maricybele
10-21-2008, 11:33 PM
:)I just love this site. I stumbled upon Garden Girl tv site looking under sustainable living and all the great ideas! It's got me thinking and dreaming of chickens and rabbits,hoop housings, more 4 season gardening, saving energy, taking out all my lawn, greenhouse, more gardening.
This is my second year gardening, and I am hooked! There is nothing like picking your own food from the garden. I am growing some lovely garden vegetables. It is so great to have fabulous gourmet veggies and herbs in my yard. My garden so far consists of 19 raised beds of various sizes, one lasagna bed, one large regular garden bed, 5 small strip gardens near fences and along walks. I have a vertical grape arbor, and a small orchard area with
various fruit trees, strawberries, raspberries, blue berries, gauva and several berry bush babies ready to plant this fall. I still have a lot more to go to take out my front lawn and my back lawn.
Last year I bought 1 plastic cold frame and I made 4 make shift hoop frames this year from pvc and plastic. I've done lots of seed trading over last winter and I did a stuffer tomato trails which was a lot of fun. I am going to make a cold frame from a shower door hopefully this year. So I can grow year round even better. My friend made one and her lettuce is growing so much better than mine. Would be great to find some sky lights like Patti. This fall I am growing lettuce, kale, carrots, beets, cabbage, radish, kohlrabi, brussel sprouts and seeing how long I can grow my tomatoes for, they are under plastic right now.
I have saved seeds from my favorite lettuce, I accidentally got the package wet so I had to plant them and they germinated same red color as the parent. I saved seed from my favorite heirlooms tomatoes this year using the fermenting method.
I make homemade kefir, kvass, kambucha, water kefir, and pickles and yogurt when I get time. My hobbies are quilting, reading, surfing the net, travel, camping, cooking, when I get time.
Thanks for providing such a wonderful site even for folks who don't have cable. So far this site has provided me with hours of interesting, and educational entertainment. Not to mention several easy ideas I can do at home to improve my garden. I am so excited to participate.
This is my second year gardening, and I am hooked! There is nothing like picking your own food from the garden. I am growing some lovely garden vegetables. It is so great to have fabulous gourmet veggies and herbs in my yard. My garden so far consists of 19 raised beds of various sizes, one lasagna bed, one large regular garden bed, 5 small strip gardens near fences and along walks. I have a vertical grape arbor, and a small orchard area with
various fruit trees, strawberries, raspberries, blue berries, gauva and several berry bush babies ready to plant this fall. I still have a lot more to go to take out my front lawn and my back lawn.
Last year I bought 1 plastic cold frame and I made 4 make shift hoop frames this year from pvc and plastic. I've done lots of seed trading over last winter and I did a stuffer tomato trails which was a lot of fun. I am going to make a cold frame from a shower door hopefully this year. So I can grow year round even better. My friend made one and her lettuce is growing so much better than mine. Would be great to find some sky lights like Patti. This fall I am growing lettuce, kale, carrots, beets, cabbage, radish, kohlrabi, brussel sprouts and seeing how long I can grow my tomatoes for, they are under plastic right now.
I have saved seeds from my favorite lettuce, I accidentally got the package wet so I had to plant them and they germinated same red color as the parent. I saved seed from my favorite heirlooms tomatoes this year using the fermenting method.
I make homemade kefir, kvass, kambucha, water kefir, and pickles and yogurt when I get time. My hobbies are quilting, reading, surfing the net, travel, camping, cooking, when I get time.
Thanks for providing such a wonderful site even for folks who don't have cable. So far this site has provided me with hours of interesting, and educational entertainment. Not to mention several easy ideas I can do at home to improve my garden. I am so excited to participate.