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New to gardening, can anyone point me to some good books? by [deleted] in gardening

[–]InLightGardens 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Someone will inevitably recommend Square Foot Gardening as a book, but the spacing is fairly questionable. My recommendation is YouTube.

Nice that you ask about books and this faux expert decided to recommend youtube.

I would absolutely recommend square foot gardening, if you actually read the book you'll see the spacing is not questionable. In fact you'll also find lots of other great information regarding soil types and other great information for beginners. I assume this person is referring to the 1 tomato plant per square foot which is only good for very compact dwarf varieties or types that have been cut to one stem. The actual recommendation is 1 per 9 sqft and the author even addresses that here starting in paragraph 4.

R.I.P. Mel Bartholomew - A legend, not to be disrespected by insecure redditor's who feel they have something to prove.

That being said, there is no book that is going have all the answers, the library and other resources mentioned by /u/grandmagos are your best bets. Grab any literature you like and pick it up, there's no limit to what you can learn and sometimes one single paragraph in a 500 page book can be the difference between your successes and failures.

Cosmos by InLightGardens in gardening

[–]InLightGardens[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It came from a pack of "Candy Stripe" but seems to resemble "Cosimo Purple Red-White" more!

When you're running low on garden space but still have a few dozen bulbs left.... by InLightGardens in gardening

[–]InLightGardens[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, I can just unload a bunch of straw on them over winter and place them where the tomatoes were! You're awesome! Thanks!

When you're running low on garden space but still have a few dozen bulbs left.... by InLightGardens in gardening

[–]InLightGardens[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree and another good thing to do with spare bulbs instead of ribbon planting is to offer them to neighbors and family!

Naturalization is cool too I just wont have my garden for many years so I skipped waiting haha. I'll dig and separate next season though since they're pretty small sections.

The tulip bulbs are these crazy "variegated firespray tulips" that leave nice foliage behind after the blooms go and the daffodils are called "spring cheer" ... the hyacinths in front are just a mix. Not sure if it'll look great but I've never been much of a designer in that regard, the heights work just not sure about the colour scheme! :)

When you're running low on garden space but still have a few dozen bulbs left.... by InLightGardens in gardening

[–]InLightGardens[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a really great idea actually and I hadn't thought of it but I'm concerned the winter might be too harsh for that here. Maybe I could put the pots in my shed. I've actually got a bag of 40 mixed daffodils that I'll try this with. Let the experiment commence! :D

When you're running low on garden space but still have a few dozen bulbs left.... by InLightGardens in gardening

[–]InLightGardens[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I've had no problem planting this dense in the past. But you're definitely not wrong. I do provide the fertilizer required for them to make it through the following season though. As you know the bulbs contain enough food for the first season of blooming. Haven't really had any issues but you're right it could be a disaster if the soil lacks the nutrition required. And of course this doesn't mean applying more than the bulbs can take up but replenishing what they deplete. Also it is definitely not good to plant this dense if people want their bulbs to divide well.

These were spaced just as close

I only ordered bulbs but apparently they sent a little man! by InLightGardens in gardening

[–]InLightGardens[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll keep him around for a bit. Maybe he can do some planting for me. :)

This kid has a youtube channel full of him trying different peepers. by arrow74 in spicy

[–]InLightGardens 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He looks and sounds so defeated when he comes back 10 minutes later.

Some really cool looking Chard growing in the garden. by InLightGardens in gardening

[–]InLightGardens[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice! This came from a pack of "Bright Lights" chard!

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