tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563051087162389665.post3893456419694466636..comments2023-10-08T03:36:38.925-04:00Comments on Gardening Without Skills: The GWS Laundry ListKate and Crewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11342619603185671644noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563051087162389665.post-62612625667694466802009-07-12T22:01:23.586-04:002009-07-12T22:01:23.586-04:00Hi,
I'm new to your blog. I followed you from...Hi,<br />I'm new to your blog. I followed you from somewhere and your title caught my attention. :) Feels like my life. However I am a green thumb wanna-be and I used this reference to start my container garden this year (my tomatos are going WILD!): http://www.squarefootgardening.com/index.php/The-Project/how-to-square-foot-garden.html<br />Thanks!Granolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455887094895415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563051087162389665.post-84716517268916318622009-07-11T18:25:50.278-04:002009-07-11T18:25:50.278-04:00I think you will enjoy the raised bed gardening - ...I think you will enjoy the raised bed gardening - it is easier on the back and the soil drains better. Although for us, it puts all of the good veggies at eye level for the chickens. So we had to put up a small wire mesh fence around them all (darned chickens). Good luck! I think you will love it!kimchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17447531230107485877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563051087162389665.post-70662912835447784992009-07-10T12:49:26.208-04:002009-07-10T12:49:26.208-04:00Please don't change the background color! Bla...Please don't change the background color! Black on white is too much contrast, it hurts my eyes! That's my opinion anywaysDanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045812955513045586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563051087162389665.post-86418508393504222902009-07-09T20:42:41.861-04:002009-07-09T20:42:41.861-04:00Ribbit - yeah winter is great for us here in Centr...Ribbit - yeah winter is great for us here in Central Florida - actually very late Fall is prime gardening time for us. But it's also hurricane season, so it can backfire...as I know all too well.<br /><br />Granny - When I started using Twitter I did it solely to follow news stories and such. I'm a bit of a newshound (thanks to a prior career in journalism waaaay back when) so I enjoy reading news as it happens. When I started tweeting myself I did it with the understanding that it would be public and I wouldn't write anything too personal that I'd be bothered when random people followed my tweets, which happens daily. I'm oddly addicted to Twitter and enjoy being able to add random things and read fun stories and links. I even found a shop today via Twitter that sells handmade fake beards! LOL (link in my twitter feed at the bottom of the page).<br /><br />Kelly - LOL on the fellow-background-color obsession!<br /><br />Erin - I'm always so impressed when people can do the string and the perfect squares, but I'm much too haphazzard to pull that off. I just want to build 'em, fill 'em and then see what happens from there.Kate and Crewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342619603185671644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563051087162389665.post-30400941858024177922009-07-09T11:03:27.670-04:002009-07-09T11:03:27.670-04:00Yay! you will love those beds and they will be so...Yay! you will love those beds and they will be so rewarding! That is a good book, but don't overthink it too much. The first year I used string and made my little "squares" and planted it just so...lol...it looked pretty ridiculous! The basic premise is just to plant in bunches rather than rows...you will love that the beds make your garden look tidy even when it is an overgrown mess!...oh, and carrots grow better too...not sure about you but up here carrots do horribly in the ground.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563051087162389665.post-58946133764148550752009-07-09T10:19:48.032-04:002009-07-09T10:19:48.032-04:00There are lots of good on-line recources as well, ...There are lots of good on-line recources as well, including Mel's so you don't have to rely solely on the book. Good luck with the laundry list, and you are not the only backround color obsessor!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457953816169352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563051087162389665.post-54799890431354569182009-07-09T09:56:30.300-04:002009-07-09T09:56:30.300-04:00Raised beds!!! Hooray!!! No more soggy veggies f...Raised beds!!! Hooray!!! No more soggy veggies for Kate and crew!!!<br /><br />I added my twitter link to may page, but nobody came so I removed it. Really, I only tweet with one person (and we tweeted before I put the link on my blog), and all I do is block everybody else! I mean, I tweeted that my dau. had to go in for a routine colonoscopy, and about ten people suddenly joined to discuss crone's disease and IBS! If I mention "dog" I get every grooming supplies/services salesperson in cyberspace. I said my granddaughter went swimming, and "swimming pools" joined!<br /><br />Don't feel too badly about the sunflowers. Mine got blown over in last weeks wind storm, and I killed the new batch...but that's a story for GBDD on the last day of the month ;-)Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563051087162389665.post-42363666831826643272009-07-09T08:31:55.380-04:002009-07-09T08:31:55.380-04:00I miss my garden too. Elizabeth asked yesterday if...I miss my garden too. Elizabeth asked yesterday if it was fall yet so we could plant more veggies. :(<br /><br />You will love the raised beds! My veggies do great in them!Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038703319667640641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563051087162389665.post-42009907370844001472009-07-09T07:59:16.654-04:002009-07-09T07:59:16.654-04:00NO! Don't change the color. White is hard to ...NO! Don't change the color. White is hard to read on; your beige is easy on the eyes.<br /><br />You'll love your raised beds. I know I love mine and couldn't do it any other way, but you still have so much time to plant. Your seasons in FLA (depending on how far south you are) are much different from anywhere else. You'll get your best production in the winter when the rest of us are suffering.<br /><br />The gnome is looking happier each day. I think he's forgiven us. :)Ribbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01460673212389110633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563051087162389665.post-56639541109658822702009-07-09T07:27:37.881-04:002009-07-09T07:27:37.881-04:00I wish I could oraganize my thoughts this well.I wish I could oraganize my thoughts this well.Darlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09976608531478457839noreply@blogger.com