Tricks you can do in the garden

[Metrocruiser]

hi 4such,

in regards to the wall garden, I was planning to build 3 levels along a 6'x30' foot fence facing sww. just using about 60 to 70x1 gal pots 90 feet of 2"x8"s and 90* brackets and white corplast to deflect the sun shining directly on the black pots. was thinking to water with irrigation hose "T"s off the garden hose manually hooked up to the faucet. was gonna do it last year but we were pretty busy and i let the inlaws tend the garden. thinking to do it this year to increase garden size and yields. we love lettuces, bok choy, spinach, and all the root veggies for borscht soup. We have another span of fence about 90 feet facing north that is between our house and the neigbours, we were thinking to cover it up a bit and try some ginseng. There is already ferns growing there so it could be an ideal location for a challenging plant.

Id love to see some pics of the colony gardens

[Sniper-T]

Necro-post to the extreme!

my wife is always bugging me to plant celery, and I can never seem to find heirloom seeds... and then I remembered this thread, and something Taz had posted and I forgot.

Dicing up some veggies for a soup and was just about toss the end in the composter when I remembered this thread.

Butt end of a celery bunch:



trim off the dead:



Notch it for water transfer:



'planted':



And the one I started a week ago, when I had the epiphany moment, ready to plant:



Thanks Taz!!

[Sniper-T]

We have a lot of new members... and it is garden season. I will be posting more pics of some new setups I have... let's see yours, and hear results of those gone by...

[bacpacker]

T, I did not do the pipe trick this year. It does work, but I entended to install a drip system. Circumstances hasn't let that happen yet.
I have been working for a lady on a raised bed and have installed a drip system in it. I am very impressed with how it functions. Downside, trying to learn how much water to put to certain plants.
Never done much with raised beds before either. I am amazed at how quickly they dry out around here. It is taking quite a lot more water to keep stuff growing. Not sure I'll transition to those fully ever.

[Domeguy]

T, I did not do the pipe trick this year. It does work, but I entended to install a drip system. Circumstances hasn't let that happen yet.
I have been working for a lady on a raised bed and have installed a drip system in it. I am very impressed with how it functions. Downside, trying to learn how much water to put to certain plants.
Never done much with raised beds before either. I am amazed at how quickly they dry out around here. It is taking quite a lot more water to keep stuff growing. Not sure I'll transition to those fully ever.

I only have one raised bed, 4'x8' for strawberries. We had so much rain this spring I never had to water them. The only thing I can think about the ones you speak of drying out quickly, do you think it is due to moisture escaping from the sides? And if you lined the sides with plastic, do you think this would help?

[Vodin]

Thought I covered this subject already..

Water troughs, 5 gallon buckets and net cups used for self watering container garden?

Corn, radishes, dill and pumpkin taking off?

Ring any bells? Let me know if it does or doesn't.

[Sniper-T]

LOL. Yeah, you're good Vodin. But we do have other new-ish members too.

[Vodin]

Apologies,

On the serious side I literally I have minimal short term memory. If it is not of importance to me it is usually gone after 15 minutes. So this is why I made the statement. I guess banging your head after flying through the air might have that effect.. but if you ask me I will flat out deny it.

Thank you Sniper-T

[bacpacker]

That would help I'm sure. Really the big thing is getting seeds to germination ate.

[Socalman]

The drought here in Calif. has forced us to do some things differently this season. We are under water use restrictions so that has had an effect on both what we planted and how we irrigate. I have taken some 5 gallon buckets and put about 2 inches of steer manure at the bottom and then fill with water. I allow it to "brew" overnight and then pour the water onto the tomatoes and peppers. So far it seems to be working, I am not overwatering and the crops are getting fed.