r/gardening

My fiancé and I found this brick while digging out our garden bed. It appears that the bricks were placed on an angle. Does anyone know why that would be and does anyone have any recommendations on what to do with it?

Hi everyone, i have a rooftop garden and i am worried that the heat is going to bake my peppers and tomatillos to nothing. Can anyone suggest a shade cloth that will keep them growing well?

Zone 8a Memphis. Had a beautiful golden hour yesterday. Loving my summer crush neon purple hydrangea.

4 different varietals of tomatoes, cucumber, eggplant,mint and strawberries

Upside-down plastic flower pot barriers work against carpenter ants because they disrupt the ants’ normal climbing and trail behavior. Carpenter ants prefer textured vertical surfaces, edges, and established pheromone trails. The smooth inverted plastic forces them to transition from bark to a difficult upside-down surface with little traction and no clear trail path. Even though ants can technically walk upside down, larger carpenter ants struggle on smooth plastic over longer distances, especially around outward overhangs and lips. Once enough ants fail to cross consistently, the pheromone trail weakens and the colony often abandons the route entirely. Environmental factors like dust, heat, condensation, and surface flexibility can further reduce grip and effectiveness.

So I’ve been battling what looks like these little bugs they’re black some have what look like wings but they don’t really move much. I have seen a couple move. There’s not many. They are on the top and sometimes bottoms of leaves. Not really specific to new growth or joints either.

I need some help identifying what they are and how to treat them.

They’ve been hitting my zucchini and cantaloupe. I’ve also had some small ants throughout these plants. I first noticed them when I had small holes in my I treated those with neem and put out ant pest control. Neem unfortunately burned some of my leaves the next day after applied but I also had powdery mildew so I needed something to treat both. All while spraying the bugs off with water. 😑

But now they are hitting my tomatoes. My tomatoes leaves are curled inward and there’s a few ants out.

Any idea of what these are and recommended treatment?

More images in comments of bug on tomato plant and damage

Has this happened to anyone before, is this common? I thought it was so cute

I want a front garden that looks clean and nice but requires very little maintenance. Since it’s right in front of my entrance, I can’t really have too many plants that need constant care. Also, living in Belgium means lots of rain and only a short summer, so maintaining a high-maintenance garden can be difficult. I just started to install fake grass but checking if there is better idea

I brought these home from our local nursery a week ago. It’s been too cold for them overnight so they’re living in my kitchen. Can anyone identify these bugs? Should I toss the pepper plants? Are my houseplants screwed?

First time garden. I love everything about it. Even the grass and weed pulling.

This is our first year gardening. I have a couple different vegetable plants that are showing signs of problems. I'm not sure which vegetables these are because I planted everything 3 inches apart in a food forest style. Please look at the images and let me know what is wrong and what I should do to make them better.

Here is a list of all the seeds I planted: Green Pepper, California sweet wonder pepper, Large red cherry tomato, Golden acre Cabbage, Waltham Broccoli, Carrot, Lettuce, butternut squash, Tokyo long white bunching onion, Beefsteak Tomatoes, Nasturtiums, Sweet Italian Basil, Chives

We were assured it would just be a small trim to give the balcony some more space but they went way to far. Is it over for our beautiful tree?

Is it trying to bloom already? Should I remove that top part?

First gardening success since my plant that was doing so well last year died during the winter (even though I brought it inside).

This is a tray of Osmanthus and Chinese dates (because I was eating some and thought I might as well plant the seeds).

Spotted the tiniest sprout of the Osmanthus yesterday. So happy something is finally going my way.

Today i learned Fuchsia’s are edible is this all fuchsia’s? i am always paranoid on edible plants

I grow way too much rhubarb so last fall I dug some up. Since I have Asian Jumping Worms, I didn't want to share my infestation with anyone, so instead of giving the roots to a friend, I tossed them in my compost bin. And when I say compost bin, I don't mean compost *pile* but one of those ugly black bins that gets absolutely no light.

Imagine my surprise when I opened it up to toss some scraps in and found that the rhubarb was not only growing, it was thriving. This is the harvest from MY GARBAGE! It's so much better than the plants in the ground lol