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Gardening

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1. What I'm doing differently from last year is the same thing I do differently every year.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 09:03 AM

Feb 2014

That is: Simplify. Be more realistic. Don't plant too much. Don't plant too many different things. Leave plenty of space for air circulation and ease of maintenance.

Etc. Etc.

And then spring rolls around, and I can't stop myself. I end up doing what I do every year. Planting too much, planting too many varieties, filling up every possible square foot. And loving it, till around August, when the sensible resolutions for the NEXT year begin.

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Your 2014 garden - what are you doing new or differently from last year? [View all] NRaleighLiberal Feb 2014 OP

What I'm doing differently from last year is the same thing I do differently every year. enough Feb 2014 #1

That's what happens to me! intheflow Feb 2014 #5

I've managed to start only about 1/3 of what I usually do - so that's progress! NRaleighLiberal Feb 2014 #6

I think Wendell Berry had it right. canoeist52 Feb 2014 #2

New and different Sentath Feb 2014 #3

How goes the aquaponics? Major Nikon May 2014 #22

Planting only one yellow & zucchini squash each! intheflow Feb 2014 #4

Duh. Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #7

Bought a new house, new yard, no garden established yet. UGH. WCLinolVir Mar 2014 #8

I love my raspberries Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #12

I have a sixty five foot+ fence I need to hide. WCLinolVir Mar 2014 #13

I found a black raspberry patch last year. Fabulous. WCLinolVir Mar 2014 #17

Sounds like your backyard is going to be a lot like mine Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2014 #18

Just need a birdbath, and a compost pile. WCLinolVir Apr 2014 #19

caution about birdbaths lululu Apr 2014 #20

My second bedroom serves as seed growing area sadoldgirl Mar 2014 #9

Ugh, slugs are a pain. They are the biggest pest I have. WCLinolVir Mar 2014 #14

Yup. Most of the strawberries I lose, I lose to slugs. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #15

That's awful. I battle them on my pepper plants. Come fall it's the brassicas. WCLinolVir Mar 2014 #16

Biggest change... I get to have one! Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2014 #10

What's new this year? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #11

Changes 2014 giasroom May 2014 #21

Weather was funky so started late. This year I am ignoring my garden basically. glinda Jun 2014 #23

Dan Howitt here a newbie thanking everyone danhowitt1 Oct 2015 #24

Welcome to DU !!!!!!! glinda Oct 2015 #25