Growing a Garden?

[IronsightsRifleman]

I grow herbs mostly, parsley, basil, rosemary. Also saffron. Zucchini is very easy.

[Walles]

I recently started gardening, but this year my garden is already looking much better. I planted a lot of berry bushes last fall and this year I planted some new trees. I read a lot of information on the Internet about which method of growing fruit and berry plants is best for the climate in my area and decided to choose growing the plant outdoors in pots. I know that in this case, my plants in the garden require more frequent fertilization in order to give me a good harvest. I found on this site

[sbo80]

pests are the hardest to deal with for new gardeners since you won't really know what's a "problem" for your area, until you just try it and figure it out. Snails/slugs are bad here. And all kinds of things, ground squirrels mostly I think, steal my tomatoes as soon as they start to ripen. I've considered buying a trail cam to figure it out. Maybe gonna have to net them this year.
I absolutely HATE neem oil - it smells awful. Even days later I can smell it from 15 feet away as soon as I go out my back door.

[Henry Shooter]

pests are the hardest to deal with for new gardeners since you won't really know what's a "problem" for your area, until you just try it and figure it out. Snails/slugs are bad here. And all kinds of things, ground squirrels mostly I think, steal my tomatoes as soon as they start to ripen. I've considered buying a trail cam to figure it out. Maybe gonna have to net them this year.
I absolutely HATE neem oil - it smells awful. Even days later I can smell it from 15 feet away as soon as I go out my back door.

BT for bugs
Squirrelanator and pellet gun for squirrels

[TimRB]

Zucchini is very easy.

Years ago when my wife and I planted our first garden we put in about a half dozen zucchini plants. Word to the wise--don't do this.

One or two is plenty.

Just put my tomatoes in the ground this morning--a little late, but they'll be okay.

Tim

[Flying Sig]

For pest control I use Copenhagen snuff. Make a tea with it, strain it, and put in a spray bottle. Spray it on the leaves. Keeps all the leaf eaters off the plants

[furyous68]

I have a big yard and am starting to plan a decent sized garden, but I have a huge MOLE problem. I've smoked them, hosed them, supersonic noised them and they still come around.

Does anyone else have this problem? Am I going to have to have an above ground garden?

No moles, but we have gophers. I've tried smoking them, gassing them, sonic devices, firecrackers, Gopher Hawks, and playing Carlos Hathcock with an air rifle. We use livestock watering bins as above-ground planters, and some larger planters I built w/ a PT wood frame & corrugated steel sides & bottoms. No gophers in the planters. We built gopher nets using 1" hardware cloth for anything planted in-ground. Lost a few trees before we started using those.

Just built a green house for the wife, so she's running full steam this year. Another yer or two & I hope our fruit trees will start producing. They're still a little too small. The lemon & orange trees are producing a little, but can't wait for my cherry, apple, plumb, peach, & avacado trees to start producing. Going to try my hand at beekeeping, too. That should really help pollination.

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