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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2009 : 08:08:49 AM
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How does your garden grow?
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
Edited by - gramadinah on Jul 16 2009 4:46:55 PM |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2009 : 09:42:13 AM
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LOVE IT!! it is a lot like mine but yours looks more artistic. Is that bamboo in the pic forfrount? What do you have growing under/in it? Is that a frame over the top? Tell us more!! |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
1646 Posts |
Posted - Jul 16 2009 : 6:51:36 PM
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That looks fabulous Diana! Love it!!! It always amazes me how barren earth in the spring will become so lush in summer. |
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Tapestry
True Blue Farmgirl
1223 Posts
Cheryl
Wisconsin
USA
1223 Posts |
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quiltin mama
True Blue Farmgirl
436 Posts
Heather
Crescent City
CA
USA
436 Posts |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Jul 17 2009 : 7:12:20 PM
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Diana: What a nice and colorful garden. It's a big garden, too! It must keep you super busy. Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Jul 17 2009 : 8:19:06 PM
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Wow! I always wanted a nice neat weed free garden. Yours is beautiful, Diana. I love seeing other people's gardens and how creative they are. I would love to just travel around taking pictures of gardens. Every one is so different and reflects that person's personality. Oh great. Now that I said that, I must be all crazy and disorderly and a total mess. Yep, that is me.
What have you been harvesting so far?
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Jul 17 2009 : 8:29:27 PM
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cucs and pickling cucs there is one branch of a rasberry bush left that I somehow didn't kill and I have gotten about 1.5 gallons off of it. And Zuchini Peas onions Radishes and lettuce and on one side I have flowers and Herbs so some cut flowers and fresh herbs too. I only spend about 30 min in the morning picking and cliping and about 1 hour watering
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
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Mother Hen
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Cindy
Peck
ID
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Jul 18 2009 : 9:13:35 PM
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Diana, your garden looks wonderful!! Did you bring in top soil for your boxes or do you have good soil up there? My soil is mostly clay like, decomposed granite. Although when we clean out the barn we add it to the garden, it doesn't get enough. We don't keep animals in the barn all the time, only in certain instances. How long have you been working your garden in that spot? I'm trying to get ideas to help me improve my garden which slopes on 3 sides. You know I'm a side-hill girl over here.
Cindy
FARMGIRLS CAN DO ANYTHING!!!
I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalms 34:1 |
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Jul 19 2009 : 07:52:31 AM
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I have had a garden about 9 years in the same spot the first year in the front half of the garden I put in the boards to raise it up and brought in dirt peat moss organic mulch pellets that look like bunny food but when they get wet they expand. Bought At our local Green Things I planted and had an ok result then we tilled up the back half a couple years ago and it took off. When I close down the garden everything in there will get run through a chipper shreader and tilled into the soil. Then in the summer we till and I plant and it goes crazy. I also have newspapers down with grass clippings on top around almost all the plants it really helps with the weed factor. The best you can do for the soil is lots and lots of organic matter and till it up. You can also grow a cover crop and that will help it just loosens up the soil for the next year.
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Mother Hen
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Cindy
Peck
ID
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Jul 19 2009 : 1:09:00 PM
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Thanks for the info Diana, I appreciate it!
Cindy
FARMGIRLS CAN DO ANYTHING!!!
I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalms 34:1 |
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Claude09647
True Blue Farmgirl
761 Posts
Claudia
Our Dairy Farm
Pennsylvania
USA
761 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 2:46:17 PM
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wonderful looking garden! It looks like you will lots of fresh produce this year! Not to mention no a weed in sight!
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." |
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herbquilter
True Blue Farmgirl
891 Posts
Kristine
Bonney Lake
Wa
USA
891 Posts |
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