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Mini Indoor Garden Ideas
I like to play with indoor garden ideas. I'd certainly do more if my space was larger. Recently, I bought some lanterns that were on clearance. My sole purpose was not to put candles in them, but instead, plants! I keep wanting to set up an aquarium/animal terrarium with plants. I'd like to create a welcoming little…
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Urban Agriculture
Is this the future of farming? Kind of sci-fi to me, but I know a woman who is growing a fair amount of greens in an upright contraption that her husband gifted her with. I guess it's better than no garden at all. In Quest for Food Security, Cities Test Limits of Urban Agriculture - Bloomberg
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Building raised beds at rental over cement
hello friends. I am putting up three metal raised beds that are 3 1/2‘ x 4 1/2‘ wide and 12 inches tall. I received some partially decomposed compost from the place that I volunteer called 8th Day Farms, and I started shifting it, well, I got really tired, as it was only partially composted wood chips, and such. I think it…
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Roots under the garage
I am having consistent, long-term problems with trees that somehow get their seeds under my garage and begin growing in the small gap between the asphalt driveway and the garage. It is impossible to dig the roots out. No matter how many times and how much I cut them back, they grow again. It is important that the roots are…
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Have you ever seen a year old kohlrabi plant?
I experimented with indoor vegetable gardening last spring with poor success. I did not kill of the survivors and most are small yet still alive. I now realize that two of my kohlrabi plants are over a year old -- the stems have thickened some but no bulb even now. The seedlings were ready before I was, so I planted them…
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Growing potatoes in a small urban garden
I'd like to hear from anyone here who has successfully grown a productive potato patch in a very small garden. My past attempts to grow potatoes either in raised beds or grow bags of soil have had poor productivity. Sources I have read say I should get 5X to 10X the weight of potatoes that I planted in seed, but I…
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New raised beds and container gardens, What soil do you use? For the urban gardener
New raised beds and container gardens, What soil do you use? Currently I live on a plot that I don't own or control but I would like to have a raised bed garden. What is a soil i can use and create without using the native sprayed and fertilizer lawn soil?
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Missouri Potting Soil Fire
This was not something I had ever worried about until I read this article last night. One of the bags of potting soil I got from Walmart last year did have a lot of wood chips in it. And I know compost piles heat up, but it never occurred to me that my flowerpots might spontaneously combust! Fair Grove Fire Protection…
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Surprising news on Upper Cervical Spine Specialist
I was watching a documentary and something unrelated and this Dr Jennifer Taylor who is a Chiropractor comes on and I immediately thought of my granddaughter who has had multiple problems especially after she was rear ended in a car crash. She has had really bad migraine headaches since she was young and is double jointed…
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Growing plants inside instead of outside?
If you remember I had so much trouble with my raised bed garden last year and so I have been reading about growing plants inside. I am also wondering if I can using regular heating pads (like you would buy in a store) and not heating mats for plants? Also is it possible to raise things like Kale, Spinach, and Swiss Chard…
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Getting kids involved in gardening
Some interesting ideas. Under natural dyes, I had no clue that avocado pits make pink. @frogvalley try that one.
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hacking an old grape vine?
i live in los angeles, have an old grapevine of maybe 20 years that stopped producing grapes. the plan was to cut it out and plant fruit trees (unless anyone has a secret to make it a prolific producer of grapes again?) but the real question: the vine has found a water source, possibly water from the neighbor’s lawn on the…
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Edible landscaping: Hiding edible plantings in a HOA situation
@torey brought this subject up while talking about sage being very practical in a well manicured flower bed. I would like to discuss this subject for our urban readers' benefit. Can we make a list of edible trees, herbs, fruits & veggies that would be suitable and could blend into a difficult situation like an HOA? Each of…
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Growing in cardboard boxes
@jowitt.europe asked me to write about my experiences gardening in cardboard boxes, so here goes....😁 So, I have only been gardening since 2020. I don`t want to use plastic containers, but anything else is extremely expensive in Japan. I have to admit that I did buy some plastic pots to start with, but I am transitioning…
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55 gallon barrels for raised garden bed
I'm going to craft a raised garden bed using 55 gallon poly barrels (halved), but I'm worried about the plastic toxins seeping into the soil. Does anyone know a good solution to this, maybe some sort of liner to create a barrier? Thanks!
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Elm Tree Roots in the Southwest US
Hi, I live in New Mexico and there are a lot of Elm Trees in my neighborhood and the past 2 years the elm tree roots invade my garden bed. My question: How far from the elm trees should I locate my garden? Thank you for any advice or input!
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Hostas
For those lacking space or fitting as much in a small area as possible Hostas can also be a food source. I was never that fond on hostas but they are edible in several stages. I just put in asparagus so until I can harvest them I can use hostas when they first break the ground. The leaves are also edible in different…
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Apartment Homesteading
Interesting ideas for apartment homesteading. It even includes raising animals. I would have chosen a different animal but it served a purpose for what she wanted. For those in a small space what animals might you include?
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Storing water
I am not sure if this is the right category. I live on the first floor of an apartment in the inner city. I do have a small garden. Every year, we get a month of solid rain, followed by several months of high heat and (mostly) dry weather. So my garden suffers from rainy season, and then it is a struggle every day during…
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Value of a Garden
Interesting info on cost vs benefit.
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Herbal Lawns
We have a few discussions on lawns but here is another option just in from LearningHerbs.
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Baker Creek Field Trip
My brother came up from Oklahoma this past week, and wanted to go to Baker Creek Heritage Seeds to get some plants for his pollinators. It's the dead of winter here, but it's not too far from Cabool, Missouri, where Mom and my sister live. Only the seed store was open, but boy, was it a fun trip! I only got a few for my…
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Growing dry beans and shellies intensively
I am interested in increasing the amount of shellies or dry beans that I am growing. I've had great success growing green string beans, but I have produced very few dry beans per square foot in my small raised beds. I realize that unlike green string beans, which produce continuously through the summer months, I can only…
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Ready for Winter
I decided to invest in a replacement cover for my greenhouse shelves and an additional little greenhouse cover to see if I can overwinter my herbs. Got them set up just in time, as we have had heavy frost the past 3 nights here in southern Missouri. I'm afraid the only way to save the gardenia is to bring it inside, and I…
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Shocking prices at a farm stand!
I went to my favorite farm stand yesterday and I was in price shock!! A watermelon that was small but larger than personal size was $8,39 and the 3 large nectarines and 3 large peaches for $3.79 pound came to #13.64. Ouch! I do want to take one of my great grandson's out to the farm next week but I will certainly be…
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Small Vegetable Garden
I am getting this garden bed ready to plant. it is a strip that is quite long but less than 16inches wide. I plan to plant green beans, (peas in late July), bunching onions, swiss chard, spinach and kale. I have done many 12 inch gardens and the square foot gardening plan before. Like usual I will be using my own method of…
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Creating a community garden and its community
Some months back, I mentioned that I was thinking about trying to organize a community of gardeners in my town. Some of the towns around have community gardens, but we do not. I mentioned my interest in a church Bible study, and there was definitely interest in this as a potential mission to help the people around us. At…
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Keeping Clean with Green
As I began to plan my spring garden I started to rummage through my seeds. That's when I happened upon a tiny packet of unopened Soapwort seeds. There's been a lot of changes around the world. Many in my part of Australia. So I decided now would be a good time to begin a patch of my own natural soap. After all, having…
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Strange Noise in the Garden
I took a video of a noise in the garden, but I can't post it here. It sounds a little bit like a frog croaking, but I can't find a frog anywhere. It sounds like it's coming from under the ground. It croaks in the morning and at dusk. Any ideas what it might be?
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My Basil Bloomed Today!
I got lazy about harvesting the basil and was delighted to find this bloom today. What a lovely flower! I suspect they are edible, too.
