Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[CapricornFarm]

Silly question: Will my ginger come back this spring? I failed to put it in the greenhouse before the freeze came.

Probably not, but hope springs eternal.

 

[chickadoodles]

NFC I put peppermint in the pot but the ants ate it after the 2night of damage.
We are going shopping today and I will look for something I can wrap the bark with.

 

[N F C]

NFC I put peppermint in the pot but the ants ate it after the 2night of damage.
We are going shopping today and I will look for something I can wrap the bark with.

Guess it's true...if it isn't one thing, it's another.

 

[chickadoodles]

Yes it is. Lol
I just ordered some tanglefoot wrap off Amazon.

 

[CayugaJana]

I waded through the mud to check my grow bags from last year. And my chocolate mint is growing.
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May I ask what grow bags are?

 

[rjohns39]

May I ask what grow bags are?

Bags that you fill with dirt and use for container gardening. There are 100s of different types, but I like these guys organic products. I linked to the main page so you could see the variety out there. The $1.00 re-usable shopping bags work well too. I like them because they're pretty easy to move as long as they aren't too big and they can contain root systems from invasive plants like mint.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

May I ask what grow bags are?

I bought some too this year. Mine are plastic type bags with handles that you can fill with soil and plant. It will be my first year using them.

 

[CayugaJana]

Oh ok. That’s a good idea. I love the way lemon mint smells but didn’t realize it would take over a few years ago. It didn’t take me long to figure it out....

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Oh ok. That’s a good idea. I love the way lemon mint smells but didn’t realize it would take over a few years ago. It didn’t take me long to figure it out....

I grow rambunctious herbs in pots. Because we get cold in winter the pot goes in a shed for the winter, though I've left them out and they are fine the next year. My shed is unheated.

 

[cavemanrich]

My mom had a simple way to get tomato seeds. She purchased tomatoes from store to eat. If she exceptionally liked the way tomato tasted, she saved seeds. When she had a variety she liked, she kept saving year to year.