Gardening tips Options

[Spectatrix]

So, we're moving in a couple of weeks. I was hoping to find a rental house that had a large-ish, sunny backyard so I could do some gardening (cool-weather stuff starting soon, then spring/summer stuff next year), but the best house for us turned out to be one with a very shady backyard. While I'm sure we could trim some limbs to let more light, the backyard would still remain pretty shady.

My question for you more gardening-savvy folks is: are there any veggies/herbs that you know of that do well in partial shade?

In the meantime, I'm just hoping we can find a decent place for the basil plant that randomly popped up... it's like 3 feet tall now!

This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Jul 9 2008, 03:17 PM

[impala454]

[jwttu]

if you really want to garden I'd follow chucks advice

but here is a good resource for gardening in the shade
http://extension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/hort/g06911.htm
that link is from the ag extension out of mizzou, tex a&m also has a pretty good ag extension service

Here is their recommendation on fruits/veggies, basically you need sun

Cool-season salad vegetables such as lettuce, spinach and radishes may benefit from light shading through the heat of the summer. Beans, beets, broccoli, cabbage, kohlrabi, peas, potatoes, rhubarb and turnips will grow in light shade but not produce as large a crop as plants growing in full sun.

Currants and gooseberries are fruits which tolerate medium shade and still produce a crop. Bramble fruits such as blackberries and raspberries grow in light shade, but yields will be reduced.

[jwttu]

also if you like natural gardening here is a good source www.dirtdoctor.com

The guy who is in charge of the site is a Texas Tech horticulture grad. He is very knowledgeable on the subject and you might get some good advice on gardening in the shade from the forums over there.

[Oasis]

Those are badass I have one

[Mommy]

Those are badass I have one

That's two sentences.

[Dogmeat]

http://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/937...-marijuana.html

[Spectatrix]

Well, trimming will help, but it's not like we're gonna chop down all the branches or the whole tree (most of the trees are in neighbors' yards anyway, just overhanging). So might be able to do something back there, but eh...

Another possibility is to do some light gardening in the front yard, but it would have to be done carefully so as not to look weird.

[Mommy]

Be a bitch and tell your neighbors to trim their trees. If it's crossing onto your property, it's your right to say something.

[Spectatrix]

Errr... why do I need to be a bitch about it? I'm gonna ask 'em if we can have them trimmed. I'm sure it'll be fine.

[Dogmeat]

GROW YEW!!! SOME OF THAT THAR YEW!!!! THEM THAR!!! THAT .... THAR!!! HOMEGROWN ASSKICIN 'MERICAN MARY-U-WANNA!!!!

THEN ONCE YEW GIT YEW THAT THAR 'MERICAN MARY-U-WANNA!!! YEW GIT YEW THAT THAR ..... HIIIIIIIIIGH AS A CONFEDERATE FLAG KITE!!!! YEEEEEE HAW!

[Spectatrix]

I'm not sure why I even bothered with this thread.

[Oasis]

That's two sentences.

No, idiot. It's one run on sentence

[impala454]

That's two sentences.

STFU AND POOP OUT A BABY































heh

[Oasis]

Well, trimming will help, but it's not like we're gonna chop down all the branches or the whole tree (most of the trees are in neighbors' yards anyway, just overhanging). So might be able to do something back there, but eh...

Another possibility is to do some light gardening in the front yard, but it would have to be done carefully so as not to look weird.

Are we talking about trimming pubes or gardening?

[impala454]

I'm not sure why I even bothered with this thread.

Honestly with hobbies like this, the best possible thing I've found is to do some searching and find a good forum related to the hobby. This forum doesn't really represent the typical forum (I'm sure you know that). I have learned a ton from various forums I frequent. I've found one for the DIY speakers I build, one that's a guide on smoking, avsforum rules for home theater, gmtrucks.com has a great forum for anything i might want to know/need help with on my truck, etc. I'm sure there are a few where the sole subject is home gardening. I've found that most specific subject oriented forums the people are very nice and very helpful (even I am when I post on them ) and have information starting from beginner to ultra expert.

Just an example, the DIY speaker forum I frequent will go from showing simple starter designs which someone who's never soldered and never switched on a tablesaw can build, on up to using fancy mic setups so you can plot your room response and make fine adjust your parametric filter equipment to get a smooth response curve specific to your listening room.

p.s. if you find one on home gardening, post up the link. i wouldn't mind giving it a look see as well

[jwttu]

i posted a link to a gardening forum, see my second post.

[Mommy]

Dogmeat makes me giggle.

Ya, you need specific forums. Not too many people on here are the gardening type because a lot of us either live in apartments or are consumed with other nerdy hobbies. I mean, I can't come on here and ask y'all how I know I'm in labor. I just visit other forums.

[Spectatrix]

Well, I knew Zach and some others on here gardened. So ya know...

[Mommy]

Oh I see why you posted here. I'm just saying you can't complain when people tell you to grow marijuana haha

[Spectatrix]

True nuff.

[Oasis]

Can someone explain how to grow poppy seed plants? I'm looking to get in to the heroin business

[impala454]

A little searching found this one, looks pretty helpful:

http://www.agardenersforum.com/forum/ubbth...Board/13/page/1

and this one looks like it's very active:
http://www.helpfulgardener.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=4

[Spectatrix]

Thanks for the helpful replies. Was looking more for personal experience than links, but those are good too.

[Oasis]

If you live in an unfenced area, get some metal bailing wire and put up a fence around your garden so the deer don't come in and eat everything