You should prepare before you grow vegetables, in the fall for best results and I have not done that. And I don’t have much space and I might have to grow things in the flower beds with other flowers which isn’t great… There’s so much work with growing vegetables. I have to read up on it. I have to get to the library and keep an eye out now with the big book sale coming up. I really want to have a garden that is not only pretty (not that my “garden” is pretty but still) but useful as well.
I fear this will be one of those evenings where I will spend way too much time on the net looking at garden blogs and sites…
måndag 22 februari 2010
Planning
Yes, the thought of digging in the garden isn’t as appealing as it usually is due to horrible and ugly new houses on the street but I have bought seeds this year as well. The seed should come in the mail today, they really should or I’ll be angry. I think they should have come on Friday but the because of the snow we didn’t get any mail so… I’ll take my doggy for a walk and check the mail… Yes, seeds in the mailbox but I had totally forgot just how much work seeds are. Now I have to do some research and see how the best way to sow these suckers.
SEEDS FOR 2010
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare: I bought the wild sort and I want to have some blood red poppies but where to plant them? No clue, like always… Maybe by the old swing?
Horned Pansy"Bambini" Viola cornuta: Cute little violet in different colors. I’m hoping for most purple ones and I may (if they grow) relocate the other colors to somewhere else in the garden. I planned to have them on one of the kitty graves, I feel slightly macabre but oh well… violets go well with graves, like in that old sad song, “A violet from mother’s grave”
Aubrieta "Cascade Blue" Aubrieta cultorum: I don’t know why I bought this… but I have a little rock area or maybe one of the other cats?
Blue Fescus "Varna" Festuca glauca: I like grass and I’m sure I’ll find a place for this cute little guy.
Garden Pinks"Spring Beauty" Dianthus plumarius: Well, they are cute. Where am I going to plant them if they grow? Um, maybe in the small rocky place? Maybe The rocky place needs a makeover and maybe I can make it a little bigger? I’m also under the impression that these cute little flowers smell nice.
Smooth Oxeye"Summer Sun" Heliopsis helianthoides: Not the prettiest thing I ever seen but it’s big and hopefully it will be big in my garden as well, I need some big plants in my dull little garden.
Nepeta Nepeta faassenii: I hope the neighborhood cats won’t eat it. Cute blue thing, that I am sure will fit in somewhere.
English Marigold "Fiesta Gitana" Calendula officinalis: I always say and think that I don’t like yellow and orange and that I don’t want it in my garden but I have lots of it. The marigolds are to go with the potatoes, corn and sunflowers, where I am supposed to plant all of this I have no idea.
Peas "Dwarf Sweet Green"Pisum sativum L.: No idea where to plant this either, but it is said they peas like to grow with dill and carrots so I’ll plant them together.
Carrots "Resistafly" Daucus carota L. F1: Late kind.
Carrots "Nantes 2" Daucus carota L. : Early kind. Carrots also like to grow with garlic and leek so I’ll plant one kind of carrot with those playmates and then one with dill and peas.
Sunflower "Ring of Fire" Helianthus annuus: Tihi, it looks like it says anus. Sunflowers are one of those yellow/orange flowers I say I don’t like but I want sunflowers so… And I wouldn’t like them if they were in another color.
Dill "Como" Anethum graveolens: Since it’s a good plant that helps the soil and other plant, and because I need it with my cucumbers when I “pickle” (?) them I thought I should grow some. I want to make cornichones but I have no recipe.
Cucumbers "New Pioneer" Cucumis sativus L. F1: It said that these were good for cornichones so that’s why I got them.
Cucumbers "Partner" Cucumis sativus L. F1: Cucumber for pickling in the fall.
Tomatoes "Gemini" Solanum lycopersicum F1: The tomatoes the last few years have been, crap… So I hope some new seeds means that there will be plenty of nice tomatoes in the greenhouse.
Tomatoes "Chadwick" Solanum lycopersicum: Small cherry kind.
Leek "Musselburgh" Allium porrum L.: will be planted with carrots and garlic.
Corn "Sweet Nugget" Zea mays L. F1 : Corn, how cool is it to grow corn?! I’m sorry for being such a dork but it sounds awesome to me. I don’t eat corn but I will eat a little since I’ve grown it (if I’m successful that is) and I’ll also look into how to make popcorn.
SEEDS FOR 2010
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare: I bought the wild sort and I want to have some blood red poppies but where to plant them? No clue, like always… Maybe by the old swing?
Horned Pansy"Bambini" Viola cornuta: Cute little violet in different colors. I’m hoping for most purple ones and I may (if they grow) relocate the other colors to somewhere else in the garden. I planned to have them on one of the kitty graves, I feel slightly macabre but oh well… violets go well with graves, like in that old sad song, “A violet from mother’s grave”
Aubrieta "Cascade Blue" Aubrieta cultorum: I don’t know why I bought this… but I have a little rock area or maybe one of the other cats?
Blue Fescus "Varna" Festuca glauca: I like grass and I’m sure I’ll find a place for this cute little guy.
Garden Pinks"Spring Beauty" Dianthus plumarius: Well, they are cute. Where am I going to plant them if they grow? Um, maybe in the small rocky place? Maybe The rocky place needs a makeover and maybe I can make it a little bigger? I’m also under the impression that these cute little flowers smell nice.
Smooth Oxeye"Summer Sun" Heliopsis helianthoides: Not the prettiest thing I ever seen but it’s big and hopefully it will be big in my garden as well, I need some big plants in my dull little garden.
Nepeta Nepeta faassenii: I hope the neighborhood cats won’t eat it. Cute blue thing, that I am sure will fit in somewhere.
English Marigold "Fiesta Gitana" Calendula officinalis: I always say and think that I don’t like yellow and orange and that I don’t want it in my garden but I have lots of it. The marigolds are to go with the potatoes, corn and sunflowers, where I am supposed to plant all of this I have no idea.
Peas "Dwarf Sweet Green"Pisum sativum L.: No idea where to plant this either, but it is said they peas like to grow with dill and carrots so I’ll plant them together.
Carrots "Resistafly" Daucus carota L. F1: Late kind.
Carrots "Nantes 2" Daucus carota L. : Early kind. Carrots also like to grow with garlic and leek so I’ll plant one kind of carrot with those playmates and then one with dill and peas.
Sunflower "Ring of Fire" Helianthus annuus: Tihi, it looks like it says anus. Sunflowers are one of those yellow/orange flowers I say I don’t like but I want sunflowers so… And I wouldn’t like them if they were in another color.
Dill "Como" Anethum graveolens: Since it’s a good plant that helps the soil and other plant, and because I need it with my cucumbers when I “pickle” (?) them I thought I should grow some. I want to make cornichones but I have no recipe.
Cucumbers "New Pioneer" Cucumis sativus L. F1: It said that these were good for cornichones so that’s why I got them.
Cucumbers "Partner" Cucumis sativus L. F1: Cucumber for pickling in the fall.
Tomatoes "Gemini" Solanum lycopersicum F1: The tomatoes the last few years have been, crap… So I hope some new seeds means that there will be plenty of nice tomatoes in the greenhouse.
Tomatoes "Chadwick" Solanum lycopersicum: Small cherry kind.
Leek "Musselburgh" Allium porrum L.: will be planted with carrots and garlic.
Corn "Sweet Nugget" Zea mays L. F1 : Corn, how cool is it to grow corn?! I’m sorry for being such a dork but it sounds awesome to me. I don’t eat corn but I will eat a little since I’ve grown it (if I’m successful that is) and I’ll also look into how to make popcorn.
måndag 8 februari 2010
Ginger
Bought a piece of ginger in the store awhile back and planted it on Wednesday(3/2) and I’ll see how that goes.
torsdag 28 januari 2010
I don’t feel like it…
But it is time to start sowing and look into what seeds I want this year. I’m not very inspired at all, the thought of being gawked at in the garden makes me feel like swinging a bat but maybe I’ll regret it later if I don’t sow something? But last summer I was barely in the garden at all. Not much joy in it I have to say…
torsdag 7 januari 2010
Inspired
Inspired by “Monty Halls’ Great Escape” I want to cram in as many veggies in my garden as I possibly can this season. I have very little space however and growing veggies have not been going so well the last few years. To save space I’ll look into planting veggies and flowers together, then I can use my flowerbeds for the veggies and that will save a lot of time and work. (But one should never be lazy in the garden; it will come back and bit you in the ass. There are no shortcuts in the garden.)
THINGS I WANT TO GROW THIS YEAR
Potatoes: I did this a few years back with some old potatoes from the fridge and they were delicious! So I’ll get some proper potatoes and see what happens, got to make sure I have space for them though. To plant Kale with potatoes is apparently a good way to keep pests away.
Peas: There is as far as I know only one pea in the world that I can eat without feeling like vomiting and that’s Pisum sativum L. No idea what it is called in English but I’ll see if I can find some space for it in the garden. It needs a place to climb and there’s no space among the grape. After reading a little about the pea it seems perfect for Swedish conditions. First rules for easy gardening is to always work with nature and not against it.
Salad: I want to grow some sort of salad but I don’t know what kind. I have tried to grow salad in the past but with very bad results. So many pest and difficulties that it didn’t feel like it was worth the trouble. I’ll see if I find an easy salad and grow that one.
Carrots: Probably my favorite veggie, I want to have early and late ones so I have carrots whenever I want. I hope they are not too difficult to grow.
Chives: Which is easy to plant. Every now and then I buy one of those little pots in the grocery store and then I dig down the bulbs. I just read that planting chives with the roses will help prevent Black Spot on the roses. Love little tricks like that. Oh, and aphids is said to hate chives to it might help keep them at bay too. Lovely little onion chives!
Garlic: My favorite union, well I like leek as well anyway… Garlic is also a good thing to plant among other veggies and plants to help keep pests away. Avoid planting it with beans, peas and cabbage.
THINGS I WANT TO GROW THIS YEAR
Potatoes: I did this a few years back with some old potatoes from the fridge and they were delicious! So I’ll get some proper potatoes and see what happens, got to make sure I have space for them though. To plant Kale with potatoes is apparently a good way to keep pests away.
Peas: There is as far as I know only one pea in the world that I can eat without feeling like vomiting and that’s Pisum sativum L. No idea what it is called in English but I’ll see if I can find some space for it in the garden. It needs a place to climb and there’s no space among the grape. After reading a little about the pea it seems perfect for Swedish conditions. First rules for easy gardening is to always work with nature and not against it.
Salad: I want to grow some sort of salad but I don’t know what kind. I have tried to grow salad in the past but with very bad results. So many pest and difficulties that it didn’t feel like it was worth the trouble. I’ll see if I find an easy salad and grow that one.
Carrots: Probably my favorite veggie, I want to have early and late ones so I have carrots whenever I want. I hope they are not too difficult to grow.
Chives: Which is easy to plant. Every now and then I buy one of those little pots in the grocery store and then I dig down the bulbs. I just read that planting chives with the roses will help prevent Black Spot on the roses. Love little tricks like that. Oh, and aphids is said to hate chives to it might help keep them at bay too. Lovely little onion chives!
Garlic: My favorite union, well I like leek as well anyway… Garlic is also a good thing to plant among other veggies and plants to help keep pests away. Avoid planting it with beans, peas and cabbage.
fredag 1 januari 2010
Kitchen garden
By accident I saw “Jamie at Home” and I just loved his garden. I would really like to have a kitchen garden and grow my own veggies but I don’t have a lot of space and I hate the new view which honestly makes me feel like physically hurt people. So no space and no joy to be in the garden and the fact that I have had horrible results growing things the last few years is preventing me to do it but I do want this in future.
Another show I was by accident (most things I see on TV is by accident) was… Monty Halls’ Great Escape where this guy Monty moves to a small place in Scotland (Applecross) to live as a crofter and lives right by the ocean where he spots otters and seals from the window… What a dream it would be. Does anyone want to move to Scotland and become a crofter with me and my dog? I'm almost serious.måndag 22 juni 2009
=(
I haven’t done all that I should have done in the garden. I don’t like to spend time there now when there are people all around. Especially when it’s warm and people think it’s okay to run around in their tighty whities, ew…
The entire street is filled with cars and machines so the noise level is high too. And I get sad every time I have to look at these horribly ugly houses. Oh, one of the new houses have two trees left in their entire yard and that’s only because they are not allowed to cut it down. Then they have rolled grass, these big rolls of lawn so you have an instant green lawn which makes it look like a golf course. No bushes no nothing.
The other house seem to hate all living things and cut down their two trees (they are supposed to put back an equal tree because they were not allowed to cut it down but where will they find a 100 year old oak?) and have nothing living in their space. To cut down trees seems to be the latest thing, everyone is chopping down their trees leaving stumps, and some take away EVERYTHING, bushes, flowerbeds, everything and roll out a lawn. Soon this entire neighborhood will look like one big golf course… So so sad. I soon have to move, I just can’t stand these people. But… I don’t want to leave. It feels like I’m being chased away and that I’m giving up on my beloved home. All of these idiots flooding the place and destroying it…
Since the new trend of “lets fuck mother nature” I haven’t seen any squirrels around here, doubt I will ever see a fox here and there’s been no black or green woodpeckers… the heron has been spotted less than before.
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