I have a number of little bundles of ten, slightly and lovingly used metal stick-in-the-ground-and wait-for-the-lettering-to-fade plant tags for half a dozen folks that would like them. Free,if you don't criticize my messy garden, outrageously expensive if you do. D-mail if interested so I'll be sure to come out of hibernation.
PS. Hostajim's place is really cool. Thanks for posting the pics.
Edited to say they are all gone
This message was edited Apr 29, 2008 9:20 AM
I love these markers, I have a whole box of them somewhere in my garage. Of course when I go to finally put them out I can't find them.
Rather than write on them directly I print on a weather proof label with a laser printer. I put a label on the front and back of the metal tag. Did this 2 winters ago and labels still look brand new. Even when the front finally wears off, the back should last longer.
So, what are you replacing the labels with?
JB, that's a good idea. Front and back labels. One of those "why didn't I think of that" situations.
Susy, they aren't being replaced. Some time ago I bought a hundred or more when I was growing, rather, trying to grow, a multitude of poppy varieties and bunches of NARGS seeds. Old age, creeping senility, the sorry state of the union and perhaps even a small bit of common sense tells me that it is time to think about cutting back on quantity and start thinking of quality, and a vegetable garden.
Happy gardening
Common sense-and gardening? Say it ain't so! (And I was envisioning custom stained glass ones....)
I'm having my own moment of creeping senility-what does NARGS stand for?
Quality and vegetable garden sounds like a good combination...
NARGS---- Equals = North American Rock Garden Society. A really cool organization, one in which our own esteemed Todd Boland is a frequent contributor. They have an annual seed exchange that includes over 4,000 varietys, quarterly publications and an organization well worth looking into.
Well perhaps the 'common sense' part was a little bit of fantasy, maybe even something of an oxymoron, a male menopausal outburst ? This Fall will tell if any of it happened. (stained glass is a constant)
edited @ 2:45 Just came in from planting snap peas, carrots, corn, beans and squash amongst the rhubarb, leeks and onions, and of course all of the shrubs, bulbs annuals and perennials. There is still hope that the tomatoes in front will get hot enough-long enough to ripen.May get a fig or two, and the pie cherry looks like it may have enough for a small pie. No place yet for potatoes. Ain't gardening fun.................
This message was edited May 1, 2008 2:50 PM
Balvenie - if you are pressed for space, you can grow potatoes in a large trash can. The can just needs holes in the bottom for drainage. I have done this in the past with success. Harvesting is easy - tip the can over, so no digging.
No fancy soil - in fact you can grow them in layers of leaves/compost.
There was an article about growing in leaves it in a recent DG newsletter. I will access & post the link for you.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/435/
make sure you scroll down to the bottom for posts to her article.
This message was edited May 1, 2008 5:56 PM
Wow Katye, a tub'a spuds sounds like a real opportunity. I just happen to have a spare garbage can available, and the co-op down the road has straw bales. Looks like that bunch of fingerling's will get a new start on life. Thank you for the tip.
I grow taters every year - they are so good fresh - but, that's true for all vegies, isn't it?
When they sprout new growth, you cover it, forcing the tuber to grow vertically.
When they reach the top of the container, let them go.
When they finish flowering, they are ready to harvest.
Of course - you can harvest earlier, but many of the tubers will be on the very small side.
I save some of the tiny guys for planting the following year. Or, if I have planted early enough, I will start a 2nd crop.
I think it is worth it to try at least once, especially if you don't have the space to devote to growing them in a bed.
Hope it works out for you!
K
Tub a spuds. I want to do it just so I can say that all summer. Kate, might that be a good way to get sweet potatoes nice and hot?
My tub of spuds LOL
This was taken last year
NARGS, ok, that makes sense-thanks!
Lol, Tils, that really is a tub a spuds....
Ok, I think I'm missing something on the tub-a-spuds thing in a trash can. Do you mean the usual round garbage can, 32gal or whatever?
I think it can be whatever, I've seen tires used as well. You add tires as the plant grows and you fill each tire with dirt, leaving a few leaves showing. You can add up to 3 tires stacked on one another.
done that too. LOL
The biggest you can find, Sue.
Wire fencing formed into a large cylinder also works, but you have to put moss or something fibrous around the interior to contain the growing medium.
One of those 45 gal totes would work to. drill holes in the bottom for drainage.
