Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Hi..I envy anyone that is growing their own veggies. THat is a desire when I am able to sell my business and retire. I have a friend that grows some and shares, and it is such a joy to receive them. We eat some form of green every night, whether it be collards, kale, mustard, etc. and a certain time of year, I travel a bit to find a farmer that grows them organically and buy them. They are so big and tasty. I grow a beautiful garden of flowering flowers, but just don't have the time to fit in for veggies, but that shall come. Flowers, after awhile tend for themselves. I tend to them once a week when I am home. I buy some from Farmer's market, and the health food store has great organic veggies.. Di Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 I travel at times where I am gone 2-3 days at a time. Really, I just don't have the time right now for anything. Only day I have is Sunday, and there is so much to do at the house.It took me 4 hours last time I was outside with my flower garden, cannot put any more on myself at this time. That is a vow I took when I got off blood pressure meds. Take the stress off myself, if I can. I am off 4 days now, and it is a blessing.. Just enjoying every free moment I have. It is such a joy not to be at work.. Di Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 At 09:08 AM 7/1/2005 -0400, you wrote: >Hi.. >I envy anyone that is growing their own veggies. THat is a desire when I >am able to sell my business and retire. why do you have to wait ..prepare and plant on weekends water in the evening,we've always had a garden and not retired Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 >I grow a beautiful garden of flowering flowers, but just don't have the >time >to fit in for veggies, but that shall come. Flowers, after awhile tend for >themselves. I tend to them once a week when I am home. hi Di - have you considered edible flowers? as far as i can see, nasturtiums and other flowers aren't on the glycemic index site, but i've seen a few mentions of edible flowers on other low-carb areas. the other mailfolk here can probably debunk that or not ~risa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 I used to have a garden. If you have even a little space, try growing mixed greens. Oh, man - they are the best. You can plant them out when it's still chilly and get a lot of use out of them. About a month after the first ones were planted, do another row, so it's up and running when you use up the first row. So good! I also just adore fresh-from-the-garden spinach, swiss chard, and Brussels sprouts. ie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 --- Teddyberen@... wrote: > ...just don't have the time > to fit in for veggies, but that shall come.... Hi Di! No reason you couldn't tuck a cherry tomato plant in amongst your flowers - they are attractive, easy-care, and bear like crazy. <G> Also lettuce/mesclun mixes in the cooler times of year will not take up much space and are also easy-care. I have a patty pan squash plant, which is a summer squash but more bush-like than the vine-like zucchini, in the herb garden with a cherry tomato plant. I can come up with more, but I'm supposed to be working (shhhhh...). <G> B. also a Master Gardener in real life :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Actually, a small vegetable garden can be put together with very little time and quite painlessly. Plus, if you do it right, there'll be very little work once it is in. Let's face it -- the most time consuming aspect of having a vegetable garden is watering. The setup is an afternoon -- till the soil, assemble your raised beds, whatever, then sow the seeds or transplant the seedlings. The watering though, that can take a while. The solution? Soaker hose. If you put your beds/rows together properly, you will have a measure of distance between plants. Along this you lay soaker hose with little stakes to keep it in place. The object is to put it as near to the seedlings as possible. Then you cover this with a light layer of mulch. Watering just became a breeze -- you simply go outside and turn on the faucet, walk away and do whatever, for XX number of minutes, then return to turn the water off. If you go out of town, you can almost certainly get a neighbor to pop over in the morning every other day to turn on the faucet for 15-20 minutes then turn it back off. The mulch is an important part of this equation though, so don't skip it. The benefit of the soaker hose, besides making it easy watering, is that it delivers the water directly to roots. That means less evaporation and less water getting on foliage (a bad thing as it would be conducive to disease). BUT, if you don't cover the hose with mulch, it will spray up as well as down and that defeats the purpose. Pest control is simple and doesn't take much time -- just pick hornworms off tomato plants and spray foliage with Neem (or a homemade organic pest control liquid). You're probably looking at as much as an hour or two a week if that -- great way to just piddle about the garden and let your mind drift. Of course, a lot of folks still won't want to be bothered by this much, BUT, there are a few quick and easy tips to help lighten the load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 --- Noctaire wrote: > Actually, a small vegetable garden can be put > together with very little time > and quite painlessly. Plus, if you do it > right, there'll be very little > work once it is in. ... > > The solution? Soaker hose.... There are also battery-operated timers for your watering system, that you just attached to your faucet. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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