Veggie gardens,do u have one?

[quadcam79]

we're starting one, I just started a bunch of tomato seeds ..some very cool varieties of tomato.
Berkley tye dye

bulls heart

sausage

and chocolate strips

I also started cucumber and this week i'll be starting spring onions, romaine lettuce, sweet corn, and jalapeno peppers.

i have some others that I cant start just yet, kidney beans, watermelon and some others taht I cant think of off the top of my head.

 

[ams3651]

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Same here, tested the soil and knew it was bad. Fields hadnt been farmed in 20 years before we moved in last year. We planted tomatoes (even though I dont like them!) sweet corn (failed but I expected it) pumpkins and watermelon. The only thing that did bad was the sweet corn but having been raised on a farm I knew the soil wasnt any where near good enough. Im going to have my dad swing over and lay some maneur this spring. Part of the reason for wanting chickens is their droppings are the best fertilizer, its what he uses by the trailer loads. My compost is in its first year and not much of it. We're going for the same this year just in bigger quantities and maybe some peas. I lost 15 pounds last summer, I love gardening! LIke i said, farmers daughter!

 

[turnerstar31]

thanks sbox and prissy it was a lot of work though


miss_thenorth
a vaccuum sealer is a thing that u can seal stuff in a bag and it takes the air out. it is such a great thing and u can use it for other things like when meat goes on sale and buy it in bulk and freeze it in smaller quantities. they sell them just about anywhere like walmart

 

[gritsar]

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miss_thenorth -

a few uses: feverfew leaves are used for fever and headache, lemon balm is also used for headache, indigestion and it's a mild sedative, catnip tea is also a mild sedative, camomile works great for an upset tummy, calms nerves, and helps you to sleep, rosemary works for headaches and improves circulation, pennyroyal is a great insect repellant but only used EXTERNALLY (as in rubbed on the skin) and shouldn't be handled by pregnant women, basil works for tummyaches, cilantro is a great seasoning but also a fungicide, sage helps with digestion and is also a nerve tonic, parsley is a mild diuretic and aids digestion (the reason it's often used as a garnish on your plate of food in restaurants).

Plant patches of marigolds around your vegetable garden and you'll have less bugs.

 

[miss_thenorth]

So, Gritsar, do you make a tea out of them? I knew about some of them, but not all of them. When I lived up north, I made tea from Yarrow--supposed to be good for menstrual cramps, I have boiled gingerroot for upset stomachs, etc... thanks--something to take into consideration when I plan my herb garden.




Thanks Turnerstar--I'll have to add one to my wishlist...

 

[buc]

I have many reasons to grow our own food.

first and foremost is that I hate the use of chemicals on our food, I have always had a belief and practice that my kids should be able to walk out to our garden, pick something that looks good to eat and eat it. All without washing it first.

2ndly, the cost, this is a very short list of what things are costing in my area.


Toms- red -- 2.89 per lbs
Green Peppers - 1.00 ea
Cabbage --- 69 cents per lbs
Cukes lrg --- 99 cents ea


I grow all of these and would be hard pressed to pay that much for them if I wanted to buy them.

 

[swampducks]

I've got a 12 by 12 foot veggie garden, fenced for deer protection. I moved my tomato plants to pots on the deck this year to give me more space in the garden. Mistake, the tomatoes are not thriving in the pots. Too hot this summer I think. I've got snow peas, cukes, zukes, beans, lettuce and spinach in the garden. Even trying a fall crop of snow peas for the first time.

But since I started with chickens this year the garden has taken a back seat. Hopefully, next year I'll have things sorted and everything will get equal time.

 

[denahli]

We 'upgraded' Gardens this year. you can see the pics on
www.withywindlefarm.com


But all the rain and no sun lately has rotted nearly everything! i could cry it is spoiled!

We compost garden side. We have a friend with ox so poo is free, wood chips from the sawmill, grass clippings, veggie peels NO FAT OR FLESH OR BONE and add a big bag of lime to it in the spring to take down the acidity of the wood chips. i have seen many a compost shelter using pallets. Remember green-brown-green live and dead materials to balance it and I like to throw in a big batch of yogurt in the fall when its mounded. I also take all the plant stalks and roots that die and toss 'em on too.

 

[ZooMummzy]

We are remodeling and relandscaping so my gardening has taken a real back seat to that. I'm hoping to put in a much bigger garden in the next two years in a dedicated spot near the new chicken coop I hope to have by then too! I've never had an area big enough to have everything I want to plant so I'm excited to finally be planning for one. Now just to be patient.....

 

[BettyR]

We just put in our fall garden, we have to do a raised garden and we’re giving the hay bale garden a try this season.

We have three growing seasons here but being so close to the coast the soil is very poor about the only thing that grows really well here is grass. This area is also prone to flooding from time to time so raised beds are really a necessity.

I think I’m really going to like the hay bale gardening system. My daughter found some $2.00 bales of coastal hay and our seeds are really shooting up.