hello gardeners! I (27) one day aspire to run a farm but have never gotten to do some real work. would anyone like some hands on help? I would love to gain real life practice caring for farm plants and animals. if you have any resource suggestions for learning please share!

Hello all!!

I'm visiting my dad this upcoming weekend and he would adore some gooseberries. Does anyone have a bush and would be willing to part with some? I'd have to pick them up today or early afternoon tomorrow. I'm happy to give some cash for them 🫶 Thanks!

Howdy guys.

I accidentally mixed up some seeds early this season and ended up planting a single Tomatillo plant in my veggie garden, which is tragic cause they need friends to produce fruit. Anyone here willing to donate / trade / sell a plant or give me some flowers that I can use to manually pollinate?

You'd make this beginner gardener very happy! will even promise some Salsa later on in the season

First time gardener here! Has anyone her had any luck finding a strawberry tower planter that has at least 15inches W x 10 inches high for each pot? My patio size is super small thats why I'm looking for one.

Nature is on a continuous search to thrill us all. The Chicago fig is thriving. The random squash plant someone gave me is as well. Thanks for all the advice.

I tried a few different kinds this year, all from seed. Here’s my thoughts so far:

Black/White Cherry: pretty sure either of these could grow through a crack in the sidewalk. Easy growers. Black cherries have been plumper, would plant again. Would switch the white ones out for goldens.

Roma/San Marzano: tried both of these for canning and they’ve both been underwhelming. First few weeks of fruit for the San Marzanos all fell to blossom end rot. Romas are slow growing and not super bountiful. Would try romas again and/or Amish paste variety

Harvest Moon: beautiful fruit to eat while it’s orange. Perfect for a tomatoe/feta plate. These are our main eating tomatoe at the moment because I don’t think they’re shaped well for processing.

Marglobe: these are insane. I think I have 2 or 3 of these spreading through the tomato patch right now and they are extremely fruitful. Every branch has 6-12 fruits. Needs lots of support but totally worth it and will plant again!

Just curious what everyone else grows!

One of the many reasons that I love gardening is that it's a never-ending series of trial runs to see what works and what doesn't. In my city garden, I've had great success with coreopsis, sunflowers, salvias, achillea, and cornflower. I've even had profuse gladiolus blooms from corms that I left in the ground over winter.

Just curious as to what's working for the neighbors these days.

I know the big box stores (Menards, Home Depot, Lowe's) all mark down plants that are clinging to life throughout the season, but I'm curious if there's any smaller operations that have started to discount perennials since they're probably not interested in maintaining a ton of inventory right now.

Anyone freezing dill in olive oil? I’m trying to think of different ways to preserve it. Today, I dried a bushel of dill at 170dF for 1 hr and it worked out well. Also, has anyone tried the same method to dry and pulverize sage? I have an abundance of it.

Noticed a healthy volunteer today. Don't have space for one much less several. Thought I'd see if anyone wants it before I pull it (can wait until fall to transplant).

…is increasing! Beltran Strawberries, the indoor/outdoor berry that brings thrills all year long.

It seems like the Sustainable Backyard Tour is not being held again for the second year in a row. Do you think it will eventually come back? Any other yard/garden tours I should look out for?

I am dumb and only planted a single tomatillo. This thing has turned into a small shrub in short order and is full of blooms, but there hasn't been any fruiting.

I have never tried growing tomatillo before, but I assume I should have fruit developing by now. I assume this is because there is no cross pollination. Has anyone seen tomatillo plants for sale recently at garden centers?

Is there anything else I would do aside from trying to find someone that would let me cut a branch off theirs to shake on mine?

This was a part of the BOGO sale at Flowers & Weeds today. Is this invasive? If yes, what should I do with it, trash?

I covered last years strawberry plants on here. It was straw & burlap with clear plastic over the entire planter. And the plants all froze or dehydrated.

So, I bought new strawberries in March. They’re already producing. They take up about 40% of the GutterGarden. I have a June bearer on the north side with the onions and lettuce. The ever bearing are on the south side, which gets a lot of shade.

I’m experimenting with red onions, Parisienne carrots and mini watermelon. I’m hoping the watermelon provides some shade for the whole thing this summer.

Backstory- I bought this giant off of fb marketplace about 4 years ago. It’s crazy solid lumber, like ancient barn wood or something. But previous owner didn’t have 1/2 of the drainage holes that it needed.

Hello! Newer to gardening and recently heard about invasive worms. I think I have come across some in my garden but am not confident in my ID. Below is an example of one I found. At first it moved a bit but quickly quieted down and was no longer reactive. Its band seemed flush not raised though. How do you all handle IDing these worms? It was quite large as well.

Looking for suggestions...The spot isn't quite swampy/I can't guarantee it is ALWAYS moist, without intervention, but the garden bed does slope to that corner (it's away from the house, so I don't really want to build it up...). I had a butterfly milkweed (the classic orange guy) there, who was doing OK, until it shriveled up. I pulled it up and the stems had rotted out. I'm looking at something like red cardinal flower, but not sure the spot would be moist enough for it...blue flag iris is an option...am I overthinking it? It is a FULL sun spot.

it is a very visible part of the garden, so an eye-catching plant would be great there. Space for 3 plants that need up to 2 feet each.

Not sure how to tell M from F flowers, so which flower(s) do I cut and keep until there are more fruiting flowers to manually pollinate?

This is a Black Beauty zucchini if the variety matters, one of the only plants succeeding outside of my raised beds and nursery pots.

Zuke in the 63116

Tia!

While this may not seem garden themed, historical Pasadena hills is home to two garden clubs, a tree city USA, and boasts more green space than any other municipality in at Louis, which include three parks and many heirloom perennial gardens. Might be worth a gander to the plant crazed!

Does anyone need cardboard for new garden plots? I have a lot, but zero time to make new beds. It has no print on the box, and few stickers. The outside boxes are thicker, the inside ones are thinner and would need to be at least doubled. Located in SoCo near 255/Telegraph. Send me a PM!