Imagardener
Member since June 2026
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Square Foot Gardening · Oct. 9, 2026 · 0 replies · 40 views
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Gardening Memes · June 7, 2026 · 1 reply · 68 views
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LearnDirt, I never gardened in Alb. Here in TX we built a pergola using 4"x4" in concrete, set 12' apart. The upper frame is 2"x6" with wiggle wire channels set along the edges to hold the 70% shade cloth. We have really vicious winds come through …
Oct. 15, 2026
We have a compost pile going how much we'll have next year would only be a guess, but I'd bet it won't be near enough to top off my beds at the end of the spring crop. I'm glad to hear all that heat is good for something. 😉 The sun here is so …
Oct. 14, 2026
Welcome! Fellow agronomist here. (See my bio) I've got sandy "loam" which has more clay than OM. It took a couple years to figure out it was also polluted with drilling mud. So I built raised beds and filled them with locally sourced compost mix…
Oct. 14, 2026
I store my seeds in ziploc bags, squeezing all the air out before sealing, and store them in the deep freeze. I have Seeds more than 5 years old that are still viable. 3 things affect the viability of seeds: - temperature - moisture - oxygen…
Oct. 2, 2026
I have trays of veg seedlings that will be transplanted when the moon is new again. I did it because it's been in the 100s here and everything would have been too late to harvest this fall had I waited to direct sow in cooler weather. This is a …
Oct. 2, 2026
2 things: 1. When plants/seedlings bend, the cells on the long side have actually grown longer than the cells on the inside of the curve. Turning the containers allows all of the cells to grow the same length. 2. I live in S TX. I start my See…
Oct. 2, 2026
https://brewbuch.com/how-to-make-kombucha/ This is the site I used to grow myself a new SCOBY and brew my bucha.
Aug. 14, 2026
I just started sq ft gardening this year, so I can only speak as a newby. I planted 17 of the beds using a planting plate (LOVE IT!). Recently I planted a dz Egyptian walking onions. Since I wanted a blank sq between each group I used string to…
June 9, 2026
Like redshoe, I use to steep manure to make fertilizer, but I used sheep pellets. It was awesome in the garden.
June 7, 2026
Hi, Ima Gardener here. I used to be a farmer & rancher*, but semi-retired. I'm in the semi-arid part of zone 9a of S TX. I studied Plant & Soil Science/Animal Sci '80s; P & S Sci & Hort '20s. I love blooming plants and am working to rewild this o…
June 7, 2026
