What's going on in your (indoor) garden, on your balcony, in your homestead or on your farm this month? Let us take a peek and maybe you'll win one of the prizes
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A Gardener's Dream
This last week, it has been extremely hot and dry in our little country. I spent most of the time outside, in the garden. It is so tempting to start planting already, but the forecast for the next week is not that good, so I have to restrain myself.
Three weeks to go until the last frost date, and there's still so much prepping I need to do. I have to do everything in bits and pieces, because my back is not so happy with all that sudden activity.
Because there is still such a lot to do, I decided to skip most of the sowing part - I will cheat this year and buy seedlings instead.
I will make my tour around the garden and snap some pics after I have published this post, so I will finally be able to write my own garden journal update - I think I haven't yet, this year.
Meanwhile, I'm counting on you to share your garden updates.
Welcome to the SteemIt Community Garden Journal Challenge, which encourages you to share your monthly (indoor) garden/balcony updates with your fellow Steemians and create your own garden journal.
A Shoutout To Our Previous Contributors.
We've had different gardeners joining this challenge in every edition. The participants' base follows the seasons in the different parts of the world.
Last edition, we could enjoy the garden updates of
@ericburgoyne, @plantstoplanks, @rmsbodybuilding, @abitcoinskeptic, @riverflows, @travoved, @fotostef, @sifondeseltz, @shanibeer, @porters, @erikah, @mariannewest, @pastoragus, @walkerland, @akipponn, @cherryng and @frejafri
I’d like to thank them all for entering this challenge, and I'd like to invite them to post a new update.
This challenge is open for everyone who is growing plants or crops - indoors or outdoors.
If you haven’t joined before, feel free to start now. The more the merrier! There are plenty of people who are enjoying to see what's going on in other people's garden, farm or balcony.
The Challenge
The rules are still the same:
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Please also include a link back to this challenge somewhere in your post.
You can include whatever you want in your post, but please remember that the pictures should be the most important aspect of your post.
Show us how your plants, herbs, flowers, succulents or vegetables are doing. Share what you’ve been doing in your garden, on your farm or on your balcony. Don't forget to let us know if you are dealing with things like fungus, caterpillars, aphids, and - even more important - hów you’re dealing with those.
In short, tell us the story of your garden.
🏆 The Rewards
As always, all entry posts will receive a 100% upvote from my personal account.
As an extra reward, I'll be setting up a @steem-bounty in the comments section. Everyone who posts a comment that includes a link to a valid entry will get a share of that bounty.
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🏆 The Winners
When this post reaches payout, I will select the two entries that I liked most.
I’ll reward the top 2 posts with a 3 SBD prize.
Prizes will be given out once I get the winners post up, which will be after this post has reached payout. Make sure you submit your entry before that time.
Grab That Camera
Are you still reading? What are you waiting for? Grab that camera and go make some awesome pics of your (indoor) garden, your balcony or wherever you are growing your plants, herbs, flowers or crops.
Show off your green thumb, or the lack of it, and create another chapter in your very own garden journal for 2019.
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I'll can't wait to see your updates!
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Phew... I managed to do the post! With a little Easter Egg at the end for you....
https://steemit.com/gardening/@bengy/april-gardening-journal
Too much rain today... I hope in weather conditions improvement to be able to take some pictures and prepare the post in the coming days.
Resteemed
Cheers!
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Here is my entry, @simplymike! ;)
https://steempeak.com/ita/@amico/my-april-garden-journal
Rainy photos are good as well, there's nothing more beautiful than raindrops on a lovely flower :)
Rain is always good, things started to grow for me... hehe
I second that. Rain is a must. We're going to have some rainy days in the next couple of days nut it's welcomed.
Good luck for the plants!
Thank you!
Most welcome!
We finally had some rain after almost two weeks of unusually dry weather. I didn't like it, but the plants definitely did. :0)
Yes, water is a fundamental element.
Who knows why generally the rain saddens us?
Is it simply great mental conditioning?
This entry by @zekepickleman came in a couple of days ago:
https://steemit.com/powerhousecreatives/@zekepickleman/family-garden-time
Since I haven't published the winners' announcement post yet, it is still a valid entry
Yay! So glad I was networked into this great group and community. My garden is a fun pastime for the family. Hopefully I can gain some knowledge rom the experts here and inspire some of the amateurs with my trial and error.
Well met!
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After 5 years, everything still is trial and error here... I think that's just a part of it, lol
Maybe because I like to experiment with crops I don't know. Like the luffa (sponge cucumber) a couple of weeks ago. I sowed it way too soon, and it got too big for the propagator, so I put it in the cold frame... and forgot all about it. The poor things died from thirst.
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my-small-little-garden !
https://steemit.com/green/@cloudblade/my-small-little-garden-26-april-2019
Hi this is my short entry for April update
https://steemit.com/partiko/@travoved/garden-journal-april-7qexrbja
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¡Hola @simplymike, gusto saludarte! un abrazo.
Mi entrada:
https://steemit.com/gardenjournal2019/@celinavisaez/steemit-community-garden-journal-challenge-april-with-steem-bounty
Muchos gracias, @celinavisaez
Glad to see you join again.
I don't speak Spanish unfortunately, I hope you can understand my comment. You have a wonderful garden, love the portulaca, I had some last year and also planted some seeds last week. Bananas are something we won't have here in the garden.
Gracias por pasar, con el traductor Google me ayudo mucho, besos y abrazos @Erikah.
I'm glad you could translate my message. I understand what you are saying :) Have a nice day.
Here is my entry!
https://steempeak.com/gardenjournal2019/@frejafri/double-garden-journal-april
Thanks @frejafri. Really curious, but I need to get some sleep first, so I can read it when my mind is fresh. First thing on the list tomorrow morning.
What a nice house and garden. Both are lovely, I'd love to have a place like that one day. Looks like the garden is doing well. Great job!
I hope I'm not too late with my entry. My post is called Gardening Report - April 29. 2019 and it show the progress of out garden. Thank you for this amazing opportunity and good luck to the other participants.
I hope this is going to be a regular contest. I believe we need more gardeners and raise awareness of the importance of gardening.
I've been doing this every month since April last year. That reminds me... this was the first anniversary edition :0)
You were in time. The bounty hasn't paid out yet.
I will probably get the winners posts out only tomorrow or the day after, but the steem-bounty is never late. ;0)
Thanks for joining! I really appreciate it. There's something about gardens that can always put a smile on my face...
I'm so glad I'm not late :)
I have to pay more attention to it and organize my time better because this is a contest that I really love. Gardening is a fun way to spend your time, not to mention the results if you're doing it right :)
I know all about organization, lol - at least, the lack of :0)
I love gardening, and I'm trying to find the time to get a post up about my garden for three of four weeks. I never manage. Meanwhile, I need to go out and take new pictures, because everything has grown such a lot, lol
This is the period when plants grow day by day, so i know what you mean :)
I did my first gardenjournal since october :)
Hope you enjoy!
My Gardenjournal 2019 - April:
https://steemit.com/gardenjournal2019/@exator/gardenjournal-2019-april-ihtmauax
I'm not a chili fan but I love tomatoes. looks like you have a very nice project going on. Good luck with it :)
Thanks for joining, @exator. I'll check out your post first thing tomorrow. My VP will have recharged, and I will have gotten a much needed night of sleep ;0)
Hello @simplymike. Here is my entry comment, I've been busy and even made 2 posts this month. Here is the more recent one: https://steemit.com/gardening/@abitcoinskeptic/garden-journal-april-2019-pt2-yjxvnol1
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I have an entry ma'am, 😊😊
https://steemit.com/gardenjournal2019/@mrnightmare89/steemit-community-garden-journal-lw289xtx
This is my tomato ceremony. My son got tired of sleeping in the greenhouse.
I like gardening. He's taking all my stress. Everyone should make a personal garden.
Haha, i love this! Great surprise when you scroll down slowly :D <3
You can never be too young to learn, lol
Haha this is so cute and fun 😍
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This is awesome @sipahikara.
The bear child,
He fell asleep in the garden,
He probably thought/dreame he is exploring the jungle.
We are SO proud to have you as a member of our
FANTABULOUS Power House Creatives family!
uvoted and/or resteemed!
❤ MWAH!!! ❤
#powerhousecreatives
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Hah. I will try to do the post today! Btw. I started a weekly garden corner at my @sustaiablelivin account. Just short updates or shares of garden moments are fine for that one. Great way to use the share2steem option. Hope you can join some week 😀👍. Okay, off working on my entry
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That's what I basically do with my @organicgardener account. I started it because I didn't want to clutter my feed with short posts and the neverending stream of pictures I take during the season :0)
Perfect!! You can share it from there in the garden corner - giving away SBI LOL
Beautiful contest. I am a garden lover too. Let me see if I have my garden's photo in my hometown. 😁😇
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That's so funny, I just came in from the garden, all covered in mud, and thought "I wonder when the next garden journal will come up " and the first thing I see when I look at my phone is this 😁
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Hahaha, great minds think alike... ;0)
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I know someone that has recently gotten into gardening. I know she isnt a pro and still learning... but that makes her a perfect participant, right?
@priyanarc, give this a go?
Thanks for spreading the word, @blind-spot.
@priyanarc, feel free to show us what's going on in your garden. One of the reasons I started this challenge is to create the chance to learn from each other ;0)
@simplymike, Still i haven't started building my garden but i am planning to do Home Based Planting and i am really excited.
Great to hear, @chireerocks. Happy planning! ;0)
Thank you and have a pleasant and peaceful time ahead.
YEEEEESSSSSS! I'm here... and I've got stuff to write about! Resteeming to remind myself!
Noooo?! You finally planted those bulbs?
(It's funny, the template for this post I have saved in Steempeak is one that still has the line that says you wouldn't be able to share anything because those bulbs were still not planted. Every time I start writing this post, I am reminded of it, lol)
Sigh... I'm glad my procrastination provides amusement for someone!
Absolutely, lol.it's something I'll probably remember for the rest of my life, and will make me smile every time :0)
My purpose is complete...
@bengy, don't leave me hanging here ;0)
It's coming... I'm out all day with the kids in Rotterdam! It's my to do post for tonight!
Hmmm hmm my indoor garden/plants arnT even started :( But to my defence, first time i actually work from my home base.. I will start with some seeds tomorrow , now after reading your suuperb flowing post :D Thanks for the reminder :D
loove your motivate coment
ha ha :P
I assume the season starts a little later over there? You can show us which seeds you will be planting.... :0)
Hm ok i dont work from 'home' i live and work half a country away..... Now im finally at 'home' & can try and do my herbs and tomatos/chillis... I cant pack them into a car, for every new contract i get O.o
But yes Sweden do start their warmth around now.... We are a bit after you guys.. do to the cold.. DOOOO note this flex some, depending on were you live :) Im down waaay south now :)
Il try and bed myn in this weekend but i see, im already running out of time <crying bullets :( :(
Its rainy on my place… though I will still try to join this. I like these kinds of competition for earth day.
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It's always nice to see new gardens. I hope you will join.
I love challenges that push us to explore and engage with our sustainable surroundings!
I've got to get some photos of this year's raised bed garden, sadly we will move before we get much of the haul!
But you got to experience the growing process, right? Which is at least half of the fun. ;0)
Oh yes! Plus we got to see all the peas flower and twin up around their trellis, a personal favorite sight!
And setting up the raised beds for our friend who owns the house is a sweet way of giving back since we got such a great score on this land.
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Nothing wrong with using seedlings. At least you'll have something this year. It seemed like you weren't going to.
It will not be the abundance it was last year, but there will definitely be a garden. And I did get some seeds to sprout ;0) (Now I only need to find the time to make a post with all the pics. By now, I have more than enough material to publish a series of posts, lol. I don't know where to start.)
That is awesome. I know you were a little bothered by whatever it was that 'attacked' your garden. As long as you can take care of yourself all is good 😊
Even better that you have plenty to post. Can't wait to see them.
Now I only need to find the time to get up those posts, lol
Hope to soon have my own area for growing a vegetable garden, I would love to exercise my green thumbs once again 👍
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I hope you get it soon and those green thumbs can get some exercise :0)
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Seeing that April is almost gone I figured there would be a Garden Journal Update coming out ! We're finally starting to do things outside and full steam ahead on the seedlings!
I'm also setting up my store to offer some of my perennial plants like Valerian, comfrey and horseradish. @HomesteadersCoop offers a Free International Marketplace that accepts STEEM SBD and USD plus bartering - pretty exciting!
Can't wait to see your update. It's really starting to get real here too :0)
Oh no, only a few more days left!!
lol... about 5... ;0)
Start travelling tomorrow, hope I have time to write a post.
I'm not traveling, and I also hope that I can find the time to write a post ;0)
LOL!! You are making a joke, I likeeee...
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