Posted in Fashionista... because gardens are beautiful, and a reflection of individuality, like fashion!

Anyway, is anyone gardening this spring? What are you planting?

I'm in the process of digging up a 20' x 3' raised bed. There's a whole bunch of rocks and other junk in it. Then I'm adding peat moss, compost, 'sea soil,' mushroom manure and topsoil. Installing a 20' x 5' terrace against the wall and going to train some evergreen clematis (white flowers) and climbing rose (peachy pink) on it. On the edge I'm growing sunflowers and corn, and in the main area, attempting to grow spinach, green onion, carrots, zucchini, snow peas, beans, and tomatoes. Also, in a separate planter, I'm going to try some strawberries. And perhaps some decorative New Zealand grass.

I haven't really gardened much before, so I feel quite ambitious.

Wow that sounds amazing!! I'd love to get into gardening and I have lots of space to do so at my parents place but I'm garden retarded (my mom has some gorgeous rock gardens and a waterfall and stuff... but nothing that grows).

Know of any good books or have any advice for a rookie?

wisteria looks wonderful when maintained.
i gardens.

climbing roses intertwined with wisteria? wisteria grows fast and big. will the roses be able to compete?

raspberries > strawberries. though they do take up 10x as much space.

ah clematis. much different.

i do not garden. i grew up around gardens and greenhouses though. i enjoy trimming and pruning, very relaxing.

What a lameass thread.

How to attract more butterflies to your garden with eight gorgeous flowers.

http://www.gardeningknowh...ight-gorgeous-flowers.htm

moonlit gardens are cool too.

tomatoes are best grown in containers in bc, because of the rain you have to be able to protect them from moisture...leafy greens should only be grown during the spring and fall, otherwise they bolt, fast.

passion flower in all of it's glory...

if you're serious, google rudolph steiner and biodynamics in general.

I have a garden in the backyard that would be good for veggies, but I dont even know where to start, right now its covered with patches of grass, rocks and weeds.

Lithe, I'd start an herb garden if I were you. I gave a window ledge herb garden to a friend for her bday.. I chose chocolate mint, Japanese perilla (big leaves you can eat like salad), rosemary, and a few other fragrant things I forgot. It all died though, because her mom came to visit and put it out in the hot sun. I'd grow strawberries, wild grass, and perennial bulbs in colourful unique clay pots of different sizes.

Figaro, I found this:

"The two reasons people lose their rosemary in the winter are incorrect watering and too heavy a soil. Judicious watering is imperative. It hates wet feet and will surely die if left un-watered for too long."

This one suggests planting in a pot and bringing it in, in the winter. http://www.taunton.com/fi...ardening/pages/g00060.asp

See, here is what I have to work with.. the bottom part is solid cement, the top part is painted stucco, and probably 2x4's on the other side.



And this is the method I'm trying to follow: http://www.gardengatemaga...s/54trellisattaching2.php

edit: more pics..


u can see they are four separate pieces of kinda flexible flimsy wood

and this is what i want to do.. i bought these metal pipe couplings..and i want to drill screws through them, into the wall, to create space between trellis and wall, but I am afraid the stucco will chip off and that I won't be able to drill thru concrete.

I am kinda mucking through my first ever try at this.

I will post pics when I get a chance. I am landscaping my front yard and sides of the house.

I just finished leveling and de-rocking my yard. I bought some big plum tree that tthe guy at the store said is good and low maintainence. Its fruit will attract birds, which is a plus for me as I work from home and the tree is outside of my office window.

I started indoors in a small greenhouse, some banana peppers, tomatoes and various herbs that are in a variety of stages of growth (and health). I will be moving them outside to a stepped garden at the side of my house as soon as overnight temps stay above freezing.

I will be filling in the rest of my yard with some native cacti and sage brush that grow around my nieghbourhood. That way I am pretty much guaranteed not to be able to kill with my non-green thumbs.

If you go with the local flora, you are pretty safe.....I think