Gardening

giaM28

anyone here plant a garden? i just started my seedlings inside over the weekend! i hope this is the last snow we get so i can put my babies outside soon! 2 months until i get big beautiful fresh veggies!

Kim B.

I haven't ever gardened before, but I'm seriously contemplating growing some fresh herbs inside...I figure it will save on some of the spices and such I spend so much money on at the grocery store and make our apartment smell really nice as well! As soon as we have a house with a yard, though, I want flower beds and a good sized vegetable garden. Having fresh veggies on hand and being able to have fresh cut flowers for inside all the time would be amazing!

JessieCupcake

I've never planted a garden but I would like too. Unfortunately, the "dirt patch" that we have outside our apartment really isn't sufficient enough.

My grandparents always had a vegetable garden and fig trees in their yard and it was awesome. I want to do that someday when I have my own house.

Good luck with your seedlings, Gia! Spring will be here soon.

giaM28

my FIL started a fig tree for DH and I a year ago! it should be stong enough to plant in the yard this summer i hope. maybe next summer. its from the roots of a fig tree in his grandpas villa in italy. everyone in their family has a peice of that tree growing in their yard, its a nice tradition

JessieCupcake

giaM28:

my FIL started a fig tree for DH and I a year ago! it should be stong enough to plant in the yard this summer i hope. maybe next summer. its from the roots of a fig tree in his grandpas villa in italy. everyone in their family has a peice of that tree growing in their yard, its a nice tradition

JessieCupcake

giaM28:

my FIL started a fig tree for DH and I a year ago! it should be stong enough to plant in the yard this summer i hope. maybe next summer. its from the roots of a fig tree in his grandpas villa in italy. everyone in their family has a peice of that tree growing in their yard, its a nice tradition

JessieCupcake

Sorry about the multiple posts.. don't know what happened there.

Anyway, Gia, that is such a nice tradition. I hope you get your fig tree this summer. I wish I had one!

giaM28

i have it already. its in a big bucket. I think its still too young to survive a winter so i will have to see how strong it is at the end of the summer. if its still weak it will stay in the bucket until next year. at least i should get a few nice figs this summer! My grandma has a different breed of tree which i have to go over her house and get this weekend. her tree also came from her fathers house in italy. my sister has a peice of it and so does my mom.

JessieCupcake

giaM28:

i have it already. its in a big bucket. I think its still too young to survive a winter so i will have to see how strong it is at the end of the summer. if its still weak it will stay in the bucket until next year. at least i should get a few nice figs this summer! My grandma has a different breed of tree which i have to go over her house and get this weekend. her tree also came from her fathers house in italy. my sister has a peice of it and so does my mom.

I'm jealous of all your fig trees! My grandma's fig trees were in her yard when she lived in Queens so I can't get one from her.

Are they hard to take care of? I know my grandparents always had them covered in the winter with a bucket on top. I always remember being intrigued by that as a kid.

giaM28

they are pretty easy to take care of. you have to wrap them in the winter so the dont get frost in them. the bucket is to prevent water from seaping into the top of the blanket. its like a big sweater for a tree lol

JessieCupcake

giaM28:

they are pretty easy to take care of. you have to wrap them in the winter so the dont get frost in them. the bucket is to prevent water from seaping into the top of the blanket. its like a big sweater for a tree lol

Thanks for explaining. I guess it just looks more complicated than it actually is. The trees just always looked so weird when they were covered in the winter.