Garden Project 101

“This is my weeklong garden project. All left to do is re-do the hut. Ordered barn red siding with white trim...will be in in two weeks (they say)...I'll post more photos when its ALL done..I'm really enjoying sittin out there early in the morning with my coffee...
Check out my webshots page in my profile...”

“Good job, Chappy. Don't forget to hang the harvested plants upside down so the good stuff will get into the leaves:) Then again, you knew that.”

“of course I did, but thats another 101 project..”

“what on earth could you be talking about, nimbly? ~innocent grin~”

“If you want the full flavor of sweet corn, the best way is to hang the full plant (ears intact)upside down in the barn for a certain period of time. Yum-yum.”

“I heard it gives ya the muchies real bad, even for corn....”

“That's a ton of rock!”

“A ton of rock doesn't go very far. I just bought 22 of them.

Enjoy your garden Chappy. I love landscaping.”

“thanks meangreen, we enjoyin'........”

“Folks, posted more pics of the new garden....with veggies in now....”

“Lookin' good, dude.”

“Debs and I spent all day planting things: veggies, herbs, annuals, perennials....
Stop by and have a look on my webshots page (get to it on my profile page and go to "Garden Project 101"...start on page 4 about half way)
Enjoy!
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“Nice work Chappy! It really looks pretty.
Have you got your hut painted yet?”

“Sassy, the Barn Red tin for the hut will ship on the 21st. It will have white trip and look really cool when I install it. I just hate waiting for the materials..I'm ready to finish this project....meantime, I'm watching the plants grow. Also, when the hut is done then we can plant that side of the garden with those things that reside in shade....since that side will be in the shade all day....”

“How far are you from Ft. Worth?”

“I am thinking of either doing away with the veggie garden next year, or making another one. running out of land LOL

but anyway, I want to create an herb garden in a shape of a turtle

how cool would that be!!”

“so I was thinking of adding an outdoor pond. nothing big, about 35 gallons.
is Beckett a good brand?”

“They're okay. Buying all your supplies at Home Despot or Lowes?”

“I guess homedepot = credit card :)”

“plus cheaper then right to the manufacturer”

“I do not want fish. just plants”

“just dig a hole and wait for it to rain...eventually plants will grow”

“haha goofy”

“Im surround by swamp and ponds, why would I want to dig one? still, I wouldn't mind a little fountain or something.”

“I think the people that work at homedepot might be a tad brain dead!”

“treebait, do you worry about animals eating the fish? I have racoons and a bunch of stray cats. I am almost SURE they will go for it. The racoons for the most part are not swimmers, but if the pond is small enough they will catch the fish”

“Well, the smallest fish in the main pond is over 15 inches, so that reduces the list of possible predators. The little fish are under heavy cover in a 250 gallon heavily filtered bin. I just had a good talking-to with a tri-colored heron this morning. He;s much too small to be a threat to the koi, so I guess he's after the bazillion tadpoles I have in the pond and especially the filtration.”

“I am not going to have fish
just water plants
lillies”

“anyone know anything about Mosquitofish?
I was told that it would be a good idea to get since the pond will be so clase to my house”

“I don't know how well mosquitofish will overwinter in your area, but Microbe Lift makes a biological mosquito control that works really well. Just put a few drops in a bacterium in the pond every week or two, and no mosquito larvae will survive.”

“thanks!”