Growing vegetables

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,994 Member
    In the Food and Nutrition section there is a topic called "For the Love of Produce" where there are some gardening discussions including what to do with seasonal garden gluts.
  • Wanderwoman6
    Wanderwoman6 Posts: 16 Member
    I’ve been growing fruit trees apple pears plums peaches and cherries, some strawberries and rhubarb these past 2 years. I think my peach tree is deceased sadly but the others are looking very fruit full right now fingers crossed I have something edible this year 🥴
  • DiscoveringLisa
    DiscoveringLisa Posts: 112 Member
    acpgee wrote: »
    In the Food and Nutrition section there is a topic called "For the Love of Produce" where there are some gardening discussions including what to do with seasonal garden gluts.

    Thanks ☺️
  • DiscoveringLisa
    DiscoveringLisa Posts: 112 Member
    Wanderwoman6 wrote: »
    I’ve been growing fruit trees apple pears plums peaches and cherries, some strawberries and rhubarb these past 2 years. I think my peach tree is deceased sadly but the others are looking very fruit full right now fingers crossed I have something edible this year 🥴

    We had apple trees when I was a kid, great to have your own fruit to harvest. I'm growing a honeyberry bush right now, apparently they taste like a cross between blueberries and raspberries 🤔😂 It's very small right now though so no fruit as of yet. Hope you have a great harvest this year ☺️
  • SuzanneC1l9zz
    SuzanneC1l9zz Posts: 460 Member
    edited May 2022
    I'm growing food, but I've only been at it for a couple of years so I wouldn't say I'm very good at it yet. And zone 3 presents its own challenges. This year I have a San Marzano tomato, yellow zucchini, yellow bell pepper and acorn squash in pots. Three strawberry plants in grow bags. A raspberry patch that's in desperate need of taming. And a little 6' x 6' patch in the back corner of my lawn with seeds in the ground for kale, pak choy, carrots, beets, bush beans and Swiss chard. We'll see how much of it produces though lol.

    I've posted pics in the other thread.
  • DiscoveringLisa
    DiscoveringLisa Posts: 112 Member
    SuzanneC1l9zz wrote: »
    I'm growing food, but I've only been at it for a couple of years so I wouldn't say I'm very good at it yet. And zone 3 presents its own challenges. This year I have a San Marzano tomato, yellow zucchini, yellow bell pepper and acorn squash in pots. Three strawberry plants in grow bags. A raspberry patch that's in desperate need of taming. And a little 6' x 6' patch in the back corner of my lawn with seeds in the ground for kale, pak choy, carrots, beets, bush beans and Swiss chard. We'll see how much of it produces though lol.

    I've posted pics in the other thread.

    I'd love to grow tomatoes but it's too cool where I am in the UK. I think I'd need a greenhouse for tomatoes and chillies etc. I love berries, we have a blackberry bush at the very back of the garden and hoping that this year we will get some fruit from it. I'll check out your pics in the other thread 🙂
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    ReenieHJ wrote: »
    Re: slugs
    How does one avoid slugs in their strawberries? So many times the fruit looks soooo sweet and juicy, only to pick it and having had the slugs beat me to it. :( Last year I put hay in the beds but then moisture got trapped and plants got yucky. Any suggestions are appreciated!

    Good luck with your garden @DiscoveringLisa!
    If I didn't have dogs I'd consider chickens, just for the eggs. Or goats to keep the grass cut and rent out. :)

    I use chopped straw instead of hay. I also use Sluggo Plus.

    https://www.homedepot.com/p/Monterey-1-lb-Sluggo-Plus-LG6575/202043634

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  • LemonMarmalade
    LemonMarmalade Posts: 227 Member
    Maybe try some food grade diatomaceous earth around your plants for the slugs?
  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,282 Member
    Chickens are great fun :) But they also came with rats and raccoons where I live. We lost two to raccoons because the kids forgot to close up the coop at dusk. That was traumatic for them (chickens and kids). The rats want the chicken food and I have heard that they'll go for eggs, but we never lost eggs to them. I hated having raccoons around. On the plus side, besides the best eggs ever, we had absolutely ZERO weeds. In fact, almost nothing green. They eat everything. We have since taken out some trees, and without chickens, and with added light, the weeds are prolific. Ugh. Maybe we need a goat? You can rent them where I live...
  • DiscoveringLisa
    DiscoveringLisa Posts: 112 Member
    girlwithcurls2 wrote: »
    Chickens are great fun :) But they also came with rats and raccoons where I live. We lost two to raccoons because the kids forgot to close up the coop at dusk. That was traumatic for them (chickens and kids). The rats want the chicken food and I have heard that they'll go for eggs, but we never lost eggs to them. I hated having raccoons around. On the plus side, besides the best eggs ever, we had absolutely ZERO weeds. In fact, almost nothing green. They eat everything. We have since taken out some trees, and without chickens, and with added light, the weeds are prolific. Ugh. Maybe we need a goat? You can rent them where I live...

    Yeah the fact that they bring rats along with them AND they eat up all the grass is just a no no for me. I've spent forever repairing the lawn in this house, it was brown and full of patches when we moved in and now it's lush green ....I can't sacrifice it for chickens 🤣 It's a shame though, I so want some chickens ....if only I had more land sigh
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    Will definitely look into all your suggestions for slugs, because our strawberries are growing nicely. I remember last year we hardly got any between slugs and moldy berries. :( The year before that, the whole patch was amazingly productive.

    I was gone for a week and when I returned, the garden looked wonderful; dh took great care of it! Except for the green beans. :( Out of the 2 rows we planted, I found 3 poking through. :( Might have to replant those because it's been about 3 weeks since planting.

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