Comments on: Five Cheats For The Lazy Gardener (How To Hack A Garden) http://www.gardenmandy.com/five-cheats-for-the-lazy-gardener-how-to-hack-a-garden/ Organic Living, Gardening, Health and Environmental Issues Daily Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:41:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CK http://www.gardenmandy.com/five-cheats-for-the-lazy-gardener-how-to-hack-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-9753 CK Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:02:55 +0000 http://www.gardenmandy.com/?p=176#comment-9753 I loved this post. I really appealed to my "computer geek" side. I loved this post. I really appealed to my “computer geek” side.

]]> By: mandy http://www.gardenmandy.com/five-cheats-for-the-lazy-gardener-how-to-hack-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-937 mandy Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:31:16 +0000 http://www.gardenmandy.com/?p=176#comment-937 Hey everybody, I think a lot of people put off gardening because they think it requires a lot of time. The truth is, with a little preparation, gardening can be very low maintenance. Good luck everyone and happy gardening! Hey everybody,
I think a lot of people put off gardening because they think it requires a lot of time. The truth is, with a little preparation, gardening can be very low maintenance.
Good luck everyone and happy gardening!

]]> By: John Hunter | Curious Cat Science Blog http://www.gardenmandy.com/five-cheats-for-the-lazy-gardener-how-to-hack-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-929 John Hunter | Curious Cat Science Blog Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:56:06 +0000 http://www.gardenmandy.com/?p=176#comment-929 Thanks for the great tips. I started planting a garden a vegetable garden couple years ago and I think my style is very similar to your. I take almost no care of it but gets lots of great stuff with little effort. I compost leaves... That is my only improvement I give to the soil and just water occasionally and get wonderful tomatoes, peppers, peas, cucumbers, berries... I do buy young plants instead of growing from seeds for most things (I do pees and beans from seed). I am actually sort of amazed how easy it is. Thanks for the great tips. I started planting a garden a vegetable garden couple years ago and I think my style is very similar to your. I take almost no care of it but gets lots of great stuff with little effort. I compost leaves… That is my only improvement I give to the soil and just water occasionally and get wonderful tomatoes, peppers, peas, cucumbers, berries… I do buy young plants instead of growing from seeds for most things (I do pees and beans from seed). I am actually sort of amazed how easy it is.

]]> By: VicinSea http://www.gardenmandy.com/five-cheats-for-the-lazy-gardener-how-to-hack-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-825 VicinSea Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:57:16 +0000 http://www.gardenmandy.com/?p=176#comment-825 Loved the story! I have to disagree with GardenGrrrl. I haven't found a heat loving veggie yet that doesn't benefit from a month or 2 in a hothouse. The trick is to buy the starts in bio-degradable pots, and then plant the whole pot with minimal root disruption. I start all of my garden plants in a "Nursery" area of my yard and then move them out to the main garden when I have room. I regularly transplant peas and beans for as long as we have the weather to grow them. I am on my third crop of peas and second crop of greens beans for this year. I never move corn to the garden until it is at least a foot tall or after June 1st, which ever comes first. Cabbages stay in the nursery until they are 6 to 8 inches tall. Pre-growing plants is a great way to make the most of your space in case of failures and damage. I simply detest empty spots in the garden! ;-) Loved the story! I have to disagree with GardenGrrrl. I haven’t found a heat loving veggie yet that doesn’t benefit from a month or 2 in a hothouse. The trick is to buy the starts in bio-degradable pots, and then plant the whole pot with minimal root disruption. I start all of my garden plants in a “Nursery” area of my yard and then move them out to the main garden when I have room. I regularly transplant peas and beans for as long as we have the weather to grow them. I am on my third crop of peas and second crop of greens beans for this year.

I never move corn to the garden until it is at least a foot tall or after June 1st, which ever comes first.

Cabbages stay in the nursery until they are 6 to 8 inches tall.

Pre-growing plants is a great way to make the most of your space in case of failures and damage. I simply detest empty spots in the garden! ;-)

]]> By: Garden Grrrl http://www.gardenmandy.com/five-cheats-for-the-lazy-gardener-how-to-hack-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Garden Grrrl Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:22:22 +0000 http://www.gardenmandy.com/?p=176#comment-475 I love the analogies, so funny and appropriate in an age when people understand more about their computer than their own backyards. The trick with choosing starts over seeds is knowing when it's worthwhile. For crops like corn, zucchini, or melons purchasing starts may just result in slower, weaker plants. I love the analogies, so funny and appropriate in an age when people understand more about their computer than their own backyards. The trick with choosing starts over seeds is knowing when it’s worthwhile. For crops like corn, zucchini, or melons purchasing starts may just result in slower, weaker plants.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.gardenmandy.com/five-cheats-for-the-lazy-gardener-how-to-hack-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Michelle Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:43:03 +0000 http://www.gardenmandy.com/?p=176#comment-471 Love these tips and LOLed at the picture. Funny how many of these I was already doing! Does that make me a lazy gardener? Haha! Love these tips and LOLed at the picture. Funny how many of these I was already doing! Does that make me a lazy gardener? Haha!

]]> By: Lin http://www.gardenmandy.com/five-cheats-for-the-lazy-gardener-how-to-hack-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Lin Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:45:02 +0000 http://www.gardenmandy.com/?p=176#comment-466 You said: "Try To Purchase Seedlings Instead Of Sprouting Yourself." I couldn't agree more! It has saved our allotment this year. Time and lack of space meant that sowing our own wasn't an option this year. I think I may have been resistant to that idea of buying plants for the silliest of reasons - thinking that other allotmenteers would deem me to be less of a gardener! Crazy! What makes sense is that now I have rows of stuff filling the beds, growing on nicely with only the minimal effort on my part. Okay - it is dearer that seed, but at least we'll have some produce to enjoy, instead of none. You said: “Try To Purchase Seedlings Instead Of Sprouting Yourself.”
I couldn’t agree more! It has saved our allotment this year. Time and lack of space meant that sowing our own wasn’t an option this year. I think I may have been resistant to that idea of buying plants for the silliest of reasons – thinking that other allotmenteers would deem me to be less of a gardener! Crazy! What makes sense is that now I have rows of stuff filling the beds, growing on nicely with only the minimal effort on my part. Okay – it is dearer that seed, but at least we’ll have some produce to enjoy, instead of none.

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