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  1. Markymark

    Paint or Stain a pergola

    Couple pics of this mornings work, gonna see if I can finish it up.
  2. Markymark

    Paint or Stain a pergola

    Well, I bought the last grape tree at Lowes for like 6$ it's a black monmukka and apprarently getting this type of grape in the store is rare due to the skin not being thick, so it doesn't travel well. I was gonna get a concord but I was trying to find the darkest colored grape I could find and...
  3. Markymark

    Cheap idea for a fun planter!

    I've got it built but it's got nothing in it besides compost and my PVC pipe design for root watering. Haven't decided on a proper location and after having it up for about a month now I've decided one foot deep is a minimum and probably at least 1.5 feet deep recommended. Can't decide if I...
  4. Markymark

    Paint or Stain a pergola

    This is a few pictures of an update. I got my Pink Reliance grape tree and planted it. This is how I planted it, added roughly 1 lb of azomite rock dust, few hand fulls of Green sand, few large pinches of mycorrhiza and used some compost from my garden beds that is at least a year old (just...
  5. Markymark

    Paint or Stain a pergola

    If you guys wanna see the pergola now here is a few pics on my facebook. It just rained here so I can't really buy any compost, so I'm chilling for the time being and working on other projects like this one. Spending all my available time on this one right now. I'm hoping to have it cycling by...
  6. Markymark

    Cheap idea for a fun planter!

    There is very few common things that don't grow here. This is the fruit basket of the world (or use to be)!
  7. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    Yeah, I'm getting into aquaponics, I originally wanted to see if I can make a business out of it, but after reading a bit into it, doesn't seem very viable. But it's not like the extra produce I have I can't take it down to the farmers markets, we got several around here within 20 minutes of my...
  8. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    It seems like an expensive way to grow potatoes as compared to using something like chicken wire. I mean you could go through a 2x4 per level. But I like the way it looks compared to chicken wire. It would also allow me to avoid building the trash bin type look. I think a cheaper alternative is...
  9. Markymark

    Paint or Stain a pergola

    So those 4x4's you see are not excatly great looking, but what I plan on doing is taking some of the landscaping timber (it's redish), and wrapping it around the tops of the beds to give me a bit more depth + it'll make it look a little better imo!
  10. Markymark

    Upcoming Spring Planting

    There is two varieties (I believe), green and red Malabar spinach and the guy I watch on youtube says it's a really great tasting fast growing spinach, so besides the 20-25 tomatoes I'll be growing this season I may have to check that one out.
  11. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    So if you look at the image below this is what I was imagining the trash can part was for... I wanted to Isolate the raspberries (because I knew they are invasive) to a location where it couldn't get in the way of the potatoes. But I wanted something in the front yard that would look GOOD...
  12. Markymark

    Paint or Stain a pergola

    working on the bed around the garden now, couple pics of me building up the garden beds on the side of the pergola, this wood is old and it may be treated so I'm going to line the inside of them with plastic, plus it can only make them last longer imo. See the irrigation line I...
  13. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    I agree it is a bit rich for my blood, but if I bought my starters it would be near 200 plants so it does pay for itself if I choose the option of purchasing the plants. But the part of no transplant shock is pretty important too me as I personally wanna max out production. I should have grabbed...
  14. Markymark

    Cheap idea for a fun planter!

    This is the plant that will be taking the spot of my mints *pic below is of a Chilean Guava*, I need probably 3 more, it's a bush that can get up to a 6x6, but more normally 4x4 (feet). This plant doesn't have an issue with being trimmed, then at the bottom of those bushes I was thinking...
  15. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    I used the cheapo walmart potting soil $2.77 a bag (full of sticks, not just small stuff big stuff that wouldn't fit through a ½" classifier!), well I was reading to avoid compost and manure, or if I do use it use a very small amount only for starters, I am not suggesting that anyone is starting...
  16. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    So if you're interested in potless planting here is my setup (just threw it together) I made 3 frames that hold roughly between 24-30 each. All planted out it has 81 plants (I slowly made the best shape LOL). I had the water to soil off, but I was able to get them made. So I did to 1 cubic feet...
  17. Markymark

    Upcoming Spring Planting

    Yeah I did companion planting last season, beans and corn. This year I will do it again, I've just started 81 starts.
  18. Markymark

    Cheap idea for a fun planter!

    Well we were not harvesting the mint but just really enjoyed the smell it gave to the front of the house. At one point the mint was over growing and so I trimmed it all back into the raised bed and tossed all the cuttings into a big bag and stuck it in the house, what a nice aroma it have the...
  19. Markymark

    Time for indoor plant starts?

    I'm gonna get little baskets and mark the baskets, I'm not gonna use pots, I'm gonna try that soil cube contraption. Thanks for the info, I better get started asap then.
  20. Markymark

    Upcoming Spring Planting

    I'm trying to decide on how much room I should dedicate to salad greens, like lettuce, collards, and Kale/tree kale. I'm wondering if anyone has a general ratio of plants to people? I have 202 square feet of planting space, and I have a bed that's 3 feet by 24 (72 square feet) feet long and I'm...


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