What did you do in the garden today?

[attimus]

What I did with the garden plants was simple. I went to Home Depot and bought some 1/2 inch square plastic hardware cloth. We used zip ties to make little baskets out of them and put pebbles in the bottom so they would not sink . Then I filled them with some old hay and put the plants in and then used zip ties and "zipped" them to the side of the pool. The water plants were gathered on the riverside. I got some cattails, some water mint from the side of a stream, some plants from a nearby lake and some wild yellow iris. I also had some water lilies from a small pond in my front yard. I put them all in bare root. I tried dirt and clay in pots but it didn't work. I weighed the water lilies down with rocks and even zip tied a rock to one to weigh it down. The cattails are in pots with rocks in the bottom.

I hope to get some pictures as soon as my pretty pond clears up. It is done in pebble mosaic. Google bog filters. It may help.

I have been working on it for over a year.

PS. My pretty pond leaked and I tried everything to fix it. I repainted it, poured a new floor and nothing helped. But after filling it the last time and it still leaked I was going to turn it into a planter and I tried one last thing.

I had some sand from work that had been run through a sandblaster and I put it in the pond where I thought it leaked and (the floor next the the wall) and then I put some kitty liter in (clay) and it stopped leaking. I just dropped the stuff in the water where it leaked.

I also found some water lettuce floating on the river and gathered it up. All the plants I put in the pond had the roots washed clean.....no dirt at all.

I have planters on the side of my ponds and I used chicken wire to keep the chickens out untill I get their new housing finished. They free range right now.

Thank you for these ideas. I'm planning on concreting a new pond for my ducks soon and was looking for some good ideas with it. Last season I used it to water my garden periodically.

 

[A-K-A]

Great!!

"Semi retired" huh? My grandfather told me decades ago when I first started working that there is either "working" or "dead". "Semi-retired" is what we do between the first and second. *laugh* It keeps the old farts young and keeps the younger pups wondering where we get the energy to keep working around the house while collecting a retirement check. I said it myself several times. "When I'm retired I'm going to do nothing more than fishing and relaxing" then I bought property.... and put in a garden.... and got chickens... and I still have 16 years to go to get 22 years of civil service and 32 years of military retirement. I'm guessing that the first Monday after I "retire" I'll be outside with a tiller in my hands adding in another garden bed or building another enclosure for some more darn animals.

1st Thank you for your dedication and service!

2nd Grandfather was right

3rd could you warm up my tiller while i finish my coffee?





Goats-chickens-dogs going fishing for the day might be out of the question.

 

[lazy gardener]

What I did with the garden plants was simple. I went to Home Depot and bought some 1/2 inch square plastic hardware cloth. We used zip ties to make little baskets out of them and put pebbles in the bottom so they would not sink . Then I filled them with some old hay and put the plants in and then used zip ties and "zipped" them to the side of the pool. The water plants were gathered on the riverside. I got some cattails, some water mint from the side of a stream, some plants from a nearby lake and some wild yellow iris. I also had some water lilies from a small pond in my front yard. I put them all in bare root. I tried dirt and clay in pots but it didn't work. I weighed the water lilies down with rocks and even zip tied a rock to one to weigh it down. The cattails are in pots with rocks in the bottom.

I hope to get some pictures as soon as my pretty pond clears up. It is done in pebble mosaic. Google bog filters. It may help.

I have been working on it for over a year.

PS. My pretty pond leaked and I tried everything to fix it. I repainted it, poured a new floor and nothing helped. But after filling it the last time and it still leaked I was going to turn it into a planter and I tried one last thing.

I had some sand from work that had been run through a sandblaster and I put it in the pond where I thought it leaked and (the floor next the the wall) and then I put some kitty liter in (clay) and it stopped leaking. I just dropped the stuff in the water where it leaked.

I also found some water lettuce floating on the river and gathered it up. All the plants I put in the pond had the roots washed clean.....no dirt at all.

I have planters on the side of my ponds and I used chicken wire to keep the chickens out untill I get their new housing finished. They free range right now.

I don't think I've ever seen 1/2" plastic hardware cloth...

 

[Meaghan]

I don't think I've ever seen 1/2" plastic hardware cloth...

It's available at Lowe's in the garden section in black and white plastic. We used the black plastic to make a homemade ferret cage with mesh doors.

 

[Two Chicksahs]

Arielle, we hope your puppy improves soon. We adopted a Jack Russell in October and fortunately she's doing rather well. We all had to do a lot of adapting at first though. I still can't figure out why some relinquished her. It could be her toots. Whew you want to run the other way when she does it! Given time both you puppy and the weather will improve. I still have another garden section to put in and my knees aren't cooperating. It could be the Arthritis or just the overcast weather that got thrown into the mix yesterday.
I suggest that you go looking for old windows and make cold frame or hot boxes. Are there any stores like Habitat for Humanity there?

 

[Two Chicksahs]

Arielle, we hope your puppy improves soon. We adopted a Jack Russell in October and fortunately she's doing rather well. We all had to do a lot of adapting at first though. I still can't figure out why some relinquished her. It could be her toots. Whew you want to run the other way when she does it! Given time both you puppy and the weather will improve. I still have another garden section to put in and my knees aren't cooperating. It could be the Arthritis or just the overcast weather that got thrown into the mix yesterday.
I suggest that you go looking for old windows and make cold frame or hot boxes. Are there any stores like Habitat for Humanity there?

 

[Two Chicksahs]

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Hi there Drumstick Diva! We have a lot of blackberry bushes and other shrubs that bite, my nemesis is Rose bush thorns that seem as if they have a toxin on the tips. I went out and bought elbow length welding gloves and I wear my glass and a hat when working with them. Those nasty thorny plants are meant to get into the skin of whatever touches them as a natural deterrent. I think its really cool that your town has a village shredding service. I'd use goggles but they tend to steam up my glasses sometimes. It could be me fuming at what just punctured my though.

 

[A-K-A]

In case some of you are not on the email list- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds is offering 10% off on orders today in celebration of Earthday.


Planted more marigolds- sunflowers- Okra- popcorn - and sweetcorn and prepared more ground today.

 

[Tjschicks1817]

Got more planted over the past couple days. Broccoli and more Kale and Paris carrots on the bottom.

Going to build a raised bed up top and plant lettuce with pole beans behind the lettuce, and radish and peas down the slope around the driveway.

 

[politicalcenter]

Finally got some sweet corn in the ground....7 rows.

Bought some purple hull pea seeds and some brown crowders.

I may have a couple dry days...time to get to work!

I do have to pen my chiskens up. I have some real good ground that used to have pigs on it and it grew some great sorghum a couple years back.