Final entry.

Regretfully, I have recently moved from the Corona area. This means these gardening experiments are now over, and unfortunately, I have been forced to dismantle them all. At the moment, I have yet to find a permanent place in which to reside in, so further gardening experimentation will have to be postponed indefinitely. These entries will live on, however, for I have no plans to shut down this blog. Please, do enjoy the records of my efforts.
Sent via Blackhole

Carrots

Kiddie pool wicking bed..

All set up and ready to go with the straw for the 'taters. That black cloth will be going up as I fill it throughout the season. For now, I need to transplant those carrots.

Huh..

Found out why the lettuce didn't quite take here.. It happens to be my cat's favorite sunning spot.

Biggish pond update

South facing garden beds..

I still haven't decided if I want to make these traditional, or go through the effort to make them self watering..

south facing side plots..

The one with the bricks about it used to have tomatoes. They finally died off a month ago.

Vertical gardening...

My hoses are a might too bendy, so hopefully a day or two like this will fix it.

Vertical gardening..

Recycling at its best..

Front pond update

livingwallplans3.jpg

livingwallplans2.jpg

livingwallplans1.jpg

Biggish pond update

Front pond update

because it's raining....

here are some plans that I have been fiddling with.

Wicking bed..

Made from those bright orange plastic buckets.. With a vertical gardening twist. Not entirely certain it will actually work, but wrapping the outside of the buckets with burlap or something sounds like it will work.

Front pond plans

Going vertical and nft.. Now what I need is a pump that can do that..

Strawberry pot 2

Both of these I consider good practice. I think the same skills will be needed for a grow tower, should I actually get off my duff and make myself one.

Strawberry pot 1

Front pond update..

Yeah. I cheated. These transplants are doing well though. And the other flowers in the beds are recovering from my water mismanagement. In short, some areas in the bed were not getting sufficient amounts of water.

Front pond update

Wicking bed update

And these? Carrots. (Finally)

Wicking bed update

See that there? The first 'tater.

Wicking bed update

Biggish pond update..

these transplants aren't doing so good either.

Biggish pond..

The other pot for comparison. See how the gravel is slightly lower?

Biggish pond..

Up here, the transplants look dismal to me. I think I may have planted them too high in the container, or maybe the birds happen to like to sit here.

Biggish pond update..

Lettuce and swiss chard are doing alright, so far... Here anyway.

Biggish pond update

Stumps all mudded, and awaiting grout. We get rain today, and so that will have to wait.

Biggish pond update

Biggish pond update

Biggish pond update

Front pond update

Kiddie pool wicking bed.. Update

Rose tree is awakening nicely, now if only the potatoes would do the same..

Biggish pond update..

Thinking that nft things could go over here, once I figure them out.

Biggish pond update..

Still thinking on how to make the thing look better overall

Biggish pond update

More lettuce transplants..

Biggish pond update

Lettuce transplants..

Biggish pond update

Just thinking aloud...

Biggish pond update

Biggish pond update

Biggish pond area..

My cat, uh..supervising.

My attempt at hypertufta..

Instead of a rock, it looks as though I managed a rather indistinct lump. It still has a while to cure.

Kiddie pool wicking bed update

I can say that this growth wasn't there last week.

Kiddie pool wicking bed..update

Mini greenhouse...

Nearly everything is sprouting. I'm waiting for secondary leaves before I transfer anything to growbeds. Or nft tubes...

Biggish pond update..

Front pond update