What food do you grow yourself?
br3adman
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Just pulled up watermelons yesterday planting lettuce spinach and radishes. Got butternut squash,pumpkins, okra, peppers producing now.
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I'm in Maine, so our season is short, but I grow a TON of basil and freeze pesto so I can use all year. I also have a huge rhubarb patch and make about 10-15 gallons of wine a season... and then drink it all winter Jealous of your watermelons, I can't get them to grow right here!0
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Tomatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, peppers, carrots, beans and peas.
Haven't got much this year though... mostly tomatoes.0 -
Annuals: kale, swiss chard, bok choy, peas, beans, potatoes, scallions, zucchini, summer squash, tomatoes, rosemary, parsley, basil, dill, peppers.
Perennials: strawberries, raspberries, peppermint, spearmint, oregano, chives, rhubarb.
I'm probably forgetting something, lol.0 -
Tomatoes, zucchini, 4 kinds of peppers, and some herbs0
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Neglected my garden this year. I still got turnips, scarlet runner beans, zucchini just ripening now, pumpkin, onions, and vintage Kale. And sunflowers. For pretty only.0
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Tomatoes, butternut squash, green beans, corn, carrots, peppers, turnips, beets, cucumbers, apples, cherries, persimmons, grapes, rhubarb, beef, and chicken!0
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This year, only tomatoes and a bunch of herbs. I usually do better than that, but I have to do my gardening in containers on my rooftop, so what I can do is limited more than I'd like.0
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Lettuce, spinach, arugula, turnips, rutabegas, carrots, parsnips, beans, onions, eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, peas, strawberries, zucchini & acorn squash (this year... I tend to try new things each year)0
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tomatoes, peppers, green beans, herbs, squash, cucumbers, eggplant, lettuce, snap peas. it was a very hot summer here, though, and some things just curled up and died. i also work in the county master gardeners' veggie garden, so this year I have a backup supply0
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Tomatoes, yellow squash, jalapenos, banana peppers & green beans. Too much rain so not getting much. I got some different things planned for next year reading what others planted. Yum0
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ceoverturf wrote: »Lettuce, spinach, arugula, turnips, rutabegas, carrots, parsnips, beans, onions, eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, peas, strawberries, zucchini & acorn squash (this year... I tend to try new things each year)
I did bok choy for the first time this year. It was wonderful, until it got hot. Have some little plants going now for a fall crop.
I finally had success with peas this year - the woodchuck had been eating them through the fence so I made a new fence for them inside the garden.
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Sadly, I have no outdoor garden, but I do sprout seeds in a jar. My favorite seed blend is called "Broccoli & Friends" (alfalfa, broccoli, clover, and radish seeds). Usually takes 2-3 days to sprout the seeds.0
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I'm so jealous!
I live in a 48th floor apt in a big city but we have tons of farmers markets just bursting with great produce at this time of year!0 -
black thumb I need farmers to feed me0
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kshama2001 wrote: »Annuals: kale, swiss chard, bok choy, peas, beans, potatoes, scallions, zucchini, summer squash, tomatoes, rosemary, parsley, basil, dill, peppers.
Perennials: strawberries, raspberries, peppermint, spearmint, oregano, chives, rhubarb.
I'm probably forgetting something, lol.0 -
We live in a townhouse with a small backyard, but I've built 3 garden boxes over the years....this year I grew, not all successfully thanx to the scorching temps and little rain: Tomatoes, Portuguese peppers, lettuce, spinach, cukes (died on the vine before success), strawberries (short season), snap peas (died on the vine), kale (grew so much I've been giving it away by the bagful) and one cauliflower that is still trying to survive this killer heat. I love to grow my own food, most years I have so much that I can't get rid of it fast enough, but we think this year the people behind us may have sprayed something along the fence, and overnite the ones I listed died on the vine.0
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kshama2001 wrote: »
I haven't sprouted anything but seeds yet, but I've heard of sprouting lentils and beans. Will have to look into that.
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For the summer, my boys plant what they call a salsa garden - jalapenos, habaneros, cilantro, poblanos and roma tomatoes. We had the most awesome salsas! Now that it is slowly cooling off in SE Texas, we will be planting several kinds of lettuce, red cabbage, radicchio, peppers and lacinato kale. Found a great recipe for raw massaged kale salad that even my kids will eat.0
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We are very involved in our home garden. We plant corn, broccoli, zucchini, yellow squash, potatoes, green bunching onions, red onions, walla walla onions, garlic, tomatoes (different varieties), shelling peas, green beans, spinach, carrots, lettuce (different varieties), cabbage, Brussel sprouts, celery, Basel, mint, tarragon, Rosemary, cucumbers, chives, and dill.
What we don't eat fresh we freeze or can ( pressure or water bath). We also make all our jams (blueberry, strawberry, and blackberry), Apple sauce and apple pie filling as well as sweet pickles, dill pickles, bread and butter and sweet relish. With our tomatoes we make stewed tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, tomato sauce and tomatoe soup base.0 -
Basel, mint, tarragon, Rosemary, cucumbers, chives, and dill.
And Tomatoes, onions, garlic, beans and lots of peppas !0 -
Chinese cabbage, zucchini, silverbeet, spinach and will soon plant tomatoes0
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Raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, rhubarb.
Mint, spearmint, oregano, thyme, rosemary, chives, garlic chives, fennel, sage.
Green beans, tomatoes, salad greens, Chinese greens.
Cut down on a lot of veg as the deer would eat it first.
Cheers, h.0 -
At the moment only black currants, redcurrants, black berries and chives.
I've grown more than that but its hard to grow your own with a 40hr working week and a garden heavy in snails, they usually got to enjoy my salad leaves more than me!
Got the husband roped in to make me a window box at the moment, I'm hoping to grow herbs in that next year.0 -
Penicillin cultures on the tortilla shells is about it right now
I loved growing a variety of hot peppers to cook with and make fresh salsa
Nothing like some garden hot peppers to make some smoking chili !!0
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