Mach said:

Most ALL the herbs winter outside ~ many in pots and others in the herb garden of random yard plantings !

Potted plants here die... except for my huchera that I gave to Stillgotit. They are in her garden now, they got too big for my window box. I may do dwarf cannas in that box with the begonias and some ornamental small grasses.

I can't wait!

I grow fresh Parsley indoors all winter !

And we grow different gourds each season ~ fun for crafts and whatnot

Mom is awake now so that ends my photo session

paintedlady said:

Mach said:

Western NC Mountians ~ SNOW sunday ~ 63 right now ... flowers are blooming

I sooo envy you right now. Horses too!

Its beautiful there. The air must be wonderful!

I love it here ... L O V E it !

paintedlady said:

Mach said:

Most ALL the herbs winter outside ~ many in pots and others in the herb garden of random yard plantings !

Potted plants here die... except for my huchera that I gave to Stillgotit. They are in her garden now, they got too big for my window box. I may do dwarf cannas in that box with the begonias and some ornamental small grasses.

I can't wait!

I grew up in Michigan so I understand about harsh wintering

OMG ~ that sounds beautiful ~ they grow Cannas by the thousands here on the sides of the highways

Mach said:

And we grow different gourds each season ~ fun for crafts and whatnot

Mom is awake now so that ends my photo session

I have vases that look like this, they are called "squat" vases.

Mach said:

( Taken just now )

My Fairytale Pumpkin from last summer ~ harvested in Oct ~ wintered in front of the fireplace and today I will cut her up and freeze her for cooking

I have a standard Pumpkin that fared just as well and goes onto the chopping block this week too

Bloody hell, things like this are alien to my part of the country.

Does she have a name?

Like...........pippa the pumpkin?

TheDigitalGardener said:

Mach said:

( Taken just now )

My Fairytale Pumpkin from last summer ~ harvested in Oct ~ wintered in front of the fireplace and today I will cut her up and freeze her for cooking

I have a standard Pumpkin that fared just as well and goes onto the chopping block this week too

Bloody hell, things like this are alien to my part of the country.

Does she have a name?

Like...........pippa the pumpkin?

Yes she does ~ Nissa ( after the Elf )

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[Edited 3/8/11 11:50am]

TheDigitalGardener said:

Mach said:

And we grow different gourds each season ~ fun for crafts and whatnot

I have vases that look like this, they are called "squat" vases.

^

Mach said:

paintedlady said:

Potted plants here die... except for my huchera that I gave to Stillgotit. They are in her garden now, they got too big for my window box. I may do dwarf cannas in that box with the begonias and some ornamental small grasses.

I can't wait!

I grew up in Michigan so I understand about harsh wintering

OMG ~ that sounds beautiful ~ they grow Cannas by the thousands here on the sides of the highways

Nice!

this is the begonia that I pre-ordered last year for the window boxes to go with the cannas...

the begonias....

[img:$uid]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/gataloca_bucket/400_beg_rex_escargot.jpg[/img:$uid]

fiber-optic grass...

[img:$uid]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/gataloca_bucket/fiberopticgrass.jpg[/img:$uid]

cork screw grass to poke out inbetween...

[img:$uid]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/gataloca_bucket/corkscrewrush.jpg[/img:$uid]

haven't ordered the dwarf cannas yet... they were out of stock, but I hope by 1st week of April they should have them... those will be to the back of the window boxes and I will use sweet licorice for a draping plant to edge it all.... if I find them at home depot.. if not the vinca will be added instead.

I will be doing herb window boxes too.

And TY Mach... Parsley indoors... Imma try this with cilantro. Heck maybe I can grow it year round too. I hope its not too dim in my apartment

paintedlady said:

Mach said:

I grew up in Michigan so I understand about harsh wintering

OMG ~ that sounds beautiful ~ they grow Cannas by the thousands here on the sides of the highways

Nice!

this is the begonia that I pre-ordered last year for the window boxes to go with the cannas...

the begonias....

[img:$uid]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/gataloca_bucket/400_beg_rex_escargot.jpg[/img:$uid]

fiber-optic grass...

[img:$uid]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/gataloca_bucket/fiberopticgrass.jpg[/img:$uid]

cork screw grass to poke out inbetween...

[img:$uid]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/gataloca_bucket/corkscrewrush.jpg[/img:$uid]

haven't ordered the dwarf cannas yet... they were out of stock, but I hope by 1st week of April they should have them... those will be to the back of the window boxes and I will use sweet licorice for a draping plant to edge it all.... if I find them at home depot.. if not the vinca will be added instead.

I will be doing herb window boxes too.

Oh MY ~~

Sweet !!

Cliantro does well ( here ) indoors

The begonias I ordered from Booman floral. They have a website... their plants are AMAZING!!!

I ordered the escargo, but I may order some of the christmas begonias with black edged leaves for indoors. They have a christmas orchid I also ordered... it will be shipped in a month or so also.

My current apartment has a small balcony with southwester exposure. Last year I had basil, dill, parsely, and some flowers. It was SO hot last summer that the only thing that did well was the basil. But when I brought it inside over the winter it died. I do have some other smaller basil that I kept inside all summer, but it's looking a little leggy.

This summer I am going to try rosemary, basil, cilantro (again), oregano, and some sort of flowers. I guess I should figure it out soon so I can get the seeds.

paintedlady said:

And TY Mach... Parsley indoors... Imma try this with cilantro. Heck maybe I can grow it year round too. I hope its not too dim in my apartment

Good luck with the cilantro, and please post if you have success. Last year I tried to grow cilantro at least 4 times - both indoors and out - and had no sucess. It seems very finnicky and also seems to have a short growing season. I was trying to grow from seeds. This spring I am going to cheat and buy seedlings from the greenhouse.

It's now Autumn here... i love my garden in Autumn... all the deciduous trees are starting to colour - the brown, yellows and orange in between the all greens....

if i could change jobs right now i would def want to work on ppls gardens... i think you can really expose your creativity in a garden - using colour and shape and different dimensions

JOHN!!! remember my penis pussy thread... u even posted in it - that was all about gardening 2

paintedlady said:

nice pumkins!

And your melons look good too!

Genesia said:

johnart said:

I've really missed my herb garden the last couple summers.

And by "herb" garden you mean pot.

I'm still haunted by that pumpkin.

jone70 said:

My current apartment has a small balcony with southwester exposure. Last year I had basil, dill, parsely, and some flowers. It was SO hot last summer that the only thing that did well was the basil. But when I brought it inside over the winter it died. I do have some other smaller basil that I kept inside all summer, but it's looking a little leggy.

This summer I am going to try rosemary, basil, cilantro (again), oregano, and some sort of flowers. I guess I should figure it out soon so I can get the seeds.

paintedlady said:

And TY Mach... Parsley indoors... Imma try this with cilantro. Heck maybe I can grow it year round too. I hope its not too dim in my apartment

Good luck with the cilantro, and please post if you have success. Last year I tried to grow cilantro at least 4 times - both indoors and out - and had no sucess. It seems very finnicky and also seems to have a short growing season. I was trying to grow from seeds. This spring I am going to cheat and buy seedlings from the greenhouse.

Aren't you in the northeast US as well? ... I may have to keep the cilantro in the window box.

I'll still try growing them inside from younger plants...

We planted five different lettuces, three different beans, zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers, fennel, basil, parsley and oregano.

I checked them today and I HAVE SIX LETTUCE SPROUTS!!!!

paintedlady said:

Mach said:

I grew up in Michigan so I understand about harsh wintering

OMG ~ that sounds beautiful ~ they grow Cannas by the thousands here on the sides of the highways

Nice!

this is the begonia that I pre-ordered last year for the window boxes to go with the cannas...

the begonias....

[img:$uid]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/gataloca_bucket/400_beg_rex_escargot.jpg[/img:$uid]

fiber-optic grass...

[img:$uid]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/gataloca_bucket/fiberopticgrass.jpg[/img:$uid]

cork screw grass to poke out inbetween...

[img:$uid]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/gataloca_bucket/corkscrewrush.jpg[/img:$uid]

haven't ordered the dwarf cannas yet... they were out of stock, but I hope by 1st week of April they should have them... those will be to the back of the window boxes and I will use sweet licorice for a draping plant to edge it all.... if I find them at home depot.. if not the vinca will be added instead.

I will be doing herb window boxes too.

I've never heard of escargot begonia - that is totally cool! The leaves look just like snail shells.

PunkMistress said:

paintedlady said:

fiber-optic grass...

[img:$uid]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/gataloca_bucket/fiberopticgrass.jpg[/img:$uid]

I've never heard of escargot begonia - that is totally cool! The leaves look just like snail shells.

Martha Stewart show cased these bad boys on her show... I immediately went online and pre-ordered mine last fall.... I was put on a damn waiting list.

I hope the fiber-optic grass really looks like this IRL, I will keep them for years since its a perennial, unless it look like plain crappy grass.

PunkMistress said:

We planted five different lettuces, three different beans, zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers, fennel, basil, parsley and oregano.

I checked them today and I HAVE SIX LETTUCE SPROUTS!!!!

Our season is too short here to start from seed... 5 lettuces should make heck of a yummy salad!

Browntree007 said:

I've been vegatable gardening for about 3 years now. Can't wait till the new season starts here in Jersey.

My yard is not fenced in, so i get a lot of stray racoons and skunks around. I've circumvented that by growing my veggies in self-watering pots sitting atop a picnic table. Along with my penchant for mulching and composting, it's a lot of fun.

Please keep us updated and post pics!

paintedlady said:

Its so GREEN where you are! We still have snow. (Zone6)

I think we're Zone 7

physco185 said:

It's now Autumn here... i love my garden in Autumn... all the deciduous trees are starting to colour - the brown, yellows and orange in between the all greens....

if i could change jobs right now i would def want to work on ppls gardens... i think you can really expose your creativity in a garden - using colour and shape and different dimensions

JOHN!!! remember my penis pussy thread... u even posted in it - that was all about gardening 2

I remember the penis pussy thread and I remember I posted...that's all I remember.

I'm a gardener who . Maybe I should grow some potatoes and make my own

PunkMistress said:

We planted five different lettuces, three different beans, zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers, fennel, basil, parsley and oregano.

I checked them today and I HAVE SIX LETTUCE SPROUTS!!!!

This thread if off to an awesome start!

How long before threads auto ?? We'll have to keep it going into Fall, even if there's a part 2 and 3.

paintedlady said:

jone70 said:

My current apartment has a small balcony with southwester exposure. Last year I had basil, dill, parsely, and some flowers. It was SO hot last summer that the only thing that did well was the basil. But when I brought it inside over the winter it died. I do have some other smaller basil that I kept inside all summer, but it's looking a little leggy.

This summer I am going to try rosemary, basil, cilantro (again), oregano, and some sort of flowers. I guess I should figure it out soon so I can get the seeds.

Good luck with the cilantro, and please post if you have success. Last year I tried to grow cilantro at least 4 times - both indoors and out - and had no sucess. It seems very finnicky and also seems to have a short growing season. I was trying to grow from seeds. This spring I am going to cheat and buy seedlings from the greenhouse.

Aren't you in the northeast US as well? ... I may have to keep the cilantro in the window box.

I'll still try growing them inside from younger plants...

Yes, I'm in New York City. I don't know if it was something I did/didn't do or just the nature of cilantro. After the first seedlings died I bought new seeds (different brand). I started some inside and some out. But they just didn't take. They had really weak stems and never got full. That, combined with the heat, was too much I guess; even though I made sure they were watered properly. That's why I'm trying "pre-grown" this spring.

Some of the people on this thread look like hard cores professionals! I don't use fertilizer or mulch or anything. I just wanted some fresh herbs to cook with. I wish our balcony was a bit bigger, I'd love to try a tomato plant but I think I need to succeed with the herbs first! I should be better - I grew up on a farm and my grandparents kept a garden at our house, with sweet corn, string beans, strawberries, watermelon, cateloupe, pumpkins, tomatoes, and peas. It's definitely harder when you only have pots and not much free time.

johnart said:

This thread if off to an awesome start!

How long before threads auto ?? We'll have to keep it going into Fall, even if there's a part 2 and 3.

Yes!!

You guys don't understand... I have only one person IRL to "garden talk" with.

Everyone else I know gets like when I start yapping.

I can't wait til growing season is in full swing for us all.