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Planning a small vegetable garden.

Category: Garden Novice | Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 9:21 pm

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I really don't know anything about growing vegetables but I have a small area that I want to try container gardening. I'll be doing some research and then shopping for supplies soon. Any suggestions/help would be appreciated!

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Gardening can hurt!

Category: Garden Novice | Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:30 pm

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I had planned to finish weeding on Monday as well as redecorate our porch. Instead, I ended up in the emergency room thinking I had another blood clot in my lung. After extensive tests, being transported by ambulance from one hospital to the next and back again for more tests, the doctor came to the conclusion that I had torn a ligament in my chest. He asked what I had been doing and I said hoeing the garden. So, for the time being, I'm not allowed to do anything like that until this heals. It's hard for me to look out there and not do anything. I did get a Mole Moover stake in the mail today and will get that out in the yard tomorrow but I guess that's it for any gardening for awhile.

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From a dump to a yard

Category: Garden Novice | Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 11:12 pm

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When we moved into our mobile home, the back yard held a huge shed, junk all over the place and rocks where a yard should be. It took a couple of years to convince my hubby that we had to do something. The first thing we did was to remove the shed and all the junk in the yard. Then we had a guy come out and remove the rocks and underlying plastic.

We had decided to adopt a blind rescued Boston Terrier and we needed a place for him to go potty. Since the yard was as hard as cement we opted to put down bark that first year. We also had to build a ramp into the back yard as there were no steps from the porch to the back yard. As the year wore on I could tell our boy really needed some grass. So at the beginning of this year we rented a roto tiller and tilled the yard adding in soil conditioners. We then bought sod and covered our small 100 SF with the new grass. Where the shed had been we laid down pavers and made a patio. I also carved out a few flower beds in the yard and also along the pathway that led to the front of our home. We bought an arbor with a gate, bamboo fencing, plants and we had an instant yard. We also took out the ramp and built steps.

Now, my hubby is about as handy as our blind dog. So all this work was hit or miss. Thank goodness my adult daughter helped out. She came up with some great ideas and helped with construction. In fact she and I did most of the work with hubby doing the roto tilling and moving cement blocks back and forth. He made a great pack horse.

I was super thrilled with our yard until I started seeing the burned areas caused by dog urine. So I went on a mega internet search and bought all kinds of things but it was a little late for part of the yard. I finally settled on buying some Zoysia grass and put the plugs in today. I hope they take hold and spread like it states online and on the paperwork they sent. Right now they look like some small patches of dead grass.

I just found out about garden junk and I'm so excited to start on my own garden totem. What a way to use up things and not spend a fortune on garden items.

As soon as I figure out how to post some before and after photos of our yard I'll upload them here.

I have to say that I'm very proud of myself as I knew nothing about landscape design or gardening in general. I've found that I love getting out nearly every day and working in the yard. It's a great new hobby and I'm having so much fun with it. But the best thing is, it was all done on a budget.



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