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| Sunday, June 7th, 2009 | 11:11 am
[militarychef]
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| | Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 | 3:11 pm
[gallius]
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Beans...
I was able to get my Red Burgundy beans up and producing... they look cool (purple with green flesh), but taste, not so much a bit too tough. Oh Well back to the drawing board. I ripped out the Burgundy's and replanted with four varieties: Bush: Gold Wax & Burpee Tenderpod__Pole: Emerite & Yardlong 'Dark green purple tail' (local Hawaiian varieties). Burpee Tenderpod, Emerite, and the Yardlong are up and going, no pods yet, but I'll keep everyone posted. Current Mood:  hopeful | | Friday, February 13th, 2009 | 10:31 pm
[paosparti]
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beans
I'm going to cross post this to a few different communities so I hope I don't bombard your lsit with duplicates of my silly question. I am trying to produce more and more of my own food with my garden, and I'd like to expand this year with more beans. The thing is I only know of a few varieties I'm sure I like, Lima beans, Black beans, English peas, and black-eyed peas. I am interested in trying a snap bean variety, but the thing is I rather dislike green beans, and while I would donate them to a food pantry if I did end up growing a whole mess of beans I detested I am trying to avoid this. Are there any good snap beans that don't taste anything like green beans? I really liked the colorful purple ones I've seen has anyone tried these? Thanks in advance. | | Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 | 3:18 pm
[ninsun]
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container gardening
Hi all, I live in a loft and have a very small patio. I would love to set up a gothic container garden but don't know where to begin. I need to know what will grow in small, medium and large pots. I have been looking at trying to do half flowers (black red and purple) and a half herbs for cooking and medicinal use and fruits. I would like to try and do it organically. I live in Atlanta and its 7-8 planting region depending on the map i look at. thanks for the advise! x-posted to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) gothicgardening | | Saturday, January 31st, 2009 | 5:55 pm
[sootysmudge]
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Here in Melbourne (Australia) we are suffering from a record breaking heatwave (we have had 3 days over 43 C that's 110F). We are also on severe water restrictions. Whilst we have all changed the way we garden and use water because of the drought over the past 3 or 4 years, the last few days will be the breaking point for many gardeners. Even if we could have watered our gardens, the heat and wind simply fried many plants. Here is what is left of my camellia.  Current Mood:  sad | | Saturday, October 25th, 2008 | 12:40 am
[weeefairy]
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Mossery
Today I came upon the most fascinating concept, a mossery. Me being a big fan of about every moss ive ever seen, this idea really intrigues me and I was wondering if anyone of you has ever heard of it? The definition according to a website I found is: A passing fad for moss collecting in the late 19th Century led to the establishment of mosseries in many British and American gardens. The mossery is typically constructed out of slatted wood, with a flat roof, open to the north side (maintaining shade). Samples of moss were installed in the cracks between wood slats. The whole mossery would then be regularly moistened to maintain growth. Unfortunately besides this definition I have not been able to find anything about mosseries, or about moss growing (I know you can collect moss samples, put them in a solution of beer sugar and water, and spray them on stuff to make them grow there, but how for example would you keep them growing there? I don't have a garden and moss doesn't out of its own visit my balcony unfortunately) Also I can't really envision the type of construction talked about in the description, slatted wood with a roof? according to google image slatted wood is just a bunch of planks with a little bit of room in between, at least thats how much i gather from it, I don't quite see how you could "insert" the moss in between it.. hrm. | | Saturday, October 18th, 2008 | 10:13 am
[sootysmudge]
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A work colleague was doing house extensions and needed a new home for lots of purple irises. I have just had my first flower, here it is :  Current Mood: satisfied | | Saturday, September 27th, 2008 | 8:35 pm
[paosparti]
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Curious
Are there any other goths in this com that are interested in things like homesteading or ecovillages? I thought this would be the prefect place to ask 'cause even gardening seems like its too "ungoth" for most of my friends and at least you all get that aspect of my personality, but I'm just curious if I'm totally alone when it comes to having a dream of a self-reliant, self sufficient, simple living kinda life? | | Friday, August 8th, 2008 | 7:45 pm
[sootysmudge]
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This photo really doesn't do my Dracunculus vulgaris (Dragon arum) justice, the purple is actually much richer. I was lucky enough to find this growing where l used to live, and of course, some came with me to this house.  And l don't know the name of this plant, as a kid my family always called it snake plant, luckily l was able to get some from a garden of a house a friend was renting a number of years ago.  Current Mood: accomplished | | Monday, July 21st, 2008 | 11:43 am
[chalepa_ta_kala]
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| | Sunday, May 25th, 2008 | 4:44 pm
[sagefemme11]
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Garden in danger Aphids are running amok Need ladybugs STAT! Any ideas where I can purchase ladybugs in NYC? | | Saturday, March 8th, 2008 | 11:44 pm
[redcountess]
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| | Monday, December 31st, 2007 | 4:07 pm
[spooky_sez]
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For x-mas my mum gave me six oriental lilium plants. It's my favourite flower! I love them!   They're suffering a bit in the heat (39! AHH!), I hope they don't die. Should I move them inside when it's ridiculously hot? I know they like full sun but recently they've only been getting sun til about midday then shade, but with the heat they're getting a bit sick-looking anyway. I don't want to leave them in the sun like that. | | Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 | 5:15 pm
[sootysmudge]
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What exactly is a 'lifestyle' plant?
Today l saw plants labelled as 'lifestyle plants'.. now what they REALLY meant was 'strappy and or grassy foliage, drought tolerant, low maintenance, trendy plants', but of course that's too long to put on a label, so the shorter 'lifestyle plants' was used. Current Mood: amused | | Monday, August 27th, 2007 | 7:00 pm
[fyremoon]
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Unusual plant
My father planted some seeds earlier in the year, tomato plants grew and so did bell peppers but so has this (in one pot) however we don't know what it is! We're hoping someone here will know. I'm hoping its not deadly nightshade!  | | Friday, July 20th, 2007 | 2:07 pm
[felishumanus]
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Allotments
Further too my recent post, I was wondering whether an allotment would produce too much vegetables for one person? I am due to receive some general information on local allotments in the post soon, but was worried if it is really worth it for one person. And there isn't really anyone i could share the product with regularly. | | Thursday, July 19th, 2007 | 4:06 pm
[felishumanus]
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Plant Suggestions please
My Garden is pots on a balcony. This year I have grown salda leaves, baby carrots and spring onions. I am still waiting for my crop of baby tomatoes and chillis to fruit I also haev some herb bushes and sunflowers on the go. i was wondering what I could plant now to crop later this year or early next year (like farmers do) Thanks | | Thursday, July 5th, 2007 | 7:19 pm
[txtriffidranch]
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Information, even if you don't want it.
Considering the number of requests I get from individuals that assume that carnivorous plants are nothing but floral Pied Pipers for various vermin, I imagine that other carnivore enthusiasts get the same queries. Just to pass on, I took the time to explain, with great detail, the best way to use a Nepenthes alata pitcher plant to dispatch insect pests, and feel free to share. (A very good friend of mine makes her living as a soapmaker, and the only thing more tiresome than my being asked if I've seen Little Shop of Horrors is her being asked if she's seen Fight Club.) | | Thursday, June 28th, 2007 | 5:57 pm
[txtriffidranch]
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A Pepper For Every Pot
Edible and ornamental peppers of every sort are now so common that it's hard to remember that the standard bell pepper is a variety that's only been in supermarkets for the last fifty years or so, and that a lot of varieties are still incredibly obscure. la_azteca takes great pains to remind us all of these facts, and with good reason, and she also wants to let everyone know about the "A Pepper For Every Pot" exhibition at the US Botanic Gardens in Washington, DC. Not that I'd have any interest in peppers, mind you: I just have enough jalapeno and habanero cultivars in pots about the house right now to start a hot sauce business, and I think I'm going to start growing the new "Black Pearl" cultivar this next season. Spicy fruit and black foliage: oh, I'm going to turn so many goths into horticulture junkies before the end of next year... | | Sunday, June 17th, 2007 | 5:37 pm
[sootysmudge]
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Iceberg roses
I pruned my two standard iceberg roses today, as they still had quite a few flowers left on them, l picked them and have placed them in front of my fireplace.  |
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