My garden so far 2009

glaswegian

14 years ago

Comments (15)

rosco_p
14 years ago
Glaswegian: Nice looking garden. I would say you have your own piece of paradise right there. Enjoy.
jaro_in_montreal
14 years ago
Yes... that tropical look must be very distinctive, wherever you are in Z5b !

Thanks for posting the great photos !

(in case you are interested in seeing some of mine, I post mostly on the conifers section of GW....)
Related Discussions
My garden is so far behind
Q
Comments (39)
Ok, Jon! OK OK OK. I'm not grumpy, seriously. Just confused here. Just sayin'. I'm in need of routine. What you do is outrageously kind and you have my deepest respect. To think that I thought I may have something to donate to our food bank here---it's laughable now. I'll keep trying, because I'm more stubborn than grumpy, but I definitely need something to work with. I ripped out half of my backyard, including lawn. I moved TEN yards of compost and garden soil from my driveway around the back gate and around another corner and distributed all of this into 14 raised 4x8 beds. And then I moved more of the soil into my used-to-be flower beds so I could plant rambling items there, like winter squash. I'm a tough chick but smallish. But I was serious, man. I've planted 9 fruit trees and have 5 potted figs, a lemon tree, 12 blueberry plants, 4 grapes, six thornless blackberries and a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting. None of this includes the vegetables, asparagus bed, sweet potato patch (purple of course), and the Partridge in the Pear Tree. I compost, I collect my rabbit's 'berries' and distribute them, I chop leaves from my yard and chip mulch from my prunings. I have 7 ducks and a chicken. I have 3 boys who have no interest in this but I still do it. Oh, I also live in the 'burbs in a normal house on less than a quarter acre and I am absolutely NOT allowed to touch the front yard but imagine their suprise when I secretly plant the six artichoke plants I have been nursing from seed since December of last year. I WANT SOME TOMATOES, YA KNOW? A couple squash, a bean, whatever... :) Whine. Whine. Whine. Angie
...See More
sc here. here's my garden so far....
Q
Comments (9)
Everything is from seed. About 50 variety of peppers. 300 plants. Then onion and sunflower. Squash, zucchini, cantaloupe, watermelon, corn ,cucumber, okra , beans, sweet potato, and tomato. Hopefully I'll be off work Saturday and can actually finish everything. Yes I probably will be selling. That's going to be a lot of vegetables lol.
...See More
And here's my garden so far...
Q
Comments (6)
Lois, The nursery that is down the street from me in Aiken, it's called Cold Creek Nursery. You must have a privatly owned nursery near you, just pay them a visit, sometimes they will order one for you if you want. That is what is nice going to a privately owned place vs. a big box place. The orange is very common, but the red and yellow, now that is a real show stopper, and hummers are really attracted to it. Mine was seeding and I let the seeds scatter, I am sorry, I whould have collected some and I could send you some seed. I sure hope it comes back next year, I'm going to muclh it real good, you never know. But if it doesn't, you know I'll be buying more next spring. And collecting the seeds this time....darn.
...See More
Pictures of my (small) Garden So Far...
Q
Comments (7)
Kristimama- Thanks! I will take a picture of the melon this week and post, so you can see the "sling" my husband made for it and how much it's grown! It was one single cantaloupe plant we bought from Lowe's (I think). So... it's one main stem, but it definitely has another big stem branching off the main stem. It actually had four branching off - a squirrel (I presume) took care of one, I pruned the other and left the two. I wish I had left one, though. That's a really hard lesson learned! It was the best growing thing in my garden when everything else was dying, so I really didn't want to prune it! But now I know for next time.
...See More
coolplantsguy
14 years ago
Is that Colocasia/Alocasia in the second picture in the ground? Is it hardy!?!
glaswegian
Original Author
14 years ago
Thank you all for the kind words.

Yes that is Colocasia/Alocasia in the ground, it's not hardy so has to be dug up for winter
halaeva
14 years ago
Hi Glaswegian;
It is gorgeus garden,I adore your plants.Thanks for posting your garden photos.
May I ask?-The Rose of Sharon,is it Bluebird, or Blue Satin? Mine ones,tree-form do not grow this year nicely.
Hala.
diane_v_44
14 years ago
yes it is good

More people should post as you do

Might get my daughter to take some photos for me and post them
Enjoyable to see one anothers gardens

I like your variegated Brugmansia Is it budding yet
halaeva
14 years ago
I agree with you Diane.Would be nice to see how others do and that's why I am posting my photos.Thanks for watching.
Hala.{{gwi:538333}}{{gwi:538335}}{{gwi:538337}}{{gwi:538339}}
halaeva
14 years ago
{{gwi:538341}}{{gwi:538343}}a href="http://s499{{gwi:538344}}href="http://s499.photobucket.com/albums/rr360/evahal/Garden%202/?action=viewÂ¤t=SyriacusBluebird.jpg"; target="_blank">{{gwi:538345}}href="http://s499.photobucket.com/albums/rr360/evahal/Garden%202/?action=viewÂ¤t=SyriacusDiana.jpg"; target="_blank">{{gwi:538346}}a href="http://s499.photobucket.com/albums/rr360/evahal/Garden%202/?action=viewÂ¤t=SyriacusHybrid.jpg"; target="_blank">{{gwi:538347}}{{gwi:538348}}I am sorry,have no idea why it happend.
halaeva
14 years ago
Hello Glaswegian.
I opened a topic thread in your thread!I also messed up posting my pictures. What a thoughtlessness!(undeliberate) I am very sorry about that.Please take my humble apology.

I hope.other members will ignore my follow up.
Hala.
gardenlover25
14 years ago
Hi Glaswegian,

I like your garden its so beautiful. Thanks for sharing them.
diane_v_44
14 years ago
Halaev and Glaswegian

Terrific photos Thank you both

I didn't understand why you are apologizing for Hala.

I think everyone enjoys to see pictures of other peoples garden
I am sure Glaswegian would agree.
glaswegian
Original Author
14 years ago
I agree Diane! Sorry I haven't been on for a while, been on military duty.

Here are some pics of my pepper and tomatoes

{{gwi:538349}}

{{gwi:538350}}

{{gwi:538351}}

{{gwi:538352}}

{{gwi:538353}}

{{gwi:538354}}

{{gwi:538356}}

{{gwi:538357}}

{{gwi:538358}}

{{gwi:538359}}

{{gwi:538360}}

{{gwi:538361}}
glaswegian
Original Author
13 years ago
So how has everyone been, and how was the 2010 planting season for ya? I was gone most of this year on military duty, and now that am back, I have had to sell that house and my plants with it.

I am going to be starting all over again in Ottawa
ontnative
13 years ago
My hubby had a small rented, organic veggie plot for the first time, so he learned about picking potato bugs. thinning carrots and beets, etc. He thinks that he won't get a plot next summer. He enjoyed the fresh lettuces, beets and tomatoes. However the garden was situated at the opposite end of the city from where we live, and we spent a lot of time driving back and forth to pick, weed, stake, etc. If we really want organic produce, we can buy it fresh at the market every Saturday, much closer to our home.

I started a lot of native perennials from seed, mostly winter-sown, so am finally getting the last of these planted out in my very crowded garden. We just don't have enough sun (or space) for home-grown veggies, thus the rental plot. I learned much from all my seed starting. One thing is that I shouldn't be so impatient and start so many different kinds of perennials the same season. My entire patio was a "pot ghetto" from spring until now.

My garden was part of a local tour in mid-September, aimed at showing people about mulching, water-saving, wise choice of plants, pollinator friendly gardens, etc. I hope that my visitors had a good time. I know that I did. I had recently divided some of my daylilies, so gave away those divisions for free, all potted up, of course, and properly labelled.
glaswegian
Original Author
13 years ago
I miss that garden....looking forward to creating a similar look here in Ottawa

My garden so far 2009

Comments (15)

rosco_p

jaro_in_montreal

Related Discussions

coolplantsguy

glaswegian
Original Author

halaeva

diane_v_44

halaeva

halaeva

halaeva

gardenlover25

diane_v_44

glaswegian
Original Author

glaswegian
Original Author

ontnative

glaswegian
Original Author

COMPANY

BUSINESS SERVICES

GET HELP

CONNECT WITH US

My garden so far 2009

Comments (15)

Related Discussions

glaswegianOriginal Author

glaswegianOriginal Author

glaswegianOriginal Author

glaswegianOriginal Author

COMPANY

BUSINESS SERVICES

GET HELP

CONNECT WITH US

glaswegian
Original Author

glaswegian
Original Author

glaswegian
Original Author

glaswegian
Original Author