Is there a gardening forum on SoWal.com?

Nope, but I think you just started one.

Anyone know what the germination for mint is?

Votes for gardening forum?

I love how everyone thinks that they can outwit Armageddon with a garden plot - like starving folks wouldn't steal your under-ripe produce. :roll:

Growing your own food is a great idea for reasons of health and taste, but be realistic.

My Nana had a great garden here in SoWal. All you need is some good compost and tender loving care. Get a rain barrel, etc. and between that and spring rains, you should have a lovely spring garden. My Mom is having better luck with her open compost pile rather than the "official" compost bin. Go figure. Now is the time to start your gardens. Some plants are already starting to pop out of the ground.

I love how everyone thinks that they can outwit Armageddon with a garden plot - like starving folks wouldn't steal your under-ripe produce. :roll:

Growing your own food is a great idea for reasons of health and taste, but be realistic.

That's why we go with planters, Armageddon comes along and we can just move it inside.

How's your plan of letting the plants die before they mature working out for you? ;-)

SoWal Beaches Forum

I hope they don't mind me joining their group. I just did.

Thanks a lot for the link.

I love how everyone thinks that they can outwit Armageddon with a garden plot - like starving folks wouldn't steal your under-ripe produce. :roll:

Growing your own food is a great idea for reasons of health and taste, but be realistic.

Thanks for the good advice.

that's what the 100 cans of tuna fish is for scoot.

That's why we go with planters, Armageddon comes along and we can just move it inside.

How's your plan of letting the plants die before they mature working out for you? ;-)

I just planted this year's first attempt at tomatoes, have potato plants about 8" tall, and will be having lettuce I've grown for dinner!

Kurt, I'd love to see a gardening forum.

SWGB, mint seeds take a LONG time to germinate. Much easier to propagate from cuttings. Maybe I will bring some various cuttings to sell at the next Farmer's Market (Seaside, March 28 I think). I have chocolate mint and spearmint, and will have fig tree pips too.

Um, if EVERYBODY were to grow a garden, maybe there would be enough food for everyone, even if some hungry marauding band of outlaws made occasional raids ;-)

Also, over time it's great to have perennial food plants that make fruit/nuts every year with a lot less fuss than annual veggies. I have tried highlighted plants and had good luck as perennial food plants; non-highlighted varieties are on my list to try next:

blueberries figs olives meyer lemon and other select citrus blackberries

pecans plums loquats goumi (small berries, nitrogen fixing shrub) pawpaw

kiwi pomegranite malabar spinach artichoke ginger asparagus

There are many more, I just can't think of them at the moment.

Thanks for the info Susan. I have also heard that mint grows like kudzoo, but this is all trial and error thus far.

I've got several mint plants growing - so it must be like Kudzu!

Thanks for the info Susan. I have also heard that mint grows like kudzoo, but this is all trial and error thus far.

Any time. It likes its feet wet, and part sun. Yarrow has a similar habit here and attracts beneficial insects. Good flowers for drying and the leaves are said to staunch bleeding. Haven't ever needed to test that.

Any time. It likes its feet wet, and part sun. Yarrow has a similar habit here and attracts beneficial insects. Good flowers for drying and the leaves are said to staunch bleeding. Haven't ever needed to test that.

I haven't heard the term staunch bleeding. What's it mean?

I haven't read any of the notes yet but I'm ready to plant some seeds. come on! SERIOUSLY ! Let's git in tha dirt. Let' s Go Green! Maters are fine off tha vine!

To get this thing started, I need info on how to grow Lemon trees. Started two about two years ago and don`t really know anything about them. They`re about 3 ft. and in pots. What kind of soil do they grow in?

To get this thing started, I need info on how to grow Lemon trees. Started two about two years ago and don`t really know anything about them. They`re about 3 ft. and in pots. What kind of soil do they grow in?

If the pots aren't big enough it will prevent growth, not sure about soil.

I haven't heard the term staunch bleeding. What's it mean?

That means to stop the flow of bleeding.

got ya on that swgb, guess i could look it up. thanks

I've been eating sweet red peppers all winter that have been growing in my driveway. The driveway has the best sun in my yard, so I made some raised beds there and covered them with a mini-hoop house to over-winter the peppers, which I started from heirloom seeds last August. You can see the mini-hoop house here: http://www.cfhdesignstudio.com/whatsnew.html Rainbarrels for watering, to the left.

Also, currently growing in the garden from seed:

collards, arugula, cress, chard, snow peas, and tom thumb peas, oregano, sage, yarrow,and anise hyssop

Seeds just started:

tomato, serrano pepper, mint, basil, onion, carrot, radish, marigold

Edible perennials already planted:

fig, banana, limequat, self fertile apple, sumac, wild blueberries, ginger

Cover crops sown:

clover and alfalfa

got ya on that swgb, guess i could look it up. thanks

Someone will probably answer it. However, I can recommend Bloom's over by Ed Walline as he's got some amazing citrus.

I've been eating sweet red peppers all winter that have been growing in my driveway. The driveway has the best sun in my yard, so I made some raised beds there and covered them with a mini-hoop house to over-winter the peppers, which I started from heirloom seeds last August. You can see the mini-hoop house here: http://www.cfhdesignstudio.com/whatsnew.html Rainbarrels for watering, to the left.

Also, currently growing in the garden from seed:

collards, arugula, cress, chard, snow peas, and tom thumb peas, oregano, sage, yarrow,and anise hyssop

Seeds just started:

tomato, serrano pepper, mint, basil, onion, carrot, radish, marigold

Edible perennials already planted:

fig, banana, limequat, self fertile apple, sumac, wild blueberries, ginger

Cover crops sown:

clover and alfalfa

Good info. and I like Mcleod on your site. I know a few people who bought property in '04 and '05 without fully thinking about the buildable area. There will be a neighborhood full of those 15 x 20's in Inlet Beach.

I haven't heard the term staunch bleeding. What's it mean?

To stop or slow the flow of blood from a wound. Probably an archaic term from some old herbal texts I've read.

Great website for information on growing citrus and other fruit trees in zone 8B (where we are) --

wwwjustfruitsandexotics.com

Each kind of fruit tree has its own information page -- how to plant, fertilize, etc.

Amazing nursery, very knowledgeable staff, worth a road trip in spring or fall if you're going to plant a number of trees and shrubs; they will also ship at certain times of year. They're in Crawfordville, near Sopchoppy. They even make and sell their own custom blends of slow release plant food for different types of fruits.