Growing anything other than weed?

JL2G

Jesse Loves 2 Grow
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Desert Bluebells started popping in the front yard recently.
Can't take credit for them. Just a little winter rain, and the previous year's Spring seeds will get up and going.

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Dang that's such a pretty shade of blue. May have to get some of those for the patio planters.
Once upon a time I had some bluebells that came up every year in the old flowerbeds, but they've disappeared for the most part.
Hey Awesome Sauce, love those house plants!! I recently made an Aloe extract and the results in rooting and small plant building are just amazing to me. I'm only a month into it so far.
The Plumeria or Frangipani, is very floral perfumed, a deep fragrance, it just oozes from her.
After a light rain, we go to where it is standing out back, to smoke one.
Due to the scent that is held close to it, by the denser humidity, as it just envelopes you.
It's such a diversity of smells, burning rope and strong perfume.
It can get over powering at times for me, when the flowers are cranking.
UncleB, those are STUNNING!! Desert Blue Bells!! I'll be on the look out for seeds of them!
You can call me Jesse, awesomesauce is just a word I like alot, and how I view the world. Lol.
Everything is awesome. ?
Thanks for your description, if only there was a scratch n sniff feature. ???
I'll have to see about aquiring a pc to clone, or seeds to grow, those flowers just do it for me the way they pop like that. So cool looking, and eye grabbing.

Love stepping outside, or having the windows open and smelling the flowers on the patio. Makes me happy.
Last summer the tulips in the front planters were smelling like grape soda, anywhere near the front door smelled so dreamy good.
I grow my entire wife's outdoor garden plants. Marigolds, morning glory, peony, phlox, and what ever else she wants. A few veggies, green pepper, tomato, and pumpkins. Although we've not been successful in the past years.
That sounds like a nice spot to chill with the plants, such a perfect spot to chill with a joint.
 

Bullfrog

In Bloom
Marigolds are looking good, looks like there's one that's a little special. Too bad we're under a winter storm warning. Forecasting 5-8 inches of snow. Started them way too early, again. Was hoping that in a couple weeks I'd be able to start taking them outside during the day. Hopefully the deer will leave these alone, they destroyed the petunias I planted last year. You'd think that living a block from downtown the deer wouldn't be a bother, sadly you'd be wrong.
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Rozgreenburn

"The Philosopher, is Stoned"
Marigolds are looking good, looks like there's one that's a little special. Too bad we're under a winter storm warning. Forecasting 5-8 inches of snow. Started them way too early, again. Was hoping that in a couple weeks I'd be able to start taking them outside during the day. Hopefully the deer will leave these alone, they destroyed the petunias I planted last year. You'd think that living a block from downtown the deer wouldn't be a bother, sadly you'd be wrong.
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Nice looking flowers. I don't know about deer, but I'm certain that rabbits won't touch them. Many years ago, I had a house that backed up to a few hundred acres of corn fields. I couldn't shoot the little bastards fast enough to save my garden. Old hippy down the street gave me a flat of marigolds in 2 inch pots. I planted them 5 feet apart around the perimeter of my garden and, Viola, the rabbits went elsewhere!

Good luck!
 

Bullfrog

In Bloom
Nice looking flowers. I don't know about deer, but I'm certain that rabbits won't touch them. Many years ago, I had a house that backed up to a few hundred acres of corn fields. I couldn't shoot the little bastards fast enough to save my garden. Old hippy down the street gave me a flat of marigolds in 2 inch pots. I planted them 5 feet apart around the perimeter of my garden and, Viola, the rabbits went elsewhere!

Good luck!
Yeah, my dad always had marigolds around his garden to keep rabbits away. I have a blueberry bush that the rabbits love. Was so busy this fall that I forgot to fence it off and now the rabbits have it eaten down to a stub. They also killed a bunch of my mj plants that were out in the woods last summer. They were chewing at the cambium layer. Some plants they had the skin eaten off as high as they could reach. Lost some beauties, going to try bars of soap tied to the plants to see if that deters them this year. Tempted to put some marigolds in with them but might draw too much attention.
 

Rozgreenburn

"The Philosopher, is Stoned"
Yeah, my dad always had marigolds around his garden to keep rabbits away. I have a blueberry bush that the rabbits love. Was so busy this fall that I forgot to fence it off and now the rabbits have it eaten down to a stub. They also killed a bunch of my mj plants that were out in the woods last summer. They were chewing at the cambium layer. Some plants they had the skin eaten off as high as they could reach. Lost some beauties, going to try bars of soap tied to the plants to see if that deters them this year. Tempted to put some marigolds in with them but might draw too much attention.
In the woods, I'll use hair {human or dog} around the base of plants. Works well.
The trick that works best is a bit gross, but then, so is giving my weed to animals! When I get up in the morning, I pee in a gallon bleach bottle and cap it. When I have enough, I pour 10 ounces or so into a 16 oz plastic soda bottle. Simply bury the bottles up to their neck within a few feet of your plant, remove the pop bottle cap and usually even deer stay away! Good luck (y)
 

Bullfrog

In Bloom
In the woods, I'll use hair {human or dog} around the base of plants. Works well.
The trick that works best is a bit gross, but then, so is giving my weed to animals! When I get up in the morning, I pee in a gallon bleach bottle and cap it. When I have enough, I pour 10 ounces or so into a 16 oz plastic soda bottle. Simply bury the bottles up to their neck within a few feet of your plant, remove the pop bottle cap and usually even deer stay away! Good luck (y)
Thanks for the ideas, I'll have to give them a try.
 

Bullfrog

In Bloom
That piss bottle method is the most effective for sure. About once a month just top up the buried bottles and relax!
Yeah, I like that. Definitely going to give it a try. I've always tried pissing in my grow areas, but I'd imagine the smell is gone in a day or two. I've used Repels All which does work but it gets washed off quickly and I don't like checking on them often because eventually you'll lead a trail right to the goodies. Try to keep visits to no more than once every two or three weeks. I had 15 females that the stalks were stripped, I was pissed. One visit I came so close to putting up some snares but decided against it. My luck someone would hear a rabbit screaming that was caught but didn't die, investigate and find my spot. Even though about taking my pellet rifle and spending a night in there but I guess I just don't want to have to kill the little bastards. Hopefully this will solve my problems. Thanks again dude!
 

Willie

🍓 Crush Genetics 🍓
Marigolds are looking good, looks like there's one that's a little special. Too bad we're under a winter storm warning. Forecasting 5-8 inches of snow. Started them way too early, again. Was hoping that in a couple weeks I'd be able to start taking them outside during the day. Hopefully the deer will leave these alone, they destroyed the petunias I planted last year. You'd think that living a block from downtown the deer wouldn't be a bother, sadly you'd be wrong.
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No worries, the deer won't eat them. Of course each young deer has to decide for them selves...so some biting and spitting out could happen, then they'll be done.
Sprinkle some blood meal around and or some cayenne pepper.......rabbits will move on.
 

Bullfrog

In Bloom
No worries, the deer won't eat them. Of course each young deer has to decide for them selves...so some biting and spitting out could happen, then they'll be done.
Sprinkle some blood meal around and or some cayenne pepper.......rabbits will move on.
Now that you mention it I do usually use blood meal when I transplant them to the woods. Don't know why I didn't use it later on when the rabbits started to go on the attack. Sometimes I just don't know about myself. Thanks for the reminder, hopefully my overworked brain doesn't crap out on me again when it matters. All I could think was I want to kill the little suckers. Anger will stop ya from thinking clearly.
 

RookieBuds

In Bloom
I bet your raised boxes will hold up much longer though ??

Wife just dug up a bunch of Japanese Maple seedlings & put them in starter pots
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The "mother" tree on the sideyard. We have bags & bags of seeds that have fallen, & there's always a ton of little sproutlings on the ground which she dug up today. Matter of fact if any of you need Japanese Maple seeds, holler @ ur boy ?‍♂️
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Looking fwd to these, such a beautiful flower! We kept seeds from last year, it randomly popped up in our flower bed & had NO idea what it was. Now we do ❤️
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Some of her faves. I also love ANY blue flower, i think a blue flower petal is such a freak of nature compared to most flowers.
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I was like "WHERE TF DID U GET SALVIA SEEDS" ? apparently from her Mom, it's a pretty flower ??‍♂️ not growing any though, i just thought it was funny ?
 

webeblzr

In Bloom
I just wanted to share some snaps of our Montmorency Tart Cherry tree, as she is in FULL bloom!!
I had planned to prune her this winter, and my tree of knowledge dude, told me as I planted this wee seedling 10+ years ago, never cut her during warm weather. Wait for a sever cold spell, say a week or more in duration, then remove what you need to.
This winter here in south central PA, we never got a full week of bitter cold, and zero snow fall this year.
I've pruned her 3 times since I planted it. She is a was a rescue, marked down a few times, naked and huddled behind some blueberry bushes.
I did not fertilize her ever, a few myco tea dumps, over the years.
My area is blessed with an average 36' of topsoil so I find fertilizers , just make an unhealthy root mass, that screams for bugs to come eat them alive.
I gave up all fertilizers use back there maybe 18-19 years ago, and garden after a year or 2 just exploded, without bug decimation.
Just some myco's now and then.
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We picked and pitted 60 lb's last year. Love to break that record!!
 

Bullfrog

In Bloom
I just wanted to share some snaps of our Montmorency Tart Cherry tree, as she is in FULL bloom!!
I had planned to prune her this winter, and my tree of knowledge dude, told me as I planted this wee seedling 10+ years ago, never cut her during warm weather. Wait for a sever cold spell, say a week or more in duration, then remove what you need to.
This winter here in south central PA, we never got a full week of bitter cold, and zero snow fall this year.
I've pruned her 3 times since I planted it. She is a was a rescue, marked down a few times, naked and huddled behind some blueberry bushes.
I did not fertilize her ever, a few myco tea dumps, over the years.
My area is blessed with an average 36' of topsoil so I find fertilizers , just make an unhealthy root mass, that screams for bugs to come eat them alive.
I gave up all fertilizers use back there maybe 18-19 years ago, and garden after a year or 2 just exploded, without bug decimation.
Just some myco's now and then.
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We picked and pitted 60 lb's last year. Love to break that record!!
Dude those are some delicious cherries and you have a gorgeous tree. I can see how she needs pruning but she's still a stunner. In my opinion most all cold climate trees should be trimmed during the coldest weather of the year. I watched a guy in my neighborhood kill a big sugar maple by trimming it in hot weather during growing season. Didn't take long for it to die either, must have been a huge shock as it was a really big tree. It's so sad when a big old tree dies needlessly, almost makes me tear up. Good on you for rescuing this gem. Love the beauty and spirit of plants, you care for them, and they will reward you 10-fold.
 
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