General Discussion & Chat: Greetings all. I would like to introduce myself...., 1 by DoW_Oldman

DoW_Oldman wrote:
First my handle is the DoW-Oldman. What this stands for is Dogs Of War, and my name being Oldman. This comes from my on-line gaming. Currenty gaming Mechwarrior4 Mercs. I enjoy graphical work. I own 3 web-sites. My gaming, business, and my wife's school site. We own a commercial only carpet cleaning business, and my wife is a school teacher of 31 years currently in one school.

I live in St. Petersburg Florida. I'm a container gardener who make his own "Growth Containers." Same idea as an Earthbox but mine are much larger. In fact, I have two that are 8 feet long, 30 inches wide and 24 inches deep. The are auto filling as well as self-watering.

I'm a life-long smoker who is totally an organic gardener...now that is contrast LOL! My past gardens have been mostly vegtables. Today I'm moving into more fruits. I currently have 30 pineapple plants with 3 fruiting at the moment. A nice rosemary bush. I also have black berries, 3 types of bananas, Key lime, Mango and other fruits. I will be adding soon figs. All of these are grown in my containers. I also have a 50 year old Duncan (white) grapefruit tree in the ground along with a base orange tree (larger very sour.)

I compost and I mixed my own soiless mixture. To date I have containers that have earth worms in them. Not the red worms you purchase but just a common ground worm. Which is a statment that with the correct organic foods, and composting a soiless mixture can become alive!

I've spent the past couple of days ghosting here and I must say I'm pleased with finding this place. From what I've read it looks like we all have one thing in common....we are just people looking to have some fun growing what others kill!

Well I've said enough. Before I close should anyone here need any help in creating a growth container just yell at me. (minor@tampabay.rr.com)

In closing I leave this thread with my sig-pic! From it you will learn more about me than these words have said.
Looking forward to your postings, and Good Growing!
Olds