I am looking for a garden vegetable that is commonly used in food and doesn't take up large amounts of room. I don't have a lot of space cleared for gardening at this point, but I am working to expand it. Also, I'd like a vegetable that is known for being abundant so maybe I could share with the family/neighbors.
For the last 3 years or so, I have done pumpkins, zuchinni( I have no idea how to spell that) and melons. But, this was a huge mistake in my case because the vines crawled all over the place- and cleaning up all that in the fall wasn't exactly a trip to the beach, either.
I have grown tomatoes in recent years, also- and have had a good turnout every time. I realize they don't take up a lot of room, but I'm looking for something different. And I am thinking to stay away from herbs, too- knowing the way I am I wouldn't be able to tell them apart form weeds!
What kind of vegetables do you recommend?
What garden vegetables are useful in the kitchen and the plant doesn't take up a lot of space?
You have tried all the favorite ones ..Cucumbers are a good one..Its a vine so you can train them to grow along a trellis or fence and off the ground. Tomatos are good but you grew them. Potatos are good but you gots to dig them up to harvest. Bush bearns are allways welcome. You can grow them on A fence if you get the climbing kind, or put a six foot stick in the ground and they will climb up it..The list does not end. I plant 32 tomato plants, Corona cucumbers in a green house, They dont do well outside..(English type) unless you live in a hot climate. string beans, onlions radishes and my favorite is all the lettuce varieties which takes up little room and you have lots to give away
Reply:if you can't tell a weed from a basil plant i'd say your in the wrong hobby lol but a a really fun vegetable to grow and give to neighbors I find is peppers cayenne or jalapeno and colored bell as well. Also strawberrys arent that hard to grow and give a pretty good yield although the neighbors might walk over and take them themselves.
Reply:You can do salad greens in a hanging planter.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...
Reply:Well, you mentioned tomatoes, you can also grow peppers, onions, and radishes. You could also try a few heads of lettuce or broccoli even cauliflower. Hope this helps.
Reply:you can grow potatoes in a large pot
or carrets in a long tube such as a 1 metre 6 inch soil pipe standing up right of course.
strawberries can be grown in pots, hanging tubes etc!
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Friday, November 18, 2011
What is a good garden info web site?
I am planning on putting in a vegetable garden this spring and would like to do some research first. Especially on natural ways to keep bugs away, i.e. using different flowers and other plants. If you know of any good websites to go to let me know.
What is a good garden info web site?
If you want organic info, go to Gardens Alive.com or info in general can be found at HGTV.com Gurneys and henry Fields are great sources for plants as well as Blue Stone Perennials. See National Arbor day.org for trees.
Reply:Try GardenWeb
Reply:Have you tried the Yahoo! sites?
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Family__...
What is a good garden info web site?
If you want organic info, go to Gardens Alive.com or info in general can be found at HGTV.com Gurneys and henry Fields are great sources for plants as well as Blue Stone Perennials. See National Arbor day.org for trees.
Reply:Try GardenWeb
Reply:Have you tried the Yahoo! sites?
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Family__...
Raised garden beds made of old sheets of tin, potential to contaminate food with heavy metals?
We have a large vegie garden with heaps of raised beds. They are constructed with sheets of old rusty sheets of tin. I guess they would be 3 feet wide, with at least 2 feet of tin below the ground and the remaining area filled with soil. Would growing root vegetables and tomato's etc in these garden beds be likely to produce fruit and vege contaminated with heavy metals?
Raised garden beds made of old sheets of tin, potential to contaminate food with heavy metals?
Unless the tin is soldered with lead, there shouldn't be an issue. I'm not sure how durable the tin will be, but that's a different issue.
Reply:No.
Reply:The problem would probably be the tin breaking down and your sides falling away. Good luck!
Reply:why would it?
i'm sure most places in the country there's food growing in soil that has alot worse than a little iron oxide in it don't you?
and people buy it and eat it everyday.
if you're that worried about it, take some medium coarse steel wool and knock down the heaviest rust and then maybe line the bottom with landscaping fabric to reduce the actual soil contact with the rust.
Reply:Not sure, I think that some corrugated sheets are lined with zinc, which I don't think is a problem. How do you know what it is made of? It might be something harmless...
http://www.mercurypoisoningfree.com/page...
Check out the link, and also I think you should find out if it inhibits the plants taking up other trace minerals. While some things are not toxic, they can displace other trace elements.
There are professionals who would probably advise you over the phone, it might be worth checking with them.
Good luck.
Raised garden beds made of old sheets of tin, potential to contaminate food with heavy metals?
Unless the tin is soldered with lead, there shouldn't be an issue. I'm not sure how durable the tin will be, but that's a different issue.
Reply:No.
Reply:The problem would probably be the tin breaking down and your sides falling away. Good luck!
Reply:why would it?
i'm sure most places in the country there's food growing in soil that has alot worse than a little iron oxide in it don't you?
and people buy it and eat it everyday.
if you're that worried about it, take some medium coarse steel wool and knock down the heaviest rust and then maybe line the bottom with landscaping fabric to reduce the actual soil contact with the rust.
Reply:Not sure, I think that some corrugated sheets are lined with zinc, which I don't think is a problem. How do you know what it is made of? It might be something harmless...
http://www.mercurypoisoningfree.com/page...
Check out the link, and also I think you should find out if it inhibits the plants taking up other trace minerals. While some things are not toxic, they can displace other trace elements.
There are professionals who would probably advise you over the phone, it might be worth checking with them.
Good luck.
What do you do when your flower garden is overgrown and shabby at the end of the season?
Each year it is the same. The perennial garden is too large. I should have divided plants in the spring. It now seems like an insurmountable task. My garden has outgrown my energy! Any suggestions? Zone 3
What do you do when your flower garden is overgrown and shabby at the end of the season?
I know the feeling! And it's always when I'm pretty much tired of gardening for the year, too. :-) But lots of perennials do well being divided in the fall.
Basically, in August and Sep, other than keeping up with the watering, I let it be and don't fret over it. Then in Oct, when I get one of those beautiful fall days, I clean up the worst of the overgrown foliage, divide %26amp; relocate where necessary, even prune some of the less fussy shrubs.
But I had to come to terms with not minding overgrown and shabby until I was ready to tackle it!
Reply:Trim and you now have cut flowers for home , office etc...!!!
Reply:mulch it over thickly. cut out/pull out anything that looks funky (you've got extra, so no problem, right?).
Reply:Around the last two weeks of August after we have collected seeds from the dieing flowers, my husband and I cut down everything and clean up the yard. We still continue to water as needed until the first frost. You will get a little growth, but it will look nice. OR you can cut down the new growth too.
It is best to pace yourself and do a little each day. Don't try to do it all in one day or one week. We go out in the mornings only.
We do the same with our containers.
About three years ago, we cut back on our gardens so that the upkeep would not have us working night and day to keep it all in order. It is the best thing we could have done. We no longer look at mail order catalogues or visit gardening centre or nurseries. It works....out of sight, out of mind. lol
Happy gardening to you.
Reply:Thin thin thin- without mercy
Have a pail of bath water warm water nearby and cut flowers at an angle and plunge the cut stems into the warm water.
When you have cleared as many of the best bloom that you have the energy for ---sort them into 'bunches' and place them in a cool place until the water has cooled.
Then choose any neighbor, church elderly,nursing home and give the gift of cheer in the form of flowers- wrap the cut ends in wet paper towels and plastic wrap-the recipient will find something to put the bouquet in !
When you get back to your scruffy garden , try to mostly the smaller plants and toss the scruff.
t
The growing time left will give them time to recover and fill out a bit ----Good Luck !
Reply:Mine start out overgrown and shabby, what I got going on now is down right scary. Time to put a good edge on the machete for a little dead heading, thinning, remedial pruning and stump removal. It's fun to see what's underneath waiting, ready to make color before the end. Or I could just wait til spring again to sort it all out. RScott
What do you do when your flower garden is overgrown and shabby at the end of the season?
I know the feeling! And it's always when I'm pretty much tired of gardening for the year, too. :-) But lots of perennials do well being divided in the fall.
Basically, in August and Sep, other than keeping up with the watering, I let it be and don't fret over it. Then in Oct, when I get one of those beautiful fall days, I clean up the worst of the overgrown foliage, divide %26amp; relocate where necessary, even prune some of the less fussy shrubs.
But I had to come to terms with not minding overgrown and shabby until I was ready to tackle it!
Reply:Trim and you now have cut flowers for home , office etc...!!!
Reply:mulch it over thickly. cut out/pull out anything that looks funky (you've got extra, so no problem, right?).
Reply:Around the last two weeks of August after we have collected seeds from the dieing flowers, my husband and I cut down everything and clean up the yard. We still continue to water as needed until the first frost. You will get a little growth, but it will look nice. OR you can cut down the new growth too.
It is best to pace yourself and do a little each day. Don't try to do it all in one day or one week. We go out in the mornings only.
We do the same with our containers.
About three years ago, we cut back on our gardens so that the upkeep would not have us working night and day to keep it all in order. It is the best thing we could have done. We no longer look at mail order catalogues or visit gardening centre or nurseries. It works....out of sight, out of mind. lol
Happy gardening to you.
Reply:Thin thin thin- without mercy
Have a pail of bath water warm water nearby and cut flowers at an angle and plunge the cut stems into the warm water.
When you have cleared as many of the best bloom that you have the energy for ---sort them into 'bunches' and place them in a cool place until the water has cooled.
Then choose any neighbor, church elderly,nursing home and give the gift of cheer in the form of flowers- wrap the cut ends in wet paper towels and plastic wrap-the recipient will find something to put the bouquet in !
When you get back to your scruffy garden , try to mostly the smaller plants and toss the scruff.
t
The growing time left will give them time to recover and fill out a bit ----Good Luck !
Reply:Mine start out overgrown and shabby, what I got going on now is down right scary. Time to put a good edge on the machete for a little dead heading, thinning, remedial pruning and stump removal. It's fun to see what's underneath waiting, ready to make color before the end. Or I could just wait til spring again to sort it all out. RScott
How do you start a rain garden?
What plants do you put in it, is it too late in the year to plant a flower garden in Missouri? I think its called a rain garden...
How do you start a rain garden?
No it's not too late to plant annual's, you'll have to make sure to keep them watered good in the heat. Are you talking about a water garden, not sure I know what a rain garden is...Good luck
Reply:not to late to plant most flowering plants
don't know what a rain garden is!
Reply:what the heck is a rain garden??????
I thought it was called a shower....
Reply:Maybe they are talking about one of those 70's styled terrariums with a sealed in eco system that self waters....Used to have one, but because of the high humidity (water drops) you cannot fully enjoy the plants unless you open the top sometimes to see them more clearly :)
erythema
How do you start a rain garden?
No it's not too late to plant annual's, you'll have to make sure to keep them watered good in the heat. Are you talking about a water garden, not sure I know what a rain garden is...Good luck
Reply:not to late to plant most flowering plants
don't know what a rain garden is!
Reply:what the heck is a rain garden??????
I thought it was called a shower....
Reply:Maybe they are talking about one of those 70's styled terrariums with a sealed in eco system that self waters....Used to have one, but because of the high humidity (water drops) you cannot fully enjoy the plants unless you open the top sometimes to see them more clearly :)
erythema
Friday, May 21, 2010
How can I help my kids make a fairy garden?
We are looking for ideas of how to decorate the area we chose for our fairy garden. I would like to keep it fairly simple as the children are young.
How can I help my kids make a fairy garden?
maybe choose a small area on the corner of your yard and buy some items to make stuff and hide them some where in your yard and when your kids find the stuff you and your kids can make whatever your kids want to.
Reply:Hi:
I am a landscaper and designer. This is a wonderful idea of making a specific theme garden for your children. I will link you to the learning center of my website. This section has pages on different ideas for doing gardens and other projects with children.
Your children are young, so think in terms of shapes and colors. Have them pick out there favorite shape and color. Talk about doing flowers, or vegetables or even herbs. Let them pick out the plant or plants they want to use. One of the goals of doing a garden with children, is a hands on approach. Children love playing in the dirt, so allow them to help prepare the soil, and also let them plant the garden. Talk to them about how they need water to survive, and so do plants. I would be happy to help you with your children's garden if you need more suggestions. Browse through the learning center section and see if you can find some ideas that would help you. Good luck to you and I hope you enjoy this project with your children. Have a great day!
Kimberly
http://www.landscape-solutions-for-you.c...
Reply:try this site for some good gardening tips
Reply:I like Kim's answer, but how about keeping one area for 'secret treasures'? I used to hide my junk jewelry in the backyard and have my grandkids find them. It was fun.
How can I help my kids make a fairy garden?
maybe choose a small area on the corner of your yard and buy some items to make stuff and hide them some where in your yard and when your kids find the stuff you and your kids can make whatever your kids want to.
Reply:Hi:
I am a landscaper and designer. This is a wonderful idea of making a specific theme garden for your children. I will link you to the learning center of my website. This section has pages on different ideas for doing gardens and other projects with children.
Your children are young, so think in terms of shapes and colors. Have them pick out there favorite shape and color. Talk about doing flowers, or vegetables or even herbs. Let them pick out the plant or plants they want to use. One of the goals of doing a garden with children, is a hands on approach. Children love playing in the dirt, so allow them to help prepare the soil, and also let them plant the garden. Talk to them about how they need water to survive, and so do plants. I would be happy to help you with your children's garden if you need more suggestions. Browse through the learning center section and see if you can find some ideas that would help you. Good luck to you and I hope you enjoy this project with your children. Have a great day!
Kimberly
http://www.landscape-solutions-for-you.c...
Reply:try this site for some good gardening tips
Reply:I like Kim's answer, but how about keeping one area for 'secret treasures'? I used to hide my junk jewelry in the backyard and have my grandkids find them. It was fun.
How can i stop cats from pooing in my garden and gravel?
Please someone help me i have a cat that keep cr****g in my garden and the gravel on the drive. I have tried animal repelant spray but it dosen't really work. Apart from setting a few traps!!!!! I dont know what else to do.
How can i stop cats from pooing in my garden and gravel?
Orange peel works a treat
Reply:Get a dog.
Reply:Moth balls are poisonous, so don't use them. Cats hate the smell of citrus. Take the rind of lemons or orange and grate them into the garden. Two great plants that play on a cats' sense of smell are Rue and Scardy Cat (Coleus Canina).
Many gardeners have had success repelling cats by placing dog hair clippings around areas where cats frequent.
Cats absolutely hate snakes. For years gardeners have had great success by repelling cats when using artificial snakes (go to the dollar store) and placing them in the garden.
Another option is to cut up an old hose into smaller lengths - these have the appearance of snakes and this is a great way at recycling.
Good luck!
Reply:Maybe ask the question to this company...they seems to be specialise in this type of problem.
http://www.deteracat.co.uk/about_us.htm
"Submit a cat question between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday and we will answer you within two hours. If you send your question after 5pm we will get back to you first thing the next day."
Test us, if we fail we'll send you a large bar of chocolate!
http://www.deteracat.co.uk/contact_us.ht...
Reply:You could try orange peel I use old cd as cats don't like looking at them self's doing there duty
Reply:It may sound silly, but a clear lemonade bottle on the middle of the lawn with half full of water, no fuss no trciks, for some reason they don't like it.
Reply:Lemon juice cats hate anything acidic in particular lemons so cut some lemons in half and scatter them around. It may take some time but it will work eventually. I have first hand experience of this method being successful and whilst I still get cats coming into my garden no longer do they scatch and leave horrible little presents in my garden.
Reply:I have a garden and gravel. My neighbors have the cats. We have the same problem. Here are a few ideas:
- Try another brand of spray and reapply after rainstorms
- Sprinkle red pepper and reapply after rainstorms
- Install an electric motion detection sonic cat repeller
- Install motion detection sprinklers
- Buy and plant several Coleus canina which are supposed to smell bad to cats (it is an annual in many climates so you may have to save seeds or buy new plants every year)
Good luck
Reply:You can get a motion sprinkler system. that you set to go off for desired animal height and it will shoot water at the cat to chase them out of the area.
Reply:pepper, "scent off" or if you can through water over them they hate that....... I have also been told of filling a plastic bottle with water and standing it in the garden. Cats see themselves and think it's another cat( not sure if this one works)
Reply:Go to a garden centre there are several products to help you
Reply:Sprinkle some moth ball crystals around the area where you don't want the cats to go.
Reply:I would advise you to get over yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:sprinkler system set off by movement...problem solved!!
Reply:Why would you set a trap!? How inhumane! Find out whos cat it is, and tell the owner.. don't kill the fricking thing!.. what an awful person you must be.
Reply:Pepper dust
Reply:Go to B%26amp;Q they do a sensor about £15 when the cat comes close it sends out a noise which we cant hear but the cat can they run off wont be a problem anymore. In the garden section
Reply:cajun pepper.
Reply:The products that say they repel cats do not work, or work well.
The only thing you can do is find the owner and explain to them it is there responsibility to keep a cat contained if they claim the cat as theirs. If they refuse or you can not find the owner and believe it is a stray then trapping and taking them to a shelter is all you can do.
I am surprised a cat is going on gravel, must be very fine gravel. Cats prefer to bury their leavings. Any chance it's a small dog?
Either way is sad, people need to take responsibility for their pets.
Reply:Don't know about a gun!
But you could get a water pistol. Cats hate water!!!
Reply:put moth balls down they dont like the smell
Reply:shoot them. get a dog
Reply:guard dog or a gun!
Reply:Get a gun.
Reply:Try a size ten.
Reply:get a big dog
dream theater
How can i stop cats from pooing in my garden and gravel?
Orange peel works a treat
Reply:Get a dog.
Reply:Moth balls are poisonous, so don't use them. Cats hate the smell of citrus. Take the rind of lemons or orange and grate them into the garden. Two great plants that play on a cats' sense of smell are Rue and Scardy Cat (Coleus Canina).
Many gardeners have had success repelling cats by placing dog hair clippings around areas where cats frequent.
Cats absolutely hate snakes. For years gardeners have had great success by repelling cats when using artificial snakes (go to the dollar store) and placing them in the garden.
Another option is to cut up an old hose into smaller lengths - these have the appearance of snakes and this is a great way at recycling.
Good luck!
Reply:Maybe ask the question to this company...they seems to be specialise in this type of problem.
http://www.deteracat.co.uk/about_us.htm
"Submit a cat question between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday and we will answer you within two hours. If you send your question after 5pm we will get back to you first thing the next day."
Test us, if we fail we'll send you a large bar of chocolate!
http://www.deteracat.co.uk/contact_us.ht...
Reply:You could try orange peel I use old cd as cats don't like looking at them self's doing there duty
Reply:It may sound silly, but a clear lemonade bottle on the middle of the lawn with half full of water, no fuss no trciks, for some reason they don't like it.
Reply:Lemon juice cats hate anything acidic in particular lemons so cut some lemons in half and scatter them around. It may take some time but it will work eventually. I have first hand experience of this method being successful and whilst I still get cats coming into my garden no longer do they scatch and leave horrible little presents in my garden.
Reply:I have a garden and gravel. My neighbors have the cats. We have the same problem. Here are a few ideas:
- Try another brand of spray and reapply after rainstorms
- Sprinkle red pepper and reapply after rainstorms
- Install an electric motion detection sonic cat repeller
- Install motion detection sprinklers
- Buy and plant several Coleus canina which are supposed to smell bad to cats (it is an annual in many climates so you may have to save seeds or buy new plants every year)
Good luck
Reply:You can get a motion sprinkler system. that you set to go off for desired animal height and it will shoot water at the cat to chase them out of the area.
Reply:pepper, "scent off" or if you can through water over them they hate that....... I have also been told of filling a plastic bottle with water and standing it in the garden. Cats see themselves and think it's another cat( not sure if this one works)
Reply:Go to a garden centre there are several products to help you
Reply:Sprinkle some moth ball crystals around the area where you don't want the cats to go.
Reply:I would advise you to get over yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:sprinkler system set off by movement...problem solved!!
Reply:Why would you set a trap!? How inhumane! Find out whos cat it is, and tell the owner.. don't kill the fricking thing!.. what an awful person you must be.
Reply:Pepper dust
Reply:Go to B%26amp;Q they do a sensor about £15 when the cat comes close it sends out a noise which we cant hear but the cat can they run off wont be a problem anymore. In the garden section
Reply:cajun pepper.
Reply:The products that say they repel cats do not work, or work well.
The only thing you can do is find the owner and explain to them it is there responsibility to keep a cat contained if they claim the cat as theirs. If they refuse or you can not find the owner and believe it is a stray then trapping and taking them to a shelter is all you can do.
I am surprised a cat is going on gravel, must be very fine gravel. Cats prefer to bury their leavings. Any chance it's a small dog?
Either way is sad, people need to take responsibility for their pets.
Reply:Don't know about a gun!
But you could get a water pistol. Cats hate water!!!
Reply:put moth balls down they dont like the smell
Reply:shoot them. get a dog
Reply:guard dog or a gun!
Reply:Get a gun.
Reply:Try a size ten.
Reply:get a big dog
dream theater
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