BYC gardening thread!!

[lazy gardener]

I prefer zucchini fresh, it's delicious grilled.

Oh, yeah, along with some grilled salmon! I wanna try to make some flat bread on the grill.

 

[Yowza Wowza]

I would like to have a garden in my backyard. I would wish to grow tomatoes, potatoes, and watermelon. We currently have a couple of fruit trees that I love.

 

[dan26552]

You can grow potatoes in buckets or fifty five gallon drum that have been cut in half (thats how I do it)

 

[Yowza Wowza]

Actually, randomly some tomatoes grew in my moms flower pot. I had no idea how they sprouted, I think we put some seeds in it by accident xD.

We have a small plot in our back yard and some watermelons grew.

 

[dan26552]

Actually, randomly some tomatoes grew in my moms flower pot. I had no idea how they sprouted, I think we put some seeds in it by accident xD.

We have a small plot in our back yard and some watermelons grew.

I've never had luck with tomatoes in pots, not sure why

 

[Yowza Wowza]

I've never had luck with tomatoes in pots, not sure why

Hmm.. that's odd.

Sadly the they died in the winter.

 

[dan26552]

Hmm.. that's odd.

Sadly the they died in the winter.

Yeah, Ive had more luck with herbs in pots

 

[Yowza Wowza]

Yeah, Ive had more luck with herbs in pots

What kinds of things have you grown?

 

[dan26552]

In my garden I've grown Basil (that went crazy!), broccoli, Brussels sprouts, lettuce, tomatoes (had some really big ones), radishes, cabbage, green onions, onions, lots of things I can't remember the name of. I had a rosemary but it died

I've had a lot of success growing garlic around the bases of my forty something fruit trees

 

[Peep_Show]

Today I was out tending the chicken coop which is located under the apricot tree. This tree.... Oh my. I've spent since the summer of 2013 nursing this tree and four others along as they had gone for an extended period without water before we bought the house. It also had a major borer attack. Lots of pruning for blight, too. A month ago it was the earliest to bloom amidst our wonky flash freezing weather; the blooms got buzzed by eager liberated bees one day and frozen crispy the next. Didn't give it much hope as the lore around these parts is that about once every five years is a good apricot crop... I'm just happy the tree is still alive as it provides vital shade for the coop.

I looked up through the branches to try to see the caucaphonous cranes circling overhead.... Thousands of pea-sized apricots!