Gardening Thread- Show me your gardens!

Cool.
The other day I was thinking how it should be the norm to see most all houses with some sort of rain water collection system.. I guess builders and people haven't had a resourceful or preservation mind set. It only seems to make perfect sense to me. Of course plenty or probably most could care less, until they don't have a water supply.

 

Same thing for solar panels integrated into the roof design, really. When I build I'm planning on having a cistern poured at the same time as the foundation slab for rainwater collection. Much more aesthetically pleasing than a couple of big water totes, haha!

 

True, I def think these things should start to being designed into homes, people should wake up and start taking action with these things imo., just makes sense.

 

Sunday project: Built and placed a new garden bed (32 x 8!).


Dug out the sod (by hand, which was dumb; should have just cut it with the shovel and scooped it with the tractor. My back will be sore tomorrow!)


And moved it over beside the garage for erosion control


Even Aggie got in on the action!

 

Okay now this is cool!
Good to see TW members rocking edible front yards. Just thought I' add a little inspiration to all the avocado talk going on.

 

Impressive. Are those Reed Avocados?

 

I would cover up those IBC containers so alge dont grow in them.

 

Not sure! just one of the half dozen varieties growing around the house.

 

Damn...That's a big avocado!

We didn't have much of a problem with algae in them last year, but I agree. I'm probably going to paint them this year, actually. That should inhibit the algae growth and protect them from UV degradation.

 

I am glad theres a thread on gardening!

 

Started by making 6 x 6 boxes, 10" high.. filled them up with gardening soil from a local nursery



Installed cattle fences for green bean and snap pea support



My babehs



peas stringing up on trellis



early cabbage



installed a failed sprinkler system :S



This is my first year gardening.. so any advice will be appreciated..

Tomatoes, tomatillos, bell peppers, onions, carrots, spinach, lettuce, brocolli, snap peas, green beans, and cucumbers

 

Nice peas.. this is my first year growing them

 

Damn. I'm jealous that you're already getting stuff; my soil's still too cold to plant anything. I've got seedlings started, but that's it.
Looks like a nice clean setup, though.

Not knowing anything about the climate in Texas, the only thing I can suggest is a fence around your garden to keep the critters out. We were having trouble with deer and rabbits before I put mine up.

 

Yes, I have a fence around to keep deer and rabbits out.

 

Rough dimensions - 18'x12'

Tomatoes, peppers, onions, green beans, carrots, cucumber, broccoli, dill, parsley, basil, oregano, lettuce and probably a few other things will be going in here once the threat of frost is past.

 

I'm assuming the 'L' shape is for easier planting/weeding/harvesting on such a large bed?

 

It was supposed to have another section on the other side, but the wife out the kibosh on that. Minor design change in the middle of building.

 

Ah, I see...
It's probably just as well. It'd be pretty hard to reach the middle without stepping on something otherwise.

 

It is already rather large for that. I'm going to have to put a board down for a walk way down the middle.

 

yeah, 12X18's a pretty big bed. Most of mine are 4x8