Are you starting on your gardening journey this year? Maybe branching out to some new-to-you plants? Trying out a new style of gardening?

Share your questions! Share your plans! How can we help you grow something wonderful? What do you wish you knew more about?

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  • PeepinGoodArgs
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    3 months ago

    There are styles of gardening? Are any of them suitable for a lazy beginner?

    • LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.orgOPM
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      3 months ago

      Oh sure! Just to add to what @Butterbee said, there’s also “square foot gardening” (not for lazy gardeners), Ruth Stout/straw bale gardening (lazy adjacent), and lots of approaches to tweak any style you choose.

      I think container gardening is readily approachable, especially if you use larger pots to grow several plants with similar needs together. If your preference is more towards “set and forget” then roughing up a patch of soil, sowing wildflower seeds, and covering with a light mulch like straw or hay is a good way to start dabbling. Just avoid the “wildflower mix” bags at the big box stores, because they’re probably not designed for your region. A mom & pop nursery is more likely to have species for your area.

    • Butterbee (She/Her)@beehaw.org
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      3 months ago

      idk about styles but there are certainly different ways of gardening. There’s hydroponic gardening, gardening in containers, having plots out in the yard…

      Lazy beginner options could be to go for succulents in containers next to a window, or maybe picking up some herbs that you can grow in pots from the garden store.

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      3 months ago

      Honestly, one thing to look at would be using ollas, or terracotta pots that irrigate the plants for you. It is an easy way to once to twice a week water your plants. I use it almost exclusively in my gardens because my work schedule is too hectic sometimes for daily watering, plus it is much more effective in deep-root watering.

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          3 months ago

          Of course! If you have any questions feel free to post around here too! There are a few different places to get seeds or plants from that are container friendly, which can help for something easy to work with.