Gardening time!

Discussion in 'Make It So' started by LilacMercenary, Feb 14, 2016.

  1. jacktrash

    jacktrash spherical sockbox

    omg it's beautiful!
     
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  2. jacktrash

    jacktrash spherical sockbox

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    african violet i got for seebs some years back. it continues to bloom on the regular, and probably could use a bigger pot again.

    edit: it REALLY liked being on the pebble tray on the radiator over the winter. it was kind of looking sad inn the kitchen's south window last fall, and i guessed it wanted more humidity and less sun, so i moved it to my west facing window in my bedroom and put it on the pebble tray with the fern. it began to perk up, and now it's blooming with great enthusiasm again. very pleased.
     
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  3. Lizardlicks

    Lizardlicks Friendly Neighborhood Lizard

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    Delicious spicy root :V :V :V
     
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  4. jacktrash

    jacktrash spherical sockbox

    how is it u have tender daikon to nibble already and we barely have grass. minnesota is letting me down. i'm just gonna greenhouse over my whole yard. grumble.

    ok but for reals that looks delicious, good job!
     
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  5. Lizardlicks

    Lizardlicks Friendly Neighborhood Lizard

    It went from rainy 45f to balmy, breezy mid 70s on the span of about a week. May got here and suddenly it's SPRING!!!

    I didn't get most of my Swiss chard to sprout and what did got over taken by weeds though. It's what was going to be behind the peas. I figured they'd get sun early on in the growing then shade from the peas later would slow them from bolting in the heat, but alas.
     
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  6. jacktrash

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    i can never get lettuces and the like to work because the weather always goes from slush to bake without pausing at cool -- except this year when i didn't bother trying to plant anything that likes cool weather, and we're getting weeks of it. SIGH.

    i didn't get any sleep last night, because when my cortisone shot kicks in it makes me hyperactive and hyperalert for a while, but i still might manage to plant out some seedlings in the raised boxes roach built me. that is some good black dirt just begging for snap peas and squash and maybe some small sunflowers.

    the big hopi dye sunflowers are going on the south side of the garage, to shade my grapes. THE GRAPES SURVIVED. i'm so happy about that.
     
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  7. theprettiestboy

    theprettiestboy wombatman

    aldi had a very sad tree baby on clearance so i took it home IMG_20190510_182638766.jpg (buckle up for safety!)
    it's a bloodgood japanese maple and i'm going to do my best to make it less sad and do bonsai stuff

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    here it is after a bit of a hair cut
     
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  8. theprettiestboy

    theprettiestboy wombatman

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    in other bonsai news, garold the rhododendron survived another winter and is about to bloom!
    i really need to repot it next year
     
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  9. jacktrash

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    What Is This Jerkass Plant

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    i grabbed it while weeding, and it stung the HELL out of me, way worse than a nettle, still hurts like 20 mins later

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    i was revenged upon it, of course, i just had to go get gloves, but DANG, the merest brush was like a hornet sting

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    closeup of DEATH PRICKLES

    the most-hurty spot is swelled up and red, so i think one's still in there, but if so it's microscopic. Fuck This Plant.
     
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  10. jacktrash

    jacktrash spherical sockbox

    and my arm's coming up in red bumps where the leaves brushed me, too
     
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  11. Lizardlicks

    Lizardlicks Friendly Neighborhood Lizard

    Looks like a dead ringer for stinging nettle to me.
     
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  12. Lizardlicks

    Lizardlicks Friendly Neighborhood Lizard

    btw the sting is caused by histamines. IF you have a histamine blocking allergy med it should help.
     
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  13. Saro

    Saro Where is wizard hut

    Yeah, think that's probably a nettle. Smaller than the ones that I'm used to (they get up to 6 ft or so on the island, fields of them) but the leaves and the hairs look very familiar. Are they not common in the Midwest? I kinda assumed nettles would grow basically anywhere
     
  14. jacktrash

    jacktrash spherical sockbox

    well i'll be. i didn't recognize it with the spear shaped leaves, i've only ever seen the heart shaped type around here. but google says you're right.

    edit: also i've grabbed our usual local nettles many times, and while they sting in the moment, the sting doesn't last for SIX FREAKING HOURS OH MY GOD GET OUT OF MY GARDEN

    final identification: Jerkass Nettle
     
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  15. palindromordnilap

    palindromordnilap Well-Known Member

    Actually pretty tasty in soup, I'm told. Gotta cook it really thoroughly, though.
     
  16. IvyLB

    IvyLB Hardcore Vigilante Gay Chicken Facilitator

    you can eat the leaves as salad greens to if you blanch them properly and they're young enough I'm told but I haven't tried as much, we don't get near enough trying to invade our garden and the only places I know where they'd grow are frequented by foxes and thus would probably give you worms
     
  17. TheOwlet

    TheOwlet A feathered pillow filled with salt and science

    you can also turn the dried leafs into tea, it's a fairly normal one to find at the stores.
     
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  18. jacktrash

    jacktrash spherical sockbox

    google tells me the kind i'm used to is wood nettles, and these stinging nettles are a whole nother kind of bastard. considering how incredibly annoying it was to deal with, i find myself wondering how anyone discovered it's edible. D:
     
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  19. Lizardlicks

    Lizardlicks Friendly Neighborhood Lizard

    Famine desperation
    They're such an iconic food staple in the UK I constantly hear about people getting excited for nettles season. It used to be a lower class staple green, popping up before you even got your first veg going on the garden.
     
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  20. TheOwlet

    TheOwlet A feathered pillow filled with salt and science

    Yeah in germany too. They come up almost first thing in spring so back in the day of no fridge and no supermarket, they were among the first green things you could get after Winter. and aside from medical and culinary use, if you let them come high (like, we're talking 'almost as high as a Person') you can get fibers for fabric out of them too
     
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