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Jan Flora 18-06-2003 06:42 AM
Fertilizer & Tomatoes in Pots question
 
In article , Pat Meadows
wrote:

On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 03:32:59 GMT, Repeating Decimal
wrote:

in article , Jan Flora at
wrote on 6/16/03 5:40 PM:

Honey, I live on 400 acres with the most awesome, deep topsoil you've ever
seen. My domestic water source is a 7 acre lake that's 40 feet deep. And
Alaska just doesn't have most of the bugs and diseases that ya'll enjoy.
I'm not going hydro, but thanks : )

I would appreciate you sending me an acre or two of your land and a small
portion of your lake as well. How much would that cost me?


I'll take some of it too....

Pat (who has a bit less than 1/2 acre to work with)

This may sound like whining, but sometimes I wish I only had a 1/2 acre or an
acre. The yard here is a weedy blank, except for a couple of native spruce trees
and a birch. It's overwhelming to look at a huge yard and decide what
trees to plant
and where; what bushes; how many peonies I can get away with buying before Chris
screams about what they cost [they thrive up here]; and stuff like that,
before I even
*start* building beds and doing naturalized spring bulbs. I'm into edible
landscaping,
which is a hoot. (One of my Master Gardening teachers in Calif. was Robt.
Kourick,
who wrote the Edible Landscaping book that didn't sell as well as Rosiland
Creasy's.)

I've been instructed to respect the normal bulldozer paths to plow snow in
the winter;
the path to the fuel oil tank behind the house; the path into the [10
acre] horse pasture
next to the Cowboy Cabin, the driveway circle that's big enough to get our
log truck
and belly dump in and out of without backing up [much], etc. *ack!*

When one of my really organized [read: anal retentive with creative
talent] friends
comes over, I grab a legal pad and ask them to tell me what they would do.
Man, I've
gotten some *great* ideas like that! They look right past clutter, weeds, dead
snowmachines, and the radial arm saw in the yard because we're still
building and
tell me what to do and where. *big grin* (I've done the same inside the
house.)

Jan

Jan Flora 18-06-2003 06:42 AM
Fertilizer & Tomatoes in Pots question
 
In article , Frogleg
wrote:

On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:25:09 -0800, (Jan Flora)
wrote:
[...]

a later post -- What's the problem with 5-gallon paint buckets?
They're not exactly in a class with a urinal planted with marigolds on
the front lawn. You could spray them black or green or terra-cotta to
make less conspicuous, I suppose.

It's just a personal preference. I don't like kitchens that are painted orange
either, but some people love them.

5-gallon buckets are for carrying horse tack, grain, axle grease, water,
my horse shoeing tools, but in my camp, we don't use them for planters.
I use a bucket for a chair, while sitting around a campfire all the time : )

Jan

Pat Meadows 18-06-2003 02:20 PM
Fertilizer & Tomatoes in Pots question
 
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 21:29:58 -0800, (Jan
Flora) wrote:


I'll take some of it too....

Pat (who has a bit less than 1/2 acre to work with)

This may sound like whining, but sometimes I wish I only had a 1/2 acre or an
acre. The yard here is a weedy blank, except for a couple of native spruce trees
and a birch. It's overwhelming to look at a huge yard and decide what
trees to plant
and where; what bushes; how many peonies I can get away with buying before Chris
screams about what they cost [they thrive up here]; and stuff like that,
before I even
*start* building beds and doing naturalized spring bulbs.

I know what you mean: it took me two years of living here
to plan out the 'landscaping' . Two whole years...just to
know where I wanted to put various things. It just didn't
'click' in my head until then. Now it has. :) Now it's
just a matter of doing it all.

I'm into edible
landscaping,
which is a hoot. (One of my Master Gardening teachers in Calif. was Robt.
Kourick,
who wrote the Edible Landscaping book that didn't sell as well as Rosiland
Creasy's.)

We are also doing edible landscaping. This year, we've
planted:

blueberries - foundation plantings
raspberries
blackberries
gooseberries
rhubarb
jostaberry

Next year, I hope to start some espaliered fruit trees, and
build a 3-tiered strawberry planter.

Plus we're building a hoophouse this year, and the veggie
garden is getting raised beds. If we can get it all done.

I've been instructed to respect the normal bulldozer paths to plow snow in
the winter;
the path to the fuel oil tank behind the house; the path into the [10
acre] horse pasture
next to the Cowboy Cabin, the driveway circle that's big enough to get our
log truck
and belly dump in and out of without backing up [much], etc. *ack!*


We have similar restrictions, they're annoying. But we're
*slowly* getting there, I'm sure you will too!

Pat

Glenna Rose 23-06-2003 11:56 PM
Fertilizer & Tomatoes in Pots question
 
writes:

When one of my really organized [read: anal retentive with creative
talent] friends
comes over, I grab a legal pad and ask them to tell me what they would do.
Man, I've
gotten some *great* ideas like that! They look right past clutter, weeds,
dead
snowmachines, and the radial arm saw in the yard because we're still
building and
tell me what to do and where. *big grin* (I've done the same inside the
house.)

What a great idea, Jan! There are some people who have visited my yard
that could have used that diversion. g Among other things, I have left
low branches on various fruit trees so my granddaughters (2 and 4) can
pick their own fruit and was told, quite curtly in front of many other
guests, that I "should keep those branches cut so they don't interfere
with mowing." I guess I should giver her credit for noticing that I mowed
(or maybe she planned to do all my future mowing). LOL

I also have a huge fennel plant that I've left there for three years that
I am often told is "overgrown and should be pulled." Again, it is there
for the little girls because they love it so.

Isn't it great we are all different?! If we all liked the same things and
did things the same way, it'd sure be a boring world.

Glenna


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