Any of you do any gardening?
Just curious. Gave it a try this year.
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I tried.
It wasn't pretty.
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Lol. I’ve had a little luck so far. Been growing in containers so it’s easier on my back. I’ve learned a lot. It’s an interesting hobby.
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I'm glad you've been enjoying it!
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i recently bought some wildflower seeds to plant in my backyard as it's mostly weeds atm
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I did years ago when I was a wee lad. All I remember is my grandfather telling me to water the plants early in the morning while it was still cool and once again at sunset. Also to make sure to not get the leaves wet.
We did well with growing tomatoes, squash, zucchini and eggplants. Don’t forget to use fertilizer, we had a couple of goats that gave us the natural kind.
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I've been doing gardening my entire life. Mostly food gardening of vegetables and fruit trees. Its always relaxing to get out in nature.
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If I had a garden, I'd try. I think gardening would help me to manage my anxiety as it sounds like a very chill hobby.
And having some cool flowers to look at is always relaxing. I love sunflowers because they're yellow.
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No but my Mom does :-)
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I would if I had a garden. My windows are like my garden though. I've had a lot fun growing various plants from seed and cuttings.
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No, I'm having a hard enough time getting my tiny lawn to not be such a patchy mess. 😂
Growing up my dad had huge veggie gardens. It was pretty awesome but alot of work. I'm more likely to plant something that will take care of itself.
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It’s helped my anxiety some. Give your mind something to fixate on here and there. It’s rewarding when it goes well. When it goes bad, it’s a learning experience.
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That's good to read, if it helped with your anxiety.
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Has any particular vegetable or tree brought more pride than the other? I’ve been thinking about trying a fruit tree or two next year.
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Do you mean yield? I've never heard the word "pride" used in the context you did so not completely sure what you mean. If you mean yield, it all depends on the weather. Where I live we get a lot of stormy weather throughout the year and the high winds can knock blooms off the trees. I have lemon, plum and orange trees. My lemon tree usually produces the most with sometimes having about a hundred lemons at time of harvest. The vegetables are more high maintenance because of bugs and animals that like to eat them. Its been awhile since I last did gardening and right now I just tend to the fruit trees.
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Not yield but thanks for the information. I have particular tomato plant I have taken pride in. I trained it as a double vine and each vine is 8 ft tall so far. Heavy producer to say the least but it filled me with pride to do so well my first go around.
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Where I'm from, we just stick 'em in the ground and eat 'em when they're ready to pick. Whatever doesn't produce gets fed to the chickens.
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I made Herbs, as well as Squash, Jalapeno, and a few others, they aren't coming to mind rn
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I always water on leaves...
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I don’t remember the exact reason, but I think he instructed me not to because he believed the leaves would dry out if it got too hot.
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it can burn the leaves during the day if hot enough with water droplets. Also, it’s easier for some funguses and bacteria to grow on wet leaves. That’s some of the things I’ve learned so far. Dirt can carry harmful bacteria so it’s best not to water in a way that the water can splash back up on the leaves introducing harmful things.
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