Show us your Not-So-Good Gardens! [Archive]

Sar

08-09-2006, 09:57 AM

After seeing everyone's beautiful gardens, I thought it would be fun to see our not-so-good gardens and gardening disasters! ;)

I'll get some pictures in a little while - when I get chance to nip into the garden - of my poor battered garden! :lol2:

So, let's see your gardening disasters and your experiments that went wrong! :lol2:

Steve

08-09-2006, 01:28 PM

Man, I'm not sure I can do this, lol.

Sar

08-09-2006, 02:14 PM

Man, I'm not sure I can do this, lol.

:lol2: Oh but Steve, yes you can! :lol2:

I was about to go and take some picture, but the wind and rain have picked up, so I'll wait for the further damage to be done! ;)

Steve

08-09-2006, 02:49 PM

Listen, I am travelling for a week. Class Reunion, lol, in Kentucky. My Mother lives in Lousiville as well and always great to see her. Not sure if I can get back as often as I do now, but I just want to say I love the site so far and the many wonderful pictures, members and contributors. This is already becoming a labor of love and I thank everyone. Peace.

Notsogreenthumb

08-09-2006, 03:03 PM

While I am taking pictures of my hill tonight I will take pictures of what is left of my flower bed attempt!! :lol2:

neetanddave

08-09-2006, 06:34 PM

Looks like a variegated Canna to me. It will take over!

Anne

08-09-2006, 07:14 PM

Oh, easy thread, I'll take pictures of our backyard tomorrow :run:

Sar

08-10-2006, 09:31 AM

Sarah!!! You made Steve leave for a week by asking him for pics! :shocker:

Ooops! :lol2:

The "living" part of my living wreath is a little questionable!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y248/ABBYMEWCAT/flowers/DSC08876.jpg

:lolup:

:spray: Karen, I was seriously laughing so hard this morning seeing this! :lol2: I remember when you sent me pictures of it when you first got it! :lol2:

Wait until you all see my disaster of a garden! :lol2:

snosrap5

08-10-2006, 02:29 PM

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y248/ABBYMEWCAT/flowers/DSC08876.jpg

Well there is still life in that wreath!!! At least it has some green to it!:)

Karen

08-11-2006, 12:31 PM

Sarah, I am still waiting for your pictures!

LokisMum

08-24-2006, 07:00 PM

By the way, I'll post some pics once my digital camera arrives (on back-order till September). I only hope my gardens are still nice by then! I heard this am on the radio that the leaves are already starting to turn up north.

laureen227

08-25-2006, 05:53 PM

ok, i'm here! i'll take pix of my so-called 'garden' tonight & post them monday...

Steve

08-25-2006, 06:32 PM

Anne

08-25-2006, 07:44 PM

Just wanted to welcome Laureen here! Welcome to VF! Hope to read more about you in the introductions thread :)

laureen227

08-25-2006, 10:04 PM

Just wanted to welcome Laureen here! Welcome to VF! Hope to read more about you in the introductions thread :)

well, i posted a brief intro in the intro thread.
ok, guys - i took pix this afternoon of the yard/garden. they're really pitiful. can't show y'all till monday, tho. be prepared for a very scary redneck yard!

LokisMum

08-26-2006, 12:46 AM

Looking forward to it! :sun3:

Sar

08-26-2006, 10:12 AM

LOL!!!!! For some reason or other I have ignored this thread. Gosh, those are great Terrible Gardens, guys! OK, I will have to do some work, all my work being, of course, so elegant and problem free. (Cough, cough). :lolup: I promise to have a few here soon. If there are any. (cough, cough...what?)

:lolup: I look forward to seeing photos of your 'elegant' work, Steve! ;) :lol2:

well, i posted a brief intro in the intro thread.
ok, guys - i took pix this afternoon of the yard/garden. they're really pitiful. can't show y'all till monday, tho. be prepared for a very scary redneck yard!

Oh, Laureen, just look at my garden! :lol2: Yours can't be much worse than that! :lol2: I look forward to seeing your work - especially your 'wild flower garden'! :)

Steve

08-27-2006, 03:50 AM

Sar: Oh, Laureen, just look at my garden! Yours can't be much worse than that! I look forward to seeing your work - especially your 'wild flower garden'!

Sar is anxiously awaiting more entries into :blobyellow: this category!

And Laureen said:
"can't show y'all till monday, tho. be prepared for a very scary redneck yard!"

LOL, she said Redneck Yard, lol. Get out the Chevy's, gang! :jive:

Sar

08-27-2006, 09:21 AM

I certainly am! :lol2:

Come on everyone, get those disasters posted! :blobyellow:

Sar

08-29-2006, 09:20 AM

Oh Laureen, you are lucky to have such beautiful and established trees in your garden! :hearthrob:

I see you have pots similar to mine! :lol2: I'll have to take a picture of my mouldy teracotta pot that looks similar to your 'pond' pot ;)

I'm sure in no time, we'll all be showing out wonderful disasters turned good! :purpleblob:

LokisMum

08-29-2006, 10:02 PM

I put up a thread with my pix - only because I'm so excited because I finally have a digital camera!

neetanddave

08-29-2006, 11:03 PM

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/happy066.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org) you go girl!

LokisMum

09-11-2006, 04:48 PM

Bumping thread up!

Sar

09-12-2006, 08:20 AM

:clap: Yay! Another bad garden coming! :clap:

I think a good idea would be start a thread for each of our 'bad' gardens and work together to create our little plots of paradise! :clap: I'd love to see our photos of progression!! :purpleblob:

neetanddave

09-12-2006, 10:54 AM

neetanddave

09-19-2006, 10:59 AM

Yup, we volunteer Steve! :clap:

laureen227

09-19-2006, 02:58 PM

I do believe Steve is offering to come and work on it all for you! :lol2: Now there's an offer! :clap:hey, if he's offering to come & do the work - i accept! only a fool would not - & my momma didn't raise no fools!

Steve

09-30-2006, 02:09 AM

Man, this thread went to Hell in a handbasket, lol. Had I not experimented so with "squiffiness", perhaps we could have rescued it.

Here's what I think. Lareen has few excuses, coming up, for not going to work on her place, lol. Nor Anne, who has male help in plentitude, lol. I suggest we begin with her and Anne, or either, and let's see what we think, for real. We can all suggest items to plant and things. This does not hardly have to be quick. And I believe no one is hurrying anyway. I was just thinking, with everywhere else facing the colder times, maybe Texas and Israel might be Mediterranean enough to have fun with. We could begin at the entrances. Laureen? Annette?

Oh, and, good news, I have beer already!:blobyellow:

LokisMum

09-30-2006, 02:18 AM

Now get up there and tell me if I was right on the plant identification thread!

Steve

09-30-2006, 02:27 AM

LMAO!! Yes, you were right. Whoever called these people smart was smart!

Sar

09-30-2006, 09:33 AM

That might help! Do you have one?????/

No, but I'm sure I could use a little femal persuasion to get Oxford to print some for us! ;) :lol2:

Steve, I agree that we should start with Anne and Laureen - maybe we could start separate threads for ideas for them - with the pictures and all!

'Getting the not-so-good gardens, Good!' :clap:

neetanddave

09-30-2006, 04:46 PM

No, but I'm sure I could use a little femal persuasion to get Oxford to print some for us! ;) :lol2:

Steve, I agree that we should start with Anne and Laureen - maybe we could start separate threads for ideas for them - with the pictures and all!

'Getting the not-so-good gardens, Good!' :clap:
We can do that. I'll try and seperate this one into seperate ones for them, along with one for the squiffiness as well. :lol2:

neetanddave

09-30-2006, 09:45 PM

OK, I think I got some new threads started for all the "not so good" garden,s and another one for "Squiffy Steve".

Steve

10-01-2006, 03:24 PM

Dang, guess I better go look........lol. Hey. it's early!:jive:

maggiesgranny

01-11-2007, 03:35 PM

I thought I would let you all know, Neet came to my house for New Years Day dinner, we had a lovely time but she made fun of my empty flower boxes and said she should post pictures of them on here. Can someone tell me what do you do with flower boxes when the flowers die and its winter? Am I supposed to hide them? Plant some kind of winter flowers? add soil, mulch what???????? I know my rose bushes need to be cut down in the winter and my mums too once they have bloomed but these are just plain ole summer flower boxes with pansies and petunias and gerber daisies.:sunk: someone help!!!

neetanddave

01-11-2007, 03:41 PM

See, I was nice and didn't mention it.... :D

I usually pull out my annuals, add them to the compost pile, and dump the dirt in as well. I clean up the boxes and store them during the winter so they don't get ruined.

Since we can't really grow anything here in winter... not much help from me...

maggiesgranny

01-11-2007, 04:16 PM

Anakat

01-11-2007, 04:37 PM

but don't annuals mean they will come back?

Annuals are the ones that grow, flower and finish in one year, but you can collect seeds off them to grow next year.

snosrap5

01-11-2007, 05:42 PM

Don't feel bad I leave my empty flower boxes empty during the winter as well.

neetanddave

01-11-2007, 06:31 PM

but don't annuals mean they will come back?

:doh2: No....

Annuals are the ones that grow, flower and finish in one year, but you can collect seeds off them to grow next year.

I guess I know where I'll be this summer, Anne. Over at Gayle's house, helping her with her garden. :greenblob: :jump2: :greenblob:

CactusLady

01-11-2007, 06:47 PM

Can someone tell me what do you do with flower boxes when the flowers die and its winter?

When I used to live in the UK I had two boxes on my window sill. I hated them when they were empty in the winter months............so heres what I used to do

1/ heathers are wonderful winter plants, you can lots of colours, so you can do a pattern, you know, white, pink, white etc

2/ get those mini conifers from the DIY places - only about 6-8in tall, depending on the size of your box, you need odd numbers so 3, 5 or 7 trees. One year I spotted some in a garden centre and they were sprayed with the fake snow stuff, so they were great fun. You can even put some decorations on during the holidays. When you want to re-do your boxes, these can then be planted in your garden and grow bigger.

3/ Make a creation with small branches and twigs, I sprayed mine silver, you can also hang things on these during the holidays. I had a taller one in the middle and then the other branches stepped down in size.

4/ Can you grow snow-drops were you live, they are so cheerful during the winter

5/ Hollies are also another good one, you can mix the varieties or have all one type. I did a dark green one in the middle, with 2 varigated at each side - it looked lovely

Hope that helps - do let us know what you do ?? :flower: :flower: :flower:

LokisMum

01-11-2007, 08:56 PM

Personally I do what Neet does! Mine get emptied and put away for the winter - they're just on the deck anyway, which we don't use when there is 4 feet of snow on it!

CactusLady

01-12-2007, 08:05 AM

which we don't use when there is 4 feet of snow on it!

:shocker: oh well it that case, close the doors, put the heating on and stay in bed :)

LokisMum

01-12-2007, 03:07 PM

Not this winter thus far - I guess it's coming next week!

maggiesgranny

01-12-2007, 04:57 PM

Personally I do what Neet does! Mine get emptied and put away for the winter - they're just on the deck anyway, which we don't use when there is 4 feet of snow on it!

I was just gonna add some more dirt cause they never did get enough when I planted them and see what comes back. I know Gerber daisies come back every year I had some at my old house. I was hoping the pansies would come back too. <sigh> I am not good at this gardening stuff!:shame:

Karen

01-13-2007, 09:36 PM

I used to put greens (pine, etc) in my window boxes for the holidays, along with some small clear lights and painted white and gold sticks. I pulled out the sticks and lights and would leave the greens in for the rest of the winter. :)

Hilda>^..^<

03-09-2007, 12:09 AM

Hmmm, well I might be very new here, but I don't see any not-so-good-garden photos thusfar :confused2:

Hilda>^..^<

laureen227

03-09-2007, 04:39 PM

Hmmm, well I might be very new here, but I don't see any not-so-good-garden photos thusfar :confused2:

Hilda>^..^<:jaw-dropping: are you kidding? did you not see mine (http://www.verdantforums.com/construction-and-design/t-laureens-not-so-good-garden-thread-111.html)?

Hilda>^..^<

03-09-2007, 05:25 PM

Laureen...

How on earth did I miss that! Well, your oak tree doesn't look too bad to me...actually, everything just looks like it needs a good watering...and a mowing! Actually, looking over many of your pics, I was reminded of how many or most of the yards look in South Texas (where I was born and raised) about August...the middle of the Dog Days. Everything looks pretty much like what's in your pics. Are these recent photos?

(( I'm adding this on after having looked around a bit more...Laureen, I didn't see yours cuz its not in this thread...you made your own not-so-good-garden thread. Looks like several people have done that too. Sorry I missed it.....(s'hard when you're the new kid around)...:sulkoff: ))

Hilda>^..^<

laureen227

03-09-2007, 05:43 PM

Laureen...

How on earth did I miss that! Well, your oak tree doesn't look too bad to me...actually, everything just looks like it needs a good watering...and a mowing! Actually, looking over many of your pics, I was reminded of how many or most of the yards look in South Texas (where I was born and raised) about August...the middle of the Dog Days. Everything looks pretty much like what's in your pics. Are these recent photos?

Hilda>^..^<these were from about end of august. yeah, always need water - we had a major drought, lasted a couple-3 years, actually. should be much better this year :agree: i'm north texas instead of south, tho.

Hilda>^..^<

03-09-2007, 07:31 PM

these were from about end of august. yeah, always need water - we had a major drought, lasted a couple-3 years, actually. should be much better this year :agree: i'm north texas instead of south, tho.

A-haaa! I knew Texas had to be involved in it somehow!

:lolup:

I'm in the Houston area...things are lookin' really good right now...everything's comin' up so greeeeen!

Hilda>^..^<