Too many people think growing shit also takes a lot of effort. Nah, literally just plant shit, weed once, then wait. You literally don't even have to water in most areas lol.

People think gardening or farming takes a lot of effort. It does if you want a pretty little area that's more eye pleasing. But if you just want food? Put seeds in. Wait. Food lol. Might not be the greatest harvest but any seed you'd buy at a store is hearty as fuck now.

Edit: Holy shit, yes guys. People on the internet live in the desert and even Antarctica too. My comment wasn't meant for you contrarian buttwipes lol. It was meant for anyone who doesn't live in a hellhole and has access to a little land lol. And even in those hellholes and places with shitty soil, it's just because you're trying to grow shit not meant for there lol.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know what your neck of the woods is like but here in "High altitude misery land, were subsoil is the only soil in your yard and it'll freeze in June because fuck you" it's a struggle to get anything out of the garden.

This year, something went wrong with the peppers and tomatoes I started indoors (I suspect the potting soil) and they never grew over 1.5 inches tall, even after they were hardened off and planted outdoors in proper soil. As such, I bought a pepper and a tomato from a retail store. The pepper is still only about a foot tall, but the tomato was actually bushing out fairly well, about 4' tall... and then something ate it down to maybe 3'-2.5'-ish. The squash I started indoors did much better and survived hardening off well. After I put them into the garden the earwigs actually waited a whole week to eat them down to stumps. And I absolutely need to water... it takes about two days for the plants to start wilting.

My garden makes me appreciate the supermarket every year.

[–] cizra@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

My soil is also "clay with weeds on top", but somehow the weeds manage to grow, so I'm not losing hope. I'm digging it up, mixing with peat+manure+last year's grass clippings, and hoping for the best. It helps to have a neighbor sell bullshit by the ton. My Mrs., on the other hand, would prefer to buy planting soil by the truckload.

A late frost eated almost all my apples, bell peppers, and whatnot, this year - everything that wasn't covered. What was covered, though, survived fine. You can make a basic greenhouse-like thing out of bent sticks and some translucent fabric or plastic. It needn't be clear.

As for watering - get a drip-feed system, the basic ones cost sth like 50€ here. Hook it up to a tank placed high, and add a timer, or just set up alarm clock to open it every day for 10 minutes. It's so much comfier than dragging around hoses or cans. For bonus points, get rain catchment tanks and install them high. Your plants will grow better when watered with warm water.

[–] Vampiric_Luma@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hydroponics and the accessibility to it makes things even easier. On demand veggie snacks, right in my room? Yes please.

[–] AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Fuck yes. Though I grow outside.

On the other hand, I've been expanding and fiddling my system all summer long for god know how many hours. That reminds me that my nute res is almost empty...

[–] Misconduct@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

This comment is brought to you by someone living in a temperate area, with land that they have access to, that also doesn't scorch everything that tries to grow.

A lot of people think growing shit takes a lot of effort because it does for them.

That being said, hydroponics is a very nice option that works for me.