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Post by The Doctor on Mar 18, 2021 10:17:55 GMT
Until recently, I have never had access to a garden in my adult life though now find myself in the exceedingly privileged position of having one. I never thought I would have one. I therefore have had new and strange thoughts about planting things. Got some seed potatoes on the go and the sweetcorn shoots are starting to show today. Went out last night to get more seeds!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Mar 18, 2021 10:33:05 GMT
Ralph is the VERVOID MASTER
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 18, 2021 12:00:06 GMT
Gardening is very good for the soul.
Even when cursed gastropods eat all ya shouts.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 18, 2021 12:02:04 GMT
Best thing about a garden is making it friendly to wildlife, notably birds. Feed them, give them something to drink and somewhere to build their nests, and sooner or later they'll take up residence and you'll never be bored looking out of the window.
I have a small garden but a massive colony of sparrows in permanent residence in the large hedge I planted. I can hear them constantly. Very welcome sounds during the first lockdown when I was mostly in solitary confinement.
Martin
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 18, 2021 12:09:51 GMT
Yes we're bird friendly, pollenator friendly, and amphibian friendly, although no amphibia have come yet.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 18, 2021 15:59:39 GMT
Planted spring onions, runner beans, spinach and lettuce today. Carrots to follow once I have finished some ice cream so the tub can be used.
Bird feeders at some point.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 18, 2021 17:41:23 GMT
Im tempted to regrow my Tomato forest again this year. I have many tomatoes left on the vine from last year late crop.
I'm trying to grow runner beans from the last of last years crop too, but that doesnt seem to be going so well.
Orange and Lemon trees seem to have been half killed by the February freeze which is annoying, but the wild Bramble bush has been pruned back so Im hoping to make jam this year.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 22, 2021 22:04:42 GMT
Carrots now planted. More seeds and pots will be acquired later in the week.
-The Gardener
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 22, 2021 22:11:14 GMT
Just sunflowers, tomatoes, green beans, and sweet pea for us. Keeping it simple.
(Sweet pea isn't even a type of pea!)
Once tried carrots. But they warped beneath the earth into grotesque lurid shapes that were totally inedible so disturbing and malformed were they.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 30, 2021 14:17:24 GMT
Potatoes are taking root. Spring onion shoots have appeared. Excellent, excellent.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 9, 2021 23:13:21 GMT
The sweetcorn and spring onions have perished.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 10, 2021 21:21:30 GMT
No! The cold snap?
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 10, 2021 23:37:27 GMT
Yeah. I completely forgot to cover them with plastic bags.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 11, 2021 5:50:57 GMT
Yesterday I mowed my lawns, cleaned my windows, swept my paths and cut back some shrubs, and this morning my back is punishing me for it.
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 11, 2021 8:04:10 GMT
Woah that was exactly what I did last weekend. My left shoulder is still twinging.
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 11, 2021 8:10:12 GMT
Yup. We're getting old, guys.
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 11, 2021 8:10:44 GMT
Yeah. I completely forgot to cover them with plastic bags. -Ralph It's a continuous learning process, Doc'. Keep planting! |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 11, 2021 8:16:39 GMT
Keep going. You're doing better than the humans on Uxarieus!
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 11, 2021 8:16:54 GMT
Yup. We're getting old, guys. Fuck off. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 11, 2021 8:18:45 GMT
Yup. We're getting old, guys. Fuck off. Sorry, man. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 11, 2021 10:43:55 GMT
The truth hurts.
Literally, in this case.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 11, 2021 11:14:58 GMT
Yeah. I completely forgot to cover them with plastic bags. -Ralph It's a continuous learning process, Doc'. Keep planting! I will. I'm down...but not out! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 11, 2021 11:15:32 GMT
Keep going. You're doing better than the humans on Uxarieus! *activates crap robot* -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 11, 2021 11:16:17 GMT
Yup. We're getting old, guys. It's true. My sudden interest in gardening confirms my descent into middle age. -Ralph |
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 11, 2021 11:38:40 GMT
Yup. We're getting old, guys. It's true. My sudden interest in gardening confirms my descent into middle age. -Ralph It's not so bad. We're in our intellectual prime. |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 11, 2021 11:42:01 GMT
Keep going. You're doing better than the humans on Uxarieus! *activates crap robot* *gurns* |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 21, 2021 10:57:08 GMT
The potatoes are beginning to flower,
Soon I shall have starch power!
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 21, 2021 14:15:58 GMT
Mine is a garden of death.
brought by winters last icy breath.
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Post by Bogatan on Jun 9, 2021 11:08:29 GMT
I "planted" some small potatoes that had started sprouting at the bottom of a sack last October. Yesterday I noticed some had started growing.
Im not sure I feel any better about these year old tatties than I do about the 2 beetroot plants that survived the winter. I guess they'll at least grow new potatoes unlike the beetroot which is just a year old beetroot.
3 of my four dead Orange or Lemon trees have new shoots growing from the base of the trunk, They'll take years to grow back and are going to be freaky deformed trees, but yay!
And my Christmas Tree has decided that loosing half its bark around the base of the trunk is no big deal and has continued it plan to grow upside down (its wider at the top than the bottom)
And finally a decent number of the hedgerow that was dug up front way late last year continue their recoveries.
Garden of death no more.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 9, 2021 11:54:08 GMT
Jolly good.
Planted more corn to replace the dead ones.
-Ralph
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