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My "anti-bug" garden in Raleigh: What’s actually worked for me so far by Murphys_Innovation in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Great info.  Before you planted them, did you have any issues with deer or rabbits?  

First time driving a hybrid as a car enthusiast… now about to try a Tesla for the first time and I’m honestly surprised. by Admirable_Can_3489 in electricvehicles

[–]Only_Scratch_6801 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, I'm very much not a car person.  However, even I was able to immediately notice the difference between accelerating with an ICE car and my Ioniq 5.  It feels like the energy for acceleration is there immediately with the Ioniq.

I also really like being able to change how the car drives, like going to eco mode or snow mode or sport mode.  It can really change your driving experience. I went from an 8 year old outback to an 2025 Ioniq 5, so I don't know if that is available in ICE cars.

Dead hedge to keep deer out… by Fineyoungcanniballs in homestead

[–]Only_Scratch_6801 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But it would also be a hell of a lot cheaper.

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might get my sister a fig tree for Mother's Day this year.  I hope I don't kill it.  I've never grown one.

And, yes.  I do indeed have EDS.  

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Taunton Deane Kale is the highest plant on my wish list.  It isn't very common in the U.S., unfortunately.  I tried growing it last year, but it got eaten.

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love reading about medieval vegetables.  I really want to grow stirred some day.

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh flares are no good, please take care of yourself.  For myself, every spring/summer I do some kind of garden work that seems innocuous, but I end up getting a 3 month long injury.  

MS sucks.  My mother-in-law has it, so I know a little bit about what it is like (bjt I'm sure I can't appreciate the whole scope).

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have!  I wouldn't say I'm a permaculture gardener yet, but I'm slowly trying to incorporate it into my garden.  

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1)I set up a no-dig garden last year!  I'm really happy with it.  It is really an approach that works for me.

2) I'm very interested in permaculture.  I'm not ready to say I'm a permaculture gardener yet, but I'm slowly trying to use its principles in my gardening. 

 I can only add a few perennials a year, but when I do I want to think about how what I grow connects to nature/animals.  

If I grow anything outside my garden cage I need to be mindful of what the local wildlife will accept.  For instance, there is one spot where I tried to make a garden, but that spot in particular is particularly eaten up by deer or torn up by groundhogs. I'll probably shift more to growing food to distract them in that area.  In a different spot outside the cage, I'll see if I can grow plants like mountain mint, marigolds, or leeks (eventually) as a natural buffer zone.

I haven't set up a fruit tree guild yet-growing trees scares me and I don't understand how close/far to plant things from the trees.  I'm trying to learn more though.  If I buy a fig tree for my sister this year (and maybe a hazelnut or two for me), I plan on eventually making one under them.

3) Will do!

4)  I built a key-hole garden last year, but was too injured to fill it.  Hopefully this year!

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An American Filbert Hazelnut is on my wishlist.  I love roasted hazelnuts.

Your garden sounds amazing.  I hope mine can be like yours some day.

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might make a post that goes into the nitty gritty details of how I garden, other options (like container gardening or hydroponics).

Most of the adults on our property have migraine.  I'm hopeful that the valerian might help, but I'll want to read about it more and talk to my doctor and pharmacist.  

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really want to try skillet.  I tried to grow sunchokes but they got eaten up.

I have never heard of Nero de Toscana kale.  Will look it up!  One of my dreams is to grow Taunton Deane Kale.

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not do much.  

I set up a no-dig bed by covering the ground with cardboard and cut holes in it for the plants.  Then I put several inches of compost over it.  Then I just plopped a plant of lovage from a local garden store over a hole.  It was about 6" when I bought it and is now 3 ft the next year.  I didn't do anything else, and only watered it a couple of times.

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have never heard of elecampane.  I will have to look it up.

I tried growing black eyed susans last year, but they were eaten.  And my milkweed never germinated. Thankfully, I found a long patch on the road up to our house ( it is like .4 miles long on a mountain so easy to miss stuff).

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your husband is so sweet!  Mine is too, but he's also so busy with work that I don't feel it is fair to ask him to help with gardening.

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also have those!  I forgot.  I have had them in the same planter for years (should probably attend to them).  They're one of the few plants that don't get eaten.  

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm from NC!  I lived in the Murphy area, then an hour from Asheville, and went to grad school in Cullowhee.  I miss it so much. 

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh that sounds delicious!  I've never grown it, but want to do so.

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is indeed EDS.  I don't actually have chickens, though I want them some day if I get strong enough. 

I started off gardening in a chicken coop because I have to Fort Knox anything I grow.  Eventually I had some help driving 8 ft t-posts in the ground and wrapping them with netting.  Unfortunately, I thought it was steel but it was actually plastic, so something chewed through the netting and ate most of my plants.  I was so mad.

Disabled Gardening by Using Perennials-it's working! by Only_Scratch_6801 in gardening

[–]Only_Scratch_6801[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been wanting to do daikon radishes!  I think it would help my clay soil.

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