Gardening or Yard tips

[*winter*]

Pay a professional.

Fun fact: two of my nieces count as “professionals”

Additional Fun Fact: my degree is in biology but I weaseled out of botany at the last minute

I’m kind of like an unintentional mass murderer of plants. But good luck to you.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by *winter*

Pay a professional.

Fun fact: two of my nieces count as “professionals”

Additional Fun Fact: my degree is in biology but I weaseled out of botany at the last minute

I’m kind of like an unintentional mass murderer of plants. But good luck to you.

fun fact: I have a Ph.D. in horticulture with a minor in botany but I hardly admit it online because then people start sending me photos of sick plants to diagnose or weeds to identify. I taught it on the college level for years but now I teach foreign languages.

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by carnation

The county agent can give you a box in which you put a sample of your soil and you get back an analysis of it and what you need to add. Just call your county extension office.

Sorry about the accidental edit, I posted my answer in your post.

Originally Posted by aephi alum

If you're growing fruits and veggies, I highly recommend EarthBox. Back in the day, when I owned a house in an area with hungry hungry deer, I used EarthBoxes for my tomatoes and cucumbers, and I always had an awesome crop. I put them on my deck so the deer couldn't get at them.

Also, I forgot to mention azaleas! They are low-maintenance and do well in shade. They flower in May in the Northeast, possibly earlier in TN.

Now I know what those soil samples were that we used to ship when I managed a FedEx Office store. I’m not sure if they were soil samples for the same purpose as mine but they were samples we’d ship. They were always from one of the local colleges/universities out here. All of this useful info is in my notes on my phone.

One thing about GC, there’s a lot educated people on here, so at least someone knows something about whatever question one might have. It just takes a thread start about it Lol.

[aggieAXO]

What zone are you in? I am a gardener and live in zone 9. I try to buy mostly native plants for my landscaping as it gets very hot here in Texas and I need drought tolerant plants. I have 2.5 acres and also have 11 raised beds and grow tomatoes, squash (4 types), cucumbers, eggplant, blackberries, dill, basil, parsley and milkweed (I have a large butterfly garden). I usually put shade cloth over the entire garden as it gets very hot. It is suppose to be over 100 for the next week so I will have to water pretty much everyday. I have a well but it dried up last year so I am having to use city water until it fills back up which hopefully, being a La Niña year, will be this fall. There are some great garden videos on you tube-I highly recommend Garden Answer and The Millennial Gardener. Gardening is my passion and if I am not at work I am outside in my garden. Good luck! I find gardening very therapeutic 😊

[Phrozen Sands]

I’m in central daylight time zone if that’s what you mean. Otherwise, I’m not sure what you mean by zone.