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The Gardening Thread

Discussion in 'Permanent Threads' started by bewildered, May 27, 2017.

  1. walt

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    Oh I'd definitely put them to use!
     
  2. jdoogie

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    That's why I went simple with the 2x6's and planter blocks. In a few years if any of the boards need replaced, just slide them straight out an put in a fresh one. The blocks themselves will be locked in place once I add some rebar stakes and exterior 2x2's so it makes it an easy to refresh setup.
     
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    I’ve never ordered plants by mail before, so trying something new this year. The first of them, Camellia Sinensis Tea, has arrived:

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    I just did a quick read about the plant and I didn’t realize that they are more of a shrub than plant. It seems like they’d do better in warmer climates than ours, but it’ll be a neat experiment, particularly over-wintering it.

    In somewhat related news, plans for my workshop in the new garage will entail a dedicated area for gardening. My old workbench will make a nice potting bench and place to keep everything organized.
     
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    I planted all of our vegetables after work today. Squash, pole beans, bell peppers, grape tomatoes, 2 kinds of larger tomatoes, eggplant and cherry peppers. Last fall I transplanted our battered and beaten blueberry bush to the community garden plot, and it’s doing great. Being fenced off from starving deer saved it.