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I'm starting a small fruit orchard and vegetable garden. The land is just about prepared and waiting for spring. I've already ordered 2 apple, 2 peach, 2 cherry, 2 apricot, and 2 plum trees.
I also plan to grow watermelons, musk melons, strawberries, tomatoes, sweet peppers, green beans, and, well, a little bit of everything. I also grow roses, just because they look nice and smell nice. My favorite rose is "Just Joey."
Anyone recommend a reliable website for ordering heirloom seeds?
I love growing vegg'ls.
So far just the basics but next this winter I'm putting up a greenhouse for hothouse tomatoes, and a trellis for grapes and hops.
I like roses too, as long as they are mold-resistant. So very few hybrid teas make the cut!
I buy heirloom seeds at farmers supplys. We have Agway in town and they carry a bunch. Check out the pretty striped tomatoes, I think called 'brandywine'.
I've heard a lot of good things about Brandywine tomatoes. They were developed by the Amish. I'm thinking about trying some Amish watermelons too.
Heck, the Amish HAVE to depend on the food they grow to be good, so I don't think I can go wrong with their seeds.
I have corn.. alot of corn.. 2 Night Blooming Jasmines (they smell so good).. 1 Orange, 1 ruby red grapefruit and a small patch of 'ugly tomatoes'
Well, since I have a sweet closet and I got really bored, so I decided I was going to grow some peppers and some strawberries indoors. I went out and picked up some scotts seed starting potting soil, some mild jalapenos, some hot jalapenos, and some long red cayennes from the feed store. I ordered some of the alpine strawberries from some seed bank and I ordered these sweet purple peppers Peruvian Purple Chile Pepper. It says they're good as a decorative house plant so I figure it will fluorish under a shitload of CFLs. Speaking of which I bought 4 100 watt replacement (23 watts) cfls from home depot. I got 4 for 9.89 6400 total lumens. I have three on a pot with some seeds in it now, the rest I'm germinating in some paper towels in baggies behind my fridge where its warm. Peppers need like 80 degrees to pop. I'll post pics sometime.
Check out these fuckers: First one is the peruvian purple chile i ordered :dance: second is
Czechoslovakian Black Chile Pepper
i'm just getting into roses, my brother has emphysema and has gone from rose society to no gardening. i'm taking his bushes over, to help him stay up and at em'. lots of old garden, a few hybrid teas...Quote:
Originally Posted by stinkyattic
strawberries are fun...
love, kp:p
I'm a gardenin' fool, outside from sunup to sundown. I grow all kinds of flowers and veggies. I have berries, grapes, fruit trees, I love all kinds of perennials especially rare and unusual ones and trade plants and seeds with people from all over the world. CityBoy, Just Joey has the most fabulous fragrance and color--I bought it after I heard Anne Lovejoy recommend it highly. For no-fuss roses, check out Heirloom Roses in St. Paul Oregon http://www.heirloomroses.com. They grow own root roses which are really hardy. I got a gift certificate for my BD from the kids/grandkids so I just got 5 new roses from them for my garden.
I'm currently on a kick of collecting plants with deep maroon or almost black blossoms. So far I've found Gladiolus, Chrysanthemum, Hollyhock, Pansy, Tulip, and Poppy this color... They look AWESOME.
Anathema, those pepper blossoms are beautiful.
Stinky, there are some wonderful dahlias with those dark blooms. Also, don't overlook some of the wonderful foliage plants with nearly black leaves. They look great paired with plants with golden or chartreuse foliage for eye-catching contrast.
Yup, there's a Japanese ornamental grass clump in that garden with nice dark blades and a very dark red Japanese maple. And some ferns for variety... all together it looks pretty cool... now if I could only change the [ugly] color of my house!!