Maggot Garden Thread

[wicked_sick]

this thread is worthless without pics.

Here a shot of the garden we had where I lived this past summer.



Nice location. Here's another scenic pic.



Makes me wonder where I'll end up this summer.

[The AD]

I do mostly flower gardening, but maybe I'll plant some vegetables this year. My yard is really nicely landscaped without any grass whatsoever. I can thank the previous owners for this, but I really like gardening and intend to keep it looking good. Things are really starting to get colorful now with daffs finishing up, tulips at about their peak, and various azaleas and rhodies flowering right now.

Here's a shot of an apple blossom I took last weekend.



I've got this apple tree espaliered against a south facing fence. Only got a few apples last year, hopefully a bigger crop this year!

[lemon boy]

Yeah, we're going to have mint in somewhere this year, just haven't figured out exactly where yet though. Last year we tried some in a pot and it promptly died. Now with a ton of extra space we can afford to have some go capt. insano. Sort of like what the raspberries are getting ready to do. Planted 4 last year. One the puppy dug up but the other three have already started propagating little other chutes.

Anyone have thoughts on the value of having some sort of trellis for the assorted berry bushes/vines? Our blackberry has canes ~15' long from being tangled in the evergreens.

[cloudpeak]

I've been trying to use more PNW native plants in my garden:

Trout Lilies


Trillium


Trillium

[runethechamp]

Almost forgot, we have a lemon herbena tree that grows like crazy every year and smells really good.

[mr_gyptian]

Denver is having a tree sale this weekend. www.theparkpeople.org for info.

So mrG, why would you remove the rock if you don't want to work on a yard? I'm about to put IN rock and low water shrubs/greenery for that very reason...

And so anyone have any idea if I might rent out some of my space to a nursery/coop/garden company etc that would want to use my land to farm for free as long as they did all of the work?

because the whatever the hell you call it lining under the rock had been penetrated by weed roots. It was like Vietnam in my backyard.

I'm definitely considering xeriscape. If I had my way my whole backyard would be one big deck.

[lemon boy]

Actually, Mr. G the man who might have the free time on his hands and has the xeric mindset + constructo skillz to help you out is out of the country but after the 24th/25th? PM Foggy.

[The AD]

I've been trying to use more PNW native plants in my garden

Outstanding woodland garden, cloudpeak. Those trout lilies and trilliums are gorgeous.

[Ubersheist]

I don't have the patience for a garden. However, my old roomate used to keep a killer and fairly big garden going. She grew all sorts of peppers, and made some great salsa out of it with some roma tomatoes she also grew. There was also some sunflowers, cherry tomatoes, leeks, and strawberrys. The strawberrys didn't fare well, but the rest did!

[altagirl]

Outstanding woodland garden, cloudpeak. Those trout lilies and trilliums are gorgeous.

Agreed. Plus I'm jealous because those plants would be dead in about 3 hours in our climate.

[Beaver]

My wife is in charge of the garden. I'm in charge of building greenhouses, fences, pruning fruit trees and mowing the lawn. I planted the first 12' fence posts for the elk resistant fence just yesterday. The fuckers come into the yard and eat our fruit trees, dig up veggies and generally beat the shit out of the yard.

[tradygirl]

Anyone ever tried to grow cilantro in a container garden? I'm considering starting an herb container garden since planting in the yard with a puppy that likes to dig is not an option (ooooh, smelly moist soil, yummy). Any advice on cilantro, parsely, sage, oregano, mint in small containers?

[shera]

not a bad topic, I completely cleared my backyard last summer(had about 4 tons of river rock on the ground). I now have a blank slate.

I work +/- 80 hour weeks in the summer, thus I have neither the time nor the inclination to landscape a backyard.

Any mags have a landscape biz?

we must talk
i want to be your gardener for sure
and i"ll contribute to this thread when i learn how to operatte a keyboard

[cinnepa]

I'm thinking of planting a grass farm in the flowerbeds in the front of my office, just to see how long it takes before someone notices. It's all on drip irrigation. Should grow like a weed.

HA! good one, think i'll do the same to the bastards here.

[shera]

because the whatever the hell you call it lining under the rock had been penetrated by weed roots. It was like Vietnam in my backyard.

I'm definitely considering xeriscape. If I had my way my whole backyard would be one big deck.

nevermind
got all excited because i thougth you wanted a garden

[mr_gyptian]

nevermind
got all excited because i thougth you wanted a garden

again, it's a blank slate. If it was a low maintenance garden, we could talk. I only live a mile from the dealership, so things like watering aren't so much of a problem. above and beyond that, I can't promise anything.

[sanjuanworm]

all of the herbs are looking good this year.
just moved a bunch of raspberrys.
carrrots,onions,cukes,yams,irish taters,garlic, all of the usuals in the garden.
we do not grow corn..

all of the flower beds are looking good.
lots of lillies and ferns.

[sanjuanworm]

this pic from last year.
these guys are just poking out of the ground a few inches now.

[sanjuanworm]

trillium from yesterday.

[lemon boy]

Nice pics SJW!

[sanjuanworm]

another shot from last year.

[sanjuanworm]

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[snowsprite]

Cloudpeak, those are absolutely beautiful pics!

My gardening efforts will be at our little house in VT this year. The lady who owned it before made about six 4x4 raised box beds and they have lupine, sage, thyme, oregano and a bunch of other great stuff in them. But the gardens were untended for a long time and the perennials need some tlc. I can't wait to get to work on it.

I'll definitely post some pics this summer, and hope the other gardening mags do likewise.

Sprite

[stayalert]

asparagus

[altagirl]

Slugs. By the bucketful.

We get snails by the bucketful. Hate those things.

The worst is when one is in the grass... and you're walking in bare feet and didn't see it but feel and hear it when it crunches. YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK....