Foo - The Garden

Is coming along nicely:
My tomatoes and a pepper plant
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Mustard Greens and beans:
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In addition to that, I've got brocoli, asparagus, onions, potatoes, mesclun, cucumbers, watermelon,okra, and zuchini. I didn't get anymore pics caused it started raining right after taking these pics. I did manage to get a big bag of mustard greens picked this morning. I've cooked them and put them up in the freezer.

Gardening is good. Let's see yours.

this is the first year i have grown anything in the garden. i tried my first pickings of spinach and it was absolutely delicious. better than anything shop bought. everything else is growing very slowly. tomatoes are less than half the size of yours.

i forgot about the potatoes. they are amzingly fast growing.

Last year

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I tried gardening last year, and learned that I would have to commit more time and learning to it, which is difficult to do these days for us. So we are going to be farm market hanger-outers this year. I am going to stick to what I do well, and let the farmers do what they do well. :p

What? No pics of the "special" garden in the basement, with all the U/V lights?:innocent:

Nice pics...I aspire to that level of gardening.

My wife's garden is growing quite nicely as well. No pics though.

You're at least three weeks ahead of us here MV. Looks like you could use some mulch there though. I'll post some pics when I have more to show then the couple plants we have out there now (and hoping this stupidly cold spell won't kill off). We do have thistles and catnip like you wouldn't believe though.

You're at least three weeks ahead of us here MV. Looks like you could use some mulch there though. I'll post some pics when I have more to show then the couple plants we have out there now (and hoping this stupidly cold spell won't kill off). We do have thistles and catnip like you wouldn't believe though.

mulch would be good. I bag the lawn on occasion and use the clippings to mulch with. Good source of nitrogen for the tomatoes and peppers. You can see some of the grass clippings I have already gathered around the base of the tomatoe plants.

how's my spinach? delicious

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Whoa - /\ Popeye would approve!:thumb:

nice job everybody....I have garden envy.:D

spinach? meh. Might as well grow okra. :p

spinach? meh. Might as well grow okra. :p

thems fighting words there mr. sword.

Finally finished getting my garden planted this weekend. 6 different types of tomatoes, 3 different types of peppers, two eggplants, 4 different kind of grapes, oregano, thyme, greenbean, cilantro.

Finally finished getting my garden planted this weekend. 6 different types of tomatoes, 3 different types of peppers, two eggplants, 4 different kind of grapes, oregano, thyme, greenbean, cilantro.

You'll see grapes in 2010 - if you're lucky.

thems fighting words there mr. sword.

I'm rubber, you're glue. What you say bounces off me and sticks to you (aided in large measure by that gooey mess left behind by the okra). :lol:

I'm rubber, you're glue. What you say bounces off me and sticks to you (aided in large measure by that gooey mess left behind by the okra). :lol:

see....us southerners know that frying okra results in no gooey mess. Also, if you have to boil it, stew it with tomatoes....the acidity of the tomatoes gets rid of the gooey mess. Then of course, there's the pinnacle of uses for the stuff....Cajun cuisine.

You'll see grapes in 2010 - if you're lucky.

I know that, it's a long term investment, still shorter than planting an olive tree.

I'm rubber, you're glue. What you say bounces off me and sticks to you (aided in large measure by that gooey mess left behind by the okra). :lol:

It's not gooey. It's slimy. Get it right:p

Whoa - /\ Popeye would approve!:thumb:

nice job everybody....I have garden envy.:D

Here are my peanuts,
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/senior/fruits/images/large/peanutplant.jpg
what do you have now?

Here are my peanuts,
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/senior/fruits/images/large/peanutplant.jpg
what do you have now?

<Groan>

http://raoworld.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/double-facepalm.jpg

Here are my peanuts,
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/senior/fruits/images/large/peanutplant.jpg
what do you have now?

a leftover longing for pink fluffy farts from this morning?

and self-loathing

<Groan>

insert over used internet photo here

you sir, can go straight to shell.:innocent:

a leftover longing for pink fluffy farts from this morning?

Now they have nuts in them though. Are you allergic?

you sir, can go straight to shell.:innocent:

boiled or roasted? I prefer roasted, wife likes boiled.

I prefer salted and roasted, but while in SC on vacation, I got fried peanuts in the shell. That was different.

My father in law came over today and put up some bean poles for the ... er, beans to grow up. I'll see if my wife can snap some photos today of both the gardens we have. She's done a tremendous amount of work on it.

No fair! You have sunshine and warm weather. We finally got some this past weekend. My peas aren't even 6" high yet, I planted them mid-march. :mad: But, at least my asparagus is doing well.

Now they have nuts in them though. Are you allergic?

only to fluff.


notice that didn't stop me longing for them, anyway

you sir, can go straight to shell.:innocent:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/87/274420252_43dcab89cd.jpg?v=0

when i eat all my spinach i will crush you all.

I'm screwed.

I'm living a bad cartoon. I have ground squirels. Planted 2 plantings of squash on the hill. 6 plants, 1 week later one left. This was with rabbit wire surrounding them. Replanted. 2 days later only the original survivor. These were all on the hill. We had other planings down nearer the house. At first I thought it was worms, used Safer Turgiside (sp) no luck. Then thought it might be grasshoppers tried things for them. Then saw rabbits, was more carefull about rabbit fencing. I've lost most of the lettuce. All the onions.

The herbs are doing well. Bell Peppers fine. Tomatoes that got started seem fine. But I've lost 2 volunteer tomatoes.

At least the trees seem fine.

The coyotes don't seem to get the squirels, but because of them I'm not going the get a few cats route. The lettuce near th dogs area seems to fare a bit better. And I have no fear for the dogs (Only worry about men, rattlesnakes and bears for them and all I've ever seen near home is men).

But if worst comes to worst I'll still have trees, grapes and berries.

i saw a bird nip off one of my tomato plants and fly off. i cried. it has been growing for 2 months from seed.

Over the winter, my mint plants sent out runners from the flower beds to the yard. Now when I mow next to the beds, I get a wonderful minty smelling lawnmower!!!

I just came in from digging a new garden section for my wife. I cut through our cable line :( No TV for us tonight. I was a bit PO'd about the cable only being 6" from the surface. You'd think it would have to be at least 12", which would put it a few inches below a spade depth.

Tomatoes are looking good.

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As are the bell peppers

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And tabasco peppers

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And zucchini:

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Hoping my garden makes it through tonight, frost possible.

It made it through the night.

Tomatoes are looking good.

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Brandywine?!

Brandywine?!

Don't think so. I think they were called 'better boy' or something like that. We have that one, a patio type, and a volunteer grape tomato growing.

[QUOTE=trsidn;8942966]Tomatoes are looking good.
As are the bell peppers

And tabasco peppers



And zucchini:

how the hell are our plants so big and fruits so ripe already? you live in the garden of eden?

[QUOTE=trsidn;8942966]Tomatoes are looking good.
As are the bell peppers

And tabasco peppers



And zucchini:

how the hell are our plants so big and fruits so ripe already? you live in the garden of eden?

Louisiana. It's pretty nice now (although we've already had a couple 90f days), but come august, it's ugly. Plants like it tho.

oh no! most of my pears have been eaten by birds/bugs. and they are still only the size of a little finger. And i have a greenfly infestation on lots of plants.

what can i do (without using chemicals)?

oh no! most of my pears have been eaten by birds/bugs. and they are still only the size of a little finger. And i have a greenfly infestation on lots of plants.

what can i do (without using chemicals)?

For birds, I think the only thing you can reasonably do is a physical barrier, such as netting. I don't know any non-chemical treatments, you can use very mild insecticidal soap, or there is something out there that the actual ingredient is sesame oil. Can't remember the name.

after all the effort and care! i want to cry. gardening sucks. you're just setting yourself up for despair. maybe this won't just be my first year but my last also.

after all the effort and care! i want to cry. gardening sucks. you're just setting yourself up for despair. maybe this won't just be my first year but my last also.

for birds, use netting.
For flies/insects you can use soapy water.

you began by growing fruit trees? You are brave.

you began by growing fruit trees? You are brave.

no. there were already 3 small fruit trees (shoulder height): a pear, cherry and apple trees. the rest of the garden was a disaster so i scorched it all including the lawn last year, seeded a new lawn and this year planted a whole bunch of edible stuff. i've always hated gardening but growing veg got me more interested because i'm a pig.

soapy water like washing up liquid diluted?