my organic patio garden is ready to go and i am so excited for all of the scientific experiments that i will perform on this years crop. because i'm crazy and think that i have room to do this, i've decided to also plant zucchini, beans, yellow squash and brussels sprouts in addition to the usual peppers, strawberries, tomatoes and herbs. i'll add more pictures of the earthbox and various container gardens soon. but for now, enjoy my little bit of tuscany.
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WOW, you plant all that stuff in just a container garden?!?! Why not just make a real garden in your yard? not enough space?
nope. it's a wee little lot in a subdivision, besides, according to our bylaws, a vegetable garden would require us installing a 6' fence and that's not about to happen. i have some really high quality self-watering containers, though. you'd be surprised at the harvest we get.
Good job Meg! That big pot looks a little familiar.(smile)
i still have all of your pots- they're all in the garage waiting for you whenever you are ready. i do have a pineapple in the house that i will need to move out of your pot, and i still (amazingly) am growing your fern in your yellow pot.
It is amazing that the fern is still growing. My sidewalks and patio are being installed today. Hopefully ,landscaping will follow at the end of the week. I will take the pots in the garage off your hands, but the ones you are using, keep until fall. BTW, I love that little yellow striped pot. It has a happy feel. Kiss my gbabies. Miss them.
I have that same pot. The one on the stand. Of course, I don't have anything in it. Maybe I'll have to try the vegetable thing. Sounds like a lot of work, though. I'd rather plant little herbs (like oregano). Is that difficult?
herbs are fun and a breeze to grow. although if you were like me then you got an aversion to gardening while pregnant then not so fun.
emmie got my fern. *sigh*
btw. i'm at work and the log in is not happening....
wow. i didn't realize that the pots were going to evoke such conversation.
the stand is actually my beverage stand which the volungis' bought us for christmas years ago.
herbs are easy to grow. so are tomatoes. i've had an annual herb garden ever since i can remember.
Hmm...easy, like, just put seeds in dirt, set 'em on the back patio, and water occasionally? Or easy, like, find exactly the right amount of sunlight and trim regularly?
I recently planted an azalea bush and a knockout rose bush, to go next to the other kind of rose bush (which has not yet been identified), so I'm looking for easy easy.
don't start from seed- just go get 4-6" seedlings that are ready to go.
i always plant thyme, lemon basil, lemon verbena, coriander/cilantro and regular basil.
they'll all be great all summer long. not to mention that they smell incredible when you pass them.
Meg, regarding your statement about the beverage stand,(which has an outstanding pot on it btw), You are not old enough to have a years ago. Smile.
i started 99% of my herbs/tomatoes last year from seed. and all germinated and grew and i did not have room for all them. but yes, pretty much it's drop some seeds in dirt, or plant seedlings and watch them grow. they are so easy, that i have volunteer cilantro growing in ALL PARTS OF THE YARD, and i think even in a crack in the driveway. not planting vegetables/herbs in my plot this year, trying flowers... going to do that in pots.
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