Gardeners/ food planters/harvesters

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'wood' love to see it!

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[derekf]

It's not ridiculous at all. I built one a couple of weeks ago for next year's crops. Instead of buying bags of soil, I'm filling it with all my yard detritus, leaves and whatnot, and old soil from plants that have been re-potted. I built a square with salvaged wood from an old garage. I have no concerns about it. I'll try to remember to take a picture tomorrow when it's light.

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wondering if wood matters when constructing a raised bed garden for
tender edibles (herbs, leafy greeens). is the manufacturing process of wood so chemically intensive that found/scrap wood could be a danger to the health of my plants and myself? is this too rediculous to ponder?

thanks,

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[derekf]

A couple of late summer surprises; the clematis because it was just recently planted and I didn't expect blooms at all this year and the plumeria because it bloomed so late in the season.

Clematis:



Plumeria:

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Here are some other plants around the yard:

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It's like 4-5 feet.
I just planted it last year.
I've got about 20 of them around the yard.
They kick ass.

[derekf]

Damn. Beautiful. How tall is that?

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check out my Bougainvillea.
I love them.

[derekf]

Thanks.


Maggie's.

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who's car is that?

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Love bottle brush.
Nice job!

[derekf]

My first Bottlebrush flower is opening. I'll take a picture of the entire bush/tree once it's in full bloom.

[Grifterwithafunnylittleha]

We planted a dozen azaleas along the road in honor of Claude and Caroline yesterday. They passed last Sunday. I split stumps with a maul and a wedge on Sun-dee, which was yesterdee. Not last Sunday. Drained and changed the frazzled bottom element in our water heater and mopped up 50 gallons of water and a thick bit of sediment in Kitty Boo's garage. She's alright with it because we cleaned up a good bit of (heavy duty vacuums) roach droppings and remains. end of the earth

Pony

[derekf]

I'm sorry about you losing your friend, that sucks.

It's been hovering aroud the 80's down here in Mobile as of late. It won't be long before we're up in the high 90's I suppose. I've decided against planting any annuals (tomatoes, peppers, herbs, etc) this year. Our winter was particularly harsh (for south Alabama) and I've got my hands full bringing everything back to good health. The cold stripped my blood orange tree, my true love, of all it's leaves and I probably won't get any this year. Also, my hydrangeas and some other flowering plants suffered as well. I've decided to put all my attention, money, etc. into rehabilitating everything, then next year, I'll plant vegetables again. Good luck with yours, though.

[Lawrence Fan]

Well, like I sort of said, I'm just jealous because I lost my dugout. She was good to me and had a long life, but a goddamn wagon wheel in the weeds tripped me up and that was that. Naturally I was more pissed about losing the dugout than I was the weed.

It's greened up here in eastern Kansas quite nicely, but I'm waiting to put anything in the ground. Last day of possible frost for this region is early May, so I have to be patient. However, my oregano and mint survived a pretty harsh winter and are thriving, so I have that going for me!