Raised Bed in July
Bed is six weeks old now. Poppy seeds coming up, tomatoes on the tomato plant, Johnny jump ups blooming along with lots of other things.
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Bonnie Ziegler
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- Hot Springs, MT
- United States
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Bonnie Ziegler left a comment for Naomi LaPierre"Max is watching me take a picture of him so he is very happy anytime we are together! Yes, the bottomless barrel would work too, wouldn't it? I found an earthworm in my raised bed yesterday so am quite pleased."
Bonnie Ziegler left a comment for jana eichwald"Love your jungle! That is the best gardening, I think. Your fur babies are so sweet!"
Naomi LaPierre left a comment for Bonnie Ziegler"I like your thoughts about recycling the garbage cans. I was able to get my hands on a plastic barrel. We cut it in half. One half had the botton in it the other was just a bottomless half. Boy did that work. Oh I love the pic of the doggie. He…"
Daisy Gardener left a comment for Bonnie Ziegler"Bonnie:
Thanks, I continue to learn more everyyear, if only I could keep the chiggers away in the process!"
Peggy Bragg left a comment for Bonnie Ziegler"We are on the SE corner of Washington, 30 miles east of Lewiston, Idaho. It is really hot in the summers, getting up to 100 quite often."
Bonnie Ziegler left a comment for Peggy Bragg"We are also dry in the N.W. corner of Montana. About 13 inches of moisture (snow and rain) a year. I came from Fl so was shocked that people talked about rain in "tenths of an inch". Clothes dry in a hurry on the line!!"
Bonnie Ziegler replied to Peggy Bragg's discussion Compost in Dry Climate? in the group Compost"Wow what a great idea about the black garbage/leaf bags.
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Bonnie Ziegler commented on Melanie's group Compost"In our old home the yard was so full of clay and I wanted to replace yard with flower beds so I dug it all up and carried it out to the corrals with a wheelbarrow (I was in my 40s then LOL) and had a guy bring me good horse manure and soil to…"
Bonnie Ziegler left a comment for Allie"Thanks for the advice! I have found two spots by the house that are not rocky and burying my kitchen scraps there to make good soil for next spring.."
Bonnie Ziegler left a comment for Adele Michelsen z6/7 LI, NY"Thanks for the "recipe". I wrote it down and will use it in the future..Pinched back tomatoes today so all that green stuff went in the recycle bucket and back in the ground."
Bonnie Ziegler left a comment for Naomi LaPierre"Thanks for the tips on composting and recycling. I pinched back the tomato plants today and saved the leaves for my little compost bucket. It all adds up doesn't it?? Today my little red bucket is full so out to dig the hole and bury it. Think…"
Bonnie Ziegler left a comment for Daisy Gardener"WOW! Beautiful. Thanks for sharing and what an inspiration you are.
I used to hate it when my mother made me work in the garden with her. "You Know I do not want to get hot and sweaty and get my hands dirty, Mother"
Well, that was then in…"
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- Skill level
- Intermediate
- What kind of gardening do you like to do?
- perennial beds
- How much time do you spend a week on average in your garden when weather permits?
- six hours
We just moved into a new home and the yard is solid rock. So here is my one week old raised bed. Starting all over again..
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- At 9:29pm on July 12, 2009, Naomi LaPierre said…
- I like your thoughts about recycling the garbage cans. I was able to get my hands on a plastic barrel. We cut it in half. One half had the botton in it the other was just a bottomless half. Boy did that work. Oh I love the pic of the doggie. He looks so happy.
- At 12:38pm on July 12, 2009, Daisy Gardener said…
- Bonnie:
Thanks, I continue to learn more everyyear, if only I could keep the chiggers away in the process!
- At 5:38pm on July 11, 2009, Peggy Bragg said…
- One can never have too many friends!!!
- At 5:24pm on July 11, 2009, Peggy Bragg said…
- We are on the SE corner of Washington, 30 miles east of Lewiston, Idaho. It is really hot in the summers, getting up to 100 quite often.
- At 2:03pm on July 10, 2009,
Diana Alva said… - The cake safe is a great idea for meds..................!!!!
- At 9:06am on July 9, 2009,
Lynne Roark said… - Too bad they don't stay that way. This is Fred, one of the puppies I kept. Just because he's big doesn't mean he's not a lap dog!
- At 7:43am on July 9, 2009, Diana Alva said…
- Montana, had a steak there once, wow that was 20 years ago........ha ha ha
If you live on solid rock it has to be difficult to grow stuff, so the raise bed should help. Love the cake safe, it's pretty, and the pansies are sweet......well keep us posted, good luck with the deer, maybe a wire fence, I had to put one up to keep the crazy dogs out, I call them the "the tramplers". Last night it was 55, strange weather.................but my tomatoes like it....their doing great !!!
- At 4:00am on July 9, 2009, Bonnie Ziegler said…
- YIKES! The deer bit the tops off all my sunflowers! My first experience with them and did not know they liked sunflowers. Also broke the top off my tomato plant and I lost six little tomatoes.
- At 8:15am on June 30, 2009,
Char Smith said… - BE SURE and send me a picture of yoru bird bath. I'd love to see that.
Char
- At 6:07pm on June 29, 2009,
Patricia Crews said… - I love to use old pots or anything that a flower can go into. Make for a interesting sight.....When we lived in Az. I use to plants lots of things in old boots.......I put herbs in old flower shifters...If I can figure how to put pics. on here from my camera I will show you.. Our tomatoes are turning red....can't wait to eat them.
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Debby Draper commented on Debby Draper's photo
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"Joan, I researched this for ya. Yucca like to be planted in sandy or rocky soil and like full sun. Do not over or under water them. Yucca are very hardy and pretty well take care of themselves. Just cut of the dead leaves in the Spring...…"
Grant Meyer USDA zone 9 commented on Garden-Share's group Flower Gardens"Just for fun, here's a cosmos pic (C. sulphureus) and a Harrisia cactus, both blooming in the garden. Talk about a sweet-and-salty combination: a fluffy self sowing annual, and a durable low-water tropical cactus. Still, they…"
Grant Meyer USDA zone 9 commented on Garden-Share's group Arizona"Good morning everyone! Plenty to do in the garden today but I thought I'd just pop in and share these Harrisia blooms in the garden. This plant blooms off and on all summer long. It has four blooms this morning and…"
Grant Meyer USDA zone 9 commented on Garden-Share's group Cactus & Succulents"Thanks everyone, keep your pics and comments coming too. This morning I awoke (early!) to these very pretty, large, blooms on my Harrisia cactus. The plant blooms off and on all summer long. This morning it had four flowers. …"
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