Ms. Que BanhTell me what is impeding you, on growing food/herbs & flower plants; the challenges you're facing/have faced in your current living gardening spaces. I can try to better help you, on growing some plants, wherever you live - when I know your living conditions better. Every living space has different challenges & all can be dealt with. If there's strong will, there's always a way 👩🌾 Even if you live in a tiny basement suite with very little light coming in.
It helps if you know the wildlife that frequently visit your outdoor living spaces too. I'm huge on #coexistence planting because doing that will reduce your weeding & pest control work - nature #biodiversity will take care of many of those issues for you!
rsp@PhoenixSerenity Grasshoppers, stinkbugs, and blister beetles descend in large numbers and damage tomatoes and peppers before they become ripe.
@rspfau I have none of those & never had any of those issues in my 40+ years of growing food, including well over 50 different tomato varieties.
@rspfau I kinda figured - when you mentioned those specific pests. The core problem is your government sucks a lot. They created bigger pest issues from their massive ecocides in your home state. That affects all birds/lizards/small mammals/insects life in your state & every single surrounding states. We fight for every single protection in BC. We continue to fight out capitalist corporate sellout governments to this day. Our current governments are super ecocidal & we have a few lawsuits against them that will take years to resolve in courts. Meanwhile, I keep doing my best with local food security, food equity & education on local food systems. Wielding a sword of justice, while wielding working shovels up of hope ✌️👩🌾
@PhoenixSerenity People do have nicer gardens around here than I do. And my immediate surroundings have relative good habitats. I think its more complicated than "Texas bad".
clewTrying to get back to growing food — should also say all these relatives have amazing gardens, various.
In the short term, would you be up to row covers? Very fine nylon mesh? You have to be clever for crops that also need insect pollination, and it’s a hassle, but with care it can be reused for years and years. “Frost fleece” keeps bugs out too but I bet you’d have overheating problems too often.
PS - pocket gophers! An interest of mine and also a terrible pest in the beans.
@clew I tried covers, but 30 MPH winds makes that a no go. Now have root rot nematode. Nature conspires against me.