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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jan 04 2018 : 06:31:49 AM
We're having fun and learning about keeping a frugal kitchen over on Farm Kitchen so I thought I would start a frugal thread for gardening.
I use water from washing vegetables/fruit and dishes to water my container herbs and flowers.
During growing season I put banana peels around rose bushes for potassium. This time of the year is a good time to buy the $2 bag of bananas in the marked-down bin. Will dry the peels in dehydrator and grind in blender until a powder; store in mason jar. The powder comes in handy when I don't have the peels. I can make muffins or a smoothie with the bananas. I find frugal living often overlaps into different areas - kitchens and gardens.
How do you keep your frugal gardens?
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| HodgeLodge |
Posted - Jan 08 2018 : 12:08:19 PM
I have planted some from the store too. I have not planted any this year. If we have a break in the weather I might put a few in the ground.
Farmgirl #4817-The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~Hanna Rion
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jan 08 2018 : 08:08:06 AM
I planted garlic last year that was supposed to make scapes but none of the garlic made. I lost over $20 so from now on I am sticking with garlic from the grocery store to plant. A couple of years ago I planted 50 cloves from store and they all made.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| HodgeLodge |
Posted - Jan 08 2018 : 07:55:10 AM
I love garlic scapes Sara. Have you tried them? I am organizing my seeds today to see what I have, what I want, i'm gearing up for the garden season. I found numerous bags of flower seeds.
Farmgirl #4817-The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~Hanna Rion
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jan 08 2018 : 07:50:50 AM
Today I planted a bulb of garlic that spouted when it got lost in my pantry. Put 11 cloves in a long container. Don't know if it's too late to start them outdoors but I will see in the spring. I want them to use as green garlic. Green garlic is when you harvest garlic before the bulb makes cloves but has new green growth. Can be used as mature garlic. I use the tender green part as well as the bulb.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| firecatinc |
Posted - Jan 04 2018 : 4:00:09 PM
You can also use water that you have cooked vegetables in to water your plants. I grow celery in my window from the end of the stalk. I have also grown some Romaine lettuce this way.
Nora
Farmgirl Sister #7131
Farmgirl of the Month, January 2017
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| Sobyn |
Posted - Jan 04 2018 : 10:38:25 AM
We have compost piles (one outside the chicken pen for things they can't have and one inside so they scratch around, eat what they want, help turn it and the bugs and worms it attracts helps feed the chickens), we plant mostly from seed. I haven't been very successful at gardening but DH built some beds using rocks from around the property as a border and old lattice that was in our yard when we moved in for a support for viney plants. My parents got us a gas tiller for Christmas so we will be expanding a bit! We dump ash from our fireplace in the gardens, I can't remember what it is supposed to help with but it conditions the soil somehow. Old chicken bedding goes in the compost. Leaves that get raked up go in it too. The neighbor has shared some plants with us which is lovely and we swap veggies with them. I save seeds from my fruit and veggies.
Thanks for sharing the banana peel idea, I hadn't heard of that and have at least one rose bush (we planted 3 last year but the dogs trampled them, one is for sure gone and the other I'm not sure) but pretty sure the 3rd survived.
I'll be following along for other ideas!!
Sabrina Farmgirl Sister #3275
February 2016 Farmgirl of the Month
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Posted - Jan 04 2018 : 10:22:32 AM
I understand. It sounds very nice though. We use pallets side by side and have 3 wholes for the composting.I'm still working on the whole gardening thing up here. It is awful ground. Soooo many rocks that I have started to grow in raised beds and some in the ground.
Farmgirl #4817-The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~Hanna Rion
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jan 04 2018 : 09:25:34 AM
Tiana I don't post pictures. I garden mostly in containers with a few things in the ground. I have a small shady backyard that I have given over to Annie. She leaves my plants alone on the deck and she is free to run and play in her yard. I do have herbs and flowers in containers in side and front yard. Only things in the ground are roses; lantanas; marrow roses; wandering Jew; and my grandmother's purple irises. All plants in the ground are perennials.
I would love to compost but I don't have a place to do it. Annie would love to roll in it. Have thought about getting one of those composting barrels but I don't want to invest that much in one.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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Posted - Jan 04 2018 : 09:08:44 AM
This is a great topic Sara. Would love to see pictures of your garden! We compost a lot here from kitchen scraps, chicken coop straw, leaves, grass clippings etc. We do rain barrels for watering. Saved coffee grounds for the blueberries who need the acid. Sharing starts with friends that want a cutting here or there and don't have money for buying them. Most gardeners are happy to share I find. Watching this post for ideas.
Farmgirl #4817-The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~Hanna Rion
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