheaded one of my blueberry bushes on accident, he is no longer allowed to trim near my garden, lol. I've ordered a lightweight electric trimmer and am looking forward to trying it out.

Beer + weed eaters don't mix

Hi OP. I now have an allotment and it is keeping me sane in this mad world. I heartily recommend Charles Dowding on YouTube. His "no dig" method has really inspired me and his videos (and him) are totally relaxing, informative and beautiful.
I am now officially obsessed with making compost! Good luck with your garden

I want to garden. I saw gardening stuff at Dollar General the other day. All those little gloves and shovel type gear is really neat.

I think the cinnamon sticks worked. I haven't had anything else dug up. I am going to try using the fish fertilizer one more time in a few days, but at half strength, and see what happens.

I also have herbs popping up, so the strong smell of coriander might be keeping the pests away too. I haven't looked into that, but it makes sense that the strong scent would deter them.

So far, I haven't killed anything. I was a little worried about my lavender after transplant, but it perked right up after a couple days.

As for the marigolds, well....they're popping up all over the place and I'm just going to leave them be for now. If they start to look overcrowded or if my veggies start looking puny, I'll do something about the marigold overload then.

So far, so good. Things are flourishing. My body feels so much better with all the vitamin D synthesizing in the sun. My doggies are just about beside themselves with joy that I'm always out there with them, even if it is just to make sure they don't dig up anything else lol

And I have big news today.

My little bush beans have sprouted!!!!!

Pick up a few things and give it a try. You can easily spend about $10 at the Dollar Tree and get a few little containers growing to start out. I went all in like a nutjob and I have over 30 containers outside with various plants. And I'm still planting things. I can't stop. It is just too exciting!


Hello there!
Is an allotment like a community garden? Sounds like a great spot to learn all sorts of new things from others who might have more experience. I'm not really a people person, but I will talk for hours about plants. I'm a weirdo.

Therapeutic my ass. Between the squirrels and bugs, I'm about to go thermonuclear on the damn thing.

Wait until you go out and your precious potato plant is just 'gone'.

The squirrels stopped taking my potatoes once they sprouted. I don't know if that is because they don't want sprouted taters or if it was because I also put out a bunch of cinnamon sticks in random places around the garden. They've left things alone since then. Maybe try that?

6 weeks in to my very 1st garden. Finally have my own patio/balcony that gets am sun.

Have over 2 dozen veggies & herbs growing in plastic pots. Vegas soil sucks so bought miracle grow. Only one in a huge condo complex with a garden.

Within a month was eating daily kale salads. Homegrown kale is much milder tasting than even iceberg lettuce. Has a very different texture too.

Beefsteak tomato plants are now several feet high from tiny cuttings. See baby green cherry tomatoes too.

Yellow squash has the most beautiful flowers.

Mint, anise, oregano are delicious.

Didn't know gardening was so easy. Each plant and I get daily doses of sun, as I rotate them to sunnier spots and add water.

A spring miracle...my morning glory has risen! Checked it today...and two inches of growth above the mulch...it LIVES

It's nice to just go grab a few leaves and have lunch! Hopefully you inspire some neighbors to start a small patio garden :)

Yay! It's so awesome to see things pop up like that!



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Yeah just in time for the frost advisory

Dammit!

I know right! I got her covered though tucked in nice and snuggly.

I had to bring in my carrots last night because it was supposed to storm. I had just planted them a couple days ago and I was worried the seeds would just blow away.

Our lilacs here are just starting to bloom so hopefully this frost doesn’t kill the blooms off that happened last year too was such a bummer

You covered them really good this time, so hopefully they'll be fine. Make sure to update me and let me know how they do! I'll be hoping for the best!

You covered them really good this time, so hopefully they'll be fine. Make sure to update me and let me know how they do! I'll be hoping for the best!

Same here...along with 2 types of cukes! The rain really helped :)

We've had too much rain! I'm worried everything will be over-watered. So far though, everything has been growing like mad. I'm so proud of my little garden!!

Great tip, thank you. I'm going to try that.

What zone are you?

I use them too. They're better versus standard type pots. Only down side is its a little harder to transplant.

Watering with hydrogen peroxide can help remedy drowning roots. But you need a careful amount mixed in water and not over do it. Just enough will add oxygen in the soil with out burning the plants roots.

There's lots of stuff online about that.

Using tap water? If so it's better to let it evaporate the chlorine. I let my plant water sit 1 day with no lid. Though that's not very practical for a modest outdoor garden. Mostly for house plants and special outdoor plants.

Last Edited by Nonentity on 05/04/2021 08:59 PM

Having seen it in large cannabis grows...if you add a simple airstone (like you get for an aquarium) to the water while sitting you get some of the benefits of H2O2 and the chlorine offgasses quicker.

7B

If my leaves start turning yellow, I'll try the peroxide. For now, they look really good.

I use the hose to water. I hadn't even thought about the chlorine content. Now I'm concerned :(

An allotment is an "allotted" piece of land which I rent at £50 per year from our local authorities. It's a huge bit of land divided up for people to rent. So yes there are other people down there which can be very handy but like you, I'd probably much rather they weren't there!