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Garden Zone: zone... 8 ?
Plants in my Garden: Thornless blackberry (3yrs), Chives (3 yrs), weeds, orange mint (3 yrs), Pomegranate trees (3 yrs), normals (tomato,jalapeno,etc)
Favorite Aspect of Gardening: Finally seeing it launch
If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: flying wwII sims, brewing beer, honeyDo list
Occupation: Unpaid gardener, computer engineering feeds the family
Plants in my Garden: Thornless blackberry (3yrs), Chives (3 yrs), weeds, orange mint (3 yrs), Pomegranate trees (3 yrs), normals (tomato,jalapeno,etc)
Favorite Aspect of Gardening: Finally seeing it launch
If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: flying wwII sims, brewing beer, honeyDo list
Occupation: Unpaid gardener, computer engineering feeds the family
BrownThumb
Member Since: 3/23/2008
Last Seen: 13 hours ago
About BrownThumb
I like to grow veggies and fruit the most. My garden is being slowly choked for sunlight due to highly successful oak trees. :-(
I am growing some ornamental grasses and lavender plants (out front) for the curb. Success is mixed - I keep losing my purple fountain grass over the winter. Echinacea/purple coneflowers bloom once and never return. Grrr.
I have great success rendering otherwise successful plants null and void. I am still climbing the learning curve and recently got serious about building a compost pile 6ft x 9 ft x 2.5 ft high.
Getting enough sunlight is now a challenge so I am seeking to move to containers where I can.
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BACK IN BLACK... and blue
Holy cow, 21 days since last post?! That is crazy. I can't begin to name all the things I have worked on, started, worked at, planned, worked over, thought about, designed and piddled with. Notice how the word "finish" isn't really in that sentenc...
Going Compost-al
Thanks to some help from the forums I am running two compost beds. I feel like I am well on my way to healthy dirt - Hopefully eating 30 bags of leaves per year instead of bagging and sending them to the landfill.I can tell it is composting as I try ...
Babies on the way! (photo finally)
I just got some manure top dressing down before last nights gentle rain! Gentle rain is really cool, because here in Texas it usually is either bone dry or knee deep.I went out this morning to pull a few weeds and inspect the manure soaking (yes, tha...
I concede... I CAN'T seed !
I have always bought the $1 starter plants as I have a relatively small plot (16x8) and very little time, skill, or patience.Eager to get started this year, but fearing one more March frost, I gazed longingly at the little peat cups and at the 4-side...
It's all about Persephone, Pomegranate, and my Honey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone#
The_Abduction_Myth My wife goes bonkers for pomegranates! They are probably her favorite thing in the whole world, besides me. No actually, way more than me. Being her favorite fruit, I have a personal conne...
Holy cow, 21 days since last post?! That is crazy. I can't begin to name all the things I have worked on, started, worked at, planned, worked over, thought about, designed and piddled with. Notice how the word "finish" isn't really in that sentenc...
Going Compost-al
Thanks to some help from the forums I am running two compost beds. I feel like I am well on my way to healthy dirt - Hopefully eating 30 bags of leaves per year instead of bagging and sending them to the landfill.I can tell it is composting as I try ...
Babies on the way! (photo finally)
I just got some manure top dressing down before last nights gentle rain! Gentle rain is really cool, because here in Texas it usually is either bone dry or knee deep.I went out this morning to pull a few weeds and inspect the manure soaking (yes, tha...
I concede... I CAN'T seed !
I have always bought the $1 starter plants as I have a relatively small plot (16x8) and very little time, skill, or patience.Eager to get started this year, but fearing one more March frost, I gazed longingly at the little peat cups and at the 4-side...
It's all about Persephone, Pomegranate, and my Honey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone#
The_Abduction_Myth My wife goes bonkers for pomegranates! They are probably her favorite thing in the whole world, besides me. No actually, way more than me. Being her favorite fruit, I have a personal conne...
