New seed

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Mine:

Hard Scrabble

50% rocks!

Steve

 

[Nyboy]

Lucky I love it Gods comedy club

 

[digitS']

Come to think about it, you might see the water of the Humboldt River there in Nevada ... I wonder why they were both named for the German guy ...

https://lithub.com/the-forgotten-father-of-romantic-environmentalism/

Steve

 

[thistlebloom]

Welcome BrendaJune!
We all seem to have garden ups and downs. Some years either can be spectacular.
I hope you have an up year in 2019!

 

[BrendaJune]

Thank you! Looking into raised beds that I can put close to the house and monitor easily. That will help a lot. Cats will keep the chipmunks and squirrels away. 2019 might be the year of success!

 

[catjac1975]

I am trying to introduce myself to the group. I am new and keep getting a ! please verify your email. I tried over and over. So far this forum doesn't seem to like my computer. I use only one email and it works for BackYardHerds and BackYardChickens. Hopefully, I am introducing myself in the right spot!
I am in the middle of nowhere in Nevada. Our first year here I had a very successful, experimental garden in a large, raised container bed. This year, epic fail. I was able to grow vegetables fairly successfully in northern California and I know it will be very different here. I grew tomatoes, peppers, cantaloupe and zucchini the first year. It did so well that in our second year I tried carrots, beets, corn and potatoes along with what I grew the first year. The tomatoes were eaten down to the dirt before they even flowered! The beets, carrots and corn did nothing. Not even a single sprout! They were grown from seed and the tomatoes were store bought plants. We got some potatoes but that was it. Very discouraging. That has been my Nevada gardening experience. I will keep trying!

Try a different browser. I always use Safari. Some websites will occasionally not work. I first try restarting my computer then try a different browser..

 

[catjac1975]

Brenda wow rattlesnakes welcome from NY. One day I will have a cherry tree . I stopped counting the number I have killed. Really great people here always willing to help

I keep telling you. You are not killing the tree. You are buying a tree that is sold to you where the hardiness is exaggerated. Many neighbors bought the weeping cherries when they were rather new . They are all gone. Buy one of the old purple varieties from a locally grown tree farm.

 

[catjac1975]

I am trying to introduce myself to the group. I am new and keep getting a ! please verify your email. I tried over and over. So far this forum doesn't seem to like my computer. I use only one email and it works for BackYardHerds and BackYardChickens. Hopefully, I am introducing myself in the right spot!
I am in the middle of nowhere in Nevada. Our first year here I had a very successful, experimental garden in a large, raised container bed. This year, epic fail. I was able to grow vegetables fairly successfully in northern California and I know it will be very different here. I grew tomatoes, peppers, cantaloupe and zucchini the first year. It did so well that in our second year I tried carrots, beets, corn and potatoes along with what I grew the first year. The tomatoes were eaten down to the dirt before they even flowered! The beets, carrots and corn did nothing. Not even a single sprout! They were grown from seed and the tomatoes were store bought plants. We got some potatoes but that was it. Very discouraging. That has been my Nevada gardening experience. I will keep trying!

Ask for advice from local gardeners.

 

[catjac1975]

Hi Steve, I was in San Jose, CA. Very nice weather. Now I'm about 75 miles south of Reno. It is dry and windy with snow in the winter and just below 100 in the summer. We have about 40 fruit trees that blossom nicely but few of the trees actually produce fruit. They are all getting pruned this winter by a professional. There are peach, apple, cherry and pear. We get pears and apples but never cherries or peaches.

Annette- there is a garden club about an hour away in Carson City which is too far for me to want to go. I am a homebody! There is a neighbor about 10 minutes away that has a beautiful garden in his front yard. I stopped and talked with him and he has no trouble with the wild life I have trouble with. I have squirrels, rabbits, deer and chipmunks and lots of different birds. We just got three cats and I never see any squirrels, rabbits or chipmunks any more. The cats are feral but somewhat friendly, thanks to the tuna in their bowls. They have three sleeping choices on our covered porch and they choose the BBQ cabinet over the heated cat house. Maybe when it gets colder they will sleep in the heated house. It is so funny to open the BBQ cabinet door and see cats. They get in from the back and climb down to the bottom shelf. Too funny! We always check for them before we BBQ! I think they are pretty safe there from the coyotes. I am hoping they will keep the rattle snakes away too. I can't handle going out to the garden and seeing a rattler. It has happened twice. *Shudder*

Brenda

UG! Rattlesnakes.....