Gardening 2024

[Chiefsmom]

Sorry about the delay!   Yes, there are a few things you could grow inside.  You would need big pots, like a couple gal size, so you would need a place to put them by a window.  I have a French door on the south side, and have my plants by the side we don't use and they grow well.  I also had hubby put up some shelves in the laundry room, which is also on the south side.  I'm taking cutting from some of my annual herbs to grow in there for the winter like patchouli and rosemary.

We FINALLY got rain Sunday night.  Had been almost a month.  I had put the soaker hoses on the pot plants to keep them alive.  My yard is brown!

[Chiefsmom]

So, finished cleaning out the garden.
Saturday night it started raining, so we had a mad scramble to get the Pot plants out.  Only 4 had survived, so they are now hanging in the garage until this sunday, when we will start cutting and jarring.  

I Have a ton of Herb plants hanging in my dining room.  Everything that won't overwinter in Michigan, like rosemary and Patchouli.  I will be jarring them up soon and making plant medicine.

Might have to make a thread on that.  See if others are into it.

Already planning next years garden, and begging hubby for more herb space.  (that means he loses yard space.)  LOL

[Ray1990]

The kratky method works really well with herbs, it might be worth looking into for indoor plants. Hydroponics feed is cheap and goes a long way and the best thing of all is there's nowhere for fungus gnats to lay eggs. Indoor plants are great but the pests they attract can be really annoying.


Here's a video of how cheap and easy it can be


I'm using recycled milk cartons which are 2 litre, basil uses about 1 litre of feed a month (it grows really fast) but chillies are using half that even as they fruit. It's a nice and lazy way to grow things, if you're creative you could probably make some really fancy containers or you could even get the kids to paint them.

It never hurts to supplement light levels in the winter either, LED lights are cheap and do make a huge difference during the darker winter months if you live somewhere with long winters.

[Maxmars]

"If there's interest"

If there's interest!???  OF course there's interest!
Your gardening thread is one of my favorites!

Please keep us posted!  I am especially interested in you post-harvest stuff... and very keen on learning what you do with the fruits of your horticultural exploits!

Sincerely, 

Someone who only dreams of being able to do what you do. 
M  

[Chiefsmom]

Wow!  Thank you for that video!  (I don't think the hubby will thank you!  LOL)  New things to try this winter.  Grandsons will love it!
I actually meant that I have Herbs drying, hanging all over my house.  I cut off all the top parts of the ones that would die from the frost, which we have already had.   Plus drying 3 different kinds of peppers, so they are hanging everywhere as well.  But I have empty shelf space, so I will be trying the method in that video.

@Max.  I'm glad you enjoy it.  I just love gardening.  Some day, when I can retire, I would love to just spend time outside with the plants.   The little trees look funny right now, the white pine and the elderberry, having dryer sheets hanging all over them, because of the stupid deer.  6 apple trees 10 feet away, and they want to eat my little trees.
I may start the herbal thread next week.  It will probably be an ongoing like this one (hopefully better updated!) as I learn more, and test more of the medicines I've made.   Oh!  and my tincture press should be finished soon, that an amazing young guy that is a welder is making for me, since they are so damn expensive to buy!  (but apparently NOT to make, if you know how to weld, or know a welder!)
I can't wait!!!

[Ray1990]

No worries!

I always put off learning about hydroponics because I assumed it would be complex... The kratky method is really simple and requires a lot less maintenance as well as space.

I look forward to your herb thread! That's the next steps in my own gardening adventure and I'm sure there'll be lots to learn