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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2014 14:47:32 GMT -5
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Post by Rinelle Grey on Jun 30, 2014 0:44:22 GMT -5
I love gardening! I really have to find time to get out and pull out my summer garden and plan something for winter.
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Post by Pru Freda on Jun 30, 2014 1:52:48 GMT -5
I used to love my garden. I grew roses, geraniums, saxifrages, hemerocallis, and glorious, fragrant lilies in huge tubs. Sadly, ill-health and lack of time means the garden now is an overgrown shambles, far too big for me to handle on my own. It's riddled with brambles and bindweed, nettles and cleavers. I can't afford a regular gardener but I've just enrolled in a Garden Buddies scheme and I'm hoping to get some affordable help. Do you know the verse, Jolie? "The kiss of the sun for pardon The song of the birds for mirth One is nearer God's heart in a garden Than anywhere else on Earth." I'm not religious either, but that just about sums it up for me. Here's a couple of photos of lilies in my garden. The top one is Stargazer, the bottom one an Asiatic lily called "Fire King".   |
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Post by Rinelle Grey on Jun 30, 2014 4:28:21 GMT -5
Gorgeous photos Lynda. I can't grow flowers. For some reason they seem to die? I can do fruit and veg though (mostly stuff no-one in my house will eat). I'd post a pic, but it's dark outside. Thinking I'll post one on FB tomorrow though.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2014 6:01:13 GMT -5
I love gardening! I really have to find time to get out and pull out my summer garden and plan something for winter. Hey Rinelle! I only garden on either Saturday or Sunday. The weekdays are for writing!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2014 6:03:59 GMT -5
I used to love my garden. I grew roses, geraniums, saxifrages, hemerocallis, and glorious, fragrant lilies in huge tubs. Sadly, ill-health and lack of time means the garden now is an overgrown shambles, far too big for me to handle on my own. It's riddled with brambles and bindweed, nettles and cleavers. I can't afford a regular gardener but I've just enrolled in a Garden Buddies scheme and I'm hoping to get some affordable help. Do you know the verse, Jolie? "The kiss of the sun for pardon The song of the birds for mirth One is nearer God's heart in a garden Than anywhere else on Earth." I'm not religious either, but that just about sums it up for me. Here's a couple of photos of lilies in my garden. The top one is Stargazer, the bottom one an Asiatic lily called "Fire King". Hi Lynda! I love the verse, and your lilies are beautiful! Mine have popped in my garden, as well. I'm sad your health prevents you from gardening, but I hope you are able to find affordable help. |
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Post by Becca Mills on Jun 30, 2014 13:11:27 GMT -5
I can't wait to be able to have a garden! I'd love to install a gray-water system to irrigate it, since the droughts out here are probably only going to get worse. I know someone who irrigates with her washing-machine waste water. She says it wasn't hugely difficult or expensive to set up. Then again, her husband is an engineer.
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Post by Rinelle Grey on Jun 30, 2014 23:06:28 GMT -5
It's really easy to do. (Or at least, it is here in Australia.) You just attach a hose to the outlet hose of your washing machine. My only problem was that I had to leave the door open while the washing machine was running.
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Post by Becca Mills on Jun 30, 2014 23:18:27 GMT -5
It's really easy to do. (Or at least, it is here in Australia.) You just attach a hose to the outlet hose of your washing machine. My only problem was that I had to leave the door open while the washing machine was running. Do you have to be there to walk around, hosing the plants by hand? I think the woman I know has the washing machine feed into holding tanks, which then supply an automated drip irritation system. |
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Post by Rinelle Grey on Jun 30, 2014 23:24:24 GMT -5
Ahh. I just let it run onto the ground the the plants.
Have you heard of wicking beds? There well worth it if you live in a drought area, and they'd be really easy to run your water into. I have them, and almost never water them. Even a little bit or rain will keep them going for ages.
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Post by Becca Mills on Jun 30, 2014 23:57:49 GMT -5
Ahh. I just let it run onto the ground the the plants. Have you heard of wicking beds? There well worth it if you live in a drought area, and they'd be really easy to run your water into. I have them, and almost never water them. Even a little bit or rain will keep them going for ages. No, I've never heard of them! How do they work? |
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Post by Rinelle Grey on Jul 1, 2014 4:33:18 GMT -5
It's basically a raised garden bed, with a plastic lining, so the water stays trapped in the bottom. You put some drainage pipe down the middle of the bottom, and water it that way, so that the water 'wick's' up to the plants. Because it's under the dirt, it doesn't evaporate, so it lasts longer. Even if there's no rain, you only water once a week. There are lots of tutorials around online if you do a search.
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Post by Becca Mills on Jul 1, 2014 11:09:58 GMT -5
It's basically a raised garden bed, with a plastic lining, so the water stays trapped in the bottom. You put some drainage pipe down the middle of the bottom, and water it that way, so that the water 'wick's' up to the plants. Because it's under the dirt, it doesn't evaporate, so it lasts longer. Even if there's no rain, you only water once a week. There are lots of tutorials around online if you do a search. Wow, what a cool idea! I'll definitely look into that, when the time comes. I have a tetchy back, so I was already planning on raised beds. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2014 7:05:25 GMT -5
I can't wait to be able to have a garden! I'd love to install a gray-water system to irrigate it, since the droughts out here are probably only going to get worse. I know someone who irrigates with her washing-machine waste water. She says it wasn't hugely difficult or expensive to set up. Then again, her husband is an engineer. Excellent idea, and good luck with it! |
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