Spring Is Time For Planting/Gardening

[rivermom]

I LOVE spring time!! The warmer temps have started the growth of my tulips, daffodils, and other spring time bulb flowers. :40:


Then yesterday Chandra was talking about her herb garden. It has inspired me to head out tomorrow and gather all the items I need to begin my own herb container garden. I will place the containers on our deck which gives easy access to the fresh herbs.

Honestly, I don't have much of a green thumb. But I was reading up on herb container gardens and it doesn't sound too hard really.

Do any of you ladies have a garden of any sort? If so, what do you plant and grow?


I am hoping my herb garden will look as pretty as this picture I found on the internet. :p

[Chandra Amaya]

awww *blushes* I inspired someone. I feel special. :D

[DianaB]

I used to plant a really big garden when my kids were home and I canned a lot of it. Since we moved to where we are now the dirt is really tight and has a lot of clay and it's not good garden soil so my garden has to be quite a ways from the house and it's not convenient. I've asked my husband to build me some raised beds so the garden could be by the house but he won't do it so I quit gardening.

With the price of veggies I might have to give in and plant one anyway. Our fresh veggies at the store haven't been very good quality and expensive lately.

[AngieDoogles]

Wish I had a place to plant a garden, but for now we live in an apartment and we share our yard with neighbors. Ah, the joys of college life... lol

[Chandra Amaya]

Wish I had a place to plant a garden, but for now we live in an apartment and we share our yard with neighbors. Ah, the joys of college life... lol
Ang. Get some planter boxes & put them out on your deck. They work well make it look nice & are usually easy to take care of

[rivermom]

I used to plant a really big garden when my kids were home and I canned a lot of it. Since we moved to where we are now the dirt is really tight and has a lot of clay and it's not good garden soil so my garden has to be quite a ways from the house and it's not convenient. I've asked my husband to build me some raised beds so the garden could be by the house but he won't do it so I quit gardening.

With the price of veggies I might have to give in and plant one anyway. Our fresh veggies at the store haven't been very good quality and expensive lately.

What part of Kansas are you from Diana? My hubby's family lives in Wichita. I remember when we were first dating and we'd go visit his sister there. She always had a garden in her backyard. I don't think she has it anymore.

I always thought the soil was better in Kansas. Here where I am at in Arkansas, it's nothing but rocks and red dirt. Can't grow crap! :(

The only garden I have now is a flower garden in my front yard. We had to bring in nice top soil and stuff being we couldn't use the dirt we had. It too is raised like you talked about.

I can't grow a veggie garden because we have too many rabbits, deer, and other critters who like to munch a bunch.

I really enjoy my flower garden though. :rolleyes:

[AngieDoogles]

Ang. Get some planter boxes & put them out on your deck. They work well make it look nice & are usually easy to take care of

Hmm, I hadn't thought of that. I'll have to look into it. Thanks for the idea!

[rivermom]

awww *blushes* I inspired someone. I feel special. :D


Yes indeed you did and I thank you! :41:

[AngieDoogles]

Oh, and we'll be moving soon. I forgot about that till hubby just reminded me. We're hoping to have a big back yard for Marty, so I think I could spare a little room for a garden!

[Chandra Amaya]

Yes indeed you did and I thank you! :41:


yvw =) I hope you enjoy

[Gina]

Sheryl not to get off this subject, but I do love you steps. I want to redo my steps and pavers in the front of my house. Is that limestone with brick?

[rivermom]

Sheryl not to get off this subject, but I do love you steps. I want to redo my steps and pavers in the front of my house. Is that limestone with brick?


Awww Gina, those are not my steps. :o The picture you see I posted is one i found off the internet this am while researching herb gardens.

But they are pretty steps aren't they? LOL ;)

[Tink]

Oh I love gardening! I do mostly flowers, but have strawberries, raspberries, and usually do tomatoes too. I have some pics of my flower gardens from last year online at: http://parenthood.dropshots.com/Tinkersweb in case anyone would like to see them!

I have only lived here one full summer, so got started on my perrennial garden just last year. I plan to add to it a bit every year until it's a flowery yard befitting a grandma. ;)

[rivermom]

Oh I love gardening! I do mostly flowers, but have strawberries, raspberries, and usually do tomatoes too. I have some pics of my flower gardens from last year online at: http://parenthood.dropshots.com/Tinkersweb in case anyone would like to see them!

I have only lived here one full summer, so got started on my perrennial garden just last year. I plan to add to it a bit every year until it's a flowery yard befitting a grandma. ;)


Tink your pictures are beautiful!! :thumbup: We started a perrennial garden about a year after building our house. Every year we take pics and it's amazing how fast everything has grown. (on one side of our house is a long slope. Not very easy or safe to mow if grass was there, so we planted bushes and perrennials instead.)

[Tink]

Thanks Sheryl!

I agree mowing a slope is too much like work. It's also dangerous! I have an uncle who cut his big toe off when his mower rolled back over his foot. :eek:

I bet your slope looks prettier with flowers and shrubs on it anyway!

I absolutely love a casual cottage type lawn filled with plants.

[Janet]

I love gardening and working in my yard. We haven't had a garden four about 4 years now, but with watching what I eat and the prices in the grocery, I'm thinking of planting a garden this year. I always planted sweetcorn, greenbeans, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, carrotts, leaf lettuce, and green onions. I use to love going out there early of a morning, after the dew dries and weed and just do my thinking out there. I love planting flowers and have a flower bed on the south side of the house. On the north end, we planted a few evergreens that are really taking off. Now we just need to make things pretty with some chips or stone or something. Maybe that is something my son and I can start on, on spring break. Oh you guys have really gotten me in the mood.

[Mandy]

Oh i love planting pretty flowers, and nurture them, and i love water features! To sit, and listen to the sound of the running water is soooooo relaxing to me!!

[Chandra Amaya]

Oh i love planting pretty flowers, and nurture them, and i love water features! To sit, and listen to the sound of the running water is soooooo relaxing to me!!
Ohhhhh I can't wait to add a water feature. I live in an apartment now & am limited on what I can do. I love them though. They are so beautiful & very relaxing.

[Tink]

I love the look of a water feature, but comically, the practical side of me wins over and I keep wanting to go turn off the water! :o I seriously thought I would put one in our yard until I had a small tabletop one in the house and it drove me nuts! :eek:

I've already started picking up seeds for my garden this spring. I'd have to shovel snow and thaw ground to plant them yet, but I couldn't resist picking them up.

[rivermom]

A few years ago my hubby bought me this water fountain for Valentines Day. I LOVE it. Of course many of the flowers you see around it ummm, have all but died. I pretty much have to restock the pretty annuals each and every year. LOL :o

I really do enjoy the sound of the trickling water. It's very relaxing and it makes the deck seem fresher.

I just returned from getting pots, soil, and herbs to start my herb garden on the deck. They didn't have much of a choosing right now so all I got was Thyme, 2 Basil plants, and Rosemary.

I went to a nursery afterwards to seek out more herbs but they said they wont be selling them until April. So, I guess I will just hang tight to get more.

Then....I stopped by a flea market (we have tons out here) and found an old wooden bench to sit at and set my herbs on. I am placing that too on the deck.

This poor deck, I tell ya. It's getting full! LOL :D We have a table w/ 4 charis, the hot tub, plants, etc and my goal is to make it my own little oasis when I am completed.

My hubby and I spend most our time (during warmer months) on the deck. It over looks the valley and hills/river and it's relaxing to us.

[Tink]

Sheryl, your deck sounds wonderful!
I wish I could have a longer growing season here. We can't really plant outside until the very end of May or beginning of June. By Oct it's all over again.

Is that picture from your deck? If so, WOW! Nice display!

[rivermom]

Sheryl, your deck sounds wonderful!
I wish I could have a longer growing season here. We can't really plant outside until the very end of May or beginning of June. By Oct it's all over again.

Is that picture from your deck? If so, WOW! Nice display!


Yes Tink, this is on one of the corners. Thank you for your compliment. We REALLY need to clean the wood on the deck and water treat it this year. It's one of our "list of projects" to accomplish.

My parents are coming here I think in April/May and I am hoping the deck gets treated by the time of their arrival. (I'm not holding my breath though). My hubby is STILL finishing up the wrought iron gate/fence. We ran into winter so need to finish it up this spring. Oh goodness, the list goes on and on and on of "must do's". I wont even begin to tell you how I wanna replace the carpet, paint some rooms, yadda yadda yadda!!! :)

Then my hubby just came up stairs to say "Honey, don't plant those herbs now cuz it's gonna freeze again this week". Well UGH! :( It's like 70 degrees today. Freezing had long left my mind. LOL :rolleyes:

[Gina]

Awww Gina, those are not my steps. :o The picture you see I posted is one i found off the internet this am while researching herb gardens.

But they are pretty steps aren't they? LOL ;)


Yes they are LOL

[rivermom]

Well, I planted all the herbs I got today except for one of the two pots of basil. I could have sworn I got Rosemary but well I didn't....After I made the tags and went to go stick it in the ground I then realized I didn't even have the plant yet. LOL :confused: I think this spring fever is affecting my brain. :D

So, now my herb garden is itty bitty but it will be fun to watch it grow. I've still got other pots to plant yet but waiting for that nursery to stock up on their herbs.

When everyone's garden get's to blooming don't forget to post their pics! :thumbup:

[Mandy]

Awwww Sheryl, the baby herb garden is looking lovely, it'll be fun to watch it grow! Ok, ya done it now... i'll grow a little herb garden too. :D

[magnolia]

Best of luck to you Sheryl - and all you other gardeners! The only thing I seem to get to grow around my house are the boys! Oldest is close to 6 feet now with size 13 feet - he's just about through growing so I don't have to keep him in the sun as much but I DO need to keep the food flowing. The youngest is about to hit a "spurt" - requiring lots of sunshine, TONS of food - he's as tall as me now but by end of summer, I imagine my youngest "sprout" will be taller.

Can't wait to see pics of all your gardens!!! I would post pics of mine but just find some weeds and you'll know what it looks like :D