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Need some help with some plant ideas to fill space.
Comments (5)It looks like you don't have enough corn for good pollination. My understanding is that you need at least 4' x 4' of corn for decent pollination. Do you have a plan on how you will get to the plantings in the back for care & harvesting? I think you might want to consider some stepping stones at least. Consider also that your plants will bush out - when we grew cukes & beans on a trellis in a bed 2 feet from the fence they bushed out so much there wasn't much room to get behind them. Also, I have never grown okra, but I've heard the plant can be irritating to the skin. I think it gets pretty big, too. You might think about putting it together & somewhere you won't have to come into contact with it until you want to. Why are you mixing things up? Are you trying to avoid cross pollinating varieties, or going for aesthetics? Or is it for another reason? I would consider putting same plants together because they will have the same needs & you can more easily deal with them as a group. Beans are great & can be very productive. You could substitute them for the corn along the back. Perhaps you could do a block of a short variety of corn (so it doesn't shade other things too much) if you move things around a bit. I am not familiar with your growing area, so I'm not sure what else to add. I see you have cukes growing on the fence, but you have a line of them down into the bed. Will those get a trellis, or are you putting bush varieties in front? Definitely (IMO) put as much organic matter into your soil as you can. We have terrible soil here (sand), but my small gardens are looking lush. We found a local coffee shop that gives us bags of their compostable material regularly. We add that straight to the garden beds (coffee grounds, veggie scraps, egg shells) with some manure (we use quail because it is inexpensive & convenient). Also, we added in some peat moss & vermiculite the first couple of times we were turning over the beds. Hopefully someone with more expertise will give you some good tips. Best of luck!...See MoreNeed Some Help on fixing my wood Finnish mess up
Comments (3)We have waterlox on our floors, and to recoat we just clean with TSP cleaner and mineral spirits, we don't even sand. Waterlox has tung oil in it, but your new tung oil is probably breaking down the surface. It's always safest to call the experts, I wouldn't use acetone unless the experts told me to use it, you will take some of the old waterlox off, and I'm not sure you want to do that, I think you can clean up the tung oil without starting all over....See MoreNeed help to unify and cozy up my space!
Comments (2)You have some great pieces of furniture, but the blue sofa is too long. Can you move it down the wall and bring the TV down from its perch to the left of the fireplace. Then bring the tan sofa closer to the fireplace away from the wall. I'd add a red, yellow or orange chair to a conversation group. Your art can go on the wall behind the blue sofa. Add colorful long drapery....See MoreHelp me find some great & interesting plants to fill up my containers!
Comments (14)I was going to say that head planter would look great with lemon coral sedum. It does well in full sun or dappled shade and doesn't need much water or hens 'n chicks or that really brightly-colored creeping jenny (it does well anywhere). I agree with above about coleus too. There are so many color variations you really can't go wrong. What about some of those huge New Guinea impatiens or sunpatients (the ones that can take some sun). Mona lavendar is cute and does well in morning sun. If you haven't used Ptilotus Joey yet, you really must! It's so cool looking. It does like full sun but may do okay in part sun....See MoreRelated Professionals
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