So I was sowing my seed last week......
- Thread starter Mackie
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My tomato plants are already a foot tall. It will be another 2 weeks before they go outside, just to make sure they dont get frosted.
i'm sure T-Pirate's crop, planted on some airport land, is doing nicely.
This year's tomatos are going to be old fashioned red beefsteaks, campbell 1327, Henderson's Golden Ponderosa Tomato (yellow) and Heinz tomatos (like a roma tomato). also Nappa cabbage, cucumbers, zucchini and squash. I'm going to try eggplant this year but haven't ever had much luck with them in the past.
i've got to get busy. we aren't sure if we'll be here all summer and are a little wary of putting too much time into a garden we may not harvest.
I'm not much of a gardner but I'm trying to get a few peach trees growing along with a bamboo patch.
Dude, do NOT grow bamboo! What a horribe invasive, impossible to get rid of weed.Westy said:
If you get a clumping variety its not bad at all.BurlyShirley said:
It is not as invasive as my douchebag redneck neighbors. Show me another way to get a 10 foot tall privacy fence for free and with no work.BurlyShirley said:
Just know that once it starts to spread, that "no work" thing will be out the window. You'd save yourself alot of trouble just putting up a fence, in the longrun...Westy said:
Bamboo has these really tough roots, kind of horizontal rhizomes, that branch out in all directions and pop up new plants. Cutting them off at the surface wont to anything but slow them, and you may have to dig more than three feet to full kill them out. Then, unless you put in some concrete, they'd just grow right back. Seriouly, Bamboo is the worst.
Two kinds of bamboo, running and clumping.BurlyShirley said:
Running does exactly what you are saying. Clumping does not.
Learn something every day...DRB said:
Yeah I have never really done any planting like that on my own, until this year. I am trying pepper plants for a start. For a minute I thought this was going to be a thread about you having a kid.
Yeah, here in NY we get to plant a little bit later than you.BurlyShirley said:
This year is all about tomatoes:
Brandywine, Black Krim, Bucks County, Druzba, Bloody Butcher & some Early Girls.
I'll grow some herbs (basil, thyme, rosemary) and some habaneros.
All I have are some BetterBoys, and I have 10 of them, so maybe Ill get to slap them on a burger or two. I just move in to a new place, so I didnt get to go all out this year...Mackie said:
If you own the house, I would plant some bushes instead. Bamboo is pretty see through at the bottom.Westy said:
Some hollies(nellie stevens varieties, I think), conifers, etc.
BurlyShirley said:
I had tomatoes in the middle of February until the kiddo decided they were ready to be picked.
That sideof the yard has a short section of a steep grade. Since I can't really put anything right on the edge of the road whatever goes there has to be very tall and doesn't need to cover down low. I have some fast growing cedars planted in most areas and thought the bamboo would be a nice touch for the last little bit.Wumpus said:
Not to mention punji sticks...Westy said:
How about some privit and japanese honeysuckle to round things off. Maybe a little cudzu along the drive way and some multiflora rose thrown in there too.BurlyShirley said:
It will keep me employeed by removing all this stuff after it takes off in all the surrounding areas. Actually, I hate removing all this stuff.
Are you the guy with the enviro. science degree?d.e.f. said:How about some privit and japanese honeysuckle to round things off. Maybe a little cudzu along the drive way and some multiflora rose thrown in there too.
It will keep me employeed by removing all this stuff after it takes off in all the surrounding areas. Actually, I hate removing all this stuff.
Sort of, BS in Forestry. But yes, that was me bitching about my job a few months ago. I still bitch about it.BurlyShirley said: