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Spring garden

 
 
dadpad
 
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Reply Thu 15 Oct, 2009 12:42 am
@Reyn,
Thanks....son.
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Sglass
 
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Reply Thu 15 Oct, 2009 02:33 am
Merry Andrew dug up a patch so I can start an herb garden and the next day I caught a couple of turkeys taking a dirt bath. Then we have a couple of feral chickens that check it out daily for worms. Then a familly of Kelish phesants stop by for sunflower seeds, and then they check out the strawberry patch.

Really beats the city where sometimes the only green you see is weeds growing out of the cracks in sidewalks..
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shewolfnm
 
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Reply Thu 15 Oct, 2009 04:51 am
I envy all the work you put in to that.

You should come put some time into my yard.

Before spring here, I need to get 2 raised garden beds, choke out weeds, turn some compost in, blah blah blah find a flowering plant to attract bees, create an under ground watering system.. blah blahblah..

Yours looks really good.
dadpad
 
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Reply Fri 16 Oct, 2009 11:08 pm
We had a visit from a crimson rosella. He/she seemed to be feasting on the dandylion seed heads in the lawn. They are not an unusual bird in these parts.
we see several different kinds of parrots here at variouse time of the year.

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dadpad
 
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Reply Sat 17 Oct, 2009 01:03 am
@shewolfnm,
you probably dont need to "attract" bees, most common vegetables these days are self fertilising, and if they need fertilising ie fruit trees or pumpkin the bees will come of their own accord.

To choke out weeds cut the grass as short as possible, place layers of newspaper or cardboard directly on the grass. shovel your topsoil or growing medium dirctly onto the newspaper.
Look at my photos above, see the veggie garden beds? they are made in exactly this manner. I grew the logs we used to make the surrounds from seedlings (10 years mind you) but you could raise the beds using many different "found" objects or building material. Planks, bricks, rocks, cardboard boxes (will last 6 months only but cheap to replace) hold the sides in place with stakes.

You don't need a watering system. I only rarely use the one I installed at great expense. Choosing plants wisely is more important.
sozobe
 
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Reply Sat 17 Oct, 2009 07:12 am
@dadpad,
Beautiful!
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shewolfnm
 
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Reply Sat 17 Oct, 2009 07:49 am
@dadpad,
my watering system is plastic jugs burried upside down with 2 little holes punched into the top and the bottoms cut off. These collect rain water and allow me to add just alittle water at a time and still deliver straight to the roots, promote deep root growth and does not let it all evaporate before they get a drink.

nothing TOO major.

gonna get to cutting that grass today Smile
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littlek
 
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Reply Sun 18 Oct, 2009 09:39 am
Ah, spring. Lovely yard and garden!
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