Gardening

sagesnow

(2,873 posts) Sun Jan 22, 2012, 07:28 PM Jan 2012

Have you got a good garden plan?

I ran across this one when reading information from beac's post on kick starting the urban vegetable garden. Mother Earth News has great info:

http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/start-a-quick-and-easy-food-garden.aspx

I'm going to use it as a basic plan and tweak it to my yard.

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Have you got a good garden plan? (Original Post) sagesnow Jan 2012 OP

I was my family's 'weeder' so I can only kill them LaydeeBug Jan 2012 #1

Mine is always in my head - and it changes frequently. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #2

thanks for this!! NMDemDist2 Jan 2012 #3

I love to create garden designs BlueToTheBone Feb 2012 #4

I'm trying to get all the non-vegetable areas *perfect* XemaSab Feb 2012 #5

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)

1. I was my family's 'weeder' so I can only kill them

Reply to sagesnow (Original post)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 07:42 PM

Jan 2012

and it wasn't until this past year that I found out that the shade of my elm tree means I need to select 'woodland forrest' plants that thrive in zone 7

LOL

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

2. Mine is always in my head - and it changes frequently.

Reply to sagesnow (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 08:24 AM

Jan 2012

It usually depends on what survives and what doesn't (think bunnies). Garden plans are fluid. The nightshade beds are stable, but the rest of it is in the "up for grabs" zone. It's never the same.

NMDemDist2

(49,314 posts)

3. thanks for this!!

Reply to sagesnow (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 02:57 PM

Jan 2012

I live in the desert and it's hard to keep enough water on containers but this might work

i have a tree and cyclone fence on the west side of the yard, maybe that's the place to try this so the plants have a bit of cover in the hottest part of the day

BlueToTheBone

(3,747 posts)

4. I love to create garden designs

Reply to sagesnow (Original post)

Fri Feb 3, 2012, 09:02 PM

Feb 2012

I'm working on an acre garden and it is pretty exciting. I'm planting trees, shrubs, vines, food, medicine I'm going for the big flowering thing look that goes on for the full year (Witch Hazel blooms in January.)

I'm not good at uploading pictures, but I'll try to do some updates after the big spring push (I'm a bit horrified at the number of plants that will be arriving soon!)

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)

5. I'm trying to get all the non-vegetable areas *perfect*

Reply to sagesnow (Original post)

Fri Feb 3, 2012, 10:10 PM

Feb 2012

In the hopes that this summer I can focus on the veggies.

I have an idea of what I want, and I think I can make it happen.

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