Guest guest Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Chanda, I wish I had advice to give : ). rhubarb grows as a weed here and it was here when we bought the house. a family from church offered their patch of rhubarb for digging up--I may do that this fall as we really like it. we planted 2 tomato plants-ended up with 10 or 12 with volunteers from last year. green peppers did well this year unlike last year. raspberries we got this past spring from a lady who advertised free raspberry canes for pickup. we did nothing other than plant bare-looking " sticks " and the raspberry canes are as tall as me at 5'7 " : ). we only got a handful of berries this year but expect lots more next year. I think we might have had more but between birds and neighbor boys berries were sparse : ). the lady we had gotten the rapsberries from also gave us 12 wild plum seedlings but they never took off. I may try it again though as I learn more about gardening. I need to find a somewhat of a gardening expert. I have no idea if raspberries need to be trimmed down as they are HUGE and when I am supposed to cut back our roses. The red ones are climbing quickly up the side of our house. I may just call my grandpa and ask him. He might have some apples for sauce and pears ready to go. I can also get a bunch of spring onions from him to plant--he loves to share what he has : ). I like green onions but hate buying them in the store : ). So many plans--not enough knowledge : ). We didn't do anything special other than lay down dried rabbit droppings and weed well. So I definitely don't know much : ). Anyone have extensive gardening know-how?????? Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Thanks Anne, Sweet of you to think of me, Blessings, Chanda PS, just beat those boys with a stick, that'll keep em' away from the berries!! - " anne greiner " <jandemommy Sunday, September 18, 2005 4:38 PM Re: Chanda/plants > Chanda, > > I wish I had advice to give : ). rhubarb grows as a > weed here and it was here when we bought the house. a > family from church offered their patch of rhubarb for > digging up--I may do that this fall as we really like > it. we planted 2 tomato plants-ended up with 10 or 12 > with volunteers from last year. green peppers did well > this year unlike last year. raspberries we got this > past spring from a lady who advertised free raspberry > canes for pickup. we did nothing other than plant > bare-looking " sticks " and the raspberry canes are as > tall as me at 5'7 " : ). we only got a handful of > berries this year but expect lots more next year. I > think we might have had more but between birds and > neighbor boys berries were sparse : ). the lady we had > gotten the rapsberries from also gave us 12 wild plum > seedlings but they never took off. I may try it again > though as I learn more about gardening. > I need to find a somewhat of a gardening expert. I > have no idea if raspberries need to be trimmed down as > they are HUGE and when I am supposed to cut back our > roses. The red ones are climbing quickly up the side > of our house. I may just call my grandpa and ask him. > He might have some apples for sauce and pears ready to > go. I can also get a bunch of spring onions from him > to plant--he loves to share what he has : ). I like > green onions but hate buying them in the store : ). So > many plans--not enough knowledge : ). We didn't do > anything special other than lay down dried rabbit > droppings and weed well. So I definitely don't know > much : ). Anyone have extensive gardening > know-how?????? > > Anne > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Most of my gardening know-how is from years of just doing it and trial and error. Some things grow, some struggle and some I keep trying in different areas. I have found a lot of good information online and read lots of different books, magazines etc. One great book I got last Christmas is: The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening Regions by Edward C. Smith It really helped me in this year's garden. I know Earl May isn't the best gardening resource, but they do have some helpful pamphlets. They have one for raspberries and talk about the different type of pruning you need to do and when. Check out their website, you might be able to get find it there. Denise , anne greiner <jandemommy> wrote: Anyone have extensive gardening > know-how?????? > > Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 I wonder, along this line of conversation, if anybody has successfully grown vegies in containers? We are shortly to move to a new apartment that has a spacious screened porch/patio, and I am thinking seriously of trying to grow 'maters, peppers, and such like in big pots. Thanks for any help-- Bron On 9/19/05, organic_homestead <organic_homestead wrote: Most of my gardening know-how is from years of just doing it and trialand error. Some things grow, some struggle and some I keep trying in different areas.I have found a lot of good information online and read lots ofdifferent books, magazines etc. One great book I got last Christmasis: The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening Regions by Edward C. SmithIt really helped me in this year's garden.I know Earl May isn't the best gardening resource, but they do havesome helpful pamphlets. They have one for raspberries and talk about the different type of pruning you need to do and when. Check out theirwebsite, you might be able to get find it there.Denise , anne greiner<jandemommy> wrote:Anyone have extensive gardening> know-how??????> > Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 > I wonder, along this line of conversation, if anybody has successfully > grown vegies in containers? We are shortly to move to a new apartment > that has a spacious screened porch/patio, and I am thinking seriously > of trying to grow 'maters, peppers, and such like in big pots. > Thanks for any help-- Bron, I have grown some but this was only my second summer attempting it, and it was quite disrupted by the move, which I knew about, so I only planted herbs this year. But last year I had tomatoes & peppers. Be careful which varieties you get, as the plants I picked up at the local Home Dpot were more tolerant of cooler areas than Jax was! They didn't do well at all. I planted some others though, and got tomatoes... if you eat eggs, crush your egg shells and put them in the dirt around th tomatoes, as well as coffee grounds/leftover coffee. Peppers liked the direct sun better than the tomatoes, but that was in FL where direct sun last many hours a day, so you'll have to experiment with it. I don't know if this true, but it seemed to me that if the porch was screened, it was hard for pollinators to get in... so I did some flower shaking, on recommendations for the organichomesteading list. I think the conversation actually started a bit ago with container crops, and I had recommended a book (not entirely organic butlots of great info) Bountiful Container, which I have, and posted about another that also had high reviews at Amazon, that I hope to get. Here are the links again so you don't have to search... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0761116230/qid=1126977106 McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container (5 stars in the reviews on Amazon) This one also has a high rating (4 1/2 stars), and I would like to get it as well someday: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1881527700/qid=1126977106 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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