bounceswoosh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Anyway, let's get back to gardening ...
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Gardening
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CarverJill
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Its still not working :(. The error says the file is too large for the server to process. Not sure what the issue is now. Thanks for trying to fix it Wendy!
Kimmyt
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
You should upload them to imgur and then you can still post them here. Just make sure your uploaded photos are set to private (people can still see them when you link them, but that way you don't get all the morons from imgur and reddit commenting on them). I'd love to see them too!
I'm pretty sure if I lived in CA I would plant all the citrus fruit trees, I remember driving through Sonoma and seeing random lemon trees in peoples front yards just like no big deal.
bounceswoosh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Yeah, most of the year my in-laws in Phoenix have fresh orange juice.
But they're moving to a condo (read: easier to maintain) pretty soon. I guess that's the end of that ...
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
I'm getting a Rangpur Lime tree this weekend... citrus grows very well in this climate.
CarverJill
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
My brother has a lemon tree and has tried to plant a line tree 3 times. I think they are a bit tricky to get started. I'd love an avocado tree and we have a little pomegranate tree but I'm hesitant to get any more fruit trees. If you don't pick the fruit and eat the fruit it makes a hige mess on the ground. We had pear trees in Idaho, the pears had bugs in them so we couldn't eat them and t was just a big mess.
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
Rangpur limes are orange . I'm getting a dwarf one. Wish me luck!
CarverJill
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Take 4, from my computer. Some crazy early So. Cal gardening.
bounceswoosh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
@CarverJill tell me about the purpose of the cement blocks - is that just what you had at hand, or is there something specific that you can do with those?
CarverJill
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Two reasons, we had them (from our original ghetto garden we built 2 years ago) and that area was a steep hill, we needed to use blocks to make everything flat. They aren't as nice looking as some other blocks you can get but we needed to do something with them. I looked up DIY raised gardens and cinder blocks are easy and cheap. Its cool you can plant 1-2 plants in the holes as well.
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CarverJill
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Here was the original ghetto garden we built. It was in a different place and nothing grew. The tomatoes literally stayed the same size and I think everything else was eaten by snails:
bounceswoosh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Here was the original ghetto garden we built. It was in a different place and nothing grew. The tomatoes literally stayed the same size and I think everything else was eaten by snails:
Quite a difference!
newboots
Angel Diva
@CarverJill You succeeded in getting the pictures up! Thanks for persisting. To this New Englander, it is simply amazing. Not to mention the color of the sky . . . (raining today here).
I'm in the same boat as @Jenny . Technically, we're at risk if we plant before Memorial Day (at risk of another frost)! But I usually sneak some things in around May 1. If it's not too soggy.
I'm in the same boat as @Jenny . Technically, we're at risk if we plant before Memorial Day (at risk of another frost)! But I usually sneak some things in around May 1. If it's not too soggy.
Jenny
Angel Diva
I was thinking of using cinder blocks as a small, cheap-ish barrier against our dirt/mulch washing down the slope into the neighbor's yard. Figured I could basically block them with strategic plantings, but I don't know that I'd have thought of putting the plant in the holes. If I got something that drapes over the edge that would be even easier.
bounceswoosh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
The only thing is, I find our grass wants to invade everything, and weeding between rocks or other hard objects (like cinder blocks) is awful! I guess I'll have to resort to pesticides.
Kimmyt
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Take 4, from my computer. Some crazy early So. Cal gardening.
Beautiful!! Are those green beans growing in the holes in the cinders? And what is the purpose of the chicken wire over top the soil- keeping animals from digging?
