I turned my entire front yard into a perennial garden. The cement retaining wall was added in April. I am pretty proud of it

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Hey growmies

I’m growing melons (cantaloupe?) and I’m wondering if I need to start supporting these or can they just keep growing like this?

Thanks for your time

HI there. for years our garden has been plagued by morning glory.
I try my hardest to keep up with it, but my back is messed up and its getting overwhelming.

My garden would be just like that if I did not keep on top of it.

Also, yes. The second neighbor called it quits, and disowned the small steep bank we all have that I assume is to support the foundations of the houses on the other side of the fence.

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Once a flowers buds die and its just the stalk should i cut it down right away or just leave it?

Morning from Scandinavia!

When I bough my first house I decided I wanted to maximize how much green area I could get. I am happy with my garden on front end of the house, but I need suggestions for the back side of the house.

Currently I have made some small pockets of green “stuff” in front and behind the “big window part” you see here, but I yet have to do anything about the frontal part of it. Maybe a huge mesh / sticks with climbing plants, maybe some bushes or whatnot, alas my amateur garden mind needs suggestions. It is worth noting that it is a big limited what I can do about the stones, as they act as a trench to help drain / lead the water from the road.

Do you best / worst, and in advance - thank you!

Needs a little weed. Feels so good to walk on barefoot

Not my chickens! My neighbor has free roaming chickens and they are in my yard every morning and my watermelons have scratches and huge gaping holes 🕳️. My heart can’t take it. This is my first year gardening and I was so proud to see my melons coming in hot. But now I’m just mad 😡 keep your chickens off my land ! lol but seriously.. most cost effective way to keep them away

I had a caterpillar chew clean threw a few weeks ago and wasn’t sure it was going to make it then but it kept growing above the hole and producing pumpkins. But because of my own stupidity I haven’t thought to zip tie anywhere above the hole in the stem to help support the weight of a pumpkin and with heavy wind and rain today the vine fell from the cattle pannel snapping one side of the vine and now it’s barely hanging on. Is what’s growing above it going to survive with that little of stem left or should I just cut the pumpkins off while I can?

One of the cuttings developed root after a day, but soon it stopped and just proceed to rot. all the cuttings rot, I don't understand what am I doing wrong.

Hello! I've wanted an herb garden for a long time and finally got the opportunity to start some in pots.

I gave my thyme a bit of a bad start because I got excited and bought a nursery plant before I had all the equipment ready for it to be repotted into a big plant. I was worried about overwatering so even though it became droopy, I didn't water it until I had repotted it several days later (in a large 10 inch terra cotta pot, with a potting soil mix that I combined with perlite and silica sandstone). The soil mix is draining well, which is great. I gave it a teaspoon of plant food when I repotted.

The thyme itself already has some dead parts due to the lack of watering, and in my worry when it wilted a bit I tried to untangle it (I realize now it's best to leave alone and let it detangle itself when it props upright again), so I imagine it's feeling pretty stressed.

When is a plant established enough to start cutting away the unhealthy parts, and what can I do to give my thyme tlc so it thrives again?

Thanks so much!

My idea is to create a terrarium using a plastic bottle filled with dirt and covered with saran wrap or parchment paper with slits for airflow. I plan to connect this terrarium to another bottle containing water using straws, allowing the soil to stay moist. The goal is to let moss naturally grow inside the terrarium without introducing any plants.

I was wondering if anyone could provide any tips since I have limited materials.

So we have an avocado tree which was given to us from my deceased grandfather and it is no mature and fruit bearing, we are looking to move but still want to keep the avocado tree and hopefully have it fruit in not too long, but at its size moving the entire tree is not an option, it's currently reaching spring where I am so how would you guys go about cloning or keeping the tree in some essence

For some odd reason our cucumbers have been turning yellow for most of the summer, they're also pretty bulbous. I think they managed to cross pollinate with all(or one) of the 4 different tomatoes we have nearby. They taste fucking delicious, although the skin is a bit tougher than usual. Not sure if that matters.

Anyone have any ideas?

Hey everyone I hope I am in the right group for this since I was wondering if there is a specific term for when the pumpkin itself starts to grow on the vine. I am planning a maternity shoot and am using my home pumpkin garden and would like to say “our garden is growing (terminology for pumpkins starting to grow on the vine) and the due date. Some examples I saw were blooming January 2033 or sprouting 2045 but I was wondering if there is more of a correct term for the start of a pumpkins growth cycle that wound fit/make sense .

I pollinated my first watermelon, I’m so excited to see it grow, what are good indicators that a watermelon is ready to harvest? I’m in zone 5b northern Colorado.

What is the best tree to grow for privacy in my backyard along a rock wall in zone 8? Maybe a desert type tree or fruit tree? Thinking maybe a palo verde or mesquite but I’m open to suggestions. Thanks!