So, how many of you plant a garden?  I love planting vegetables - and I have been increasing the amount I do each year.  So what are you growing?

We have seven tomato plants - cherry, beefsteak, salsa, grape
okra
banana peppers
yellow squash
watermellon

Hey thats great. I planted around 1000 kernals of corn mostly silver white but some sweet yellow too. I also planted 5lbs of long string bush beans and 1lb of peas and 150lbs of red potato's and then there are 3 kinds of melons and 4 squashes and radishes and carrots and tomatoes two types .. and pumpkins and sorgum to suround the garden and to smoother the grasses that didn't get tilled well enough. I have about 6 types of peppers and some brocoli and kale and some onions and soon some garlic.. but i have a 1/4 acre and well its the first time its been planted in over 20 yrs. It use to have a log house on it but i took it down. thats where most of the beans are and they will eventually get plowed under and help to add nitrogen same as the sorgum. Everything i planted is by seed and its coming in now like gangbusters the last day. I planted about a week ago so i was late but the heat and rain here in central pa makes for a perfect germination rate. I will get some pics soon as they get a little taller to show it off. The corn mostly popped out of the ground today and the beans yesterday and the other things today and the last two days.. oh yea some mesculine mix.. 

I'll be giving away tons of food soon and i mulched 1/4 the garden yesterday and its all organic except for some powdered lime..

I really want to start a bit of a garden on my balcony, I used to have one, and I wouldn't mind having some real fresh peppers, I used to grow some jalapeños and banana peppers. I don't have much room, but I think that gardening in the city, while presenting challenges is still worthwhile.

Quote from: Hikari on June 22, 2011, 04:08:10 PM
I really want to start a bit of a garden on my balcony, I used to have one, and I wouldn't mind having some real fresh peppers, I used to grow some jalapeños and banana peppers. I don't have much room, but I think that gardening in the city, while presenting challenges is still worthwhile.

Hey no need to travel the the country for fresh veggies etc  grow em everywhere

I put in a garden most years. This year's garden is scaled back because of the cold and wet spring we had. Usually I grow the normal stuff, tomatoes, squash, lettuce, etc. My experiment this year is trying to grow sweet potatoes that are supposed to grow in cooler climates.

I'm also a big proponent of edible landscaping. My little 5000 square foot lot has 16 dwarf fruit trees (apple, fig, plum, olive, persimmon and quince), 5 blueberry bushes, raspberries and all sorts of herbs. This year's addition is the kiwi trellis in back. I've even grown hops on the side of my house for making my own beer. I really want to find room for a medical herb garden as well.

My gardens progress since removal of old log house. For over 200 yrs people farmed all around the log house. The pear tree is behind it with an elm tree in front.












just three weeks ago the garden looked like this below



and previously 8 weeks ago this was standing there

That looks like a lot of work but your garden looks well worth the effort.  I would love a pear tree but right now I'm stuck with a balcony with a zucchini and tomato plant

Well get out of the city / suburbs.. lol find someone with some land and dig it and plant it.. i use to use other peoples properties.. i always plant gardens

my corn is now above my knees and sqaush are about to flower as is tomato's and mesculine mix is being trimmed daily as needed. The bush beans will be coming in soon and the red potato's are also growing like gangbusters.

I usually put out a good sized garden but this year all I have out is 4 tomato plants-2 Big Boys & 2 Better Boys. There are a lot of nice garden plants that can be raised on a balcony or patio if you don't have much room.

M2M-nice pics-thanks for sharing!

Randi

This year I have about 18 tomatoes plants, potatoes, peppers, lettuce, chard, broccoli, strawberries, blueberries, zucchini, cucumbers. I just pulled my garlic (a years worth) will be planting more potatoes, carrots, radish, more chard, broccoli and another round of lettuce, ooh and I  have basil and a ton of herbs.  And apple and  pear trees.
Myels

  I have tomatoes (7 varieties, 18 plants), Pepper (5 varieties, 16 plants), Yukon Gold potatoes, watermelon, cucumbers (2 varieties), limas, peas, spinach, lettuce, carrots, beets, onions (2 varieties), turnips, grapes, and a sweet bi-color corn variety.  Several herbs. 
  Joelene

Great thread! For perennial veggies I have chives and asparagus. This year I'm growing cherry and beefsteak tomatoes, green and yellow beans, bell peppers, sweet Italian, and jalapenos. I have pickling and slicing cucumbers, lima beans, turnips and brussel sprouts. I'm going for a big pumpkin, and there is butternut and acorn squash. And a medical herb garden

I love gardening! It's like therapy, for me!
I try different plants each year.
(But, of course, I always grow tomatoes every summer
Lately, though, my tastes have been changing to ornamental perennials and other plants with require less maintenance.
Some of my current favorites are hostas, Knock Out roses, herbs of all kinds, irises and lilies.
I have tons of garden pics!
I'll put them up as soon as I they give me permission.
Happy gardening!

15 days later OH HOW THINGS GROW AND ORGANIC TOO










OH THE POTATO'S ARE COVERED WITH DIATOMATEOUS EARTH TO KEEP BUGS OFF SO THAT IS THE WHITE YOU SEE BELOW

Hey m2 have you ever grown ->-bleeped-<-akes? I find them an interesting difference from growing plants. They like to eat harder wood, and I usually have some of that around. Locally organic ->-bleeped-<-akes run about $10 a lb at the farmers market.

I still want to get some more stuff going on my balcony again, apparently the heat wave well, it toasted the plants I have out there. Only my cactus is in ok health now lol.

I actually applied to be a grower of ->-bleeped-<-aki musrooms but i wasn't picked. Yes i can do it myself but i need to learn and most of my down trees are not oak which is what is needed to grow them

Not a garden, just two of Sonoma's nicest female plants.  I could legally grow 99, but 2 is more than enough.

I pulled the male plants out of my patch yesterday.

send some to me a
sendsometomea 
Sinsemilla

no more shake shake shake
shake shake shake
smoke Sinsemilla

  Harvested the first sweet corn, made super thick tomato sauce, canned some tomatoes, made enough pickles and relishes to supply me and my extended family all winter.  Already picked a watermelon with 2 others ready on the vine.  Beets , turnips, carrots, and onions are ready!  Plenty of herbs.  What all you can ask for?  I need no stinking c. sativa in my garden!
  Joelene