Pianomahnn
05-17-2003, 03:29 AM
It is the winnar thread!!!
Come here for all things uber green. :p
I have finished my plantings as of today.
My initial attempts at creating a garden entirely from seeds on my own failed miserably. For some reason my seeds would sprout, but get all tall and spindly and fall over, dying a horrible death. I was baffled. How was this so? Pissed off an angry at money thrown down the drain on seeds which germenated into morons, I didn't bother to find out. I resorted to purchasing plants from two local growers (support the small businesses!!!).
As it stands, my garden is much more exciting than last year's. I allocated another 80 or so sq. feet on the opposite side of my yard which gets much more sunlight than the main garden does. I'm using this to grow all tomato plants, and my pepper plants which are super spicy hot. I'm hoping the yield from this sunny location will exceed that of last year's.
As for my original garden plot, it contains some new goodies which should offer some excitement through the season. I'm dabbling with herbs of all shapes and sizes, along with some leafy greens. I'm also growing a nice row of sugar snap peas which are wonderful early summer snack. :) There is a variety of bush bean, purple queen, which I grew last year that I'm growing again. It's a very sweet tasting bean that has a purple skin which turns green when cooked. Very groovy.
I'm fairly excited about my peppers this year, as is expected. 31 pepper plants by my last count, and about 10 varieties, I believe. Bells, jalapeno, habanero, cayenne, chilis, banana, etc. I also came upon a plant which is comparable to the cherry tomato plant. These little globe shaped peppers. I hope it doesn't suck.
Viney plants are a spotlight in my garden this season. I've created a nice trellis to allow my planting of such space consuming plants. I had a cucumber plant come up from some seed unexpectedly last season, growing all around my fence, and realised the cucumbers were very nice when grown not on the ground, but hanging free. No ground spots, no suckage. So, the trellis is constructed with a slight overhanging angle, hopefully allowing very nice cucumbers to grow. We'll see how it all works out in time. Though, right now the plants are only seeds. :p I've also got these lemon cucumbers which are yellow and round, and are supposed to have a nice flavor. Along with the two varieties of cucumbers are a few zucchinis, and the super loufa. I'm excited about the loufa because it's rumored to produce a very nice sponge if grown and harvested correctly.
Onions, radishes, and carrots have also been planted, but they are not very exciting.
That about does it. I'll get some pics up of my newly planted groovitude in day or so. :)
Come here for all things uber green. :p
I have finished my plantings as of today.
My initial attempts at creating a garden entirely from seeds on my own failed miserably. For some reason my seeds would sprout, but get all tall and spindly and fall over, dying a horrible death. I was baffled. How was this so? Pissed off an angry at money thrown down the drain on seeds which germenated into morons, I didn't bother to find out. I resorted to purchasing plants from two local growers (support the small businesses!!!).
As it stands, my garden is much more exciting than last year's. I allocated another 80 or so sq. feet on the opposite side of my yard which gets much more sunlight than the main garden does. I'm using this to grow all tomato plants, and my pepper plants which are super spicy hot. I'm hoping the yield from this sunny location will exceed that of last year's.
As for my original garden plot, it contains some new goodies which should offer some excitement through the season. I'm dabbling with herbs of all shapes and sizes, along with some leafy greens. I'm also growing a nice row of sugar snap peas which are wonderful early summer snack. :) There is a variety of bush bean, purple queen, which I grew last year that I'm growing again. It's a very sweet tasting bean that has a purple skin which turns green when cooked. Very groovy.
I'm fairly excited about my peppers this year, as is expected. 31 pepper plants by my last count, and about 10 varieties, I believe. Bells, jalapeno, habanero, cayenne, chilis, banana, etc. I also came upon a plant which is comparable to the cherry tomato plant. These little globe shaped peppers. I hope it doesn't suck.
Viney plants are a spotlight in my garden this season. I've created a nice trellis to allow my planting of such space consuming plants. I had a cucumber plant come up from some seed unexpectedly last season, growing all around my fence, and realised the cucumbers were very nice when grown not on the ground, but hanging free. No ground spots, no suckage. So, the trellis is constructed with a slight overhanging angle, hopefully allowing very nice cucumbers to grow. We'll see how it all works out in time. Though, right now the plants are only seeds. :p I've also got these lemon cucumbers which are yellow and round, and are supposed to have a nice flavor. Along with the two varieties of cucumbers are a few zucchinis, and the super loufa. I'm excited about the loufa because it's rumored to produce a very nice sponge if grown and harvested correctly.
Onions, radishes, and carrots have also been planted, but they are not very exciting.
That about does it. I'll get some pics up of my newly planted groovitude in day or so. :)