Are you going to plant a garden?

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

We have a great assortment of fruit trees, one each: Oranges, lemons, Meyer lemons, limes, Cherries, Peaches, Apples.

The citrus grow constantly and in December we have hundreds of oranges for fresh juice every day. last year there were only about 12 oranges on the tree, right now there's about 2,000 blossoms so I am expecting bumper crop this year.
The cherries and peaches are the same way: massive beautiful crop every other year, bupkis on the off years.

Squirrels are a huge problem here so I am like Donald duck trying to scare, block, and fight them off my property each spring. I put metal ducting around the trunks and nets over the trees.

Ground gardens in raised beds I have tried various things, the tomatoes and cucumbers and beans are the easiest/best crops. Watermelons took over massive area and did not grow sweet or edible. Strawberries were few and not big enough.

Radishes are easy. Carrots are good but if you overwater them they grow short and fat. carrots need dryness for the root to dig deeper to find water, so they grow long.

This year I am trying lettuces.

I grew broccoli but it was fair, not great, a little hard.

The cherry tomatoes are awesome, I just eat them like a snack off the vine all summer long.

Garden bounty

I have a raised bed....Last year we grew cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and tried strawberries but found the strawberries just weren't any good...barely grew. So we switched one of the areas from strawberries to peppers and had mild success.

This year we are doing the cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and radishes....mostly for the salads I like to eat during the hit summer months.

[George Liquor]

I'll probably plant a small one but we've had bad luck with ours. One year all our tomatoes got blight and the next year my wife accidentally treated the garden for blight with spray for non fruiting plants.

Really looking forward to the blackberry bush paying dividends this year.

[Rain Man]

Someone transplanted this thread to a site where it could grow more easily.

[scho63]

I found a way to kill a cactus I planted here in AZ.

I am a black thumb......

[displacedinMN]

No. I had a garden at the last house. It was a lot of work.
Here-It is just another thing to mow around.

I can easily go to a farmers market and get what I want.

[Stewie]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

No. I had a garden at the last house. It was a lot of work.
Here-It is just another thing to mow around.

I can easily go to a farmers market and get what I want.

Agreed. I had a garden for 4 or 5 years. Gave it up and now go to the farmer's market for fruit and veggies. They're as tasty as anything I could grow.

[Garcia Bronco]

My I'm going to have a garden neighbors or the f****** worst.

They never really harvest their s*** and keep it clean..

[Bump]

NO and stop asking me

[REDHOTGTO]

yea i will be planting soon, i do a small one in big plastic tubs. i only plant stuff to make salsa, tomatoes. onions, and jalepenos. maybe when i retire i can do a bigger one and spend more time in the garden, looking forward to that time !

[mlyonsd]

Originally Posted by REDHOTGTO

yea i will be planting soon, i do a small one in big plastic tubs. i only plant stuff to make salsa, tomatoes. onions, and jalepenos. maybe when i retire i can do a bigger one and spend more time in the garden, looking forward to that time !

It doesn't get much better than picking your own ripe tomato for your first BLT of the season.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Mr. Wizard

Notwithstanding the wind and chemicals here in western Kansas, I have Mae really nice raised beds. It has set dormant for several years but I can burn all the weeds and plant it. I just can’t figure out if it’s worth it.
What do you think? Do you plant a garden? Is it worth it? Thoughts?

No. I’m a straight guy.

[ptlyon]

Planted 7 new asparagus roots yesterday. I first planted some when I moved into my house 28 years ago. Pickings have always been slim. When the growing got hot I'd M barely get a handful for dinner for me and the GF.

I never tended to it though watering and etc. Just let mother nature determine my harvest.

[tooge]

Yeah, every year. It gets bigger every year too. I'm up to 8 raised beds and I fenced it all in this year to keep the deer away hopefully. I have my best luck with green beans, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, okra, asparagus (comes back every year). I also plant potatoes, radishes, and zuccinis but not in the same amount as the rest. I started putting food away a few years ago with an old fashioned pressure canner. I'm still eating on the grean beans, okra, carrots, and maters from last summer.

[ghak99]

I'm down to just the fruit trees, and planting some peppers, corn, and gold potatoes.

The local mennonites and their child slave labor make everything else so cheap it's not worth the time. What they don't grow and nearly give away they have hauled in and nearly give away.

[Dartgod]

I'll plant some tomatoes and peppers again this year. Lot's of BLTs and salsa I hope!