Gardening Thread

[Tyburn]

There are a few of us on this forum who like Gardening, whether it be landscape Garden creations, or some kinda horticultural collection, or simply vegetable patch/allotment stuff.

I thought people might like to share some of there stuff...I have lots of stuff and I will share...people might complain about that, but YOU are welcome to post your Gardening stuff like pictures and updates here also.

I have a rather funny video of me trying to construct a greenhouse in my patio to help with propergation...its fourty mins condenced into just five...so its speeded up...I dont half move :laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoKm5pO2Y60

[Neezar]

Here is my greenhouse:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/French_Garden_at_Duke_Gardens.jpg/800px-French_Garden_at_Duke_Gardens.jpg

[Irish Pride]

Dr. Green Thumb? Paging Dr. Green Thumb....

[Bonnie]

There are a few of us on this forum who like Gardening, whether it be landscape Garden creations, or some kinda horticultural collection, or simply vegetable patch/allotment stuff.

I thought people might like to share some of there stuff...I have lots of stuff and I will share...people might complain about that, but YOU are welcome to post your Gardening stuff like pictures and updates here also.

I have a rather funny video of me trying to construct a greenhouse in my patio to help with propergation...its fourty mins condenced into just five...so its speeded up...I dont half move :laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoKm5pO2Y60

That was funny, Dave! :laugh: It was kind of like watching one of those old black and white silent films except you're in color. :laugh:

Your greenhouse is a lot smaller than I thought it would be, are you putting planters/pots in there with planted seeds or seedlings?

[flo]

OMG, a gardening thread!!!!!!!! Did I tell you how much I love you, Dave? :) I have 700+ pictures of my plants in the garden file. :happydancing:

That is a nifty little greenhouse for starting seeds. I speeded the video up even more ;-) I don't have a greenhouse, but I've got the tender plants that have to be schlepped inside every winter down to 4. Good for you to try some propagation.

Neez's greenhouse is amazing, where does she find the time?!?

:Whistle:

I will limit myself to 2 pictures, the foliage (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/floranista/Trachystemonorientalis2_zps7dbf5305.jpg) and blossoms (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/floranista/trachys2_zpsd11cda97.jpg) of Trachystemon orientalis, more commonly known as Russian borage. The leaves are huge and fuzzy, the unusual flowers bloom just as the leaves start to emerge. Last fall I divided the mother plant into about a dozen new starts so now it's scattered throughout my different garden areas.

[Bonnie]

OMG, a gardening thread!!!!!!!! Did I tell you how much I love you, Dave? :) I have 700+ pictures of my plants in the garden file. :happydancing:

That is a nifty little greenhouse for starting seeds. I speeded the video up even more ;-) I don't have a greenhouse, but I've got the tender plants that have to be schlepped inside every winter down to 4. Good for you to try some propagation.

Neez's greenhouse is amazing, where does she find the time?!?

:Whistle:

I will limit myself to 2 pictures, the foliage (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/floranista/Trachystemonorientalis2_zps7dbf5305.jpg) and blossoms (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/floranista/trachys2_zpsd11cda97.jpg) of Trachystemon orientalis, more commonly known as Russian borage. The leaves are huge and fuzzy, the unusual flowers bloom just as the leaves start to emerge. Last fall I divided the mother plant into about a dozen new starts so now it's scattered throughout my different garden areas.

I expected the flowers to be larger in size since the leaves are so big; just looking at them you'd think they were separate plants from each other, very pretty. :)

[flo]

Thanks, Bonnie! No, the flowers are probably an inch long while the leaves are easily 2' long or more.

[County Mike]

Sometimes I do a little gardening.

http://www.365horrormovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/motel-hell-560.jpg

[Tyburn]

That was funny, Dave! :laugh: It was kind of like watching one of those old black and white silent films except you're in color. :laugh:

Your greenhouse is a lot smaller than I thought it would be, are you putting planters/pots in there with planted seeds or seedlings?

Yes...its only a small Greenhouse...I am using it to raise my seedlings as an overflow, before they get planted in the vegetable patch. I will keep most growing inside...but I dont have a lot of space, so I will use the greenhouse also.

I've so far put some bulbs I need to plant this weekend in their, and started off my Potatoes Chitting :laugh:

[Tyburn]

OMG, a gardening thread!!!!!!!! Did I tell you how much I love you, Dave? :) I have 700+ pictures of my plants in the garden file. :happydancing:

That is a nifty little greenhouse for starting seeds. I speeded the video up even more ;-) I don't have a greenhouse, but I've got the tender plants that have to be schlepped inside every winter down to 4. Good for you to try some propagation.

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:ashamed::laugh:

Feel free to contribute as many pictures as you want :cool:

Your like a Professional Gardener compared to I :)

[Tyburn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n3BPSjEmHk

Time to start Chitting the potatoes!!

[Neezar]

What is chitting? :laugh:

[twinsmama]

What is chitting? :laugh:

fertilizing?!?:laugh:

[MattHughesRocks]

:happy0198: :happy0198: :happy0198:

No idea :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
What is chitting? :laugh:

[County Mike]

fertilizing?!?:laugh:

Sounds like it.

So, I was chitting in my garden to help the tulips grow....

[VCURamFan]

Sounds like it.

So, I was chitting in my garden to help the tulips grow....
I think you can get arrested for that...:unsure-1: :ninja:

[Tyburn]

What is chitting? :laugh:

Chitting is the process when you expose seed potatoes to light and heat and wait for them to sprout...infact if you leave them long enough in the dark they will start to chit aswell.

it has nothing to do with adding a fertilizer :rolleyes:

[Neezar]

Sounds like it.

So, I was chitting in my garden to help the tulips grow....


:laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Silverback]

I think you can get arrested for that...:unsure-1: :ninja:

Not on that side of the mud puddle.:ninja::ninja::w00t:

[County Mike]

Speaking of Tulips: I've heard you can make good money planting tulips.






You can start by planting your tu lips right here! (hah)

[flo]

Speaking of Tulips: I've heard you can make good money planting tulips.






You can start by planting your tu lips right here! (hah)

G-R-O-A-N


:ninja:

[Tyburn]

G-R-O-A-N


:ninja:

:laugh: as a friend of mine who helps me do the flowers at work always says...Daffs for your piano...and Tulips for your organ.

I think he wants Tulips for his organ :laugh:

[Tyburn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nObRuim4s8

its a look around my terraced grounds as Spring has now Sprung :w00t:

[Play The Man]

OMG, a gardening thread!!!!!!!! Did I tell you how much I love you, Dave? :) I have 700+ pictures of my plants in the garden file. :happydancing:

That is a nifty little greenhouse for starting seeds. I speeded the video up even more ;-) I don't have a greenhouse, but I've got the tender plants that have to be schlepped inside every winter down to 4. Good for you to try some propagation.

Neez's greenhouse is amazing, where does she find the time?!?

:Whistle:

I will limit myself to 2 pictures, the foliage (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/floranista/Trachystemonorientalis2_zps7dbf5305.jpg) and blossoms (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/floranista/trachys2_zpsd11cda97.jpg) of Trachystemon orientalis, more commonly known as Russian borage. The leaves are huge and fuzzy, the unusual flowers bloom just as the leaves start to emerge. Last fall I divided the mother plant into about a dozen new starts so now it's scattered throughout my different garden areas.

I'm not into gardening but I saw an interesting documentary on Netflix streaming called The Botany of Desire. It is about how human desires for beauty, sweetness, euphoria, etc. have altered plant life over the centuries. It focused on four plants - tulips, potatoes, marijuana, and apples. You might enjoy the part about tulips and the Dutch "tulipomania" economic bubble of the 1630's. They went into some depth about the Semper Augustus tulip variation. I recommend the documentary.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Semper_Augustus_Tulip_17th_century.jpg/220px-Semper_Augustus_Tulip_17th_century.jpg

[flo]

I'm not into gardening but I saw an interesting documentary on Netflix streaming called The Botany of Desire. It is about how human desires for beauty, sweetness, euphoria, etc. have altered plant life over the centuries. It focused on four plants - tulips, potatoes, marijuana, and apples. You might enjoy the part about tulips and the Dutch "tulipomania" economic bubble of the 1630's. They went into some depth about the Semper Augustus tulip variation. I recommend the documentary.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Semper_Augustus_Tulip_17th_century.jpg/220px-Semper_Augustus_Tulip_17th_century.jpg



I've heard of the book, didn't realize they made a documentary about it! I'll check it out. Sounds like the same way our pets have evolved through the different breeds and the attributes that were "desirable". Not always a good thing, for sure. Thanks for the recommendation, PTM!