Vegetable garden

[Diamondback 2/2]

I enjoy gardening, I do not enjoy the 4 legged meals who always eat my garden, who never show up when its "their season".

I've had a hell of a time trying to get a garden going here, pretty much been settling on melons for the last two years. Maybe this year I can actually enclose my beds and start growing something...

 

[medicchick]

I'm going to try some large containers either this year or next, I have some seeds already. Half the problem is there is really only one store the get everything from unless we go for a long drive.

 

[pardus]

I found a couple of pots lying around so I went to homedepot and picked up some tomatoes, peppers, marigolds mint basil and rosemary today.

I need to get something for the mozzies too, they are bloody awful where I live. They are the Tiger mosquitoes, those bites irritate the shit out of me for days.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Good tip! BTW Rusty, what type of fertiliser do you use?

None this year. Since I went with the raised bed, I worked in a few bags of soil with organic matter worked in.

 

[TLDR20]

Here is my garden

 

[x SF med]

Here is my garden

dead plants in pots... hell of a garden, Bro.

 

[TLDR20]

dead plants in pots... hell of a garden, Bro.

My brother in law thinks that is coming back to life. We will see.

 

[CQB]

dead plants in pots... hell of a garden, Bro.

How's that bumper crop of moss going?

 

[x SF med]

My brother in law thinks that is coming back to life. We will see.

So.... he spouts more fertilizer than you do?:-"

 

[TLDR20]

So.... he spouts more fertilizer than you do?:-"

?

I guess, heis a biochemist, and a botanist, so I thought he would know , he looks wrong so far though.

 

[Gypsy]

?

I believe what our esteemed Troll was hinting at is fertilizer = BS...

 

[LibraryLady]

Seems TLDR20 is a little slow... Wonder if the Troll can provide visuals? :-"

LL

 

[RustyShackleford]

This thing is blowing up!

 

[pardus]

Some of my plants are being destroyed by insects. Going to try and get something non harmful to me tomorrow to kill those little fucks.

 

[AWP]

Some of my plants are being destroyed by insects. Going to try and get something non harmful to me tomorrow to kill those little fucks.

One option is a piece of PVC (or any stick-like device) and some screen. Failing that I'm sure there are several things you can mix at homewithout resorting to pesticides.

 

[JHD]

Some of my plants are being destroyed by insects. Going to try and get something non harmful to me tomorrow to kill those little fucks.

Try some water mixed with liquid dish soap.

 

[TLDR20]

Some of my plants are being destroyed by insects. Going to try and get something non harmful to me tomorrow to kill those little fucks.

Cayenne pepper spray the base of the plant. They sell it at garden stored

 

[AWP]

Try some water mixed with liquid dish soap.

Great, now we have to explain "soap" to pardus. I was afraid this day would come...

 

[JHD]

Try some water mixed with liquid dish soap.

Forgot to add you can spray the whole plant.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Cayenne pepper spray the base of the plant. They sell it at garden stored

Interesting...wonder if straight up OC spray would work.