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What are you growing in your garden?
April 25, 2018, 10:08 AM
stickman428What are you growing in your garden?
Last year I turned my deck into a garden with planters all the way around the railing. I’ve added even more pots and planters and should have a decent garden. Because my deck is one story up it keeps the wildlife from eating my lettuce.
So far it looks like I’m gonna be growing:
Tomatoes
Lettuce
Cabbage
Mint
Cucumber
Eggplant
Cilantro
Strawberries
Citronella
Lavender
Green peppers
Chives
Green onions
Sage
Thyme
What are you planning on growing?
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April 25, 2018, 10:11 AM
signewtwe're still weeks away from even tilling;
have permanent blueberries/raspberries/strawberries; rhubarb/garlic/various herbs/apples/pears when the produce/plums/morels when they cooperate
expect obligatory tomatoes/onions/green beans/green/red peppers/sunflowers/squash/carrots/beets/variety dry beans/about giving up on the delights of home grown okra/favas
Corn, melons & potatoes don't work very well in our garden spot.
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April 25, 2018, 10:20 AM
David LeeFill them up with garlic in Autumn stickman.
April 25, 2018, 10:31 AM
ScreamingCockatooTomatoes, squash varieties, eggplant, peppers, okra
Maybe some beets.
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April 25, 2018, 10:33 AM
craigcpaI have blue berries and grapes for the deer and birds. For me I have cherry tomatoes, zucchini, squash, cucumbers and sweet potatoes.
This year I'm doing all hay bale. Autumn planting season, I hope to go late with green beans and, probably, more sweet potatoes.
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April 25, 2018, 10:37 AM
SIG4EVAWeeds right now. Well, technically I just cleaned them out.
I'm hoping to get some tomatoes and green beans going after my baby is born.
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April 25, 2018, 10:37 AM
tatortoddOutdoors, I’m growing:
4 varieties of tomatoes - 2 eating and 2 sauce
3 varieties of peppers
2 varieties of green beans
personal sized watermelon on a trellis
mojito mint
catnip for my cat
rosemary
carrots
malabar spinach - asian variety that likes heat and grows like a vine
Indoors, I’m using my two aerogardens to grow the things too delicate for Texas’ bugs:
butterhead lettuce which I’ll switch to cilantro and basil before tomato harvest
romaine
spinach
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DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. April 25, 2018, 10:45 AM
P250UA5We keep talking about building a planter in our back yard & haven't gotten around to it.
quote:
Originally posted by tatortodd:
Outdoors, I’m growing:
4 varieties of tomatoes - 2 eating and 2 sauce
3 varieties of peppers
2 varieties of green beans
personal sized watermelon on a trellis
mojito mint
catnip for my cat
rosemary
carrots
malabar spinach - asian variety that likes heat and grows like a vine
Indoors, I’m using my two aerogardens to grow the things too delicate for Texas’ bugs:
butterhead lettuce which I’ll switch to cilantro and basil before tomato harvest
romaine
spinach
I'ma start shoppin' at Todd's instead of HEB

The Enemy's gate is down. April 25, 2018, 10:45 AM
LeemurRight now it’s weeds and mud. It’ll be tomatoes, squash, zucchini, okra, corn, bell peppers, few varieties of beans, onions and TBD.
April 25, 2018, 10:46 AM
stkfoxSweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, and more sweet potatoes. Some cherry tomatoes and hot peppers too.
April 25, 2018, 10:47 AM
Jim ShugartNot much and all in planters/buckets.
Thyme
Rosemary
Italian parsley
Curley parsley
Chives
Peppermint
Tomatoes
Okra
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April 25, 2018, 10:50 AM
vinnybassPotatoes - Red Norland & Yukon Gold
Tomatoes - Early Girl & Better Bush
Radishes
Beets
Zucchini
Japanese Eggplant
Peas
Beans
Onions - Red & Yellow
Mint - a few varieties
Sweet Basil
Sage
My wife has a bunch of different flowers in pots on the back porch.
Everything is going great right now. We'll see how they fare when the real heat hits.
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lymanput the garlic (2 varietals) in last fall, doing well,
got the onions started by seed in containers, and the garden area tilled,
will plant in the next week,
English peas
fordhook limas
crowder or blackeye peas
green beans (snaps)
potatoes
more onions,
watermelon
cantaloupe
a few tomatoes, and peppers,
and whatever else I think off,
will do pumpkin in june,
no squash, damn squash bugs are killer and need to give them a year or so to die off
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April 25, 2018, 04:03 PM
GT-40DOCRight now I have:
Mint(for mint juleps)
Red Onions for the grill, and tops for salad
Okra
El Grande Jalapenos
Habinaro peppers
I don't have a large place to grow things, plus our summers "fry" most plants!!
April 25, 2018, 04:05 PM
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April 25, 2018, 04:28 PM
HRKslowly killing a better boy tomato plant, for some reason I just can't get them to do well here in FL, however the three pepper plants, one hot and one sweet banana and another sweet bell seem to be thriving...
April 25, 2018, 04:36 PM
smschulzOnly some herbs right now.
Basil, Thyme, Oregano, Parsley and Rosemary.
More to come.
April 25, 2018, 04:57 PM
thumperfbcI planted probably 3-4 weeks later than I wanted to but it’ll be ok. Last year I crammed way too much in a little space so I’m cutting way back this year.
- 2 golden cherry tomato
- 2 large red tomato of some variety
- 1 yellow think skin crookneck squash (I hope, I’ve had terrible luck with squash not being labeled right)
- 2-4 green bean, bush type. We’ll see how many sprout ok.
- 2 red bell pepper
- 2 yellow bell pepper
- about 35 silver queen corn. Yum!
April 25, 2018, 05:21 PM
Nickelsig229I don't know. It's beyond me at this point.
My parents were born and raised farming in Italy. So now that they are retired their daily "job" is farming in the back yard. We don't even mow the lawn back there anymore. There is maybe 2 feet of grass left.
The rest turned into a farm.
There is just too much to list. Cherry tree, plum, orange, lemon, persimmons, fig, pear, peach, apple, and some other fruit trees that I can't remember.
Then there are blackberry, raspberry, golden raspberry, cantelope, watermelon, honeydew, strawberry.
Then there are tomatoes, potatoes, peppers a few different kinds and colors, eggplant, zucchini, squash, green beans, chicory, escarole, lettuce, romane lettuce, broccoli rabe, garlic. Seems like everything but corn.
and every kind of spice.
Not just 2 or 3 plants either. I'm talking 15-25 each depending on their yeild. They even build a green house leantoo on the side of the garage for germinating.
All year round when they eat a fruit, they save the seed if the like the fruit and try to grow from them.
Seriously, its gone to far now.
But who am I to complain, I get to walk outside and eat something fresh of the tree when ever I feel like it.
Oh, and don't let me forget the grape vines. God forbid we don't mention those mighty roots, my father will snuff me out in my sleep if I don't brag on those...
First In Last Out April 25, 2018, 05:25 PM
tatortoddquote:
Originally posted by P250UA5:
We keep talking about building a planter in our back yard & haven't gotten around to it.
quote:
Originally posted by tatortodd:
Outdoors, I’m growing:
4 varieties of tomatoes - 2 eating and 2 sauce
3 varieties of peppers
2 varieties of green beans
personal sized watermelon on a trellis
mojito mint
catnip for my cat
rosemary
carrots
malabar spinach - asian variety that likes heat and grows like a vine
Indoors, I’m using my two aerogardens to grow the things too delicate for Texas’ bugs:
butterhead lettuce which I’ll switch to cilantro and basil before tomato harvest
romaine
spinach
I'ma start shoppin' at Todd's instead of HEB
To be fair, my garden looks nice this year but so far it’s been more beneficial to my chiropractor than me.
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