TicklingDuo
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I thought, since this went over well last year, that I'd start another gardening thread.
I just totally re-did things in my garden yesterday. I've been putting it off since my body hasn't wanted to cooperate. Since it's getting late, I decided that it was now or never. So, I smoked enough to numb things and went out anyway. We have a sloped area that goes down into an empty lot out back. Soooo, here's what I did.
First, I cleaned out all the overgrowth garbage for about a 10 foot width along the bottom of the slope...in the empty lot itself. Once that was cleared, I planted a variety of seeds down there...catnip and a bunch of different wildflowers. Then, I built up the bottom part of the slope a bit to help keep the embankment intact. We have forsythia bushes and strawberry plants along there now.
Next, I dug a channel about half way up and used cinder blocks to terrace things off. I also placed three at either end to "step down" the remaining incline. That made the top main section much more level, though there's still a bit of an incline. I planted marigolds in the spaces in the cinder blocks to brighten that up a bit. I'll be putting lettuce, cabbage, zucchini, butternut squash and green peppers in that section at the end of the week (if I can move again by then).
To one side of the sloped area, I have a small grotto with an arch over it and rose bushes crawling up either side. So, I planted more catnip and a variety of allysum behind that. It should give a nice full colorful backdrop when they come up.
Up along the front edge of the patio, I did things a bit differently this year. The shorter side has basil, green onion, chive and sugar snap peas. The longer side will have both cherry & beefsteak tomatoes. The both sides of the patio have ivy and mountaintop pinks that I don't need to do much with since they come up on their own every year.
This is the widest variety of thiings I've planted out there. So, aside from the flowers and tomatoes, the rest is a test run. Whatever comes up well this year, I'll do again. Those that don't I won't bother with.
So, what's everyone else doing this year?
Ann
I just totally re-did things in my garden yesterday. I've been putting it off since my body hasn't wanted to cooperate. Since it's getting late, I decided that it was now or never. So, I smoked enough to numb things and went out anyway. We have a sloped area that goes down into an empty lot out back. Soooo, here's what I did.
First, I cleaned out all the overgrowth garbage for about a 10 foot width along the bottom of the slope...in the empty lot itself. Once that was cleared, I planted a variety of seeds down there...catnip and a bunch of different wildflowers. Then, I built up the bottom part of the slope a bit to help keep the embankment intact. We have forsythia bushes and strawberry plants along there now.
Next, I dug a channel about half way up and used cinder blocks to terrace things off. I also placed three at either end to "step down" the remaining incline. That made the top main section much more level, though there's still a bit of an incline. I planted marigolds in the spaces in the cinder blocks to brighten that up a bit. I'll be putting lettuce, cabbage, zucchini, butternut squash and green peppers in that section at the end of the week (if I can move again by then).
To one side of the sloped area, I have a small grotto with an arch over it and rose bushes crawling up either side. So, I planted more catnip and a variety of allysum behind that. It should give a nice full colorful backdrop when they come up.
Up along the front edge of the patio, I did things a bit differently this year. The shorter side has basil, green onion, chive and sugar snap peas. The longer side will have both cherry & beefsteak tomatoes. The both sides of the patio have ivy and mountaintop pinks that I don't need to do much with since they come up on their own every year.
This is the widest variety of thiings I've planted out there. So, aside from the flowers and tomatoes, the rest is a test run. Whatever comes up well this year, I'll do again. Those that don't I won't bother with.
So, what's everyone else doing this year?
Ann
