LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[Sally PB]

Please do! The garden thread here on BYC is full of very knowledgeable people too.

I was looking for as many plants as possible to be either perennial, or that I wouldn't have to buy starts/seeds. I started saving my own tomato seeds because we eat a lot of canned tomatoes. I've saved some bean seeds too, from a variety that I really like.

For instance: I'll have 65-70 quarts of canned tomatoes in the pantry. Here's what I bought:

Some Tomato-Tone fertilizer and some powered gypsum to combat blossom end rot. I'll have enough of both for at least next year.

I had to pay for the canning lids, the salt, and the lemon juice for canning. And the electricity to run the stove.

Here's what I did not buy:
Tomato seeds, tomato plants, potting soil, pots.

You can make your own potting soil MUCH more cheaply than you can buy it, and it'll be better quality too. I make my own pots out of cottage cheese and yogurt containers (a friend saves them for me).

 

[TwoCrows]

You're too kind.
My Missus gets (almost) all the credit.
She's been a bit down in the dumps lately, I'd like to get her something awesome that would flourish here, maybe something for an indoor office?
Or a spectacular outdoor?
I'm looking for wow factor.

Maybe a greenhouse? Not sure if it might be too hot in Texas for one though. Maybe a gazebo where she can hang baskets, grow shade loving plants?

 

[TwoCrows]

If anyone here wants starts for Egyptian Walking Onions (EWO), PM me your mailing address, and I'll send you some. I have a bed of them and I have PLENTY of bulbils (topsets) to share.

Once they get going, you will have onions forever. As long as I can get a shovel into the ground, I can have fresh onions. EWOs are a shallot type of onion, not a bulbing type.
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This is the bed:
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The entire plant is edible. The greens are like chives/green onions. The bulbils are small, about fingernail sized. If you did up half of the clump, it will refill. If you dig up the entire clump, that plant is gone, but believe me!!! they fill in. The name "walking onion" comes from the topsets falling over and starting a new plant, and "walking" across the bed. No idea where the Egyptian part comes from.

Start with crowns, not seeds. That will save you a year.

Wow, these are awesome Sally! Pretty plant too!

 

[CheekyChooky]

Please do! The garden thread here on BYC is full of very knowledgeable people too.

I was looking for as many plants as possible to be either perennial, or that I wouldn't have to buy starts/seeds. I started saving my own tomato seeds because we eat a lot of canned tomatoes. I've saved some bean seeds too, from a variety that I really like.

For instance: I'll have 65-70 quarts of canned tomatoes in the pantry. Here's what I bought:

Some Tomato-Tone fertilizer and some powered gypsum to combat blossom end rot. I'll have enough of both for at least next year.

I had to pay for the canning lids, the salt, and the lemon juice for canning. And the electricity to run the stove.

Here's what I did not buy:
Tomato seeds, tomato plants, potting soil, pots.

You can make your own potting soil MUCH more cheaply than you can buy it, and it'll be better quality too. I make my own pots out of cottage cheese and yogurt containers (a friend saves them for me).

Great info! Thanks!!

I forgot about the gardening threads. I will be lurking around in there for sure!

 

[fluffycrow]

Just catching up on the thread, awesome succulents!!
Me and the Missus are currently growing some pretty boring cati, just trying to see what SE Texas climate and soil will handle.
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Hey, I said they were boring!

You're too kind.
My Missus gets (almost) all the credit.
She's been a bit down in the dumps lately, I'd like to get her something awesome that would flourish here, maybe something for an indoor office?
Or a spectacular outdoor?
I'm looking for wow factor.

They are very pretty, even I, an opuntia hater can admit that! They look very healthy too!

The opuntia really are you best bet, so that is definitely a good choice. For a more wow factor, maybe try some other aloe varieties? Some can get really colourful and intricate in their designs. Most tropical cacti are another good one. They’ll need more water, but they can be planted in hanging pots, and put out some gorgeous blooms. Of course there’s also the option of going big, like a huge golden barrel cactus, but that’s easier said than done.

Your wife is lucky to have you, welcome to the thread!