What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

I'm battling alfalfa. If you don't know it, those roots can go down 50 feet. Yup 50 FEET. Yes. I do a lot of swearing.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Wow bet so I know how to swear like a trucker also would make me we had a nightshade plant here the Son killed took 4 years to get rid of all of it (made me nice tea) .. ahhhh bad girl he did not

 

[cavemanrich]

So I got it done.
It needs to be redone a bit but it can wait till tomorrow. It’s secure enough till then (smooth the wrinkles)
I noticed all these floaty things around my head...Butterflies!
View attachment 1725244 Tons of them !! Something hatched and it was like an explosion. So beautiful...God must of known I needed something to lift my spirits. Made all my problems seem small, ya know?

Is that snow on those mountains in the background???

 

[Searsmom]

I'm battling alfalfa. If you don't know it, those roots can go down 50 feet. Yup 50 FEET. Yes. I do a lot of swearing.

Ooh, same with johnson weed here. I can dig it up, but if I've left one piece of root, it comes back, and it's a root runner. I even desperately planted mint, in my ignorance, I thought it would choke out the weed. Nope, it choked out the mint.

 

[jerryse]

Went plant shopping today, hit a few places.

One of them had just gotten in a flat of the elusive Night Sky petunia that I've been hunting for since it was released in 2017. They now have .... less than a flat remaining.

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FYI you can root petunia cuttings . Cheap way to have more plants .

 

[RenoHuskerDu]

Ooh, same with johnson weed here. I can dig it up, but if I've left one piece of root, it comes back, and it's a root runner. I even desperately planted mint, in my ignorance, I thought it would choke out the weed. Nope, it choked out the mint.

Ack phlt. I thought only Texas had Johnson Weed. I feel yo pain. See my post in this forum about non-toxic weedkillers.

 

[MissChick@dee]

Went plant shopping today, hit a few places.

One of them had just gotten in a flat of the elusive Night Sky petunia that I've been hunting for since it was released in 2017. They now have .... less than a flat remaining.

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How Beautiful...I love Petunias!!! I collect & reseed mine every year. But that Night Sky is stunning. I hope they do well for you.

 

[MissChick@dee]

I'm battling alfalfa. If you don't know it, those roots can go down 50 feet. Yup 50 FEET. Yes. I do a lot of swearing.

Okay I’m asking because I just don’t know. There’s alfalfa (acres) fields here (cattle ranchers & feed producers) are you sayin your pulling it up? Like a random patch or a entire field? I could NOT imagine what that job would be like. My body aches just reading your post Lordy!

 

[MissChick@dee]

Is that snow on those mountains in the background???

Nooo no snow. Looking at my photo there’s allot Of cleanup and such still to do

Believe it or not but I’ve had it snow on the 4th of July. Crazy.

 

[jnicholes]

I want to share with you all my thoughts on gardening.

Nature is what happens when the conditions are right. A plant grows very well when the conditions around it, like the sunlight, the humidity, the temperature, Etc are all right. If the conditions are right, it's only natural that the plant thrives and grows. To go further, for a plant to flower and/or fruit, the conditions need to be right. This includes things like fertilizer, nutrients in the soil, soil drainage, the list goes on and on. If all the conditions are right, it's only natural that a plant flowers and/or fruits. Take for example my Meyer lemon and my banana plant. The conditions are right for the Meyer lemon the fruit, but even then, the fruit is very small, even when it is ripened. My banana grows, but has not fruited yet. Why is this?

The answer is simple, and I realize it now. The conditions are right for them to not fruit, or fruit and have the fruit be small. It's only natural that this happens because of the conditions around them. It's all nature.

Nature is what happens when the conditions are right. It is very true for growing plants, flowering plants, fruit, the list goes on and on. To be a successful gardener, you need to make sure that the conditions are right for the plants to thrive.

The phrase is the same for everything, not just plants. A car moves because the conditions are right to make it move. A car fails because the conditions are right for it to fail.

It's all the same, nature is what happens when the conditions are right. It is especially true for growing plants

I posted this on the garden.org Forum also. I just wanted to share it with you guys.

Jared