What Do You Grow in Your Garden - Page 2

PrincessPerky · #21 (**permalink**) 06-23-2005, 05:14 AM

mint jelly and mint jelup and mint tea, Oragano can be dried, I think it is easy, but I never actually saw it, anyway it is that old italien red sauce stuff.

I love the smell of mint in the summer, Step mom used to have a lot in her farm, course it was a horse farm, the mint was 'wild'. I owuld love to grow some, but we will see if I can even get the carrots to grow.

fultron · #22 (**permalink**) 08-05-2005, 11:35 AM

We tried to grow tomatoes last year but the animals ate them all. We tried again this year and put up some chicken wire to keep them out. we'll see what happens.

My mother-in-law has a huge garden with tomatoes, basil, green beans, squash, grapes, raspberries, and a fig tree.

momma4 · #23 (**permalink**) 08-05-2005, 11:52 AM

I found a product called Flower pot Tomato they guarrantee it to grow and sure enough I have 6 plants so far

I am growing them in my window sil. I got it at Walmart for only 94¢ it is definately going to make its money's worth. I still have plenty of seeds left I am going to clean out some yogurt cups and grow some more

we will see in a month or so if I have any tomatoes

PrincessPerky · #24 (**permalink**) 08-06-2005, 04:39 AM

The carrots are growing !!!!!

Not enough for a 'harvest' or anything, but we go dig up a handful (they are baby carrots) and the kids get a snack, I love that the treat is so healthy and easy!

Anyone know the easiest berry to grow? I would like to have a fruit treat next year, but I am not a good gardener.

Oh and anyone know when to plant a pumpkin if you wanted to grow your own for halloween?

Some1Shy · #25 (**permalink**) 08-09-2005, 10:37 AM

well in our garden we have a lot of trees and flowers apart from that...we grow..

italian string beans.a big bush of them we pick them and they grow back super quick..

4 types of tomatoes...big tomatoes so we can use them for puree tomatoe sauce..little orange sweet tomatoes..little red tomatoes..and regular tomatoes..

pumpkins.. we should have at least 5 pumpkins before halloween!!

1 pot of strawberries but they were crawling out of the pot to the tomatoes so we cut a bit and put it in another pot so we can have more strawberries..But it seems the snails like the straw berries i see a little bite on them sometimes lol..

apple tree..but there sour ones cuz there small plus there cookin apples lol..

oh and we have a herbs garden to with a lot of herbs in there not sure how many different types ..but next time we want to grow even more types..

thats it

robex · #26 (**permalink**) 08-16-2005, 01:01 PM

This year we grew two different kinds of lettuce, tomatoes, corn, carrots that didn't grow, radishes, zucchini and cucumber.
My brother also has a big garden, so we share with eachother.
I love not having to shop for vegetables!

momma4 · #27 (**permalink**) 08-16-2005, 01:17 PM

WHOo hoo got sproutlings

for my tomatoes. It is only time to see if I get some

I was also wondering besides herbs and tomatoes is there anything else I can grow in pots? I know I probly asked before but my brain is forgetful.

momma4 · #28 (**permalink**) 08-16-2005, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by momma4

WHOo hoo got sproutlings

for my tomatoes. It is only time to see if I get some

I was also wondering besides herbs and tomatoes is there anything else I can grow in pots? I know I probly asked before but my brain is forgetful.

forgot to add we lost 4 sproutlings

the kids were playing with them and dumped them on the floor

then my dh spilt them UGH I can't win so I put them outside and I have 2 good sproutlings going one in front and one in back this will give me an idea which directions is better east or west LOL

TBH · #29 (**permalink**) 08-18-2005, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by PrincessPerky

I love the smell of mint in the summer, Step mom used to have a lot in her farm, course it was a horse farm, the mint was 'wild'. I owuld love to grow some, but we will see if I can even get the carrots to grow.

Mint is very easy, but be careful! It takes over. I have some spearmint in a pot this year but don't know what I'll do with it. If you want to grow regular mint, you could try burying a flowerpot with the mint planted in it. I've heard that keeps invasive plants from spreading but I've never tried it. I also have memories of picking mint in my mom's garden as a kid. My sister used it to make sun tea (mint in a glass gallon jar of water, set in the sun all day).

frugalfarmwife · #30 (**permalink**) 08-18-2005, 01:27 PM

I've got tomatoes, carrots, peppers, sweet corn, cukes, lettuce, beans, okra, summer squash and a hybrid acorn squash/pumpkin cross (oops!) the "squashkin" as we call it is really pretty good, tastes like a mild acorn squash and is HUGE, oh and also have cow peas and cantelope.

I'm freezing enough to make it through the winter, we also have a steer in the freezer and hope to buy a hog at the fair, the 4H kids auction them off after showing, nothing like home grown! (the steer we raised ourself)

Also TONS of wild cat nip which makes my barn cats worthless at their jobs

KJ

Fern · #31 (**permalink**) 08-19-2005, 06:46 AM

Strawberries, blueberries, asparagus, goosesberry, raspeberry, blackberry, tomatoes, stringbeans, snow peas, zucchini yielded nothing, had a problem with blossom end rot, anyone know what to do for that?.

Most of the berries just grow wiild around my property. The blueberries and strawberries i planted, but i have only enough to snack on now and then or put on my breakfast cereal. I have done much more veggie gardening in the past, but resident woodchuck can be very destructive. For this reason, I grow the tomatos in pots.

frugalfarmwife · #32 (**permalink**) 08-19-2005, 07:20 AM

Fern,

With the blossom end rot it could be that the zuccinis didn't pollinate, what you can do is take a Q-tip and first touch the stamen area of one of the male flowers (one without a fruit behind it, then touch the Q-tip to the flowers of the females, this should pollinate them and make them grow.

It worked for me on my first summer squash but you should have seen the funny look the hubby gave me when he saw me doing this.

cicy33 · #33 (**permalink**) 08-19-2005, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by frugalfarmwife

Fern,

With the blossom end rot it could be that the zuccinis didn't pollinate, what you can do is take a Q-tip and first touch the stamen area of one of the male flowers (one without a fruit behind it, then touch the Q-tip to the flowers of the females, this should pollinate them and make them grow.

It worked for me on my first summer squash but you should have seen the funny look the hubby gave me when he saw me doing this.

So, is that sorta like invitro? (sp)

frugalfarmwife · #34 (**permalink**) 08-19-2005, 07:43 AM

LOL, just another form or AI that happens in farming anymore, we always joke about it, the majority of dairy herds are done by AI anymore, and a lot of horses also, so why not the garden?

kj

Bluezy · #35 (**permalink**) 08-20-2005, 03:20 AM

Has anyone had luck growing garlic?

PrincessPerky · #36 (**permalink**) 08-22-2005, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by claire

Mint is very easy, but be careful! It takes over. I have some spearmint in a pot this year but don't know what I'll do with it. If you want to grow regular mint, you could try burying a flowerpot with the mint planted in it. I've heard that keeps invasive plants from spreading but I've never tried it. I also have memories of picking mint in my mom's garden as a kid. My sister used it to make sun tea (mint in a glass gallon jar of water, set in the sun all day).

Thanks for the help, Maybe I can convince it to take over the 'hill' that we can't mow cause it is too steep

.

marglo · #37 (**permalink**) 08-22-2005, 10:12 PM

My dh is the gardener and this year we have had green beans, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, onions, zuchinni and tomatoes.

contrary1 · #38 (**permalink**) 01-23-2006, 06:54 AM

I'm getting inspired reading the garden thread here................ I'm knee deep in seed catalogs, winter here..........waiting impatiently for spring.
I'm going to attempt starting seeds indoors, I don't have a greenhouse, but I'm going to duplicate it to the best of my ability.
I moved to a new home this past fall, so this will be my first season here with this garden. I've got it all put to bed for the winter, cooking under black plastic, ready for the tiller to come in when thing dry up and heat up a bit.
I have more sunshine here than previous gardens & a real fence & gate around the plot, so I hopefully, won't have to share the bounty with the deer.
Aiming for enough produce to use daily as well as some to can. Nothing better than fresh veggies & fruit from the garden..............unless it is fresh eggs............meat you've raised.......... I'd better get to work, none of this happens by itself here!!

flash · #39 (**permalink**) 01-25-2006, 01:46 PM

Still landscaping, we've dug out the vegetable garden, but haven't planted yet. The rest: cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, pears, apples, lots of blueberries, blackberries, tomatoes, onions, carrots, basil, bay (huge bush), peanuts, grapes, strawberries (great ground cover). I miss the avacado trees we had in So.Cal!

Not sure what to plant in the veg garden yet.

markitcat · #40 (**permalink**) 01-26-2006, 09:27 PM

In the herb garden: oregano, basil, parsley, sage, rosmary, thyme, & chives, I've tried to grow dill a few times but it always fails. Veggie garden: lettuce, spinach, hot peppers, tomatoes, & snow peas. Fruit : rasberries. I got a good deal here, I take care of the garden, and perserving, hubby does all the cooking. He is a great cook, and I like to play in the dirt.