BYC gardening thread!!

[Arielle]

http://www.liseed.org/art.html

http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/html_pubs/PLBREED/pl_breed.html

Thanks Dan. Marking these for my kids to read. Science made fun!!

 

[dan26552]

Thanks Dan. Marking these for my kids to read. Science made fun!!

Your welcome

Yes it is! I love plant genetics!

 

[hennible]

Me too (loving plant genetics), I've got a great book on breeding you own varieties...

 

[hennible]

Here's the book and some of the goodies growing in the greenhouse....

 

[roseyred]

Omg I need that book hennible!!!! Lol

 

[dan26552]

x2

 

[dan26552]

Me too (loving plant genetics), I've got a great book on breeding you own varieties...

Here's the book and some of the goodies growing in the greenhouse....

Thats awesome!

 

[Peep_Show]

Been working HARD in the yard, trying to catch up after being busy with Life's curves and not to be too late in the season. Had to amend the soil (well, about 100% sand) heavily with coir, mushroom compost and compost/steer manure mix to make it growable rather than just an exercise in watching water disappear.

The veggie yard went from this:


To this:


From left to right, bottom to top, it's tomatoes, in the black beds are rhubarb/strawberries, eggplant and a lemon cuke tower, an enclosed bed of kale and chard, and then a sweet potato patch. The blank dirt row on the far right will be assorted bush squashes. There's also a dirt row on the other side of the chicken run which is bush beans. The irrigation is the next step as it can be put on an auto-water system, just needs the drip hookups. However, it has been raining which obviates the immediate need and kind of hinders irrigation installation.

Also put in a nice row of assorted hot and sweet peppers (it is New Mexico, afterall, and I think a requirement per garden):



The row in the far distance is going to be a lavender hedge.


This year DH & I attended a "Gardening in New Mexico" class and the highlight was learning about olla pots (pronounced oy-yah, not oe-lah). These are unglazed terra cotta water vessels sunk into the ground to provide cool moisture to plantings in the dessert via osmosis. You can buy them pricey for $30+ at retailers, or build your own using two terra cotta pots glued together with aquarium silicone adhesive and then plugging one end. They get refilled after a couple of days if water-tight and no leaks. We've got them between the tomato plants and in the sweet potato and cucumber bed.







In the compound we've also got gooseberries ripening:




And there's also another raised cedar bed filled with radishes and DH's pickling cucumbers. We salvaged the old gates to the compound and used them as trellises.
Still a lot to do out there before we can just sit back and watch it grow (yeah, LOL! It's some work all the way) But we're enjoying the heck outta the process of transforming this long-neglected area into something useful and purposeful. (Needless to say, the neighbors are overjoyed that the house and yard finally have occupants that can/will garden)

 

[A-K-A]

What awesome looking plants and gardens.

Mostly just mowed today, including the orchard area and around the garden

 

[Arielle]

Been working HARD in the yard, trying to catch up after being busy with Life's curves and not to be too late in the season. Had to amend the soil (well, about 100% sand) heavily with coir, mushroom compost and compost/steer manure mix to make it growable rather than just an exercise in watching water disappear.

The veggie yard went from this:


To this:


From left to right, bottom to top, it's tomatoes, in the black beds are rhubarb/strawberries, eggplant and a lemon cuke tower, an enclosed bed of kale and chard, and then a sweet potato patch. The blank dirt row on the far right will be assorted bush squashes. There's also a dirt row on the other side of the chicken run which is bush beans. The irrigation is the next step as it can be put on an auto-water system, just needs the drip hookups. However, it has been raining which obviates the immediate need and kind of hinders irrigation installation.

Also put in a nice row of assorted hot and sweet peppers (it is New Mexico, afterall, and I think a requirement per garden):



The row in the far distance is going to be a lavender hedge.


This year DH & I attended a "Gardening in New Mexico" class and the highlight was learning about olla pots (pronounced oy-yah, not oe-lah). These are unglazed terra cotta water vessels sunk into the ground to provide cool moisture to plantings in the dessert via osmosis. You can buy them pricey for $30+ at retailers, or build your own using two terra cotta pots glued together with aquarium silicone adhesive and then plugging one end. They get refilled after a couple of days if water-tight and no leaks. We've got them between the tomato plants and in the sweet potato and cucumber bed.







In the compound we've also got gooseberries ripening:




And there's also another raised cedar bed filled with radishes and DH's pickling cucumbers. We salvaged the old gates to the compound and used them as trellises.
Still a lot to do out there before we can just sit back and watch it grow (yeah, LOL! It's some work all the way) But we're enjoying the heck outta the process of transforming this long-neglected area into something useful and purposeful. (Needless to say, the neighbors are overjoyed that the house and yard finally have occupants that can/will garden)