What Do You Grow in Your Garden

[Fern]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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Has anyone had luck growing garlic?

[PrincessPerky]

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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]

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

[contrary1]

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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]

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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]

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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.

[shelbylovesmelby]

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My green thumb is really itching, darn cabin feaver!

We usually plant tomato's, radishes, corn, zucchini, & peas. This year I'm going to get some pumpkin seeds for my dd. I think she'd get a kick out of them.

[MrSwapper]

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Hmmm... I'll have to keep an eye on this thread... we're having 4 trees removed next week and in the place of one will be some raised vegi gardens... I can't wait!!

[frugalfarmwife]

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I'm DYING to get out there! This year we're making the garden 4x the size to grow for market. It's going to be a lot of work but well worth it. I'm planning on growing tomatoes, sweet corn, cukes, summer squash, acorn squash, butternut squash, zuccini, Cayanne peppers, habernaro peppers, green peppers, blue lake runner beans, cow peas, okra, bib lettuce, beets, radishes, basil, thyme, rosemary, chervil, peas, eggplant, catnip, and, and, and!

Yep, just itching to get out there!

kj

[Lostsoul33]

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We plant tomatoes, green onions and lettuce. We're planning on making our garden bigger this year so we can plant a lot more stuff.

[nanamom]

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One of the things we miss most being renters is the ability to have a garden. Two years ago we did some container gardening but it didn't work very well. I think I will try again this year as a science lesson for DS2. Of course we may be moving (hopefully) and then we have to decide if it is worth transporting them!