Container Garden Renovations...

Discussion in 'Gardening' started by VeritableHypocrisy, Jul 16, 2014.

  1. #1 VeritableHypocrisy, Jul 16, 2014
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    I don't exactly have a before picture, because the phone it was on somehow stopped working. Confuses me. ANYWAY! I wanted to know what you guys thought on the garden I have renovated! It took all day. I had to level out the soil for the walk way twice by hand, hoe and rake the garden, do a lot of transplanting, and other stuff. 

    Also, yes. Yes, the pictures were taken with a potato.
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    Alpine Strawberry [ Alexandria variety. Have 3 other varieties starting ], Horsemint, Bee Balm, Tomatoes, Blackberries, Raspberries, Variegated Coleus, Wild Coleus, Rosemary, Impatiens, some 50 year-old fern my girlfriend got from her grandmother.
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    Roses, Hibiscus Coccineus, Wild Ageratum, Elephant Ears, 2 Varieties of Moss Rose [ 1 double-flowered yellow, 1 pink wild variety ],  more Horsemint, some other plants of girlfriend's.
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    Gladiolus from a patch that's been on the property since the 1930s, Ever-Bearing Strawberries, Rosemary, French Marigold, Old Timey pink roses, Amarillas.
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    The brickwork I did! Garden Phlox, Sweet Basil, decorative beans behind the statue, Bird's Nest Fern..
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    Not pictured but growing in the garden around the house and the little building: Several spider plants hanging from trees, there is a double-flowered morning glory creeping up on the roses on that white trellis, False Aralia, Dracaena, Ponytail Palms, English Ivy, Swedish Ivy, Purple Passion, Silver/Purple Variegated Wandering Jew, 12 varieties of Cosmos, Mullein, 2 varieties of variegated snakeplants, Philodendron, Hosta,  2 varieties of salvia, German Chamomile, 2 varieties of poppy, 5 colors of petunia, Sago Palm, double and single-flowered African Violets, Creeping Myrtle, Passionflower, Honeysuckle [ red and white varieties ], Variegated Solomon's Seal, Castor Bean, Sage, Parsley, Blueberries [domestic and wild varieties], Spider Lilies, Tiger Lilies, a LARGE multitude of varieties of day lilies from a friend who breeds them... That's only a small list, but I think you get the point. <3
     
  2. Time to move all my plants indoors, bit by bit, or into the greenhouse! That means the area I posted pics of is totally barren now. That one little space housed all of this:
     
    I had to weed this greenhouse to get into it. The grass was six feet high. This is after.
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    All of that came out of the flower bed or around the general region of it. 
     
  3. ^ its time for me to build a greenhouse. Youre the third person and this is the third day in a row someone linked me to their greenhouse.

    This a sign or somethin'? (to the man upstairs) :smoke:

    Looks like youve got a very nice roomy place to grow from now on!
     
  4. #4 VeritableHypocrisy, Oct 23, 2014
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    Lol. My girlfriend has a quarter greenhouse ( That one), and 2 half-greenhouses. They're pretty big. If I keep going I'll need to use the larger greenhouses, but we have to use propane to heat them. It's not cheap. Lol
     
    My suggestion is get yourself a quarter size.
     
  5. Im gonna turn you into a white cartel grower lol

    C'mon VH, you can do it! :lol:

    Its only 10 more clones!! ;)
     
  6. lol. We've already decided when my state can allow me to legally grow industrial hemp I'll be growing that, as well as when I can grow my own medicine, I'm going to plant a forest of sativas and just let them go wild. 
     
  7. You just give me the word when you do and ill buy some land near you!
     
  8. Oh you know it, dude. Also nice clean air out here. You'd love this place. West coast is awesome, but this particular location on east coast is just <3.
     
  9. I dont doubt it. West coast is played out dude, people rep a shithole, with shit air, unfriendly people, and shittier laws...

    Even If i drive a few hours north to mountains my lungs open up and i dont need any help breathing.

    Im a Farmer genetically, lol, its in my blood according to my family history
     
  10. I'm a farmer by passion. I have a heart for nature. Everything about nature I love. Out here, you would need no help whatsoever breathing either. The town is a smaller town so there's not much traffic, which means cleaner air. Only thing you gotta worry about is if you have allergies to ragweed pollen. Other than that.. I'm like 5 minutes from the beach.
     
  11. Well see.. I can't live in places with dirty or overly dry air. Sinus problems get worse if so. Also, the coastline is too sentimental to me. I have too much love for the nature that comes along with the coastline to ever move away from it. I'd rather just be homeless (again) if it came to it.
     

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