My garden soil must hate me :(
shankins123
8 years ago
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Suddenly, I just hate my garden.
Comments (38)Yep, you sound burned out D. I had same issue with animals. Rabbit's ate all my beans before they got started. Whole season I got one serving of beans. Lettuces refuses to grow with the hot humid days and merciless sun. Luckily rabbits did not eat mustard's...that is what I use for lettuces. Anyway, I just keep going and learning best I can. Next year will scale back some on the growing. I had to give away most of my tomatoes, peppers and ground cherries and lots of other stuff. Don't have the time to grow lots of food and pick it just to give away. I wrote a thread here on simplicity and the garden. Got lots of replies from people that love their gardens Well, I like gardens a little. But my main reason for a garden is to get healthy food low on poisons. If I could go to Kroger's to buy my produce as one replier mentioned, I would. But markets sell sh... for food nowadays. So I have to grow my own...not out of love...but out of necessity. My problem with the garden is that I have many activities that I don't have time for since the garden takes up so much time. Things like, yoga, inline skating, longboarding, dirt bikes, mountain bikes, hiking, rock climbing, kayaking, scuba, snow sports, mountain boarding, tree climbing, weight training. ...just between mediation, yoga, aerobics, weights and cooking healthy food most of the day is shot Now I decided to mix my 3 carrot seed packs into 1 and 8 greens packs into 1. (so I don't have to juggle 8 jars of greens or 3 jars of carrots seeds.) But these simplifying areas are just small things. I got to extend simplicity to many other areas of growing food to make a dent in my time problems. In the old days I used to write a lot about simplicity. I had a favourite saying for those not clued into what voluntary simplicity was. In a nutshell VS means...if you can't keep up...you scale back until you can keep up. Now, only you know if your overextended D. You may just be depressed with setbacks I don't know. But give it some 'testing' and see what feels best. And if VS is not it, then trying adding 'more complexities' with the garden and see if that help cheer you up? Good luck in finding the answer and thanks for all the help you have offered to us lost gardeners. "When the sun rises I go to work, When the sun goes down, I take my rest, I dig the well from which I drink, I farm the soil that yields my food, I share creation, Kings can do no more." Ancient Chinese, 2500 BC...See MoreWill commercial, bagged garden soil work for my garden?
Comments (13)Hmmm, I unfortunately don't fit into the "more money than time" group. My mistake was not researching before jumping in head first, as I would have learned that there are other alternatives to good garden soil besides commercial bags. Live and learn. I'm looking to learn as much as I can at this point...before doing something else unnecessary. This site has been a treasuretrove of info. Thanks to everyone that is so willing to give advice! : ) Digdirt- Yes, it was MG, and I did mix a little of my own soil in, but not very much. Thanks for the heads up on that! (I didn't read the instructions, obviously.) I planted a few things today and removed some of the MG soil, mixing in more of my original soil. To my delight, I found worms!! There were no worms when I initially dug out that area. I am happy about this, as I had read that good soil has worms, though am somewhat apprehensive about being overly joyful, as I am sure there are some nasty worms out there that I don't want. We have had a ton of rain since I initially dug that area, which may have made an impact on their presence. I'm going to research the presence of worms in garden soil tonight so that I will be able to keep an eye out for any unwanted visitors in the garden....See MoreWhy do my tomatoes hate me this year?
Comments (42)Update on the Update Update.... I am beginning to see that it may be "Damping Off", Now that I have seen pictures, yes, it looks exactly like it does in the pictures. One reason for it suddenly happening is that I may have chosen two seeds that are, in fact, prone to disease. Coincidence? Maybe... The Rutger's tomato is both a strong plant and is not susceptible as noted from Burpee. The presence of moss on most of them, including on the soil of the Rutgers, may have changed the pressure of the Hydrogen but even Burpee representative says that it doesn't look that bad but maybe it doesn't take much. Meanwhile, I have an ICU triage section where I have a few premies under special care. However, damping off, even if they survive will probably be weak and stinted plants. Still, I want to see it through if nor nothing else than the study of it. After all my inquiry these last few weeks, I am surprised is that no one mentioned Damping Off here, on another forum, from two agriculture centers and a garden center. Now, I am going to bet that a lot of people will mention that they have seen it and, as many guys claim, I can honestly say "It has never happened to me before...." (:...See MoreSing with me my new blues song: "Oh, I hate my laundry room."
Comments (2)I have designed a few things in laundry rooms for clients that really maximize the space. A built in company can give you something sturdy that is customized for your space. If you need to do something on the lower price side these pictures may give you some inspiration. One is storage created above and on the sides of full size units. The other is a mud room that had a broom closet added and over head storage. My best advice would be design for the long run, don't do anything that won't convert well if you end up going to the stackable units....See Moreshankins123
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