Hello, and do any of you guys here grow a large garden? I have a nice small garden I set up in the back yard near the fence, and grow tomatoes, spinach(spinach and asparagus are my two favorites by the way) and peppers and onions. Also, what is your favorite veggie? I also do love sweet potatoes.
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Tomatoes, cucumbers, and radishes are my favorite. Used to grow them in my parents' garden. Also love asparagus.
Yeah, I had some last night that neighbor gave me; baked it in the new oven with some fresh black pepper and little wee bit o' sea salt and olive oil drizzled over them. Cant go wrong
Tom NJ is our resident garlic expert.
JHZR2 also has some.
even grumpy old man Pop_Rivit
JHZR2 also has some.
even grumpy old man Pop_Rivit
I like aspargus because we like eating it and because my established patch will outlive me.
It's really easy to grow, and it is kind of pretty when it ferns out.
For tomatoes or peppers, all you need is an area with full sun and maybe some irrigation during dry weather.
Vegetables are fun to grow and nothing beats the taste of a ripe tomato you've just picked.
It's really easy to grow, and it is kind of pretty when it ferns out.
For tomatoes or peppers, all you need is an area with full sun and maybe some irrigation during dry weather.
Vegetables are fun to grow and nothing beats the taste of a ripe tomato you've just picked.
I try to grow the spendy ones tomato cucumber but should can the extras, I do grow rasberries blackberry lettuce potatos peas beans etc.. all seems good fresh
sweet corn seems like the coons get more than we do. & something eating my carrots idk see the cat in there must be wabbits.
sweet corn seems like the coons get more than we do. & something eating my carrots idk see the cat in there must be wabbits.
I have a fairly large vegetable garden at my Virginia home (50' x 80'), surrounded by an electrified deer fence. I focus mostly on tomatoes, garlic, onions, peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, and corn, but I also grow pretty much all other vegetables that we eat. I grow organically and start all plants from seed.
My 2013 crops, along with the number of plants or feet planted, were:
Asparagus, 36 plants
Basil, 8 plants
Beans, 44'
Beets, 10'
Broccoli, 45 plants
Brussels Sprouts, 10 plants
Cabbage, 7 plants
Cantaloupes, 4 plants
Carrots, 10'
Cauliflower, 45 plants
Corn, 150 plants
Eggplant, 12 plants
Garlic, 400 plants
Leeks, 10'
Lettuce, 7 plants
Onions, 400 plants
Oregano 15'
Parsnips, 10'
Peppers, Hot, 15 plants
Peppers, Sweet, 15 plants
Potatoes, 45'
Pumpkins, 6 plants
Spinach, 7 plants
Sweet Potatoes, 12 plants
Tomatoes, 60 plants
Turnips, 10'
The garden is now fully harvested and the crops have been canned or frozen. Next year's garlic is planted and mulched for the winter and will emerge in early march.
Fun hobby!
Tom NJ
My 2013 crops, along with the number of plants or feet planted, were:
Asparagus, 36 plants
Basil, 8 plants
Beans, 44'
Beets, 10'
Broccoli, 45 plants
Brussels Sprouts, 10 plants
Cabbage, 7 plants
Cantaloupes, 4 plants
Carrots, 10'
Cauliflower, 45 plants
Corn, 150 plants
Eggplant, 12 plants
Garlic, 400 plants
Leeks, 10'
Lettuce, 7 plants
Onions, 400 plants
Oregano 15'
Parsnips, 10'
Peppers, Hot, 15 plants
Peppers, Sweet, 15 plants
Potatoes, 45'
Pumpkins, 6 plants
Spinach, 7 plants
Sweet Potatoes, 12 plants
Tomatoes, 60 plants
Turnips, 10'
The garden is now fully harvested and the crops have been canned or frozen. Next year's garlic is planted and mulched for the winter and will emerge in early march.
Fun hobby!
Tom NJ
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We have two gardens that overall are fairly large. We have enough vegetable production to be pretty self sufficient for a family of three for the warmer months. We also have a full blueberry and strawberry crop. All organic, pesticide free and non-GMO. Cant beat it.
We have great light, but it does cause some of the cooler weather plants like broccoli to bolt too quick. Havent been able to get around buying them.
We have great light, but it does cause some of the cooler weather plants like broccoli to bolt too quick. Havent been able to get around buying them.
John, try Emerald Giant broccoli - large tight heads that resist bolting. Might want to try a fall planting, putting the plants out in early/mid August so they mature in cool weather (October). They are quite frost tolerant as well.
Tom
Tom
I have a 25'x30' garden, plus a smaller pie shaped section near the berry patch. Also have two apple trees and 3 peach trees, an asparagus patch, raspberries, blackberries, and rhubarb.
We grow tomatoes, bush beans, pole beans, collards, multiple types of mustard, chard, beets, kale, onions, radishes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, okra, eggplant, garlic, green peppers, sweet peppers, and, this year, some peanuts.
At the end of the canning season I had put up 200 jars of assorted produce and sauces.
We grow tomatoes, bush beans, pole beans, collards, multiple types of mustard, chard, beets, kale, onions, radishes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, okra, eggplant, garlic, green peppers, sweet peppers, and, this year, some peanuts.
At the end of the canning season I had put up 200 jars of assorted produce and sauces.
Yay! Bought my first seeds for the upcoming garden season. Also had the first real sign of spring - the first seed catalogs in the mail.
Got some radish seeds, spagetti squash, bok choi, yellow straight neck and zuchinni squash, and seeds for another plant that eludes my memory at this time.
I've got to get out and prune the trees this month, and set up to spray dormant oil next month and lime/sulpher spray the next.
Then there's pruning the raspberries and black berries, and poking around at the asparagus patch.
Then there's working at the compost piles to do.
Busy, busy, busy.
Got some radish seeds, spagetti squash, bok choi, yellow straight neck and zuchinni squash, and seeds for another plant that eludes my memory at this time.
I've got to get out and prune the trees this month, and set up to spray dormant oil next month and lime/sulpher spray the next.
Then there's pruning the raspberries and black berries, and poking around at the asparagus patch.
Then there's working at the compost piles to do.
Busy, busy, busy.
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