Gardeners and Growers!

mariahdoesthis
mariahdoesthis Posts: 17 Member
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Hey!

Just wondering is there are any gardeners and growers on here dedicated to growing some of their own food.

I started a small garden a couple months ago and have so far only harvested beets, radishes, squash, and a TON of basil. I'm also finally starting a compost bin today.

Just wondering if anyone has any tips, favorite things to grow, or fun gardening ideas.

Such a great way to get outside!

-M.
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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    yes!

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  • SomebodyWakeUpHIcks
    SomebodyWakeUpHIcks Posts: 3,836 Member
    @abetterme9366 likes plant.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    abetterme9366 wrote: »
    SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »
    @abetterme9366 likes plant.

    You are seriously the worst human on the planet

    is that a denial?



    .... I don't read that as a denial; just saying'.
  • Moxie42
    Moxie42 Posts: 1,400 Member
    My garden is lacking this year but I do love growing my own food. My favorites (and what have consistently grown well for me) have been zucchini (they're HUGE and I can use them in everything), butternut squash, tomatoes, peas/beans, lettuce, kale, carrots, and garlic.

    Garlic is super-easy. Just take a bulb from the store, separate the cloves, and plant each clove (bottom-side down) about 2 inches into the soil. No need to take the papery bits off. It takes almost a year to grow but it's very yummy! Shallots can be grown the same way.

    I also like buying potted herbs from Trader Joe's and transferring them into larger pots- I always get good yield and long-lasting plants there.

    Not sure where you're from but that can make a difference on what will grow well, and what you should plan during certain times of the year. I live in Southern California, so I often lose plants during summer (especially if I attempt to plant between May and September), but I rarely have to worry about losing plants to frost during winter.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    mariahdoesthis wrote: »
    Hey!

    Just wondering is there are any gardeners and growers on here dedicated to growing some of their own food.

    I started a small garden a couple months ago and have so far only harvested beets, radishes, squash, and a TON of basil. I'm also finally starting a compost bin today.

    Just wondering if anyone has any tips, favorite things to grow, or fun gardening ideas.

    Such a great way to get outside!

    -M.

    My wife has a garden.. why, I'm not sure.

    I just think she likes growing tomatoes, radishes and well, I don't know what she grows.... *shrug


    If it keeps her happy and off of the mean streets of Scottsdale, I'm happy.
  • Sara2652
    Sara2652 Posts: 158 Member
    Yes! I have so much zucchini and I just harvested a bunch of strawberry corn for popping. I garden a plot at the community garden and have some stuff at home but really need to work the soil before I can start a patch here. Snow and sugar snap peas are my favorite. And of course there are the tomatoes!
  • meganpettigrew86
    meganpettigrew86 Posts: 349 Member
    Sara2652 wrote: »
    Yes! I have so much zucchini and I just harvested a bunch of strawberry corn for popping. I garden a plot at the community garden and have some stuff at home but really need to work the soil before I can start a patch here. Snow and sugar snap peas are my favorite. And of course there are the tomatoes!

    We planted zucchini last season as we were given the plants, don't even like them... they just kept producing! My sister in laws and mum were happy lol they got the majority of them.
  • twinkles4
    twinkles4 Posts: 124 Member
    My apples, carrots, peas and herbs did so well this year. I'm trying to scrape up the $$ to finish my greenhouse. This area super sucks....It went from +30C to -2C in 24 hours. Killed off my cucumbers, lettuce and the last of my tomatoes :angry:
  • mariahdoesthis
    mariahdoesthis Posts: 17 Member
    Moxie42 wrote: »
    My garden is lacking this year but I do love growing my own food. My favorites (and what have consistently grown well for me) have been zucchini (they're HUGE and I can use them in everything), butternut squash, tomatoes, peas/beans, lettuce, kale, carrots, and garlic.

    Garlic is super-easy. Just take a bulb from the store, separate the cloves, and plant each clove (bottom-side down) about 2 inches into the soil. No need to take the papery bits off. It takes almost a year to grow but it's very yummy! Shallots can be grown the same way.

    I also like buying potted herbs from Trader Joe's and transferring them into larger pots- I always get good yield and long-lasting plants there.

    Not sure where you're from but that can make a difference on what will grow well, and what you should plan during certain times of the year. I live in Southern California, so I often lose plants during summer (especially if I attempt to plant between May and September), but I rarely have to worry about losing plants to frost during winter.

    Thanks! I live in NorCal near San Jose. So yeah, I understand losing things over the summer. It's been pretty hot up here too. I have to try growing garlic. I definitely eat enough of it. LOL.
  • meganpettigrew86
    meganpettigrew86 Posts: 349 Member
    mariahdoesthis wrote: »
    Moxie42 wrote: »
    My garden is lacking this year but I do love growing my own food. My favorites (and what have consistently grown well for me) have been zucchini (they're HUGE and I can use them in everything), butternut squash, tomatoes, peas/beans, lettuce, kale, carrots, and garlic.

    Garlic is super-easy. Just take a bulb from the store, separate the cloves, and plant each clove (bottom-side down) about 2 inches into the soil. No need to take the papery bits off. It takes almost a year to grow but it's very yummy! Shallots can be grown the same way.

    I also like buying potted herbs from Trader Joe's and transferring them into larger pots- I always get good yield and long-lasting plants there.

    Not sure where you're from but that can make a difference on what will grow well, and what you should plan during certain times of the year. I live in Southern California, so I often lose plants during summer (especially if I attempt to plant between May and September), but I rarely have to worry about losing plants to frost during winter.

    Thanks! I live in NorCal near San Jose. So yeah, I understand losing things over the summer. It's been pretty hot up here too. I have to try growing garlic. I definitely eat enough of it. LOL.

    Garlic is great around roses but bad around a lot of other plants.
  • mariahdoesthis
    mariahdoesthis Posts: 17 Member
    meganpettigrew86 wrote: »
    I try to grow and preserve all my veg (and meat, eggs etc). I use companion planting so I don't have to spray. Once or twice I've had to spray using cooking oil, dishwash, and water combo for aphids. But in general the good bugs take care of the bad.
    By not using sprays you can eat direct from the plant, essential when you have a 3 year old helping you harvest!
    Look up which plants like to be next to each other and it will make them grow better with less disease and insect troubles. I.e I put basil under the tomatoes, marigolds and nasturtians everywhere, beans between the potato rows, sage by the strawberries.... Google it based on the veg your putting in.
    I have a super book that is my companion bible but internet is good too.
    I still get failure... usually due to chickens getting into my garden (I have 50), or the pukekos tearing out my seedlings... But failure is all part of learning!

    Thanks! What's the title of the book?

    I had some oregano and parsley planted near my basil, but I have a feeling that the basil kind of took over that area and is the reason why I got little to no growth on the other herbs.
  • meganpettigrew86
    meganpettigrew86 Posts: 349 Member
    Companion planting in new zealand, by Brenda little. The best bit is at the back where it lists good companions and bad companions for all the common veg etc.
  • mariahdoesthis
    mariahdoesthis Posts: 17 Member
    meganpettigrew86 wrote: »
    Companion planting in new zealand, by Brenda little. The best bit is at the back where it lists good companions and bad companions for all the common veg etc.

    Sweet! Thanks!
  • Moxie42
    Moxie42 Posts: 1,400 Member
    mariahdoesthis wrote: »
    Moxie42 wrote: »
    My garden is lacking this year but I do love growing my own food. My favorites (and what have consistently grown well for me) have been zucchini (they're HUGE and I can use them in everything), butternut squash, tomatoes, peas/beans, lettuce, kale, carrots, and garlic.

    Garlic is super-easy. Just take a bulb from the store, separate the cloves, and plant each clove (bottom-side down) about 2 inches into the soil. No need to take the papery bits off. It takes almost a year to grow but it's very yummy! Shallots can be grown the same way.

    I also like buying potted herbs from Trader Joe's and transferring them into larger pots- I always get good yield and long-lasting plants there.

    Not sure where you're from but that can make a difference on what will grow well, and what you should plan during certain times of the year. I live in Southern California, so I often lose plants during summer (especially if I attempt to plant between May and September), but I rarely have to worry about losing plants to frost during winter.

    Thanks! I live in NorCal near San Jose. So yeah, I understand losing things over the summer. It's been pretty hot up here too. I have to try growing garlic. I definitely eat enough of it. LOL.


    What a small world! I'm originally from NorCal too (Sunnyvale, about 20 minutes north of SJ). My mom's friend has had incredible luck with grapes and artichokes, and when I was kid our garden grew zucchini like crazy. The garlic should do well too. It's such an easy set-it-and-forget-it plant. I've had no problems planting it year-round but supposedly October is ideal for a July harvest.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Moxie42 wrote: »
    mariahdoesthis wrote: »
    Moxie42 wrote: »
    My garden is lacking this year but I do love growing my own food. My favorites (and what have consistently grown well for me) have been zucchini (they're HUGE and I can use them in everything), butternut squash, tomatoes, peas/beans, lettuce, kale, carrots, and garlic.

    Garlic is super-easy. Just take a bulb from the store, separate the cloves, and plant each clove (bottom-side down) about 2 inches into the soil. No need to take the papery bits off. It takes almost a year to grow but it's very yummy! Shallots can be grown the same way.

    I also like buying potted herbs from Trader Joe's and transferring them into larger pots- I always get good yield and long-lasting plants there.

    Not sure where you're from but that can make a difference on what will grow well, and what you should plan during certain times of the year. I live in Southern California, so I often lose plants during summer (especially if I attempt to plant between May and September), but I rarely have to worry about losing plants to frost during winter.

    Thanks! I live in NorCal near San Jose. So yeah, I understand losing things over the summer. It's been pretty hot up here too. I have to try growing garlic. I definitely eat enough of it. LOL.


    "What a small world! ......


    ..... but I wouldn't want to paint it." ~ Steven Wright

  • SojournerThirteen
    SojournerThirteen Posts: 28,204 Member
    edited October 2017
    I am a gardener and a “grower” enjoying activities related to the latter more :#

    Here are some of my gardening successes...

    Hawaiian Dwarf Apple Bananas (about 40 lbs bundle)

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    Samoan Coconuts (shorter tree, more round coconuts, more coconut milk/nut, shorter growing time than other types of coconut trees)

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    Japanese White Eye keke... they come freely supplied by Mother Nater with the Mango Tree

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    Hawaiian Dwarf Apple Bananas (about 35 lb bundle)

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    Samoan Coconuts

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    Indonesian Guava (Samoan Coconut in the background)

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  • FabulousFantasticFifty
    FabulousFantasticFifty Posts: 195,832 Member
    Oh.... Never mind thought this was this kind of thread! :tongue:

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  • ptcampgymokc
    ptcampgymokc Posts: 318 Member
    Lol
  • LittleLionHeart1
    LittleLionHeart1 Posts: 3,655 Member
    SojournerThirteen wrote: »
    I am a gardener and a “grower” enjoying activities related to the latter more :#

    Here are some of my gardening successes...

    Hawaiian Dwarf Apple Bananas (about 40 lbs bundle)

    4sgkjv5eq4h7.jpeg

    Samoan Coconuts (shorter tree, more round coconuts, more coconut milk/nut, shorter growing time than other types of coconut trees)

    9kf6t6pblezi.jpeg

    Japanese White Eye keke... they come freely supplied by Mother Nater with the Mango Tree

    u4lnpk8br27e.jpeg

    Hawaiian Dwarf Apple Bananas (about 35 lb bundle)

    6fef15gyq96c.jpeg

    Samoan Coconuts

    jg19bbm5ro1c.jpeg

    Indonesian Guava (Samoan Coconut in the background)

    vtqu0wbztnfm.jpeg

    You have some nice coconuts!! :)
    I always wanted my own banana tree.

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