How many have a garden?
03-02-2011, 04:34 PM
#152
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Location: Upstate NY, north of Syracuse Area
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Lol, I'm sorry, I can't help it, I have to show you some of my rocks too... I love my rocks. I bring them back from everywhere I go. I carry them on the plane, bus, train... in the car. I also love finding heart shaped rocks and have them tucked away all over. I have one large one that I found, I didn't do anything to alter it's shape at all. You can tell it's size by my size 8 foot next to it in the one photo. It was partly buried in the roots of a blown over tree.
I love finding old colanders to put them in
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A unique type of rock found in an area of NY not far from here
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this rock has my heart
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the large crystal rock is from a mine next to where my brother lived in Arkansas
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03-02-2011, 04:51 PM
#153
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I do rocks also. But most of our rocks are so boring because our ground is ancient (10,000 years old) glacial moraine. Digging simple hole for a tree here is at least a one hour job.
I carry a small bucket into the garden whenever I plant or dig in a row. Every little stone and rock goes into the bucket and then dumped into my garden border project. The borders are about three feet wide and the bottom is covered with old magazines and newspapers with weedcloth on top. The rocks go on top as a permanent mulch, no weeding. I have daylilies planted in the beds. The goal is to have all of the fence line done in this border.
I carry a small bucket into the garden whenever I plant or dig in a row. Every little stone and rock goes into the bucket and then dumped into my garden border project. The borders are about three feet wide and the bottom is covered with old magazines and newspapers with weedcloth on top. The rocks go on top as a permanent mulch, no weeding. I have daylilies planted in the beds. The goal is to have all of the fence line done in this border.
Garden border project
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Border in the works
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One finished
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03-02-2011, 05:08 PM
#154
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we have a garden. just put in the onions and am waiting for the ground to dry up a little to get the potatoes in the ground. then later this month we will start our tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and maybe some corn. Love garden time.
03-02-2011, 07:43 PM
#155
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Originally Posted by Caroline S
I do rocks also. But most of our rocks are so boring because our ground is ancient (10,000 years old) glacial moraine. Digging simple hole for a tree here is at least a one hour job.
I carry a small bucket into the garden whenever I plant or dig in a row. Every little stone and rock goes into the bucket and then dumped into my garden border project. The borders are about three feet wide and the bottom is covered with old magazines and newspapers with weedcloth on top. The rocks go on top as a permanent mulch, no weeding. I have daylilies planted in the beds. The goal is to have all of the fence line done in this border.
I carry a small bucket into the garden whenever I plant or dig in a row. Every little stone and rock goes into the bucket and then dumped into my garden border project. The borders are about three feet wide and the bottom is covered with old magazines and newspapers with weedcloth on top. The rocks go on top as a permanent mulch, no weeding. I have daylilies planted in the beds. The goal is to have all of the fence line done in this border.
I use newspaper as mulch in my garden beds. I put it down 6 or 7 layers deep then add a layer of bark mulch on top of that. By the time that all breaks down, the soil is so loose, I can pull most weeds right out, roots and all. I also leave the leaves that come down every fall right in the garden to decompose and help mulch the beds. Weeding is not too hard to keep up with except certain ones that I am about to declair I planted on purpose. LOL
03-02-2011, 09:25 PM
#157
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Location: SC
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[quote=Caroline S][quote=Jshep]
Ask and ye shall receive. :lol:
Those are the biggest cabbages I've ever seen. My DH would love to grow one that big! Beautiful garden!!
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by Jshep
Love the pics of everyone's garden. Wish there were more.
03-02-2011, 09:48 PM
#159
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Location: Seattle
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We, too, have both veggie and flower gardens, as well as shrubs and shade loving plants. I sure hope we have better growing weather this year. It's been a couple of years since we had weather that was warm and/or dry enough for things like tomatoes. Last year was a real dud.
I have been doing some planning and will start seeds inside soon. Crossing my fingers, toes, eyes and anything else that we'll have a crop and can have our own flowers in the house this summer.
I have been doing some planning and will start seeds inside soon. Crossing my fingers, toes, eyes and anything else that we'll have a crop and can have our own flowers in the house this summer.
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