Gardening/Maintenance Thread

Postby **LITT** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:49 am

Excellent. Thanks. We didn’t get a chance to plant the roots this fall unfortunately so this will be a lost-ish year

Postby **mac5155** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:50 am

Anyone grow their own tea? Thinking about trying that out this year.
I'm going to take a shot at growing my own hops this year. Not the same, but we'll see how it goes.
Gonna make your own brew?
I've already done that, buying ingredients in a kit. I doubt I'll ever purchase/grow all the raw ingredients myself, but by growing my own hops I can play around with different flavors.

There seems to be a lot of potential money in owning a medium to large scale hops farm.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:56 am

Anyone grow their own tea? Thinking about trying that out this year.
I'm going to take a shot at growing my own hops this year. Not the same, but we'll see how it goes.
Gonna make your own brew?
I've already done that, buying ingredients in a kit. I doubt I'll ever purchase/grow all the raw ingredients myself, but by growing my own hops I can play around with different flavors.
There seems to be a lot of potential money in owning a medium to large scale hops farm.

You lost me at farm. I have around 1/3 acre total land. My garden is maybe 700 square feet.

Maybe someday...

Postby **Silentom** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:05 pm

Putting hops under your pillow is supposed to help you sleep, too.

Postby **LITT** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:06 pm

I'm going to take a shot at growing my own hops this year. Not the same, but we'll see how it goes.
Gonna make your own brew?
I've already done that, buying ingredients in a kit. I doubt I'll ever purchase/grow all the raw ingredients myself, but by growing my own hops I can play around with different flavors.
There seems to be a lot of potential money in owning a medium to large scale hops farm.
You lost me at farm. I have around 1/3 acre total land. My garden is maybe 700 square feet.

Maybe someday...

its all about branding - small scale, artisanal hops

Postby **blackjack68** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:27 pm

There is a tremendous demand for hops from micro-brews and DIY brewers that is not being met by local growers.

Most brewers are looking for pelletized hops vs. wet hops, so anyone looking to get into the hops game would need to to source pelletizing.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:55 am

This weather has been so whacky lately that I've already got flowers starting to sprout from the ground (tulips and some other flower I don't remember the name of).

Postby **LITT** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:17 am

throw down some mulch

Postby **Silentom** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:22 am

Probable daffodils.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:25 am

Probable daffodils.

Definitely not these. We have a group of them in a random spot by our neighbor's fence (squirrel probably buried them there initially), and they haven't popped yet. The ones in our garden are definitely flowers that we planted, given that they're all in a straight line. I wish I wrote down everything that we planted so that we could keep track of things. There's one flower that is beautiful when it blooms, but lays down these crazy spiked pods, and grows like a week, taking over everything nearby. I think I got it all last year.

Postby **willeyeam** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:35 am

this happened last year about this exact time.. my hostas started to bloom, froze in March and never really made it back. Hoping that doesn't happen again, as much as I enjoy the warm weather right now

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:38 am

you are bad at hostas and your bad at floodlights

time to revisit homeownership, ulf

Postby **LITT** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:55 am

probably some type of lily?

Postby **Silentom** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:55 am

this happened last year about this exact time.. my hostas started to bloom, froze in March and never really made it back. Hoping that doesn't happen again, as much as I enjoy the warm weather right now

(•_•)
Sounds like the weather...

( •_•)>⌐■-■
Held them hostage.

(⌐■_■),
YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Postby **willeyeam** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:56 am

well done

Postby **willeyeam** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:57 am

you are bad at hostas and your bad at floodlights

time to revisit homeownership, ulf

you're bad at grammar, time to revisit 5af posting

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:00 am

I own and embrace my bad 5af grammar

Postby **willeyeam** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:01 am

Postby **blackjack68** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:00 am

this happened last year about this exact time.. my hostas started to bloom, froze in March and never really made it back. Hoping that doesn't happen again, as much as I enjoy the warm weather right now
(•_•)
Sounds like the weather...

( •_•)>⌐■-■
Held them hostage.

(⌐■_■),
YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Did you say "Hosta La Vista" when they died?

But seriously, those things are usually unkillable. Nice work.

They are edible and a member of the asparagus family. So, if you get hungry, there ya go.

Postby **LITT** » Wed Feb 21, 2018 7:27 am

had my first foxglove seeds sprout yesterday

Postby **LITT** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:11 am

Does anyone use the Scott’s 4 step for lawn care

Postby **bhflyhigh** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:21 pm

We moved last summer from a row home with basically no yard to a single family with about 1/3 Acre mostly all grass.
I know basically nothing about maintaining a nice lawn. Anyone have any good resources to read? In our neighborhood some people have lawns where all the grass is the same shade of green and looks beautiful. Ours does not look like that. I don't know what is involved in getting a lawn to that point or if it's even worth it.

Postby **NTP66** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:28 pm

Pennington's guide is worth a read. I'm not sure why, but they left out the whole topic of lime and put it in a separate article.

I don't know where you are, but in the NE, I've had much better success with Pennington grass seed [Pennsylvania Mix] as opposed to Scott's, and would recommend it in a heartbeat. And, IMO, it's always worth getting involved with your lawn. It doesn't take a lot of effort to revive most lawns, unless yours is in seriously poor shape.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:36 pm

Perhaps off tangent, perhaps not - but how does one deal with roots that are coming up from trees? It seems my grass is really thinning out, and every year my lawn mower takes a beating because I keep riding over more and more roots. I do live on a slope, so is water runoff part of the culprit?

My mom has the same issue at her house, and we never were able to figure it out. Is it too much shade?

Postby **Willie Kool** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 1:32 pm

Perhaps off tangent, perhaps not - but how does one deal with roots that are coming up from trees? It seems my grass is really thinning out, and every year my lawn mower takes a beating because I keep riding over more and more roots. I do live on a slope, so is water runoff part of the culprit?

My mom has the same issue at her house, and we never were able to figure it out. Is it too much shade?

What kind of trees? Maples?