Is anyone else growing a garden?

Kristinemomof3
Kristinemomof3 Posts: 636 Member
edited November 18 in Food and Nutrition
What are you already eating from it? We've had lettuce, arugula, kale, spinach, cilantro, green onions & rhubarb. Lots of other stuff planted.
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  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Passionfruit, mandarin, chilis, tomatoes, lettuce, lots of herbs
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    i have a small garden at my grandfathers but nothing is ready yet. i have tomatoes, hot peppers (for papa), eggplant (for hubby), zucchini and cucumbers i think
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    Yep! But mine's winter veggies because I'm in New Zealand. I have carrots, broccoli (which so far is doing nothing in the way of forming heads), red onions, beetroot, cos lettuce and spinach.
  • dutchandkiwi
    dutchandkiwi Posts: 1,389 Member
    We do. Though our main focus is on herbs. We also grow beetroot, radish, lettuces, courgette, paprika and pepper plus some edible flowers and have a pear tree. Next in will be the eggplant (indoors too cold) and paksoi.
    It is nowhere near enough to feed the two of us for a long time, but it feels good to have home grown meals.
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    We have a fig tree and that's it.

    I would like to grow more. I just need to stop being a lazy butt.
  • carakirkey
    carakirkey Posts: 199 Member
    I'm excited to have a community garden plot this year. Lettuce, spinach, kale, green onions and radish are ready. Also planted tomatoes (cuz nothing beats a garden tomato), potatoes, carrots, beets, chard and will plant beans today. I plant herbs (dill, basil, oregano, mint, parsley, rosemary) in containers for my deck and easy access while cooking.

    OP-any luck with cilantro? I love it but its hot where I live and always seems to bolt and go to seed (and now I have coriander instead of cilantro!!)
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    This year: watermelon radishes, rainbow swiss chard, kale, leeks, onions, tomatoes (cherry and big boy), basil, beans, strawberries, cilantro, parsley, and pumpkin.
  • PeachyPlum
    PeachyPlum Posts: 1,243 Member
    I am, but nothing is ready to harvest yet!

    @carakirkey I just learned this year (after several years of no success) that cilantro is best grown in the spring and fall. It bolts too quickly in heat to be any good. I plan to start some when the weather cools down this September.
  • SophiaSerrao
    SophiaSerrao Posts: 234 Member
    Aww... how fun. It'd be nice to have all sorts of fresh herbs at hand, as well as lemons and cherry tomatoes.
  • kristydi
    kristydi Posts: 781 Member
    We got our first few blueberries today. Been getting basil for a while but nothing else is ready. I went simple and small this year. I only have tomatoes and peppers.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    yes...it has just been planted though so we won't be eating anything until August/Sept. We just had our last freeze a couple weeks ago.
  • Gska17
    Gska17 Posts: 752 Member
    Me! Well, most of the seeds are in the ground. We'll usually have a late-freeze so I'm waiting a few more days.

    Carrots
    Crook neck squash
    Peas
    Corn
    Something else I can't remember...
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    Got 1/2 of it planted.

    Lettuce, spinach, arugula, turnips, rutabegas, beets, eggplant, carrots, parsnips and beans planted. Strawberries are starting to get ready

    Hopefully will get the other half planted this week - peppers, tomatoes, peas, cukes, squash, onions, brussel sprouts and leeks.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I just started planting. Normal safe planting day here is Mother's Day, and I'm running late. Good thing, as we had crazy winds Monday morning which would have been a problem if I'd had stuff out (my garden consists of pots on my roof deck, so the wind is always an issue).
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Kristinemomof3 wrote: »
    What are you already eating from it? We've had lettuce, arugula, kale, spinach, cilantro, green onions & rhubarb. Lots of other stuff planted.

    So far - lettuce, broccoli, sugar snap peas, kale, collards, radishes, spring onions, spinach, strawberries, herbs (cilantro, parsley, lavender, rosemary, basil, thyme, sage)

    Cabbage and cauliflower are almost ready for harvest
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    Kristinemomof3 wrote: »
    What are you already eating from it? We've had lettuce, arugula, kale, spinach, cilantro, green onions & rhubarb. Lots of other stuff planted.

    So far - lettuce, broccoli, sugar snap peas, kale, collards, radishes, spring onions, spinach, strawberries, herbs (cilantro, parsley, lavender, rosemary, basil, thyme, sage)

    Cabbage and cauliflower are almost ready for harvest

    ETA: harvested carrots and parsnips earlier that were over-wintered. They are in the root cellar now.
  • carakirkey
    carakirkey Posts: 199 Member
    edited May 2015
    PeachyPlum wrote: »
    @carakirkey I just learned this year (after several years of no success) that cilantro is best grown in the spring and fall. It bolts too quickly in heat to be any good. I plan to start some when the weather cools down this September.

    Thanks I'll try it in the fall
  • IamMicah
    IamMicah Posts: 133 Member
    Yes of course! Doesn't everyone have a victory garden?
  • firie5205
    firie5205 Posts: 12 Member
    Two different types of tomatoes and four different types of peppers! I have a tiny little side garden that I built and this is our first year in the new house. It's a starting garden. :)
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  • 970Mikaela1
    970Mikaela1 Posts: 2,013 Member
    I'm in Colorado thus I have an herb garden...
  • socalkay
    socalkay Posts: 746 Member
    I have two tomato plants... one isn't looking very healthy. Black thumb...
  • veganminecraft
    veganminecraft Posts: 21 Member
    not particularly but at risk of my family tearing up my deceased father's shrubs and trees i decided to start going out to take care of them. Ive found it to be great exercise too and a good way to get vitamin d. We have blackberries and rasbperries. As well as a pear tree and grape vines. It has been two years since anyone has tended to it and there are so many dead canes and branches that I'm still pulling out.
  • bbontheb
    bbontheb Posts: 718 Member
    We live in BC so not too hot yet. But we have growing:

    Blueberries (on the bushes but not ripe yet)
    Strawberries
    Rhubarb
    Peach tree
    few raspberries
    Tomatoes
    Cucumber
    Zucchini
    Different types of thyme, parsley, sage, basil (just transplanted), chives, oregano, mints....probably more herbs.
    Swiss chard.
    From seed: spinach, lettuces (a big mix), magentaspreen, amaranth, sorrel , other mixed greens, carrots, onion (for green onion), peas, radish, kale.
    Potatoes in a big potato bin made from pallets.
    Not nearly enough room to plant what I would want to.
    Flowers: calendula, nasturtium, zinnia, cosmos.

    Starting tonight/tomorrow: Green beans (pole)

    Would like to still plant: rosemary, more thyme and curly parsley, hot peppers to make my own sweet chili sauce, pac choi/bok choy, dill, lavender,

    Never having in any garden of mine: cilantro
  • MakePeasNotWar
    MakePeasNotWar Posts: 1,329 Member
    I don't have any yard space, but I am growing blueberries and strawberries in containers on my balcony. I've harvested several big bowls of blueberries so far, and currently waiting on my first, sad, strawberry.
  • betancourtky
    betancourtky Posts: 33 Member
    Just planted my first garden last week, we have mixed lettuce, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, pepper, thyme, rosemary, basil, mint, chamomile, oregano, parsley, strawberries and a pear tree. Hoping for a prosperous harvest, since we usually spend so much at the farmers market throughout the year.
  • carakirkey
    carakirkey Posts: 199 Member
    bbontheb wrote: »
    We live in BC so not too hot yet. But we have growing:

    Blueberries (on the bushes but not ripe yet)
    Strawberries
    Rhubarb
    Peach tree
    few raspberries
    Tomatoes
    Cucumber
    Zucchini
    Different types of thyme, parsley, sage, basil (just transplanted), chives, oregano, mints....probably more herbs.
    Swiss chard.
    From seed: spinach, lettuces (a big mix), magentaspreen, amaranth, sorrel , other mixed greens, carrots, onion (for green onion), peas, radish, kale.
    Potatoes in a big potato bin made from pallets.
    Not nearly enough room to plant what I would want to.
    Flowers: calendula, nasturtium, zinnia, cosmos.

    Starting tonight/tomorrow: Green beans (pole)

    Would like to still plant: rosemary, more thyme and curly parsley, hot peppers to make my own sweet chili sauce, pac choi/bok choy, dill, lavender,

    Never having in any garden of mine: cilantro

    I'm in BC too- interior. Im jealous of your garden- sounds fabulous! Curious why no cilantro? Too hard to grow?
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    This winter (in Southern Australia) I've planted:

    spinach
    pak choi
    carrots

    And the parsley from summer is still doing well.

    I want to dig up part of the lawn and make a bigger veggie garden.
  • Keiko385
    Keiko385 Posts: 514 Member
    I planted a small garden with tomato, and variety of squashes, not much of a farmer. I joined a CSA for the bulk of my summer veggies
  • wissabear
    wissabear Posts: 62 Member
    Tomatoes and herbs. Tomatoes are just starting to get ripe.
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