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pick your peas wife I traded the rent money for some magic potato beans, looks like I'll be able to reach the giant's castle by 2023  can't figure out if the artichoke needs a little shop of horrors reference or an eraserhead reference. "feed me henry"  if and when dick acres ever gets procured I am planting tobacco as a border crop. it's doing a lot better than I expected. it's -hecksa- thirsty, but it'll be a great post collapse barter item and I get no end of satisfaction knowing that whatever bugs or slugs eat it, they'll die as a result 
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Got a hundred thirty some plants in the dirt. It’s supposed to rain tonight. This is the best the gardens ever been. E It didn’t rain til today. Ive been trying to sneak some time in when I get home from work in the morning. I’ve got some solar tiki lights to give it a spooky vibe. I was swinging a hoe yesterday and took out a volunteer tomato that looked better than any I had planted. I also saw a little toad and worried I hurt them but then i saw them again this morning so it seems like they’re okay. I’m mulch in with bedding pack from a beef farm and then using lawn clippings over that for a weed barrier. E2 My lil toad friend lives in a hole in the basil bed. E3 My poo poo’s coming today (allegedly) and I think we’re dry enough to till E4 Hasn’t been dry enough to till really and I’m waiting on my flail mower to ship but this thing hasn’t even blinked. I’ve done a month’s worth of gardening and the tachometer says it took five hours Rationale has issued a correction as of 02:06 on Jun 14, 2021 |
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Been a while but this year is going much better than last it terms of organizing. First up, is I've planted a bunch of MILPA mix from https://greencover.com/woo-seed/milpa-garden-warm-season/  Its pretty neat, though super dense. But it looks great. Only taken mustard greens from it so far. Not sure if any of the squashes are surviving given how dense its turning out to be. The main garden has 30 inch beds, with various things. The tomatoes and peppers are just starting to come online. I need to fill it out more but my transplants/seed starting has been HORRIBLE this year. The conduit there is for a low tunnel I used in the spring  The tarps are for a storm coming in, I have newly tilled beds and it will stop some of the runoff and keep them a bit drier. A lot of dry beans are going in. On the left is wheat and oats I'm testing out. Never tried making my own flour/oatmeal before. And in the far left there is another patch that will be for pumpkins/melons. Also covered for storms. For the multi-year project, I planted winter rye in this field and cut it down via scythe in the last couple weeks  After that I let it dry out and cut it down as low as possible with a riding mower. Then followed up with tilling everything in. Now I've spread sudan grass seed and rolled it in (I don't have a seeder so it was all hand broadcast). That will add a shitload of biomass for next year. And this is a better plot minus its lack of nutrients. Its depleted from being a hay field for a century but has nice sandy soil.
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We just had a heat wave here in California, so these aren't looking the best. Transferred from 1 gallon pot to 25 gallon grow bags. Gave them a handful of organic fertilizer. Will give them a bit of fish emulsion next week.   My first time growing this. Picked them up a month ago for $20 each. e: Blue Dream and Face Mints Fozzy The Bear has issued a correction as of 19:34 on Jun 19, 2021 |
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Jun 19, 2021 19:03
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$20/seed is insanely expensive wtf i grew two plants from bagseed then mated them and got dozens and dozens of seeds for free. they've been in a jar with a dessicant just waiting for legalization lol
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Jun 19, 2021 19:18
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i say swears online posted:$20/seed is insanely expensive wtf It was $20 for a small 4" pot. I spent a month or two search for legal seed/plants. Everything you can readily buy here in California are female seed/plant only.
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Jun 19, 2021 19:26
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feminized/sinsemilla is bullshit, i love the old fashioned way
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Jun 19, 2021 19:37
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the tomatoes are still a week or so out. the garden dildo turned out to be the first summer crop to be eaten
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everything's blooming the morning glory  the nasturtium  the garden dildo plant  the artichoke  the egyptian walking onion  whatever this is 
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The Voice of Labor posted:whatever this is dianthus
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hello gardening thread garden chat in the climate change thread has made me curious how are you all prepping for climate change? how has it effected you thus far? gardening is a relatively new hobby for me. but climate change has been on the forefront of my mind as i learn and grow things. it's been a strong motivator for me to keep upping my gardening game at the very least i am expecting a lot of crop failures leading rising prices and produce shortages, in the coming months/years. it reduces my anxiety to know that i can grow at least a little bit of my own food
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[Forgot there was a gardening thread so reposting from the CC thread] Got some pots for plants in my window sill in my apartment. Just because I have exactly 0 sqft of outdoor space to my name doesn't mean I won't try to grow things. My mint sprouted but that's all its done in two months. I repotted it and added more dirt so the plants aren't as deep in the pot and can get more light. My catnip sprouted like crazy but I finally realized I put way too many seeds in there, so I pruned the hell out of it, also added more dirt, and took a couple of the sprouts and planted them in a cup. If that one thrives I'm planning on planting it near my parking space on the downlow for CAT FRIENDS  The other seedlings I had to prune out, sorry friends, better luck in the next life. I might huck them over the fence into the vacant lot and see if they take, better than just the trash. There's already random bamboo and poo poo growing there. Even though this is insanely small time, it was kinda nice just sitting the floor and playing in the dirt.
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osprey posted:hello gardening thread Get to know plants, the way they live, their survival strategies etc. Learn how different plants interact and how polycultures can lessen the need for heavy input from you. Plant perennials! It's amazing how resilient these can be when compared with annual equivalents. I don't see it as something that will save me in the case of total collapse but it's a thing you can do right here and now
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so I need to have a grass lawn in the front (with the option of some % xeriscaped) for the sake of the HOA. I’m trying to keep it at 3 or 4 inches so I can get away with watering it like once a week and the grass is a lovely green so far - so I’m counting that as a success. but the flower beds in my front yard are getting overrun with grass rhizomes. besides picking those out by hand, and I guess eventually buying a bunch of bricks to line the beds, what are some nice things I can plant that’ll outcompete grass in a mulched bed? I bought a few society garlics because the internet says they’re ground cover and they seem to be doing well, and they apparently spread a bit because I’m seeing new ones come up randomly, but it hasn’t been as dramatic as I would have liked. their pink flowers are nice.
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I'd install a giant fuckoff radio tower before willingly growing grass at the behest of neighborhood ghouls.
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osprey posted:how are you all prepping for climate change? how has it effected you thus far? I no longer get enough winter chill to set fruit on certain deciduous fruit trees. For now, I can probably adapt by converting to low-chill cultivars. The other end of it is that I can grow tropical and subtropical plants that were previously too cold-sensitive for the area. I expect that climate destabilization will ultimately come for me like it did for Texas, but for now it’s interesting to grow some of these impossible plants.
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skooma512 posted:Even though this is insanely small time, it was kinda nice just sitting the floor and playing in the dirt.
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Organic Lube User posted:I'd install a giant fuckoff radio tower before willingly growing grass at the behest of neighborhood ghouls. the good news is as far as I can tell I could put a radio tower in the back and they can’t stop me
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Jul 3, 2021 01:46
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The “HOAs can’t do poo poo to infringe your god-given right to enjoy the radio spectrum” provisions have been significantly weakened in the past few years.
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Corn is a grass. Just saying.
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Use your front yard to harvest your own wheat for milling and baking. 
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I honestly can't imagine living in a place where I need to actively water a lawn or risk getting yelled at by an HOA. What an utterly hosed up waste of resources.
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This is free country   The government doesn't tell us what to do with our housesOnly the bank, HOA, city council, zoning board, and anyone within 10 miles with 200 dollars for a lawsuit can tell me what to do with my house 
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I should have a small surplus of roquette seed in 2-3 weeks if anyone wants some. it's pretty good at self sowing, a robust plant and one of the best salad greens
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Corn is a grass. Just saying. as is millet
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skooma512 posted:Got some pots for plants in my window sill in my apartment. Just because I have exactly 0 sqft of outdoor space to my name doesn't mean I won't try to grow things. heck yeah. it's nice to have some herbs growing in the window. freshens the room, smells good i've never grown catnip but i really should, i'm sure my cats would appreciate the drugs skooma512 posted:Even though this is insanely small time, it was kinda nice just sitting the floor and playing in the dirt. feeling you on this too. playing in the dirt is very soothing. calms me right down when the anxiety gets overwhelming. taking up gardening is probably the best thing i've ever done for my mental health humans have been gardening for thousands of years. the urge must be pretty well coded into us by now
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just looking at greenery has been proven to have a positive mental effect. literally just looking at photos of greenery is good for us. i think what we all need is daily access to green space with an open flame and the sound of waves.
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Either I’m growing ditch catnip or there’a a founder effect in my area and none of the kitties are predisposed to take to catnip.
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crazyvanman posted:Get to know plants, the way they live, their survival strategies etc. Learn how different plants interact and how polycultures can lessen the need for heavy input from you. Plant perennials! It's amazing how resilient these can be when compared with annual equivalents. good advice, thanks  in my zone, a lot of annuals act like perennials because it almost never freezes here* edit: *for now osprey has issued a correction as of 04:01 on Jul 3, 2021 |
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lemon catnip smells really nice
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osprey posted:hello gardening thread The crops that fail will be mostly feed for livestock. If you live in an temperate climate, you can garden ok since the key is access to water. Beyond that, you can control weather with hoop houses/low tunnels, and row covers + shades. And drip irrigation to conserve, and the covers keep the dumping rain out of your beds. Market garden style growing is what you want to look at.
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This is more landscaping than gardening but gently caress it, I'm proud and want to share. Before:   After:   (Ignore the lawn, that's a fall problem.)
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osprey posted:hello gardening thread To be honest, it’s really boring poo poo like planting trees and using tons of mulch. I’m in the PNW and we just had multiple 100+ days in a row and the only trees that got even moderately leaf scorched was the one with the thinnest layer of mulch. Burying a soaker hose took care of that and I’m already seeing a second flush of leaves. But yeah, I’m slowly adding moderately sized trees to my yard (10-25’ in 10 years) to add shade and keep temps a little more moderate. The front yard is slowly turning into an informal orchard for similar reasons. Planting perennials is also really helpful. The front and far back beds are filled with dahlias and they did superbly well in the heat and were fine being topped up with water in the morning or evening on those extreme days. But man is it hard to plan plantings. It’s easy to have one freak frost early or late that completely screws things over then two months later you have a drat gets dome. You do what you can to be honest.
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Get row covers to deal with frost!
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You can build a low tunnel for $100-150, maybe even less - You can use greenhouse plastic for it, but off the shelf big box sheets will work for just frost purposes. In this snow from April, there is a bunch of spinach and other spring crops already growing in there.
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Platystemon posted:I no longer get enough winter chill to set fruit on certain deciduous fruit trees. For now, I can probably adapt by converting to low-chill cultivars. yeah thanks, I've been wondering about fruit trees specifically. been wanting to plant a few in my yard. my zone was already too hot for most deciduous fruit trees, except for some of the low-chill types. now i'm assuming even those are not going to do well here anymore 
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The best solution for infestation imo Is IPM (integrated pest management) namely beneficial insects. http://ipm.ucanr.edu/QT/beneficialinsectscard.html You can grow plants that attract them or introduce them manually The stratiolaelaps scimitus are awesome for cannabis  The employee of the month however is the garden variety jumping spider  These are so good
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Seatbelts posted:The best solution for infestation imo Is IPM (integrated pest management) namely beneficial insects. Ye, I see cobwebs under my potato bed. Happy they're doing work. I wish my lot was a little bigger since my city ordinance can't gel with building duck hut or chicken coop. Ducks are supposed to be a non destructive pest eater like grubs and snails.
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