Who is gardening? It is very therapeutic!

It’s growing !!!!!!

Some of it is, anyway!!!

My russets have gone insane with growth. My little red potatoes and yukon golds haven't done anything yet, and I planted them all at the same time. I guess they just take longer. Also, I now have to figure out how to fend off squirrels because two of my seed potatoes have been dug up! For some reason, they only took them out of the middle container and left the ones on the end alone. Maybe because they had already sprouted leaves?

Gardening is a little more exciting than I thought it would be.

Zinnias are growing.
Lavender growing like a madman.
Lettuces and spinach growing nonstop.
Carrots are trying to do...something...I don't know what yet.
My basil is also very happy.
It's just those dang potatoes.

5 stars for the GLP farmers!

My garden is just about ready, been turning the soil with my pitchfork and getting the weeds out. I love my pitchfork, every farmer should have one. So much potential, looking at all that freshly turned earth, like a blank slate.

Mother's day is our frost cut off so I'm waiting until then to plant. In the meantime I walk around looking at the flower beds, so happy to see green shoots coming up from the bulbs I put in last year. Picked up 10 bags of mulch yesterday, next week I'll get a few flats of marigolds for the front bed. Marigolds are my favorite annual. Otherwise I stick to perennials because I'm old and frugal- buy them once and plant them once.

I love talking to my plants too. Glad to hear I'm not the only weirdo who does that

I’m loading up my truck with chickens and ducks to sell at the farmers market this morning. Looks like it will be a beautiful day.

I'm on year five of both first vegetable garden and first chicken coop. Until my 30s I had always lived in cities. Don't think I will go back, I like the country life.

There's a learning curve but it's SO rewarding. A way to commune with nature and get in touch with the environment with the zen of gardening

Highly recommend!!!

that is fucking AMAZING!!
its almost like a photograph!

very well done!

do you guys realize that many of the foods we grow and eat actually REQUIRE us for them to live?

they need us to plant them and help them grow to make more seeds/fruits/veggies.

you wont find them out in the wild.
its a symbiotic relationship in which we need each other to survive.

i thought it was DUCKS that ate all the insects only, leaving the plants, unlike chickens which can destroy gardens...
??

oooh i like your list there!
im kind of jealous...
there are quite a few i wish i had.

for whatever reason i have NEVER had any luck growing roses.
they get the black spot, never bloom and grow lanky as hell in full freaking sun.
i ripped mine out after five years of nothing happening and dammit, the thing grew back!
i ripped it out too (not playing THAT game anymore) and have pineapples there now.
they are very happy.

my hats off to you my friend...youve got better skills than i do.

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that actually happens to most of us.
we know that PASSION.

and when you realize how many plants you can root simply in a glass of water, you may fall in love with that and have tons of jars around your house, like me.
i try everything i can in water, just to see.

Congrats on the potato sprouts and the planning of your garden! I love gardening but I live in an apartment so I can't do as much as I'd like to. Two years ago, I did grow a few cucumber plants in a container on my bedroom window sill that grew to cover the entire 5ft X 6ft window where I couldn't see outside. I work from home and could literally sit at my desk and pull off a cuke if I got hungry. lol

I'm thinking of doing hydroponics in my closet for the basic garden stuff...looks interesting.....

I LOVE IT. HOW WONDERFUL!!!

My little yukon golds have sprouted! I thought they were a bust!

yayayayay

My lavender is wilting for some reason. I gave it some fish fertilizer today and I'm hoping that will help it.

I haven't over-watered it, and it was pretty in the pot when I bought it, but it was trying to climb right out of it's pot, so I had to put it in a bigger one. That's when it went south.

Anyone have any advice? Is it just stressed because I moved it? I thought it was a hardy plant. Why is it being so temperamental?

Coleus cuttings will root in water glasses and continue to grow without soil...be amazed.

No one is Rossville that’s for sure

Focusing on perennials. Grand solar minimum will be a problem.

Focusing on perennials. Grand solar minimum will be a problem.

Focusing on perennials. Grand solar minimum will be a problem.

I guess you use what you got.

even if you live in a large town or city.. you can enjoy gardening. Even a small one can be very productive. Very relaxing as well. Also, creating a backyard get-away (using small bushes, flowers, well placed small trees) has similar stress relieving characteristics. Improves your property. Very peaceful.

You may need to put up a tall fence around it all. We do that here in the Carolinas to keep out the deer.

Must wait a little longer in Colorado...

I'm doing the same with garlic. Then 0lanted some seeds 9f flowers butterflies will love. I love spring!

Got vegetable garden going.

Put in a raised bed this year too.

Planted 14 blueberry bushes, 2 large blackberry bushes and some raspberries.

Planting 8 more grapes.

My figs look good too.

Putting in some more herbs too.

Thinking about buying a field next door and starting a mini orchard.

Friends brother just lost this year's grape crop due to frost. He makes wine.

Cold weather and perennials.

We have lots of gardeners on GLP. I love it!

Also, my lettuce has been growing like mad. Looks like I have a ton of salad in my future!

Yes, it takes love. I think they feel love etc etc...