Akasma

Akasma

Member since: May 09 | Years gardening: 20 Organic gardener Folia Supporter

I have been growing plants since I was a young child. My parents have always kept a garden and even when I was cooped up inside a tiny dorm room I still managed to have at least a handful of plants around me. I think that growing things gives a person immense satisfaction and when I am stressed just gazing at my plants makes me feel better. Now I have moved to Southern Texas and the climate change is significant. There is no real winter here as far as I can tell and I am trying to learn to adjust my growing methods to work here because the sizzling constant heat of the summers make it hard on a lot of plants. Things I would normally be setting transplants out of (In the beginning of May)should have been set out as transplants in late February or March!

Gardens

  • Akasma's 20" raised bed pine frame - Edibles garden

    20" raised bed pine frame - Edibles garden

    Zone 9b First raised bed built. Built back in February of '09 with 2X10 lumber. It is 4ft wide and 12ft long. We used a 1/3 soil, 1/3 organic, 1/3 vermicul...

    • 14 plants
    • 12 journals
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    • 1 comments
  • Akasma's Herb garden

    Herb garden

    Zone 9b 4' X 4' herb garden placed in partial shade (the shade varies, during the summer almost no shade and during the winter mostly shade, exact opposite...

    • 4 plants
    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
  • Akasma's Starting transplants and Misc. plants garden

    Starting transplants and Misc. plants garden

    Zone 9b This is for all of my seed starts and for the random plants I have in my garden. Most of them will eventually get moved to one of the other gardens

    • 7 plants
    • 13 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
  • Akasma's Sweet potato garden

    Sweet potato garden

    Zone 9b 4'X4' garden made of 2X10 untreated pine lumber. Lined bottom of bed with newspaper to reduce weed infiltration and will use a 1/3 soil, 1/3 organi...

    • 1 plants
    • 0 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 1 comments

Houston, Texas

United States United States 9b


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I love to grow

Basil, tomatoes, strawberries, roses, there are oh so many...


Hobbies

World of Warcraft, Video games, basically all games, dancing, cooking, Star Trek


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