Who has a garden to grow their own fruits and vegetables?

I have a container garden on my rather large back deck. Mostly tomatoes of various types, but some lettuce and peas.

We had one on the side of the house but my cat decided that he wanted to use it as a litter box :grumble: so I had to pull everything out. I plan to start growing stuff again but need to build something around the area to keep kitty kitty out!!!!

I have a small garden at home in the backyard and we have a community garden at work that's about a half acre. I only grow some tomatoes, beans, asparagus, a few strawberry plants and some raspberries at home. Our work garden has just about every vegetable you can think of in it.

I container garden now scaled down from a large uncovered patio to a 4x9 covered, screened patio. But I'm buying a house with a yard soon, and will expand using raised beds.

Presently I have an Ackee tree that needs to be planted in the ground soon, 2 replanted-from scrap pineapples, one is bearing now. Celery replanted from scrap. Romaine lettuce replanted from scrap. Tons of green onions replanted from scraps as well. And sweet potatoes are growing in my compost bin...where I tried to throw them out.

When I move I will definitely be doing herbs (rosemary, basil, mint, cilantro). I want a Rose Apple tree (Jamaican), would love to do watermelon if I can, strawberries, and key limes.

I have several 2ft tall raised beds (keeps the dogs out) for edibles. We also grow winter squash on the ground as a kind of living mulch most years.

3x3 - shallots, scallions, brussels sprouts
3x3 - Artichokes, winter squash (growing over the side), pole beans(on a trellis)
3x3 - Garlic, brussels sprouts, pole beans (on a trellis)
3x3 - Rhubarb, winter squash(over the side)
4x10 - Peas & tromboncino zucchini (on a trellis), carrots, butter type lettuce, kale, bush zucchini
4x10 - Tomatoes, eggplant, jalapeno and gypsy peppers, basil, maybe cilantro
2x6 - Kohlrabi, spinach, beets

Then I have my herbs in various pots on my back deck (so I don't have to put on shoes to collect them) - sage, rosemary, thyme, chives, garlic, parsley, cilantro, dill, sweet bay laurel,mint, catnip

We also have an olive tree that just went in in the front yard, and a huge strawberry bed near the deck.

I use weedless gardening and it works great. I get huge production out of my garden and I eats tons of food out of it during season.

I'm lucky to have a huge garden (25ft by 110ft) in it I have apple, plum, pear and damson trees, gooseberry bushes, rhubarb, red and black currants and grape vines that sort of look after themselves we also grow lots of different veggies and salad stuff both outside and in the polytunnel. I also have 4 hens that have free range in the garden except for the veg patch (they ate all my winter cabbages). I love being able to go down pick the veh I want for dinner and then cook it for dinner. I also make jams, chutneys and pickles and freeze loads.

I have two 4x4 raised beds. I usually plants a combo of peppers, tomatoes, and herbs. I also have a trellis against my house in the front flower garden that's for cucumbers. My backyard has a pear tree that came with the house when we bought it.

I have a 25' x 3' garden plot with a drip irrigation system, plus a lovely slope for my fruits. I am planning on romaine lettuce, spinach, bell peppers, cayenne peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic, potatoes, green beans, kidney beans, and peas this year. For fruits, I have humongous strawberries, table grapes (Canadice), and raspberries. I just planted two "Lil Big" apple trees - braeburn and honeycrisp - but those won't be productive for a couple of years. I will be planting watermelons and catelope/mussmelon in the front yard on Saturday.

I live on a small family farm and my inlaws run a greenhouse business there, so we garden like crazy. Last year it was about a quarter acre but the drought destroyed us and this year we are scaling back to about half of that. We grow many kinds of tomatoes, radishes, carrots, beans, broccoli, cauliflower, pea pods, cucumbers, celery, lettuces...you name it. I also have an herb garden with parsley, cilantro, oregano, sage, thyme, basil, lavendar, and mint. I dry a lot of herbs at the end of the season and use them unitl the next growing cycle.

My husband used to plant watermelon, squash, and pumpkins, too, but we're too busy with other things now to manage two gardens.

I can't wait to get out there and plant again!

I have two beds right now, one for greens and one for other plants. My greens bed is 3x3 and has several types of lettuce, kale, and spinach. The bigger garden is about 4x13 and we have shell and snap peas, several melons, watermelon, zucchini, green beans, spaghetti squash, apple gourds, tomatoes, bell and jalapeno peppers. I just planted strawberries in our flowerbed too. We also have six laying hens and four rabbits to eat the weeds and provide us with fertilizer. I will probably put in another bed in the fall so we can do corn and cruciferous veggies. I can't wait!

Our garden is about 140 x 220 ft., and we use all-natural methods, no herbicides or pesticides, and certified organic seed. We grow beans, beets, peas, squash, melons, hardneck garlic,( 4 varieties), heirloom organic tomatoes ( 200 plants last year), cucumbers ( lemon cucumbers and poona kheera cucumbers a specialty), Jewel strawberries, blackberries, garlic chives, onions, broccoli, 4 colors of cauliflower, mesclun mix, herbs, greens, fennel, Jerusalem artichokes, globe artichokes, gourds, sweet peppers, yellow potatoes, just what comes to mind at the moment. There's more.

Mine is around 20x30', with a 4' fence to keep my dogs out. I have some perennial herbs- rosemary, peppermint, spearmint, oregano and thyme in one corner and the rest I do annual crops.

Right now I have a long row of sugar snap peas and snow peas that grow up the fence, they are just sprouting. Along another fence I planted asparagus beans- they are long Asian beans that can grow 2-3' long, but taste best at around 1' long. They are fun to grow and taste like a green bean.

I have 3 tomato plants- 1 giant slicing type for me to eat, 1 grape for salads, and 1 Roma for fresh pico de gallo. My wife isn't much of a tomato eater so planting too many is a waste.

4 "burpless" cukes, 4 bell pepper, 4 brocolli, and 4 yellow summer squash that my wife got from the Ag program at the school where she works, they sell the plants for $1 for a 4 pack, a great deal.

12 "mixed greens", basically different spring mix types of lettuces.

3 different basil plants- Thai, purple, and Greek. I also have some regular basil seeds and cilantro that I'll plant later, after the salad greens are done.

Daikon radish, carrots, and a spinach/mustard hybrid green that I grew from seeds, those are sprouted but are still tiny.

4 okra, 6 collard greens and 6 kale plants for my "southern food"

1 peanut plant just to see what happens

a long row of potatoes, we had a bag sprouting in the pantry so I cut them into pieces and put them in the ground. I did the same last year with a single potato, cut it into 4-5 chunks with eyes on them, and got about 10lbs of nice potatoes from it. Nothing like a freshly dug up potato!

garlic and onions that came back from last year. I love using the chives in salads.

Still to come, my chile pepper crop, which is my main love of gardening. A friend works at a university greenhouse and has a lot of different chiles that he'll give me a few of in the next week or so. Ghost peppers, Scotch Bonnets, Thai Dragon, Anaheims, jalapenos, Anchos. I usually get a Tabasco from the local garden center as well, 1 Tabasco plant yields thousands of peppers and I use them to make hot sauce. I use the Ghost and Scotch Bonnets for Jamaican Jerk sauce, Thais for hot sauce and cooking ,and the others I like to grill up and eat with dinner.

Small 5x5 foot greenhouse on the front porch (I live in WA so our growing season is pretty short and cool) - so far we have two types of lettuce, blueberries, two types of tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, cucumbers, LOTS of strawberries, oregano, rosemary, basil, cilantro, and lemon balm. I love growing food!