What do you Grow?? The Garden Thread

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I might look into that.I can’t remember what variety it was and it’s possible I planted them to late.
The Asian long noodle beans really like it here.They really like the humidity and heat.

Beautiful!We have a wild pale blue one but it’s not as striking as that one.
The first of the bearded iris are starting.I think it’s the one orris root powder is made from.The blooms smell like grape soda.

You, my friend, need a cat


Does anyone else here have any experience with aquaponics? I just got back into them

I’d be afraid to let a kitty outside here.There is a disease called Bobcat fever that can kill them.
I have a bird feeder and a dog with a bad attitude towards kitties.I had a Siamese when I was a kid and loved her sooo much.Even when she caught my Easter chick and ran off with it.

I have an orchid that smells like grape bubble gum!

We have the native pale purple iris too, but it didn't occur to me that these were more dramatic. They are zone 10, USA, but google says they will winter over to zone 8 if you cover them. So you might be able to grow them. PM me if you want some.

Thank you misslizard, domineekee and karamazov for the compliments on the photos. This is just an iphone 6 camera. The credit go to the flower.

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I forgot about using a cat. My office used to be in an old trailer in the middle of the woods and back when I was still using paper, I opened a file cabinet and found papers all chewed up for a mouse nest. That was not going to work. I got two kittens, one of which (the female) turned out to be a good mouser. She stayed in the trailer. I fed her all the dry food she wanted and she did get fat, but she caught every mouse and vole that came in.

If you can keep a cat inside the greenhouse and find a cat that is a good mouser, you'll be all set.

It’s not a very big greenhouse so I don’t think a cat would be happy in it.My Catahoula dog doesn’t like cats,a feral one showed up here and I will spare all the details of what happened.They are notorious for their dislike of any cat they weren’t raised with.Cats resemble raccoons or possums to the dog.

Trying to grow a bunch of various lilies around the steps of my camper, also I have a tiny rose I dug up in a flower pot plus some wondering jews and devil's ivy.

aw that's too bad. my cat scooter is the best mouser around. he'll catch them living for me so I can take them to the woods to release them without harming them
I guess just try and lock up the greenhouse really tight so its mouse proof? if you have mostly pots, you could always try putting them in water. if all else fails, peanut butter never does

I dug over a new patch. The carpet that I put down last autumn has helped keep the bindweed down. By the end of the day it was raked through and composted.

^ Good job! I envy you your soil.

Haha! Yes: I thought that looks like some high quality earth there!
Good work that man!
Are you in the process of turning fields adjacent to you house into a garden then?

It's my mum's garden but it's been neglected ever since the grandkids arrived on the scene 6 years ago. My sister and her boyfriend are talking about moving in here for a few weeks/months and so I've taken it on myself to grow lots of vegetables. The areas that were covered with plastic are really easy to reclaim, the soil stays dry and and easy to turn over and there are just a few anemic looking bindweed roots to pull out.

Even so, taking in hand half a decade and more of little to no maintenance is no small job.
I helped my aunt reclaim an garden that was just over an acre from seven years neglect: digging out big pits to cut off mature ivy roots deep enough, felling overgrown trees, building new composting facilities... it’s a lot of work when you tot it all up, looks like you’re doing a grand job

I was thinking of posting a photo of the greenhouse, it might help motivate me do something with it. It's basically a no go zone at the moment with 4ft weeds and windows falling out of it.

Thanks for your encouragement and you too blasingstar, while the sitting here is pretty idyllic it's otherwise a bit miserable here. I hadn't planned to be here at all.

If you do post photos of it we can certainly have a look and an encourage
My wife’s recovered several greenhouses in her time, going so far a disassemble and relocate a couple of times: could ask her to have a squizz and a think if you want...

Well, I didn’t really want to be where we are either: I’ve grown to like it over the last four years though. The garden gradually maturing from the patchy grass and nothing it was when we moved in has definitely helped there
Hope you find enhanced contentment with you place on earth as your works come to fruition