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Message 1548788 - Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 5:34:06 UTC - in response to Message 1548767.  

WEEDS??????
Did you plant anything or is this something that was there before like berry bushes.
Idea for a new thread, What's in Es99's garden.
Sorry, I just had to say it.

I just see green growy stuff. I think the people who lived here before me grew vegetables there..but as you can see..well..I am going to go with your first assessment :D

We are just wandering if I am growing some new dangerous invasive plants. It wouldn't surprise me. :D

I was raised in the city as well but my parents always had enough land to keep some type of garden going and they had all the free labor they could want. If you are interested in a garden that would require little care, you should look at square foot garden I used an older copy of the book but it greatly reduces the amount of work a garden takes and it has all the basics.

ooooh..looks really interesting. I'll see if I can get hold of a copy. I have been planning to build some raised flower beds. I am not sure what the soil is like, so I want to buy new soil for the beds, and that will be my biggest cost. The idea of putting in a watering system is a good idea. However, I am not sure how much trouble I want to go to as we rent and don't own this place.

The problem here isn't so much the lack of rain, but too much rain. With raised beds I am thinking my veg aren't as likely to drown.

Where I am located in Arizona, my house was built on old farm land so the foundation was post stressed to keep it from cracking. They didn't do a very good job of preserving the top soil so I built boxes on the surface (available at your home supply store) and filled them with commercial soil. In your case, you may want to put some form of weed barrier under them to keep the weeds out. If you move, you can leave them or take them with you.
As for a watering system, if you have that much rain, I wouldn't bother. A few time a year with a hose may be all you need. I went with a watering system because here you need water every other day and I was planing for trips of a month at a time. The oranges and lemons are currently 4 hours of drip once a week in the summer but less in the winter and the desert landscape gets by on 30 minutes of drip once a week. If you have horses or cows in the area, you might be able to make your own soil. I do have a dairy farm next to me but he recycles his waste and can get up to 12 cuttings a year of alfalfa a year. In cooler climates, they are lucky to get two.
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Message 1548795 - Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 5:59:46 UTC


Something like this is what I have in mind. The heat has burned the garden out for the summer so I am not going to show you a current picture.
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Message 1548798 - Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 6:10:14 UTC - in response to Message 1548787.  

No rain here today. Its very hot. I made some iced coffee to drink in the garden and took a picture of my "vegetable patch". If anyone can tell me what I have growing there I'd be curious. I'm really a city girl and I do not have a clue. This is the first garden I've ever had.


Hard to tell from the picture, but is it possible that the dried seed heads are wild fennel?

I tried to blow up the pic but it is to blurry. But My guess for the tall ones would be dill. As for the othet plants I have no clue.
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Message 1548801 - Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 6:14:46 UTC - in response to Message 1548798.  

If it's dill, you should be able to smell it. My mom planted it once and had it for years after that. She finally decided she didn't want it any more and had to kill it like a weed to get rid of it.
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Message 1548802 - Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 6:15:09 UTC - in response to Message 1548798.  

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I tried to blow up the pic but it is to blurry. But My guess for the tall ones would be dill. As for the othet plants I have no clue.

I'll get some close ups of the different weeds tomorrow.
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Message 1548803 - Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 6:17:03 UTC - in response to Message 1548788.  

WEEDS??????
Did you plant anything or is this something that was there before like berry bushes.
Idea for a new thread, What's in Es99's garden.
Sorry, I just had to say it.

I just see green growy stuff. I think the people who lived here before me grew vegetables there..but as you can see..well..I am going to go with your first assessment :D

We are just wandering if I am growing some new dangerous invasive plants. It wouldn't surprise me. :D

I was raised in the city as well but my parents always had enough land to keep some type of garden going and they had all the free labor they could want. If you are interested in a garden that would require little care, you should look at square foot garden I used an older copy of the book but it greatly reduces the amount of work a garden takes and it has all the basics.

ooooh..looks really interesting. I'll see if I can get hold of a copy. I have been planning to build some raised flower beds. I am not sure what the soil is like, so I want to buy new soil for the beds, and that will be my biggest cost. The idea of putting in a watering system is a good idea. However, I am not sure how much trouble I want to go to as we rent and don't own this place.

The problem here isn't so much the lack of rain, but too much rain. With raised beds I am thinking my veg aren't as likely to drown.

Where I am located in Arizona, my house was built on old farm land so the foundation was post stressed to keep it from cracking. They didn't do a very good job of preserving the top soil so I built boxes on the surface (available at your home supply store) and filled them with commercial soil. In your case, you may want to put some form of weed barrier under them to keep the weeds out. If you move, you can leave them or take them with you.
As for a watering system, if you have that much rain, I wouldn't bother. A few time a year with a hose may be all you need. I went with a watering system because here you need water every other day and I was planing for trips of a month at a time. The oranges and lemons are currently 4 hours of drip once a week in the summer but less in the winter and the desert landscape gets by on 30 minutes of drip once a week. If you have horses or cows in the area, you might be able to make your own soil. I do have a dairy farm next to me but he recycles his waste and can get up to 12 cuttings a year of alfalfa a year. In cooler climates, they are lucky to get two.

This sounds like a plan. It gets very dry here July and August, but the rest of the time it rains and rains and rains. My potted plants all survive until about January when they are so water logged that the slightest cold snap kills them off.
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Message 1548914 - Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 12:24:44 UTC - in response to Message 1548651.  

Hello Friends!

Welcome to the 20th Episode of the Critter Cafe. This is a place where critter people come together to discuss whatever they wish. We have only two rules here - all are welcome and nothing is off topic.

To start us off, here is a picture of a friend of many here.

This photo of Spawnie was taken in our backyard in early June.

Hi Angela,

thanks for sharing your Beautiful Photo :)

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Message 1548994 - Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 15:07:52 UTC - in response to Message 1548795.  


Something like this is what I have in mind. The heat has burned the garden out for the summer so I am not going to show you a current picture.


Southern or Northern Arizona?

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Message 1549002 - Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 15:39:58 UTC - in response to Message 1548926.  

I seem to recall that this is not too far away from you.

Yes. That was a fun day!

I was just at the gardens a few weeks ago with my youngest nephew Nicolas and my youngest niece Claire. Claire especially enjoyed watching the turtles, who went out of their way to put on a good show for us when we visited.
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Message 1549065 - Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 17:23:36 UTC - in response to Message 1548730.  

No rain here today. Its very hot. I made some iced coffee to drink in the garden and took a picture of my "vegetable patch". If anyone can tell me what I have growing there I'd be curious. I'm really a city girl and I do not have a clue. This is the first garden I've ever had.


Hi Es,

I'm not sure? But it looks like a good spot for your "vegetable patch" :)

sorry off topic for a moment

Hi Es I hope you were able to get that air Conditioner you wanted ??? I know you teachers are on Strike here in British Columbia so Money for you is most likely in short supply.

BTW --- I support your teachers Strike here in British Columbia :)

anyway it's Hot

Mon. Afternoon
Sunny

26°C
Feels like 30
P.O.P: 0%
Wind S 5 km/h
Wind gust -
Humidity 57%

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Message 1549098 - Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 17:50:01 UTC - in response to Message 1548994.  


Something like this is what I have in mind. The heat has burned the garden out for the summer so I am not going to show you a current picture.


Southern or Northern Arizona?

Kind of half way - Phoenix area.
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Message 1549119 - Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 18:24:46 UTC - in response to Message 1549065.  

No rain here today. Its very hot. I made some iced coffee to drink in the garden and took a picture of my "vegetable patch". If anyone can tell me what I have growing there I'd be curious. I'm really a city girl and I do not have a clue. This is the first garden I've ever had.


Hi Es,

I'm not sure? But it looks like a good spot for your "vegetable patch" :)

sorry off topic for a moment

Hi Es I hope you were able to get that air Conditioner you wanted ??? I know you teachers are on Strike here in British Columbia so Money for you is most likely in short supply.

BTW --- I support your teachers Strike here in British Columbia :)

anyway it's Hot

Mon. Afternoon
Sunny

26°C
Feels like 30
P.O.P: 0%
Wind S 5 km/h
Wind gust -
Humidity 57%

Best Wishes
Byron

Oh thank you Byron. The strike has been very stressful and I am not sure it will be over in September. I've been able to pick up some temp work elsewhere to help pay the bills, but I don't think an air conditioner is on the tables just yet...and it looks like it is going to be very hot the next few days!

Did you go and see the fireworks on Saturday? We were thinking of it, but didn't get it together to go. We might try on Wednesday.
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Message 1549157 - Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 19:54:21 UTC

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Message 1549194 - Posted: 28 Jul 2014, 21:24:02 UTC - in response to Message 1549119.  

No rain here today. Its very hot. I made some iced coffee to drink in the garden and took a picture of my "vegetable patch". If anyone can tell me what I have growing there I'd be curious. I'm really a city girl and I do not have a clue. This is the first garden I've ever had.


Hi Es,

I'm not sure? But it looks like a good spot for your "vegetable patch" :)

sorry off topic for a moment

Hi Es I hope you were able to get that air Conditioner you wanted ??? I know you teachers are on Strike here in British Columbia so Money for you is most likely in short supply.

BTW --- I support your teachers Strike here in British Columbia :)

anyway it's Hot

Mon. Afternoon
Sunny

26°C
Feels like 30
P.O.P: 0%
Wind S 5 km/h
Wind gust -
Humidity 57%

Best Wishes
Byron

Oh thank you Byron. The strike has been very stressful and I am not sure it will be over in September. I've been able to pick up some temp work elsewhere to help pay the bills, but I don't think an air conditioner is on the tables just yet...and it looks like it is going to be very hot the next few days!

Did you go and see the fireworks on Saturday? We were thinking of it, but didn't get it together to go. We might try on Wednesday.

sorry off topic for a moment

Hi Es,

no I'm sorry ... didn't chance to get down to English Bay :(

But a 10 min walk East will bring me 37 th and Knight Road and the huge Kensington Park and Community Center.

from there you get a Great view of Downtown Vancouver :)

or a 20 min walk west will get me to Queen Elizabeth Park

also from there you get a Great view of Downtown Vancouver :)



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Message 1549288 - Posted: 29 Jul 2014, 3:29:31 UTC - in response to Message 1549098.  


Something like this is what I have in mind. The heat has burned the garden out for the summer so I am not going to show you a current picture.


Southern or Northern Arizona?

Kind of half way - Phoenix area.


To me that would be Southern, mostly.

I am definitely northern though.

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Message 1549309 - Posted: 29 Jul 2014, 4:47:53 UTC

Old business, from the previous thread:

I just finished reading the latest Stephanie Plum novel from Janet Evanovich, Top Secret Twenty One. The comedy relief thread in this book was a bunch of feral chihuahuas. One of the characters Stephanie captured was taking care of them and would only agree to be taken in if she would take care of them for her. She agreed, then got someone else to do it, and by the end of the book he had managed to adopt out most of them. (I'm sure it wasn't all that realistic, but it was somewhat funny.)

If you don't know the Stephanie Plum series, her boyfriend has a BIG yellow dog named Bob that is constantly causing trouble, usually by eating things and often horking them up again. Stephanie herself has a hamster named Rex that lives in a soup can in an aquarium on her kitchen counter. A toaster does not live on the counter, but she keeps her gun in the cookie jar.
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Message 1549985 - Posted: 30 Jul 2014, 17:26:32 UTC

Snif! Everybody has raccoon kits this year but me!!!

Suzie Q has babies and Scarecrow and Kris recently told me that one of their raccoon visitors, Early, needs to be renamed Earline because she now visits them with four babies in tow. I'll bet Sci-Man Steve has captured raccoon babies on his wildlife camera.

I saw one of the Interrogatives last night. Not sure if it was Who, What, When, Where or Why. From his size I can tell he is one of last year's litter. Must be a boy. Rats!
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Message 1550011 - Posted: 30 Jul 2014, 17:44:46 UTC - in response to Message 1549985.  

Snif! Everybody has raccoon kits this year but me!!!

Suzie Q has babies and Scarecrow and Kris recently told me that one of their raccoon visitors, Early, needs to be renamed Earline because she now visits them with four babies in tow. I'll bet Sci-Man Steve has captured raccoon babies on his wildlife camera.

I saw one of the Interrogatives last night. Not sure if it was Who, What, When, Where or Why. From his size I can tell he is one of last year's litter. Must be a boy. Rats!

I reckon the raccoon legend of the Hotel Korpela and it's fine buffets shall continue to live on and you'll have another round of kits one day...maybe next season.
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Message 1550031 - Posted: 30 Jul 2014, 18:28:37 UTC

When I got home at the unholy hour of 4:30 this morning, my headlights picked out a skunk hightailing it out of my yard, although I think it lurked behind the shed of the people behind me and one over. And my porch light nicely illuminated a single baby possum, who seemed undecided about where to go and what to do after my sudden arrival. I don't know where he disappeared to.
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