Gardening

[Human Liberation Front]

Any other gardeners out there? I've dabbled for a few years with just doing one sort of crop. Last year it was an entire pumpkin patch that produced over 10 pumpkins, which is more than I expected.

This year I've done a full vegetable garden which has been bountiful this year.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

I can't even keep a potted plant without having the damn thing die on me.

What do you call the opposite of having green fingers?

[slum]

i've heard both 'red thumb' and 'roundup thumb'

i got a community garden plot in my city, i grow beans, beets, tomatoes, carrots, turnips, herbs and corn. not doing as well this season as last- the ants are really bad this year and the heat is murder.

never done pumpkins or squash, that sounds wicked tho

[Human Liberation Front]

I can't even keep a potted plant without having the damn thing die on me.

What do you call the opposite of having green fingers?
Capitalist fingers, everything you touch withers and dies.

[The Feral Underclass]

I like the idea of gardening much more than I like the actual gardening.

[Human Liberation Front]

i've heard both 'red thumb' and 'roundup thumb'

i got a community garden plot in my city, i grow beans, beets, tomatoes, carrots, turnips, herbs and corn. not doing as well this season as last- the ants are really bad this year and the heat is murder.

never done pumpkins or squash, that sounds wicked tho
That's pretty cool! Wish my area had a community garden.

As for the ant problem, use diatomaceous earth. It's just ground down fossilized diatoms that gets under the exoskeletons of insects like ants and kills them, but won't harm humans or animals. And theres also organic pesticides like EcoSmart, which I've found to work pretty decently.

Pumpkins are crazy. The plants themselves go nuts and spread out far and wide. To get them to work I just dug up the regular dirt, filled it in with a mixture of compost and dirt and then planted the pumpkin plants. They just need a little more watering, but not too much just enough so the pumpkin plants don't wilt.

[slum]

yeah i spread some earlier in the season, think i ought to do another round? little fuckers eat the roots out and then the whole plant dies. only thing they ignore are the herbs.

the city community garden is an interesting experience. pigeons come by and eat your seeds as soon as you sow em, and rats are always crawling out to die in my garden. on the upside, the city provides water for free.

it is kind of crazy how much compost improves even really bad soil. maybe i'll try some winter squash this fall.

[Human Liberation Front]

Either another round diatomaceous earth or the spray I mentioned.

What kind of herbs do you have? I ask because one of the main ingredients in the EcoSmart spray I use has eugenol in it, which occurs naturally in herbs like basil, dill and oregano. I learned recently too that rosemary planted around the perimeter of the garden also deters rabbits.

Agreed on the compost. Where I planted my pumpkins was in a yard where back in the 20's it had a general store on it. What's left today is a small concrete foundation and seashells, which were used as a cheap form of "pavement" So you dig around in the yard and you come with these blanched seashells.

[Il Medico]

My best friend and her sister do the gardening thing. They're the kinda weird nature type people and their reasons for gardening don't really appeal to me. I could totally see myself getting into it as I get older though, as the whole gentleman gardener aesthetic always appealed to me and it seems like the sort of thing I could enjoy once I feel content being settled. I don't really have the temperament for it now though.

[Human Liberation Front]

My best friend and her sister do the gardening thing. They're the kinda weird nature type people and their reasons for gardening don't really appeal to me. I could totally see myself getting into it as I get older though, as the whole gentleman gardener aesthetic always appealed to me and it seems like the sort of thing I could enjoy once I feel content being settled. I don't really have the temperament for it now though.
I dunno what you're definition of "weird nature type people" is, but for me it's the joy getting my hands dirty and being independent from produce from dubious origins (ie: Monsanto and other GMO companies).

[Il Medico]

I dunno what you're definition of "weird nature type people"
New age hippie types. Want to commune with nature and all that nonsense.

[Human Liberation Front]

New age hippie types. Want to commune with nature and all that nonsense.
I'm definitely not New Age, but I do have pantheistic admiration for Nature. Now, does that mean I want to go sit naked in the middle of the woods and meditate? No. I just hike in the woods, fight for environmentalism and animal rights.

However, I've been known to enjoy the scent of patchouli incense.

[BIXX]

I've been trying to start gardens, but it's taking a while.

I wanna learn to be totally independent, learning survival skills for in the wild and in the city, so I can love for essentially free.

[Human Liberation Front]

I've been trying to start gardens, but it's taking a while.

I wanna learn to be totally independent, learning survival skills for in the wild and in the city, so I can love for essentially free.
It does take awhile. Getting a hang of what certain plants need and making sure the soil is fertile enough. If ever the question comes to mind, "Is this soil fertile enough?" compost will help alleviate that problem. It just has to be really fine compost with the least amount of organic debris like pieces of leaves or else it'll damage the roots. And always, when planting plants, pack the dirt down so there are NO air pockets. This too will hurt the roots. I end up punching the ground around the base. I look like a maniac, but it's the only way I can assure there aren't air pockets.

[bcbm]

last time i tried to garden rabbits ate half of the stuff i planted, then i left the water on for a whole day by accident the six or seven inches of water took care of most of the rest. i think i got one pepper out of the whole ordeal.