Food 2019 Amateur Farm and Garden thread

[fly]

This also assumes you'll never have a large expense (or you have a sufficiently large "other" fund) to cover those.

No new car, no kids college tuition, no major medical bills, etc.

This also assumes that you never work again, that your expenses increase lock step with inflation, you'll never receive inheritance, no social security, etc. There's plenty of variables on both sides, but its still a pretty safe plan.

 

[wetwillie]

Garden thread, dummies.

Seed money grows over time.

 

[Ledboots]

For our newest experiment, we're growing micro-clover in the yard.

How is this working? I hate grass.

 

[fly]

How is this working? I hate grass.

Check back in a few months. Dumb me fucked over dumber me. About 3-4 months before I put down the seed, I applied Surflan to the lawn with the intention of getting real grass. Instead I ended up attempting to overseed with clover. I don't think that combo worked very well. Oops

We just had a stump ground up. Removed all the shit they ground up, put down some soil, and the clover is growing pretty well.

 

[Ledboots]

Check back in a few months. Dumb me fucked over dumber me. About 3-4 months before I put down the seed, I applied Surflan to the lawn with the intention of getting real grass. Instead I ended up attempting to overseed with clover. I don't think that combo worked very well. Oops

We just had a stump ground up. Removed all the shit they ground up, put down some soil, and the clover is growing pretty well.

I will check back, if it can take the heat of the summer, we will know.

 

[fly]

I will check back, if it can take the heat of the summer, we will know.

It doesn't help that our sprinkler system is borked with the fence, and we haven't had rain in like 10 days. The good news is that all the weeds are dead!

 

[nukes]

Made a big mistake mowing the front weed lawn. It looked good. Then she hired a lawn care company. Now the weeds are gone, and it's getting watered twice daily.

 

[nukes]

I'd fancy a rock garden.

 

[HipHugHer]

Made a big mistake mowing the front weed lawn. It looked good. Then she hired a lawn care company. Now the weeds are gone, and it's getting watered twice daily.

A little Roundup fix that right up.

 

[APRIL]

A little Roundup fix that right up.

You older people need to quit with the RoundUp.

 

[nukes]

You older people need to quit with the RoundUp.

I prefer the weeds to the lawn anyways.

 

[wetwillie]

You older people need to quit with the RoundUp.

You younger people need to quit slinging the herbicides like you were feeding the pigeons at a park.

 

[APRIL]

You younger people need to quit slinging the herbicides like you were feeding the pigeons at a park.

Eh?

 

[Domon]

Check back in a few months. Dumb me fucked over dumber me. About 3-4 months before I put down the seed, I applied Surflan to the lawn with the intention of getting real grass. Instead I ended up attempting to overseed with clover. I don't think that combo worked very well. Oops

We just had a stump ground up. Removed all the shit they ground up, put down some soil, and the clover is growing pretty well.

yeah... you fucked yourself with a broad leaf killer that sticks around for a bit.

 

[wetwillie]

Eh?

See the post below your "eh".

 

[fly]

yeah... you fucked yourself with a broad leaf killer that sticks around for a bit.

Like I was saying about dumb me.

edit: And that shit can stick around for a LONG time. I'm sure it's great for the environment.

 

[HipHugHer]

You older people need to quit with the RoundUp.

My yard is chemical-free, how's yours?

 

[APRIL]

My yard is chemical-free, how's yours?

Apparently I can't control my other half. :/

 

[nukes]

Apparently I can't control my other half. :/

You're not supposed to.

 

[APRIL]

You're not supposed to.

lol, I love when you project.