04-11-2011, 05:41 PM
Well shucks. I haven't been able to read posts because... My electricity is out. I'm in the car now with my phone charger (the one my wife and I share).
I love the idea of helping people establish backyard gardens. I too have dreamed of this idea!
Also, I too would rather spend every waking hour in my yard. I can't stand lawn upkeep, but I'm still deep in it. (before today, literally).
I don't want to derail the thread any further either. Threads are just conversation starters, IMO. All topics are connected ;-). My only purpose was too stop the doom and gloom aura.
I am an interior landscaper by trade. I work with plants, basically. Gardening is a top five, if not top three, interest for me. I love it. But, man, I tried vegetable gardens. At most, it produced a side dish once a week. Unless you consider cucumbers growing out of my ears! I could only eat so many cucumber sandwiches! Blah!
If I were really going to go all out, I need to learn to grow rice or wheat, some kind of flour stuff! Mmmm, I love bread.
Last thing- meat is a necessity if I'm going full home grown. I'm grateful that my wife's father's family has evenly distributed a yearly stock of venison. In my opinion. In a world without grocery stores, meat is vital. In my opinion.
Insects and a B and a half too!!! By the way. I might be better off growing plants that attract juicy bugs and eat the bugs instead. They grow like crazy, and they're darn difficult to kill. Oo, and fish, let's not forget fish. Yummy.
I love the idea of helping people establish backyard gardens. I too have dreamed of this idea!
Also, I too would rather spend every waking hour in my yard. I can't stand lawn upkeep, but I'm still deep in it. (before today, literally).
I don't want to derail the thread any further either. Threads are just conversation starters, IMO. All topics are connected ;-). My only purpose was too stop the doom and gloom aura.
I am an interior landscaper by trade. I work with plants, basically. Gardening is a top five, if not top three, interest for me. I love it. But, man, I tried vegetable gardens. At most, it produced a side dish once a week. Unless you consider cucumbers growing out of my ears! I could only eat so many cucumber sandwiches! Blah!
If I were really going to go all out, I need to learn to grow rice or wheat, some kind of flour stuff! Mmmm, I love bread.
Last thing- meat is a necessity if I'm going full home grown. I'm grateful that my wife's father's family has evenly distributed a yearly stock of venison. In my opinion. In a world without grocery stores, meat is vital. In my opinion.
Insects and a B and a half too!!! By the way. I might be better off growing plants that attract juicy bugs and eat the bugs instead. They grow like crazy, and they're darn difficult to kill. Oo, and fish, let's not forget fish. Yummy.