Shack To Showcase :: Home Repair and Replacement :: Home Exteriors, Landscape & Hardscape :: Gardening Mistakes Author Topic: Gardening Mistakes (Read 5 times) Tumbleweed Administrator member is offline [ss:Old Victorian][ss:Old Victorian][ss:Default] Joined: Sept 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 894 Location: On the Mo in the big "O" Gardening Mistakes « Thread Started on Oct 18, 2009, 1:30pm » I thought this may be fun to have an ongoing thread about the stupid mistakes we have made during the learning process of gardening. I am truly a newb still, when it comes to gardening, because I'm still making many, many mistakes. I mentioned this somewhere else on this site but don't mind repeating my story. My first feeble attempt at gardening in my previous home turned into a disaster. I had very clay soil and I figured throwing a bag of sand, that was intended for sprinkling on winter ice, would work nicely to make the soil easier to work with in this two square foot area. The results of my attempt was my clay soil turned to rock hard cement. I later learned that by adding a very find sand, and very little of it, plus water was indeed a good part of the ingredients for concrete. And yes, the first time I planted bulbs, even after looking at the example pictures of which side was up, I still managed to plant them up-side-down. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Forum Jump--------------------» Home--------------------» Getting Aquainted--------------------- Welcome and Please Introduce Yourself --- Welcome and Introduce Yourself! --- Annoucements --- Member Information Center --- References, Sources and Citations- Backyard Banter --- My Corner Blog --- My Corner Blog-comments & questions --- Chit Chat --- Great Links! --- Share Your Personal Photos --- Photo Gallery Chit Chat --- Games and News--------------------» Home Repair and Replacement--------------------- Electrical, Lighting, Heating and Cooling- Walls, Ceilings, Floors, Windows and Doors- Bathrooms, Kitchens and Basements- Closets, Pantries and Storage solutions- Home Exteriors, Landscape & Hardscape --- Did you know? --- Trees, Bushes, Borders, Lawns and Gardens --- Sidewalks, Driveways, Walls, Pools, Ponds & Fountains--------------------» Decorating--------------------- Paint, Window Treatments and Decorating- Furniture and Appliances--------------------» Tool Bench--------------------- Calculator & Dictionary --- Word Definition Request --------------------» Photo Gallery--------------------- Shack to Showcase Photo Gallery--------------------» Garden Center--------------------- Garden Center