Do you have a vegetable garden?

nrida

Our family loves to plant:
Herbs: mint grow like crazy, catnip, onions, parsley.
tomatoes, cucumber, squash, eggplant, peppers,
Also have a berry tree.

JustYandy

Green house here 10ft wide 20 ft long 7 ft height with raised beds growing all kinds of things
-bell peppers-spinach- romaine lettuce- Kale-cilantro-green onions- Broccoli-Tomato-Strawberries- Spaghetti squash-,and cantaloupe:happy: I built my own greenhouse so it was not costly I'm so excited especially with 5 kids here! oh also carrots and Tomatillo

kcasey155

I don't have one. But I really, really want to start one! I just don't quite no where to begin. Does anyone have any recommendations or links on gardening for beginners? I've never done any gardening. I finally have my own home with a nice backyard, so I'd love to start one!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/13827-growing-vegetables

lemurcat12

Yes, but I'm WAAAY behind!!! Not even starting from seeds this year, as my husband has been super slow putting in my garden bed. He's going to put it in this weekend, and by next week I should have plants in. I haven't even fully decide what to plant!

I don't know where you live, but I started late this year too. Started planning early but then kept putting it off. Here, conventional wisdom is no more frost after Mother's Day, so that's supposed to mark safe planting for plants bothered by it, but since we saw snow on May 16! (okay, not much, but still) I feel okay about my late planting.

kcasey155

Yes, this year I am growing cabbages, lettuce, cauliflowers, kale, zucchini, pickling cucumbers, peas, runner beans, leeks, beetroot, yellow onions, garlic, parsnips, carrots, swede, collards, salad tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, sweet yellow bell peppers, Joe's long chilli peppers, basil, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, a plum tree and an apple tree. I also hope to start some sunflowers this coming weekend.

Claremoak

I have been gardening for while, but took a break after the kids left the house but started up again four years ago after they all were married and settled back in the neighborhood and the grandkids were old enough to enjoy it! It is more like the little red hen story, everyone says they will help, but no one does, but yet everyone comes over to share in the harvest. But that is the joy of family!

We have all the standards- 4 types of tomates, 4 different peppers, summer squash, zuchinni, winter squash, pumpkins, gourds, sweet corn, onions, potatoes, carrorts and beans. I also have containers on my porch with herbs, lettuces, cherry tomatoes and lots of flower beds. I enjoy being able to get outside and work in the gardens, it is a great stress reliever after a long day at work and healthy to boot!

My challenge this year is to keep the deer from eating everything and survive the masive mosquito swarms we have this year!

DaivaSimone

We have a rooftop garden that is cramped with Smart Pots. I plant only organic and heritage seeds, and this gives me a lot of weird looking and colofurl vefetables.

This is what I planted this year:

- Herbs (basil, chive, parsley, rosemary, thyme, lavander, pineapple sage, thai basil and greek basil)
- Lettuce (romaine, oak leaves, bibb and aragula)
- Green finger cucumbers
- Trombocino zucchini
- Galine eggplant
- Black Krim, Green Zebra, Purple Calabash and Wapsinicon Peach tomatoes
- Neon Green Doctor, Fargo Yellow Pear and Isis Candy cherry tomatoes
- Kale (four varieties: Dinosaur rainbow, Red russian, Siberian curly, Blue Curled Scotch Kale)
- Okras

That's it! Not that bad for a tiny garden in pots.

ponycyndi

I'm in Texas, so between the poor soil and drought, not much grows.

I really have gotten into gardening by accident. My house came with an Asian pear tree and a tiny fig tree. I've nurtured the fig, and we got 11 lbs last year. My kids brought home a sunflower from school one year, and now I have a huge patch of them. My husband grows squash.

Another kid brought home basil sprouts, so now we've got those. It's growing so well, I want to get more herbs. Then we got flower plants as a giveaway at the home improvement store, which is blooming non stop.

I planted kale and onion, which I've been eating daily. I'd like to have peppers and berries, but don't know how well they will fare, and don't know much about gardening.

1crvygrl

Yes, I've planted tomatoes, green peppers, sugar snap peas, carrots and this afternoon will be planting green beans and corn. Will plants pumpkins and possibly cantaloupe later. I also can or freeze(corn) most of my veggies for the Winter. A lot of work but great tasting in the dead of Winter!

cosmo8954

We just planted a big garden,. We did last year too, but had a lot of trouble with animals. We have potatoes, all sorts of beans and peas, spinach, broccoli, onions. zucchini, summer squash, tomatoes, carrots, peppers, lettuce and corn. just a heads up about apple trees you need two to pollinate each other. My Dad has an orchard and he says a lot of people don't realize that they need two trees to produce apples. He planted a pear tree this year and has a peach tree so we just steal fruit from him. We didn't have any luck with strawberries last year and since we have limited space decided not to plant any again this year. Good luck to all you gardeners..

srv524

I used to have a big 20x30 garden when we lived in the country. Now I stick with about 7-8 plants (none of which I eat myself)-

1-2 of each-

tomato
eggplant
zucchini
squash
cucumber

Candi_land

No, but I do have an herb garden. :smokin:

luv_lea

I live the city, but I am growing quite a few tomato plants this year! Also got a 'sweet herb' plant, which the lady told me it's like a Truvia plant? The leaves are like sugar in your mouth! I'm excited to see how it will grow this year!

gakette420

I have been doing a small plot for the last 3 years. each year I expand it by about a foot to add extra vegge. I am growing cherry tomatoes, sweet onions, cucumber, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, green beans, peas, lettuce, apples, raspberries, and a volunteer potato plant growing form an missed potato last year. I'm planning on starting a n herb garden as well as my my free boomchickapop corn in the next week. Our growing season has just begun but it lasts until early to mid October. I can't wait for fresh garden salad again!

srv524

I'm in Texas, so between the poor soil and drought, not much grows.

I really have gotten into gardening by accident. My house came with an Asian pear tree and a tiny fig tree. I've nurtured the fig, and we got 11 lbs last year. My kids brought home a sunflower from school one year, and now I have a huge patch of them. My husband grows squash.

Another kid brought home basil sprouts, so now we've got those. It's growing so well, I want to get more herbs. Then we got flower plants as a giveaway at the home improvement store, which is blooming non stop.

I planted kale and onion, which I've been eating daily. I'd like to have peppers and berries, but don't know how well they will fare, and don't know much about gardening.

Peppers should be fine; why not try growing them in pots? Shouldn't require much water and they'd be easy to manage.

angeliis02

I have:
zucchini
yellow squash
cucumber
peppers - green and yellow, red cherry and jalapeno
watermelon
cantaloupe
tomato - 3-4 kinds

then I have my herb garden in another place with:
curly & flat leaf parsley
oregano
thyme
mint (in pots to not spread all over the place)
rosemary
lavender

PrincessTinyheart

I've got one 4X4ft garden and planters on the deck.

Things I sprouted that are in the ground:
-basil (already edible height)
-cilantro (already edible height)
-white onions
-red onions
-habaneros (going to be a looong time for these to be ready)
-parsley

Things I bought, that are now in the ground:
-strawberries (one strawberry is already turning pink)
-leeks

Things I wasn't sure if I was going to put in but I will probably buy:
-cayenne peppers
-rosemary (my shrub was SO CLOSE to overwintering. then we had a late snow and boom, dead plant)
-mint (contained in planter on the desk to prevent invasion)
-dill
-1 tomato plant, probably big boy (usually I did 3 but it was just TOO MUCH)

I had no idea that mint would invade your EN-TIRE garden. I've got spearmint, peppermint and chocolate mint and it's everywhere! Same with fennel - it keeps coming back and sprouting volunteer plants everyplace!!

amberlykay1014

We just finished making 2 large 4' x 16' raised beds in our side yard out of block. They are about 3' high, so no more bending over for weeding and harvesting!

Here's what's on tap for this year:

Rutger's tomatoes
Green Grape Tomatoes
Lizzano Tomatoes
Harmony Tomatoes
Buran Peppers
Bull Nose Bell Peppers (from Jefferson's Monticello)
Dragon Carrots
St. Valey Carrots
Crisp Mint Lettuce
Aunt Mae's Bibb Lettuce
Edamame
Velour Bush Beans
Green Arrow Peas
Corn
True Lemon Cucumber

bcattoes

Yes, I have a full garden - 4 types of squash, 4 types of tomatoes, 7 types of peppers, 2 types of melon, 2 types of beans, 2 types of potatoes, 2 types of peas, 3 types of cabbage, 3 types of onion, brussel sprouts, corn, kale, collards, chard, beets, parsnips, carrots, lettuce, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, garlic, basil, cilantro, oregano, chives, thyme, rosemary, parsley. mint.

fruit trees/bushes/vines - apple (wild and planted), pear, plum, cherry, blueberry, blackberry, gooseberry, grapes

nut trees - walnut, hickory, hazelnut and pecan

We also have a greenhouse for growing some vegetables year round.

FancyPantsFran

Wow you have an amazing garden

I have a very small square foot garden

Tomatoes... red pepers... gren beans cilianto basil and mint

Booksandbeaches

Yes, I grow bok choy, kale, rosemary, basil, cilantro, green onions, eggplant, sweet potatoes, bitter melon, mango, avocado, gotu kola, lemons, kaffir limes, pomegrantes,

Mythril

I live in an apartment with a completely paved tiny patio, but I decided this year I wasn't going to let that stop me! I bought a raised bed and have planted tomatoes (beefsteak and cherry) and green and red peppers. I can make a spaghetti sauce with it, so I'm excited for that. I also have strawberries in a separate pot that have just started to sprout. Seeing them getting bigger every day fills me with such joy! I would like to plant some basil too.

Tbaby1514

I usually do a garden, but this year things have been hectic so I wont be able to until next year. Usually I grow jalapenos, bell peppers, beefsteak tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, onions, carrots, asparagus, rosemary, cilantro, basil, parsley, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and grapes.

There's more than that, but right now i'm drawing a blank!

FatFreeFrolicking

This year I planted:
Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Zucchini
Squash
And a bunch of different kinds of peppers

I also have a peach tree.

Athijade

I have a bunch of stuff on my patio in pots. Need to buy one more pot and a small bag of dirt to finish it off. When I am done, I will have:

Catnip
Spinach
7 Types in herbs but I can't remember all of them off the top of my head
Red Bell Pepper
Tomato
Eggplant
Yellow Squash
Carrots
Beets

kellyangel75

I have my very first veggie patch this summer, so far i have planted
raddish
tomatoes
peppers
spring onions
mangtout
strawberries
raspberry
fig
cucumbers

fingers crossed something will grow

Blueseraphchaos

I have 2 Roma tomato plants, Cherokee purple, black cherry grape tomatoes, golden girl, and mr. Stripey tomatoes..
Esmerelda, romaine, buttercrunch, and some other type of lettuce (how sad, i have forgotten exactly what type it is, i just know it's some kind of head lettuce that i fully expect to rot before getting a full head)
a watermelon plant
Cauliflower
2 spaghetti squash plants
Rainbow carrots and regular carrots
Onions
Celery
Strawberries
Parsley
Tiny cucumbers for pickling.

I've never grown watermelon or squash before, so i only planted a few of those. I wish i had enough room and good soil to plant more, I'd love to grow potatoes and green beans. I always get a ton of lettuce and tomatoes, though. Walk into the backyard, pick a salad, lol.

Edit: forgot the red and yellow bell peppers. Last year, birds carried off five pepper plants, so i planted them in a different area. So far, so good.

gakette420

We just finished making 2 large 4' x 16' raised beds in our side yard out of block. They are about 3' high, so no more bending over for weeding and harvesting!

Here's what's on tap for this year:

Rutger's tomatoes
Green Grape Tomatoes
Lizzano Tomatoes
Harmony Tomatoes
Buran Peppers
Bull Nose Bell Peppers (from Jefferson's Monticello)
Dragon Carrots
St. Valey Carrots
Crisp Mint Lettuce
Aunt Mae's Bibb Lettuce
Edamame
Velour Bush Beans
Green Arrow Peas
Corn
True Lemon Cucumber

what a great idea but the bending over is a great work out for getting rid of my flat tire around my waist. I think I'll wait to do raised beds until I have that gone .

Blueseraphchaos

Come to think of it, i have a pear tree in the yard as well...but the pears never ripen. I think something is wrong with it, but I'm not exactly a horticulturalist...

Chickie25

Our garden has tomatos, beans, carrots, radishes, onions, beets, red sweet peppers and a rosemary plant this year.