Steffani CameronApr 4, 2024

If YOU want to buy ESTABLISHED PLANTS so you have a plug-&-play garden with less of a learning curve, then go you!

You buy that shit, man! Plant those plants!

Insta-food-garden? Fuck, yeah!

Don't you let ANYONE shame you for taking shortcuts that get you planting & growing your food. However you get that hobby started, let it empower you!

These "plant seeds, not seedlings" people are HARMING the grow-your-own-food culture.

Whatever gets you gardening is a beautiful thing. Just grow it.

Show threadBrian Degenhardt

@snarkysteff my serial planting of starts has resulted in so many volunteer plants! A few strawberry starts grew to fill the whole bed. Potatoes pop up everywhere no matter how much I dig. Same with chives, parsley, tomatoes. And don't even get me started on perennials. Rhubarb, asparagus, raspberries are all expanding their territory. I've got three volunteer plum trees.

I'm also late to plant again this year so it's off to buy more starts!

Apr 4, 2024 at 8:58pmWeb
Show threadrivetsApr 4, 2024
@bmdhacks @snarkysteff You need to be careful with those random potatoes, they can carry diseases. You really need to scour the beds when you howk them.
Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteApr 5, 2024
@bmdhacks @snarkysteff Half of pop’s asperagus beds were volunteers. He lived out in the country so no neighbors to fret about and when ever an asperagus volunteer picked a new home he just made it a mini plot. It always cracked me up when ever I visited but man he grew amazing stuff.
Show threadSteffani CameronApr 5, 2024
@Pineywoozle @bmdhacks apparently it can take 10 years to get a harvest from asparagus so that was a long time in the making!
Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteApr 5, 2024
@snarkysteff @bmdhacks Yeah, asparagus is a chore to start. He was tickled with every volunteer patch.
Show threadBrian DegenhardtApr 5, 2024
@Pineywoozle @snarkysteff I have a rhubarb bush growing in the middle of my lawn like that. Aforementioned laziness has prevented me from transplanting it.
Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteApr 5, 2024
@bmdhacks @snarkysteff lol his wasn’t laziness. Rhubarb is beyond easy to transplant. Asperagus is a giant pain to transplant and often not successful . 😜 Rhubarb has max18” roots… asperagus roots can get to 15’