Having an own garden must be sooooo nice. I wish I had one two, but I am living here in a quite clustered are and are not blessed with it 😢 .. the one you are showing is huuuuge 😃
Will be hopefully a lot that is growing there in the summer for you ^^ .. This looks like a lot of hard work that you have to invest in the very beginning .. Is it very time consuming afterwards, once everything is planted ? .. You are lucky that this one is so close to your flat so that you can reach it rather quickly
I find unless I'm digging harvesting or planting it doesnt take much work. Around an hour on the weekends and 1 or 2 15 minute visits to water during the week if there is no rain.
This is amazing, @abitcoinskeptic. I love gardening and I'm amazed at your ambition. That is a huge garden! I'm also amazed that you did all that in two hours. I really like the montage of the past garden. It's so cool to see it in all its phases.
The montage is my favorite, too. Ill make one again, I need to find my photo spot to get it good.
I share that area with a few people, but my place is 3 rows about 1x 30 feet long each and an 8x8 foot area in the back Im not sure how to divide yet. I set it up to be less maintenance, plastic sheets and raised rows are key.
Renting a garden... that is pretty awesome. You don’t really hear about that here in the states. Speaking of gardens... Crap!! I best get going on mine. I tend to take on too many different veggies and this year I plan on keeping things pretty basic.
It’s like a sort of therapy, dogging your bare hands into the soil, planting the seeds, watching them grow, then EAT IT!!! Lol
I know in large cities, cities where everyone lives i apartments urban gardens are usually rented out by the city in Canada.
Keeping things basic is key. The worst thing is to lose motivation. The wmrows with the plastic mean I barely have to weed or water. Also I avoid things that are a ton of work, except tomatoes, fresh tomatoes are the best.
I have always lived in smaller cities and towns so having a little room for a garden on your property has never been an issue.
Once I get things where I want them I am goin to install a full automatic drip system. I have a ton of strawberry plants and having a drip system would be awesome. Work smarter not harder. Looking forward to seeing the fruits... or veggies of your labor.
I got so lucky I think, its quite close to my home.
It is 33m2 which is the same size as last year give or take a few square m. It feels bigger, maybe this farmer is more generous or because I just spent a day digging. I have 3 rows this year instead of 2 but they arent as long.
We tried renting some land for an allotment (as we Brits call it) or potager (as the french call it). But it didn't have any water. It was a pain, we couldn't collect enough water and tried to lug it down from our house (only about 500metres but even so) every day. We gave up after year 2. The soil was not great either.
My dad always had one (he had to give up due to his health and died only 9 months later - this is 8 years ago). He loved growing vegetables, always said flowers were a waste of soil. He told me that when he died he didn't want a bunch of flowers he wanted a bunch of carrots. So I bought him a bunch of carrots to go on his coffin. The priest thought it was hilarious.
I knew some people in Northern California who used to rent garden space.
It was a pretty cool project, they used to let my kids go dig around (before they actually planted) and then they would trade with us for fresh fruits and veggies.
That is part of why I want a house so I can have a garden.
Yeah, I've seen a few different ways to do this. The ones that are best for families have more facilities to use, partitions and space so they don't wreck each other's patch. There are even others where the farmers do 90% of the work and you just show up once a month or so to mess around or plant and pick.
I also want my own garden, but I'm a few years off from doing this.
Gardening is such a rewarding hobby. I think that's really cool that people rent some of their land to let people garden on it. I've never heard of that before. That could help get more people into gardening because a lot of people just don't have the space for a garden at their house.
It's a great idea to do, especially if you live close to a town or city where a lot of people live in apartment buildings and don't have any land. Very cheap to set up since all you have to do is till a field, divide up plots and leave a few simple tools lying around.
I think you had a post of your garden at the end of the last growing season, right? So this garden is in a different location from last year's. If that was you, didn't you say something about why you weren't going to plant there this year? Don't mind me if you didn't, but I seem to remember something. Nothing like your own fresh veggies!
I wasn't too happy about the water situation (running out often) and there was a mean old lady who lived in the green house.
It wasn't perfect but it was close. I would have probably just went for it again.
There is also the issue of the owner not bothering to tell anybody he changed his mind until early March. This is extremely rude, since applications for the council plots are in January.
I guess I got really lucky.
I have eaten some of the ghost peppers. They are best consumed sparingly. The ones I added to 30% ABV soju are my favorite. One shot of that is something else.
That's awesome. The city I live in turned one of the city "green area" parks into shared garden plots. If they do that again this year I might take them up on it. I would love to be able to grow my own peas and green peppers.
Thanks. My guess is the town or a local university or college would do it.
I remember you mentioning her garden. I guess Texas has some good weather to grow food.
Sorry, it doesn't give me the option to elaborate from an own answer, so I had to answer you here, from your comment.
Interesting and very beautiful your publication. My mother lives in the country, on a family estate, there is a lot of land to plant. It has many trees, plants and cattle, it is a very beautiful life, she feels very happy there, besides that they provide themselves with their own grown food, which is very important in these times of economic crisis, especially in my country, Venezuela. I wish you success in your work, it's great what you do. My support and a hug here. @abitcoinskeptic
I'm glad you found a new place to garden. You are so far ahead of me already! If I keep sitting at this computer I will never get a thing done though. I wish you a productive gardening season, and look forward to your garden journals.
Yay! I am so glad you found your garden, I knew you would! :) Just the act of digging in the new soil is so pleasing, spring is just around the corner and the beautiful greens will be popping their heads out of the soil before you know it! We'll be watching for updates @abitcoinskeptic!
A lot of work, gardening. I grew up on a horse farm but we always had a huge garden. I still have the mental scars from countless hours of weeding in the blazing hot sun. Although I love the idea of gardening philosophically, in reality I wouldn't do it again unless I first created raised beds (waist high so there would be no bending over).
I'm very much into vertical gardening technologies.
I'd be scarred from that experience, too. Horses are too smelly for my liking. Weeding is unpleasant so I recommend plastic or mulch.
Verticle gardening is a neat idea, but it doesn't increase the amount of sunlight per m2 so there are limits without artificiao lighting. Also, water is heavy. Some can be collected at the top by rain, but generally that's not even enough for 1 level. Lots of thinking and lots of solutions. I'm tempted if I ever get a basement or large garage.
Ah! I only saw this now. Still battling with the PC and also to find me new way around here. Your garden looks great thus far and the space is ample for good crops. Glad that there is also water nearby.
Enjoy my friend and soon you will have a healthy taste of your labors.
Blessings!
The nice thing about gardening is I generally know what to expect and can plan accordingly. Unlike computers it's much less stressful, especially because I onlybreally rely on it to spend time outside and have a little personal space in nature.
Wow, it is incredible all the preparations that must be made to make a good garden, there is a lot of work behind, I hope you continue to show us how you are progressing with great cultivation
Quarantine gardens are a great idea. All the old people far here with the help of temporary migrant workers. If that stops quality vegetables could get pricy.
I think you really scored on the garden this year! You found it pretty fast and they didn't gauge you too badly on the price. I like that the water is pretty convenient and hopefully you won't get a bunch of hose-using gardeners.
I wish you much luck this year! I think it will be fun. I hope you are planting one fun thing :)
Yeah, so far I'm really happy...and excited to go back. Maybe I'll have a peak friday evening with a beer =)
It doesn't look like it is possible to attach a hose this year. Also, the people who abused it last year aren't around and the owner has a garden there too, so I have hopes.
I'm so happy you found a convenient garden plot to rent! It must feel good to be digging in the dirt!
My garden is still under a couple of feet of snow but my indoor garden is stil producing well, giving me fresh sald stuff, herbs and pesto makings!
Looking forward to seeing the growth in your garden as the gardening season begins!
Wow, that's really late. Such a short growing season probably means starting from seeds outdoors is impractical for most vegetables. I'm sure you definitely know how to handle this challenge.
It´s really a pleasure to follow a project since the very beginning, and with such a full introduction with all the plans and of course the outlook of what is now and what will be. Even when I don't know the ghost pepper, I can imagine you garden, here we have Habanero and other "chiles¨, it must be hard work but much pleasant and satisfactory. Hope the greatest harvest for your season, @aBitcoinSkeptic!
Big hug and the best for every project!
Actually, writing about my garden here helps me figure out a lot of ways to improve it, also I can keep a better memory.
Habanero is quite hot, but the ghost pepper is awfully hot. I don't know why I grow them. Probably because testosterone.
Yes sir, lets hope you don't have to survive on the food you raise in your garden. I guess if things got that rough all the gardens would be plundered. Hey, in Hive are we supposed to use the powerhousecreatives tag to help boost the standing of PHC?
I'm sorry, I don't keep up on all that stuff.
Hey Janton. We are doing well here. I rely on my garden for stress relief. If people want to plunder it due to starvation, I hope they dont mind the ghost peppers =)
PHC made some announcements, the community is still around to be posted in. The new model is more play as you go, less participation less support. We get 10 tags, so there is room for #powerhousecreatives, you can also include the banners from time to time. I don't do all my posts the phc community, but I usually try once a week or at least tag them. So many friendly people. More open now, too.
Having an own garden must be sooooo nice. I wish I had one two, but I am living here in a quite clustered are and are not blessed with it 😢 .. the one you are showing is huuuuge 😃
I don't own any of that land. I rent 33m2 which is the 3 rows you can see or about 2.5m X 13 m
Will be hopefully a lot that is growing there in the summer for you ^^ .. This looks like a lot of hard work that you have to invest in the very beginning .. Is it very time consuming afterwards, once everything is planted ? .. You are lucky that this one is so close to your flat so that you can reach it rather quickly
I find unless I'm digging harvesting or planting it doesnt take much work. Around an hour on the weekends and 1 or 2 15 minute visits to water during the week if there is no rain.
This is amazing, @abitcoinskeptic. I love gardening and I'm amazed at your ambition. That is a huge garden! I'm also amazed that you did all that in two hours. I really like the montage of the past garden. It's so cool to see it in all its phases.
I hope your new space works well for you!
The montage is my favorite, too. Ill make one again, I need to find my photo spot to get it good.
I share that area with a few people, but my place is 3 rows about 1x 30 feet long each and an 8x8 foot area in the back Im not sure how to divide yet. I set it up to be less maintenance, plastic sheets and raised rows are key.
Renting a garden... that is pretty awesome. You don’t really hear about that here in the states. Speaking of gardens... Crap!! I best get going on mine. I tend to take on too many different veggies and this year I plan on keeping things pretty basic.
It’s like a sort of therapy, dogging your bare hands into the soil, planting the seeds, watching them grow, then EAT IT!!! Lol
I know in large cities, cities where everyone lives i apartments urban gardens are usually rented out by the city in Canada.
Keeping things basic is key. The worst thing is to lose motivation. The wmrows with the plastic mean I barely have to weed or water. Also I avoid things that are a ton of work, except tomatoes, fresh tomatoes are the best.
I have always lived in smaller cities and towns so having a little room for a garden on your property has never been an issue.
Once I get things where I want them I am goin to install a full automatic drip system. I have a ton of strawberry plants and having a drip system would be awesome. Work smarter not harder. Looking forward to seeing the fruits... or veggies of your labor.
Wonderful you found a garden plot you can walk too again. Thanks for sharing your gardening adventures. 👨🌾 😊
I'm quite happy too and more will be shared. Spring is 1.5 weeks early this year. More time to be ready.
Yeah that was fast, didn’t have to search that long and pretty much land. Is it bigger than the last lot? Congrats on to garden journals again
I got so lucky I think, its quite close to my home.
It is 33m2 which is the same size as last year give or take a few square m. It feels bigger, maybe this farmer is more generous or because I just spent a day digging. I have 3 rows this year instead of 2 but they arent as long.
We tried renting some land for an allotment (as we Brits call it) or potager (as the french call it). But it didn't have any water. It was a pain, we couldn't collect enough water and tried to lug it down from our house (only about 500metres but even so) every day. We gave up after year 2. The soil was not great either.
My dad always had one (he had to give up due to his health and died only 9 months later - this is 8 years ago). He loved growing vegetables, always said flowers were a waste of soil. He told me that when he died he didn't want a bunch of flowers he wanted a bunch of carrots. So I bought him a bunch of carrots to go on his coffin. The priest thought it was hilarious.
I feel now that I'm experienced I could manage with more challenging sites, if I owned the land, my only real concern would be the climate.
The carrot story is great, I'd prefer chilly peppers at my funeral.
That's a great story about your father.
I knew some people in Northern California who used to rent garden space.
It was a pretty cool project, they used to let my kids go dig around (before they actually planted) and then they would trade with us for fresh fruits and veggies.
That is part of why I want a house so I can have a garden.
Almost there!
Yeah, I've seen a few different ways to do this. The ones that are best for families have more facilities to use, partitions and space so they don't wreck each other's patch. There are even others where the farmers do 90% of the work and you just show up once a month or so to mess around or plant and pick.
I also want my own garden, but I'm a few years off from doing this.
Gardening is such a rewarding hobby. I think that's really cool that people rent some of their land to let people garden on it. I've never heard of that before. That could help get more people into gardening because a lot of people just don't have the space for a garden at their house.
It's a great idea to do, especially if you live close to a town or city where a lot of people live in apartment buildings and don't have any land. Very cheap to set up since all you have to do is till a field, divide up plots and leave a few simple tools lying around.
I think you had a post of your garden at the end of the last growing season, right? So this garden is in a different location from last year's. If that was you, didn't you say something about why you weren't going to plant there this year? Don't mind me if you didn't, but I seem to remember something. Nothing like your own fresh veggies!
Do you eat the ghost peppers?
I wasn't too happy about the water situation (running out often) and there was a mean old lady who lived in the green house.
It wasn't perfect but it was close. I would have probably just went for it again.
There is also the issue of the owner not bothering to tell anybody he changed his mind until early March. This is extremely rude, since applications for the council plots are in January.
I guess I got really lucky.
I have eaten some of the ghost peppers. They are best consumed sparingly. The ones I added to 30% ABV soju are my favorite. One shot of that is something else.
I can't wait to get started.
Looks like you've got your 2020 full year planned out - - THE GARDEN.
My regards to you.
Thank you. I plan to garden, lol.
That's awesome. The city I live in turned one of the city "green area" parks into shared garden plots. If they do that again this year I might take them up on it. I would love to be able to grow my own peas and green peppers.
Good luck!
The shared gardens are really great. The ones run by the city are usually well equipped, too.
Fortunately, peas and peppers are easy to grow. I hope you trybit if convenient. I find it relaxing because my day job isn't physical.
I wonder if anyone rents space for a garden in San Antonio Texas? Debbie has a small garden in her back yard. Nice post Abit!
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Thanks. My guess is the town or a local university or college would do it.
I remember you mentioning her garden. I guess Texas has some good weather to grow food.
Sorry, it doesn't give me the option to elaborate from an own answer, so I had to answer you here, from your comment.
Interesting and very beautiful your publication. My mother lives in the country, on a family estate, there is a lot of land to plant. It has many trees, plants and cattle, it is a very beautiful life, she feels very happy there, besides that they provide themselves with their own grown food, which is very important in these times of economic crisis, especially in my country, Venezuela. I wish you success in your work, it's great what you do. My support and a hug here. @abitcoinskeptic
Photography of my own property and authorship.
That place looks like paradise. I hope you share more about it during your next visit.
I want to buy a farm and give up on city life soon. It's depressing and dehumanizing.
I'm glad you found a new place to garden. You are so far ahead of me already! If I keep sitting at this computer I will never get a thing done though. I wish you a productive gardening season, and look forward to your garden journals.
I hope you get started soon depening on your mood and the weather. I was out there in a tshirt!
I hope you have a productive 2020 in your garden, too!
Yay! I am so glad you found your garden, I knew you would! :) Just the act of digging in the new soil is so pleasing, spring is just around the corner and the beautiful greens will be popping their heads out of the soil before you know it! We'll be watching for updates @abitcoinskeptic!
Thanks!
It's definitely early spring here. There were signs of it 2 weeks ago.
I don't mind digging every so often. The smells are nice.
@abitcoinskeptic,
A lot of work, gardening. I grew up on a horse farm but we always had a huge garden. I still have the mental scars from countless hours of weeding in the blazing hot sun. Although I love the idea of gardening philosophically, in reality I wouldn't do it again unless I first created raised beds (waist high so there would be no bending over).
I'm very much into vertical gardening technologies.
Good write.
Quill
I'd be scarred from that experience, too. Horses are too smelly for my liking. Weeding is unpleasant so I recommend plastic or mulch.
Verticle gardening is a neat idea, but it doesn't increase the amount of sunlight per m2 so there are limits without artificiao lighting. Also, water is heavy. Some can be collected at the top by rain, but generally that's not even enough for 1 level. Lots of thinking and lots of solutions. I'm tempted if I ever get a basement or large garage.
Ah! I only saw this now. Still battling with the PC and also to find me new way around here. Your garden looks great thus far and the space is ample for good crops. Glad that there is also water nearby.
Enjoy my friend and soon you will have a healthy taste of your labors.
Blessings!
The nice thing about gardening is I generally know what to expect and can plan accordingly. Unlike computers it's much less stressful, especially because I onlybreally rely on it to spend time outside and have a little personal space in nature.
Wow, it is incredible all the preparations that must be made to make a good garden, there is a lot of work behind, I hope you continue to show us how you are progressing with great cultivation
I've been doing it for two years and am well committed to a third. Glad you like it so far. It will start to get interesting mid-april to early may.
This looks like such a lovely spot. I may get my hands on some seed so I can garden in my yard during quarantine.
Quarantine gardens are a great idea. All the old people far here with the help of temporary migrant workers. If that stops quality vegetables could get pricy.
I think you really scored on the garden this year! You found it pretty fast and they didn't gauge you too badly on the price. I like that the water is pretty convenient and hopefully you won't get a bunch of hose-using gardeners.
I wish you much luck this year! I think it will be fun. I hope you are planting one fun thing :)
Have a great day!!
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Yeah, so far I'm really happy...and excited to go back. Maybe I'll have a peak friday evening with a beer =)
It doesn't look like it is possible to attach a hose this year. Also, the people who abused it last year aren't around and the owner has a garden there too, so I have hopes.
I'm sure I will have fun.
Thanks!
I KNOW you will have fun!!!!
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I'm so happy you found a convenient garden plot to rent! It must feel good to be digging in the dirt!
My garden is still under a couple of feet of snow but my indoor garden is stil producing well, giving me fresh sald stuff, herbs and pesto makings!
Looking forward to seeing the growth in your garden as the gardening season begins!
That's a lot of snow. We only got like 3 inches all year and not even at the same time. Who knows maybe next year I'll be back in Canada gardening.
An indoor garden is great, especially with how cheap LED lighting is now.
I'm glad I found a good place and don't need to wait.
Good luck this season when it comes for you (mid may?)
I can start some cool weather planting in mid May but none of the bedding plants can go out until after our last expected frost date around June 7th
Wow, that's really late. Such a short growing season probably means starting from seeds outdoors is impractical for most vegetables. I'm sure you definitely know how to handle this challenge.
Yes I'm quite use to growing in theses very short gardening seasons for here is where I have always gardened and I have learned much over the years.
What a nice garden space! I look forward to seeing your garden grow! Awesome blog post. I loved seeing your montage of last year's garden. 🙏❤🌱
Thank you. I'm sure it will start growing after I plant stuff over the next few weeks.
That montage took me more time to make than I want to admit.
Amazing work you do for your garden! 👍👍👍
Thank you kindly ~
It´s really a pleasure to follow a project since the very beginning, and with such a full introduction with all the plans and of course the outlook of what is now and what will be. Even when I don't know the ghost pepper, I can imagine you garden, here we have Habanero and other "chiles¨, it must be hard work but much pleasant and satisfactory. Hope the greatest harvest for your season, @aBitcoinSkeptic!
Big hug and the best for every project!
Actually, writing about my garden here helps me figure out a lot of ways to improve it, also I can keep a better memory.
Habanero is quite hot, but the ghost pepper is awfully hot. I don't know why I grow them. Probably because testosterone.
Thank you for your kindness.
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Howdy sir abitcoinskeptic! I'm glad you found a nice garden patch that is close by, that's a wonderful project!
Thank you @janton.
Although 2020 is off to a rough start, here's to hoping for a good 2nd half.
Yes sir, lets hope you don't have to survive on the food you raise in your garden. I guess if things got that rough all the gardens would be plundered. Hey, in Hive are we supposed to use the powerhousecreatives tag to help boost the standing of PHC?
I'm sorry, I don't keep up on all that stuff.
Hey Janton. We are doing well here. I rely on my garden for stress relief. If people want to plunder it due to starvation, I hope they dont mind the ghost peppers =)
PHC made some announcements, the community is still around to be posted in. The new model is more play as you go, less participation less support. We get 10 tags, so there is room for #powerhousecreatives, you can also include the banners from time to time. I don't do all my posts the phc community, but I usually try once a week or at least tag them. So many friendly people. More open now, too.
Howdy again sir abitcoinskeptic! Thanks for the update, I'll also include the tag.