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New in the garden....
Feb. 1st, 2011 07:10 amI'm not much of a gardener.
I don't have the time nor the dedication to muck around in the soil. It makes me truly appreciate those that do. We also are kinda short on direct sun, living in the midst of a redwood forest and all.
Berries tend to do well here. The strawberries I have in planters on the deck keep colonizing other planters. I decided to put in some blueberries. Costco had bare root at a reasonable price. When I stopped at the nursery (plant, not newborn), to get some more potting soil as well as peat moss to amend the soil with (blueberries like the acidity), I asked about which citrus would be hearty enough for west county. My Meyer lemon is doing well in the planter on the deck. It will be in full flower in the next couple of weeks. To my surprise, the nurseryman recommended a Satsuma mandarin, comparing it to the Meyer lemon, both in frost and shade tolerance.
So now the dwarf lemon has company on the deck.
I don't have the time nor the dedication to muck around in the soil. It makes me truly appreciate those that do. We also are kinda short on direct sun, living in the midst of a redwood forest and all.
Berries tend to do well here. The strawberries I have in planters on the deck keep colonizing other planters. I decided to put in some blueberries. Costco had bare root at a reasonable price. When I stopped at the nursery (plant, not newborn), to get some more potting soil as well as peat moss to amend the soil with (blueberries like the acidity), I asked about which citrus would be hearty enough for west county. My Meyer lemon is doing well in the planter on the deck. It will be in full flower in the next couple of weeks. To my surprise, the nurseryman recommended a Satsuma mandarin, comparing it to the Meyer lemon, both in frost and shade tolerance.
So now the dwarf lemon has company on the deck.
