04-05-23, 05:56 PM | |
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Columbia, Missouri
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Here in Missouri, the state university system has extension offices throughout the state with gardening resources for all levels, as well as online articles. They are a great source of information for me.
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04-05-23, 07:15 PM | |
Join Date: Feb 2014
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I have gardened for years and I have some suggestions:
--Lowe's/Home Depot have really good starter plants for some veggies, and they are infinitely easier than starting from seed. (I live in a cold climate so I have limited time.) Depending on the size of your garden, you'll only need a few of each variety. Take the dimensions with you and they will help you determine how many you need. --Potting soil mixed with some Miracle Gro granules and bone meal at the start will get you great results. Don't overwater! Try to add more Miracle Gro every few weeks to enrich your soil. --I stick with only tomatoes, peppers, squash (zucchini and yellow), and a large variety of herbs. Harvest every week and you'll have a great options to add to meals all summer into fall! I make/add to pizzas, roast the veggies, and give to friends/family if there's too many, but we try to eat seasonally and look forward to the freshness. -- I make herb salt and herb oil with my fresh herbs and use them all year round! Very easy and rewarding! In terms of flowers: --My grocery store has petunias that are cheap and I buy enough to fill baskets each spring. They attract both hummingbirds and butterflies and are just lovely. The wave variety will really take off and be beautiful during the summer. -- Geraniums are also really low maintenance and are cheaper than other flowers. Plus you can winter them over in your house if you put them near a window. -- Hollyhocks grow well from seeds and come in a variety of colors. They really attract hummingbirds! --Pansies are really low maintenance during the cooler spring months and help to brighten the garden until the others take off. |
04-05-23, 09:12 PM | |
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: New Orleans metro area
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I’ve had great luck with vinca. Here in the Deep South they will self-seed and will act like perennials. I just have to be patient for the seedlings to come up. I also have had good luck with sweet potato vines. I’ve planted several colors together and they spread everywhere. You can root cuttings and plant in other areas, too. These will sometimes come back after winter. I have a few poking up out of the ground now. Both are fairly cheap and pest resistant.
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04-06-23, 02:56 AM | |
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: AL
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Oh my goodness!! Y'all are awesome!! So many good ideas and I will be looking into all of them (except maybe the college one because they don't seem to do anything like that here- but the library does some)
Y'all have given me some sweet memories I forget sometimes from when I was very young. When my father was alive he used to garden and would walk me thru it, but I was too young to really learn anything, sadly. here I am 48 and want to do a little more than the accidental, but fun bit I did last year. And I definately want to my hubby's sweet table gift worth it. (I also want to put some of those herbs and ground covers in the yard. That is a definate! Bless y'all for your help.
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