BYC gardening thread!!

[NotAFarm]

Black tub holds the water.
There is a float inside the pvc pipe to keep the water level within the pipe constant.
The holes in the pipe are to accommodate a 2 inch net cup (from hydroponics) that is in the bottom of the baskets.
Baskets are used (with landscape fabric to hold in potting soil) because roots are "air pruned" instead of growing in circles around a solid pot.
Keeping the tub full means no watering of the garden (self watering) and it is slightly elevated which means rabbits (and chickens) don't seem to notice/bother it.
google/search "rain gutter garden system" and you'll find links for it.
I found out about it here on BYC from a post by @chickadoodles .

 

[LilJoe]

Natural way to get rid of weeds?

 

[NotAFarm]

Pull the weeds...

or maybe check this out...
http://eartheasy.com/article_corn_gluten.htm

 

[LilJoe]

Pull the weeds...

or maybe check this out...
http://eartheasy.com/article_corn_gluten.htm

I was gonna add besides pulling them lol!


Thanks for the link!

 

[NorthTexasWink]

Today I canned my first batches of tomatoes, green beans, and my soup mixture of carrots, potatoes, and all the above in broth. House didn't get too hot since I used my electric pressure canners. Love those!

Y'all have such a short gardening season up there, it always startles me when I see your gardens this time of year. Still so orderly and fresh looking! Mine is a jungle right now. The heat has taken its toll already, even without a drought. We've had good rains, expecting more tonight. I picked hard today in anticipation of the storms, hence the early canning session. My lettuces are bolting hard, so I'll be replanting most of their spaces in another crop of bush beans, carrots, and whatever transplants of peppers and tomatoes I haven't set out yet. And more marigolds, nasturtiums and echinacea. Those reseed well and help keep our pests at bay. Plus they look pretty!

I'm exhausted and off to bed now, but had to look through all your nice gardens some more before I rest.

 

[chickadoodles]

@NotAFarm your set up looks great!

 

[chickadoodles]

@NotAFarm
Yes! Rose Campion! Thank you.

I haven't read back through the part of the thread that I missed. Can you either give me a link - or a brief explanation - of how your rain gutter garden works?

Here is a link to show you how to set up the RGGS (Rain gutter grow system)

 

[lazy gardener]

Awesome video!

 

[chickadoodles]

Awesome video!

These self watering systems are great! A lot of folks have theirs up higher and add rails on the sides to prevent them from falling over when storms or wind kicks up.
I hoped it would help some that might want to try it. You can add as many as you want to the water source.

 

[NotAFarm]

A few pictures from the yard taken yesterday...
lettuce:

Yellow Asiatic lily (Sweet Spire in background):

Allium going to seed: