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Goals for Your Garden

Hey there everyone. I am curious to see exactly how many people on here are gardeners or wanting to start a garden. I had a funny conversation with someone who thought you had to be a "hippy" to garden. I literally almost peed myself laughing... no exaggeration. It just so happens that my nickname is Pheobe as in from friends because I myself am a little wild. I explained to him that to garden isn't a hippy or chick thing it's actually a really good pass time activity that you benefit from in SO many good ways. You save money on food that you're not constantly buying and even can use some plants and herbs as medicine so there is that to lean on when your low on over-the-counter meds or can't make it to the store right away. I suffer from Migraines and bad ones at that, one thing that helps me personally is feverfew tincture. 


   Not to mention gardening can be super easy and simple or you can have a lot of fun and get super elaborate with it.  I'd love to hear from others about their plans or existing gardens. I love learning about growing and ways to improve how I garden! Feel free to add me as a friend and send me a message! :)


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Reply by Satan's Lavendar

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Ooh, you gotta tell me more about growing feverfew, I'm just discovering how awesome it is! 


I finally started my herb garden this past summer and I'm hoping my choices survive the winter. I've got lemon balm, peppermint, oregano, lemon thyme, chives (they didn't grow enough so we'll see), and my big ol lavendar bush. 

The house we rent came with a bunch of other outdoor bushes and trees too, plus all my houseplants. 

My garden goals for 2022 are 
- To plant basil in a container from seed for pesto. My basil in the garden got sunburned this year so I'm gonna try full shade next time. 
- try a different fertilizer for the rose bushes
- Prune the apricot tree and thin the fruit more so maybe they'll actually get ripe this year (this poor thing is regrowing back after almost dying before we moved in)
- If I'm feeling ambitious, maybe get some annuals in the flower garden. 
- Repot my silly succulents. I'm horrible at repotting, so I'll get to it when I get to it lol


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Reply by Morgan_Lozano95

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That's awesome! I read with fruit trees that are still young it's good to prune the fruits off so the tree puts more energy and nutrients into the growth of the branches and trunk. With feverfew it needs sunlight to germinate so sprinkle the seeds and lightly press it down but do not cover it with dirt! :) What zone do you grow in?


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Reply by Kenneth

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I'm hoping to have a backyard garden at some point. I hope I can at least craft a plan this year and get the soil ready for planting even if I don't grow much this year. We do have space on the sides we usually grow peppers but I want to learn more about what's best to grow in my region. Also want to grow a few plants for medical purposes but have to learn more about that. This year will probably be learning than anything tangible 


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Reply by 8888

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I finally acquired my first ever space all to myself and I've felt really overwhelmed by it, also blessed. I have a front yard that is full of hard earth. I live in a dessert, anyone who has helpful tips on how to get the soil nutrient rich IM me, would love to gain some garden pals on here! 



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Reply by oklunch

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This summer I really want to attract a mantis to my garden! No serious reason, I just think they're cool and plan to plant what they seem to like and can eat smaller insects off of


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Reply by oklunch

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This summer I really want to attract a mantis to my garden! No serious reason, I just think they're cool and plan to plant what they seem to like and can eat smaller insects off of


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Reply by River

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Hey I'm starting a garden!


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Reply by Ryan Sims

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I just bought a home myself in the Midwest, and it was super overgrown with just junk landscaping, like mint and various vines... I am working on clearing out the landscaping, at which point I will replace it with useful plants, like a garden. Tomatoes, Corn, peas, etc.

Looking forward to getting things going on my garden!


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Reply by Zoseph

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Good luck Ryan!

Below is some pics for my garden as it is, but my gaols are:

Set up a 5 gallon fountain, maybe try to turn it into a biotope.

Figure out how to funnel more rainwater into my rainbarrel, and buy a auto solar irigator  (Sp?)

Start Cilantro, Peas and Carrots to try to get one last harvest out of my mild zone 9 winter.

Harvest and preserve my catnip so i can use it over winter, likely by making a tincture of it?

Funny enough Ryan I can't get mint to grow on my balcony!  So i need that too (Haha, send me yours! //JK jk)


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Reply by Zoseph

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Catnip!

Chia

Drunken Lady Lettuce



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