Any gardeners here?

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Who else enjoys gardening here?

The weather here has been so warm and sunny the last few days it's got me thinking about spring. I can't wait to get started, but it's my first year here in the spring in this new climate, semi-arid. I'll have to find some new plants, I'm not sure what to plant yet, especially as the soil is so sandy. I'll probably just have lots of container gardens as we do get plenty of sun!

What are your planting projects? Got any tips?

[borzoimom]

I want someone to help me with tomatoes.. Our ground in the city had more sand than it does up here.. Any tips??

[DrKym]

Im reading this post buried in my seed catalogs, and bushe catalogs and and and ........I love gardening, it was one of the things I adored sharing with my gramma. Jas is sweet enough to a lot of the inside chores spring thru fall so that I can spend a lot of time on the yard and the garden!

I much prefer outdoor chores to housework anyway!

Lets see this year I have planned a raised bed herb garden, a veggie garden in last yrs spot as it did pretty well. A new flower path and some creepy moss for the walkways upstairs out back


last fall I ordered several heirloom roses and an heirloom gardenia set, so lets see how those do when they arrive.

I will need to really work on composting this year as I got really lazy about it last year.

I will be replanting the outdoor aviary this spring again so the birds will have new funzies to tear up when they go to the play pen outside.

I also am going to try the lemon tomatoes this year , our big boys and the cherries did soooooooo well that I would like to add another variety this yr.

[KitCat]

Tomatoes work good in containers. That way you have good soil free of pests.

Tip: Plant seeds in containers and keep moist. Planting in the ground doesn't give the moisture most seeds need.

Here is my garden site:
http://www.flowerfancier.com/

[borzoimom]

Tomatoes work good in containers. That way you have good soil free of pests.

Tip: Plant seeds in containers and keep moist. Planting in the ground doesn't give the moisture most seeds need.

Here is my garden site:
http://www.flowerfancier.com/

Help me out kitcat. Last year we used like 5 ga. white buckets ( saw it on diy gardener thing) , drilled holes in the bottom- and put in 3 plants. ( small ) then hung from a anchor in our screen porch. The porch gets morning sunlight. ( until like 12pm). We used miracle grow with water for tomotoes.. They all died..
What did we do wrong? We can not plant them outside in the yard- as the deer eat the leaves, and the bears like the tomatoes when they start to grow- ( we tried that the year before..) Tell me - what works?

[Freedom]

Dad does the vegetable garden, and I am allowed one section where he permits me to have my herbs. The area is about 45 feet long and 22 feet deep. Of course, as it is "his" garden, I have to replace my perennial herbs each year. He just goes through the whole thing with the pitch fork every Autumn!!!!

[Marigold2]

Borzoimom did you say you have bears?

[borzoimom]

Borzoimom did you say you have bears?

Yes- bears.. We are surrounded on 3 of 4 sides by a National Forest. The 4th being a cliff..

[.sarah]

I have a small vegetable garden. Currently I have lettuce and kale growing. Last summer and fall I had basil, parsley, rosemary, tomatoes, and a few other spices. I've had pretty good luck with everything, but the basil by far has grown the best. Good thing, too, since I love to cook italian food.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Tomatoes work good in containers. That way you have good soil free of pests.

Tip: Plant seeds in containers and keep moist. Planting in the ground doesn't give the moisture most seeds need.

Here is my garden site:
http://www.flowerfancier.com/

You have beautiful flowers!

[KitCat]

Borzoimom, maybe they need more sunlight? That's all I could think of. Good luck!

[borzoimom]

Borzoimom, maybe they need more sunlight? That's all I could think of. Good luck!

So they need alot of sunlight? Maybe I could put the containers on the deck during the day.. Question- we had holes on the side and the bottom.. WE used a mixture of good top soil and potting soil.. any other ideas on this- ?
I really appreciate your help. I love tomatoes!

[KitCat]

I think that would help. You live in a geat area with bears and dears, it looks lovely!

[Karen]

They need lots of sunlight, and make sure you are not over- or under-watering them, too! Tomatoes do not like to tread water.

[borzoimom]

They need lots of sunlight, and make sure you are not over- or under-watering them, too! Tomatoes do not like to tread water.

lol.. Thank you. Its seldom warm up here- only one month we start hitting 80's or even 90's and that is August. Most of the time its in the 70's in the summer time.