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Post by Leon on Mar 12, 2016 11:38:43 GMT -5
As the title says,the better half has me prepping the garden for planting already. I'll try to sneak some bench time when I can.
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Post by kaytermarram on Mar 12, 2016 12:35:02 GMT -5
This is so sick: As a schoolboy I did gardenwork as a job to enhance my small money these days and after a few months I HATED it. Hell is for me gardenwork till the time ends and it does not matter where I live, I have always take note that THERE IS NO GARDEN IS SIGHT!
Frank (garden hater no. one!)
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Post by Leon on Mar 12, 2016 13:34:18 GMT -5
Frank,i can only say once the prep work is done and the veggies are planted.We can sit back and enjoy the harvest instead of going to the store to buy them.
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Post by wbill76 on Mar 12, 2016 14:04:42 GMT -5
Say hi to the ground hog!
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Post by Leon on Mar 12, 2016 14:14:30 GMT -5
Bill,i have everything crossed that there will be no Ground hogs or Raccoons this year. I do have the trap out just in case.
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Post by wouter on Mar 13, 2016 1:52:01 GMT -5
Aaaah, darn you remind me that I need to get the garden out of wintermode and start planting as well But first couple of days to detail my car...priorities LOL Which vegs did you plant mate? (photos of the garden would be cool ^^) Cheers
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Post by Leon on Mar 13, 2016 3:49:46 GMT -5
Wouts,we haven't started planting yet! Just getting the soil ready. I'll see if I can post some pics of last years garden so you have an idea what it looks like.
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Post by dierk on Mar 13, 2016 5:30:56 GMT -5
We have division on labour in our house: I do the modelling, my wife does the garden - well mostly, I get do the heavy stuff, and have grown tomatoes very successfully. She's much better at it than I am - even winning 'Most Inspirational Gardener' award from a national newspaper last year.
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Post by Leon on Mar 13, 2016 5:59:04 GMT -5
Dierk,the only think I do is the heavy stuff! Then it takes a day or two for my back to recover. Sounds like the Mrs. has quite a green thumb to receive an award!
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Post by dierk on Mar 13, 2016 6:38:12 GMT -5
I suspect it's actually both thumbs as well as most of her fingers that are green Most of it done on a shoe-string, or for free (the yukka was rescued from a skip) only thing we spent 'proper' money on was the pond liner: Would like to grow veg, but the soil is way too poor for that - so, ornamental it is.
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Post by kaytermarram on Mar 13, 2016 8:19:58 GMT -5
Ah, a garden to die for! But whan I think of the work which would be involved to get something like that... Hell, all thumbs up for this paradise!
Frank
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Post by Leon on Mar 13, 2016 8:37:50 GMT -5
Dierk,that looks beautiful mate! I could see myself spending quite a few hours out there in a comfy chair.
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Post by dierk on Mar 13, 2016 11:47:22 GMT -5
Thanks! Sitting by the pond watching the dragonflys is was our favourite past time - unfortunately, we're now stuck in Germany looking after my dad. Got a garden here too, but it's not a patch on the one back home - found some excellent nature walks to make up for it, though...swings and roundabouts I suppose
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Post by kaytermarram on Mar 13, 2016 13:54:08 GMT -5
So I have to think that gardenwork has two sides of the same medal. Something zen-ish so to say!
Frank
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Post by deafpanzer on Mar 13, 2016 22:11:28 GMT -5
Have fun... try to be nice to our hogs!
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Post by dierk on Mar 14, 2016 4:08:08 GMT -5
Ah, a garden to die for! But whan I think of the work which would be involved to get something like that... Hell, all thumbs up for this paradise! Frank You'd be surprised how little work a garden like ours requires - it's not like a German garden where everything has to be 'just so', we've gone for native plants (mostly grown from seeds collected when we're out and about) the trick is to have the borders planted really densly, so weeds don't have a chance to establish themselves. We leave the seed heads on - great for birds and for the plants to plant themselves - and only remove them at the beginning of winter. Other than that it's mowing the lawn, and cutting the fruit trees once a year. The pond takes most work, as the plants are very vigorous and have to be fought back a couple of times per year. Oh, and most importantly: no chemicals whatsoever. That way you get to sit back and enjoy the show. We literally get dozens of these visiting: And about 4 or 5 species of dragonfly and the same number of species of damselflies breeding in our pond: We'll make a garden lover out of you yet
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Post by kaytermarram on Mar 14, 2016 7:51:39 GMT -5
Yap, my friend, so it goes and I think you are on a good way (with my agony against gardens!) Yours, as said, is a praradise!
Fran k
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Post by wbill76 on Mar 14, 2016 13:35:17 GMT -5
Having had a pond myself at one time, I can attest to the never-ending battle Dierk...especially with cattails. At one time I had a full-blown ecosystem going, complete with koi, breeding pair of red-eared slider turtles, salamanders, bullfrogs, etc. I have to say that it was great for keeping the bugs/insects down in the yard but the upkeep was a nightmare!
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