Anyone else grown their own food....?
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Tomatoes, peppers, beans, peas, green onions, lettuce, chard, potatoes, radishes, corn, carrots, cucumbers, watermelons, blueberries, huckleberries, strawberries, peaches, apples, plums, lots of herbs. AND MUCH MUCH MORE.
so last year, someone gave me some June Bearer (?) strawberry runners and i planted them. They grew, but produced no fruit, as expected for the first year. Any idea what to expect this year??? i have no experience in growing berries...0 -
Is 2 acres considered a garden?? I have enough carrots and green beams canned to be on Doomsday Preppers...hehe
heeheehee! yes, that's AWESOME. i did my first canning last year. Can't wait for this growing season to begin!! (how do you manage such a space? a tractor??)
Child labor....J/K! I have a small Bobcat with attachments0 -
Probably a dumb question, but can I grow vegetables in pots or is it better to do so in the soil? I'm thinking those larger orange pots you see at every store.0
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Probably a dumb question, but can I grow vegetables in pots or is it better to do so in the soil? I'm thinking those larger orange pots you see at every store.
How much space do you have...google small garden areas0 -
Is 2 acres considered a garden?? I have enough carrots and green beams canned to be on Doomsday Preppers...hehe
heeheehee! yes, that's AWESOME. i did my first canning last year. Can't wait for this growing season to begin!! (how do you manage such a space? a tractor??)
Child labor....J/K! I have a small Bobcat with attachments
We have a large garden like this too......we use a Farmall Super A tractor.......0 -
When you say grow your own food, do cows count?
We have 10 acres and raise some cattle for beef. I've found it so much tastier than beef purchased at a grocery store, and our butcher makes them so lean we have to add a litle crisco to the ground beef for it to stick together to make hamburger patties!
We do have a small area we sectioned off for a garden, and grew various spices, corn, sunflowers, carrots and peas last year. My son really enjoyed doing that. This year he wants to do more including potatoes & watermelon! 0 -
When you say grow your own food, do cows count?
We have 10 acres and raise some cattle for beef. I've found it so much tastier than beef purchased at a grocery store, and our butcher makes them so lean we have to add a litle crisco to the ground beef for it to stick together to make hamburger patties!
We do have a small area we sectioned off for a garden, and grew various spices, corn, sunflowers, carrots and peas last year. My son really enjoyed doing that. This year he wants to do more including potatoes & watermelon!
I would love to be able to raise some cattle and hogs. guess I'll just have to settle for shooting deer....0 -
Probably a dumb question, but can I grow vegetables in pots or is it better to do so in the soil? I'm thinking those larger orange pots you see at every store.
you can grow veggies in any kind of container that has holes in bottom and ample room. i once saw a person use 10 empty paint cans (they lined them with plastic and poked holes in bottom).........and they grew all sorts of things on their balcony ledge. They had no yard.
I've also seen people buy a bag of dirt, cut holes in it, and sprinkle seeds in it. they just left the bag of dirt lay on the ground!!! IT'S SOOO EASY, YOU MUST TRY! (cucumbers and lettuces are no fail)0 -
When you say grow your own food, do cows count?
We have 10 acres and raise some cattle for beef. I've found it so much tastier than beef purchased at a grocery store, and our butcher makes them so lean we have to add a litle crisco to the ground beef for it to stick together to make hamburger patties!
We do have a small area we sectioned off for a garden, and grew various spices, corn, sunflowers, carrots and peas last year. My son really enjoyed doing that. This year he wants to do more including potatoes & watermelon!
I wasn't thinking along the lines of meat, LOL, but yeah.....that totally counts! My mom joked last year that all i needed now was a pig in the corner of the yard.....;0)0 -
When you say grow your own food, do cows count?
We have 10 acres and raise some cattle for beef. I've found it so much tastier than beef purchased at a grocery store, and our butcher makes them so lean we have to add a litle crisco to the ground beef for it to stick together to make hamburger patties!
We do have a small area we sectioned off for a garden, and grew various spices, corn, sunflowers, carrots and peas last year. My son really enjoyed doing that. This year he wants to do more including potatoes & watermelon!
Raising cows definitely counts! My brother-in-law hobby farms and raises a couple cows every year. The meat is way better and way better for you. And I know some people are going to think I'm crazy but I'm all for giving animals good lives before we eat them. I figure it's the least we can do 0 -
Plowing the garden last year...
Plus I have a freezer full of venison to go with the frozen tomato sauce and peppers.0 -
Probably a dumb question, but can I grow vegetables in pots or is it better to do so in the soil? I'm thinking those larger orange pots you see at every store.
you can grow veggies in any kind of container that has holes in bottom and ample room. i once saw a person use 10 empty paint cans (they lined them with plastic and poked holes in bottom).........and they grew all sorts of things on their balcony ledge. They had no yard.
I've also seen people buy a bag of dirt, cut holes in it, and sprinkle seeds in it. they just left the bag of dirt lay on the ground!!! IT'S SOOO EASY, YOU MUST TRY! (cucumbers and lettuces are no fail)
Why do you need holes in the container?0 -
Plowing the garden last year...
Plus I have a freezer full of venison to go with the frozen tomato sauce and peppers.
NICE!!!0 -
That's how my garden gets worked up too, Carl!
I forgot to even think about growing your own protein too. Yep, we run a cattle ranch. Fresh beef aplenty. And eggs. We do a pig every year. Hunting and fishing add to the freezer supply too.0 -
Probably a dumb question, but can I grow vegetables in pots or is it better to do so in the soil? I'm thinking those larger orange pots you see at every store.
you can grow veggies in any kind of container that has holes in bottom and ample room. i once saw a person use 10 empty paint cans (they lined them with plastic and poked holes in bottom).........and they grew all sorts of things on their balcony ledge. They had no yard.
I've also seen people buy a bag of dirt, cut holes in it, and sprinkle seeds in it. they just left the bag of dirt lay on the ground!!! IT'S SOOO EASY, YOU MUST TRY! (cucumbers and lettuces are no fail)
Why do you need holes in the container?
Holes for drainage, roots don't like to sit in water.0 -
Plowing the garden last year...
Plus I have a freezer full of venison to go with the frozen tomato sauce and peppers.
I see Nebraskans aren't the only ones who let their outbuildings rot away.0 -
Probably a dumb question, but can I grow vegetables in pots or is it better to do so in the soil? I'm thinking those larger orange pots you see at every store.
you can grow veggies in any kind of container that has holes in bottom and ample room. i once saw a person use 10 empty paint cans (they lined them with plastic and poked holes in bottom).........and they grew all sorts of things on their balcony ledge. They had no yard.
I've also seen people buy a bag of dirt, cut holes in it, and sprinkle seeds in it. they just left the bag of dirt lay on the ground!!! IT'S SOOO EASY, YOU MUST TRY! (cucumbers and lettuces are no fail)
Why do you need holes in the container?
for drainage.... helps prevent root rot i think....0 -
going to try to post a pic...i've never done it before though. This is a pic of my garden from my kitchen window (May 2011)... and dudes above with the tractor, we dug 2 plots by hand!! Sure wish we had your big boy tools for that job!!
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I had large gardens when I lived in Alaska and Nebraska. My HOA here in North Carolina doesn't allow gardens so I decided to by a Tower Garden. Basically it is a vertical aeroponic growing system. It’s perfect for rooftops, patios, balconies, terraces, any relatively sunny place outside. For us it will be our patio. Check out their website below.
http://www.towergarden.com/
COOL! So, what are you going to grow in your tower garden?
It comes with tomato, cucumber, lettuce, and basil seeds but you can grow anything but root veggies. I plan to also do strawberries, spinach, squash, beans. I will love NOT having to weed, till, hoe, and water. You fill it up with water and nutrients and a timer pumps water over the roots of the plants every 15 minutes. They grow 2-3 times faster than in soil.0 -
i've got quite a big garden, and last year grew potatoes, onions, broccoli spring onions and some herbs. I also have strawberry and raspberry plants a pear tree and some hazelnut bushes. I would like to get some chickens for fresh eggs, but we have urban foxes where i live and it might all end in tears0
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