i grow veggies every year and its usually the same stuff. right now i have zuchinni(almost over), japanese cucumber that are about 2 feet long, lima beans, green beans and tomatoes. this year has been a great year for my tomatoes, i bought a 6 pack of beefsteaks last year and saved the seeds for this years crop. i have a huge crop and they are softball sized gems. i usually plant romas because i like to make spigetti and stuff with it but these beefsteaks are just as meaty and trice as large. in the winter i like to plant snow peas, beets, and maybee cauliflower, brussel sprouts and brocolli. my all year long crops are potatoes and green onions. just wondering if y'a'll are farmers and watcha growin, maybee we can exchange some seeds.
do you have a veggie garden?
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Mushrooms, garlic, shallots (well sorta, we buy a bunch, and those we don't need go in the garden, where they grow until we need them), carrots.
Seeds just come up are tomoatos, silverbeet, "magic" beans, and sweet corn. Will have peas, and probably capsicum also.
Won't grow pumpkin this year I think.
Fruit is oranges (blood), lemons (meyer), kiwifruit, strawberries, and (if they take) blackberries and blueberries.
Seeds just come up are tomoatos, silverbeet, "magic" beans, and sweet corn. Will have peas, and probably capsicum also.
Won't grow pumpkin this year I think.
Fruit is oranges (blood), lemons (meyer), kiwifruit, strawberries, and (if they take) blackberries and blueberries.
Yup. Tomatoes, yellow squash, lettuce, broccoli, sunflowers and 8 different herbs.
Did but the drought and water restrictions finished it off.
kohlrabi, Roma tomatoes, Early girl tomatoes, corn, crimson sweet watermelon, Bush's best cantaloupe (well not technically), zucchini squash, yellow crooked neck squash, cucumber, bell pepper, jalapeno, banana pepper, serrano pepper, broccoli, onion, oregano, basil, thyme, and rosemary
Neighobors have to kill literally dozens of deer to keep them from destroying their gardens. Personally I'd rather eat the deer!
Bob
Bob
Time spent in Californy this year precluded the planting of veggies. Two tomato plants sprang up on their own.
Coot has some of the most fertile soil imaginable. Stuff grows easily and prolifically. Soft soil allows underground stuff to expand easily.
If around next summer will plant goodies. Good goodies and good for yah'. Saves a little money, also. And, the tomatoes have been a cash crop at times when I sold to local restaurants that always clamor for more.
And, the table at the end of the driveway loaded with tomatoes on and around it with a weighted can with plastic top that has a thin slit cut in it to accept deposited cash kept Coot in gas money.
Of course, the old widder' lady down the road gets free tomatoes. In return, she has the congregation pray for Coot. Hee hee. Should start charging her.
Coot has some of the most fertile soil imaginable. Stuff grows easily and prolifically. Soft soil allows underground stuff to expand easily.
If around next summer will plant goodies. Good goodies and good for yah'. Saves a little money, also. And, the tomatoes have been a cash crop at times when I sold to local restaurants that always clamor for more.
And, the table at the end of the driveway loaded with tomatoes on and around it with a weighted can with plastic top that has a thin slit cut in it to accept deposited cash kept Coot in gas money.
Of course, the old widder' lady down the road gets free tomatoes. In return, she has the congregation pray for Coot. Hee hee. Should start charging her.
A topic dear to my heart!!!!
This year we tried some new things - cabbage, brussel sprouts, beets, and green onions. The old tried & true included zucchini, tomatoes - cherry & beefsteak, snow peas, green beans, bell peppers, hot peppers, cantaloupe and yellow squash.
Unfortunately due to the overwhelming heat & stresses of life outside the garden there came a point where I would look at the garden & think, "ENOUGH already - die!!!" Ok, pretty ghoulish & unwarranted. If the weather ever cools off enough in the next few weeks, I'll till in the husks of what is left & start a fall crop.
On a side note - I was shocked & dismayed to see green tomatoes for sale in the local grocery store. Now I'll have no bargaining power with the coworkers in the summer
This year we tried some new things - cabbage, brussel sprouts, beets, and green onions. The old tried & true included zucchini, tomatoes - cherry & beefsteak, snow peas, green beans, bell peppers, hot peppers, cantaloupe and yellow squash.
Unfortunately due to the overwhelming heat & stresses of life outside the garden there came a point where I would look at the garden & think, "ENOUGH already - die!!!" Ok, pretty ghoulish & unwarranted. If the weather ever cools off enough in the next few weeks, I'll till in the husks of what is left & start a fall crop.
On a side note - I was shocked & dismayed to see green tomatoes for sale in the local grocery store. Now I'll have no bargaining power with the coworkers in the summer
Beans, broccoli, tomatoes, peas and cucumbers... We have a ground hog under the barn that likes the broccoli so the plants don't have leaves or anything else. He likes the beans, too.
The peas got killed by the hot weather. The tomatoes and cucumbers are still fighting but don't look good.
The peas got killed by the hot weather. The tomatoes and cucumbers are still fighting but don't look good.
Nope, just flowers...and weeds.
i live in florida. naturally i have a few orange mango and tangerine trees in the yard to pick fruint off.
at one time i was expirementing with corn, peas, tomatoes and green beans, but i found out i am not so good of a gardener.
the fruit trees take care of themselves, and thats fine with me.
at one time i was expirementing with corn, peas, tomatoes and green beans, but i found out i am not so good of a gardener.
the fruit trees take care of themselves, and thats fine with me.
I would like to recommend these things to folks who don't have anywhere to plant a garden or have other similar restrictions in their way. I got one of their basic units for $30 a few years ago, and it has been great.
http://www.earthbox.com/
http://www.earthbox.com/
That's a handy way to go. My Brother-in-law in northern Michigan has 20 some tires on one side of his garden. Grows tomatoes and strawberries in them. Works well.
I have a raised garden 18'x 26' made with landscape timbers. It basically levels the ground between the back of the house sun room and the concrete pad in front of the workshop. I fill it with compost in January and start planting as soon as weather permits. I plant directly in the compost. Would have to dig down several inches to find topsoil. Works great, no fertilizers or other soil amendments required. After 3 or 4 years a natural type of insect/disease control seems to have come about.
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