If you’re joining us for the Book Club‘s current selection* – Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – then be sure and read up to chapter two for the first forum discussion this Thursday (we’re doing two chapters a week). And if you’ve already started, then you might already have gardening on the brain. I do, anyway, and I’m not that stellar of a gardener.
But whether you’re reading the book or not, spring is around the bend, so I’m curious:
What’s in your garden right now? Do you eat from your garden? What do you have the most success with? What’s the hardest for you? And what are you going to try for the first time this year?
Experienced gardeners and novices alike, I look forward to your answers in this week’s Q&A!
* You don’t need to sign up, register, or even tell me you’re joining – just jump in the forum discussions whenever you’re ready!
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We tried, for the first time, planting tomatoes last year and they turned out really well. I think we’ll probably plant more this year and I’m not sure what else.
Tabitha – From Single to Married´s last blog post…Monday Musings – Getting Up Early – Yea or Nay?
We have lots of space and are growing heaps this year – although I have to confess my husband is in charge of gardening and I am an advisor. We’ve got pumpkins, tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, corn and sunflowers coming on. We’ve also got pineapples and watermelon and are planting bananas.
We did a smaller vegie garden last year and this year are branching out. And you can probably tell that I live in a tropical climate.
Last year was our first garden – ever. It consisted of 2 rows, approximately 10 feet in length – so about 20 feet. This year my husband has cleared enough land in our (rented) backyard for a 1000 sq. ft. garden. We haven’t rented the rototiller yet, but we are hopeful.
We are planting everything we can – from winter squash and cabbage to tomatoes and peppers. We are also going to have an herb garden with culinary herbs as well as some medicinals – echinacea, yarrow, yellow dock.
I can hardly contain myself
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Shannon´s last blog post…Grain-Free Italian Meatball Soup with Greens
I’m so excited to get my garden started this year. Tomatoes, cukes, squash, zuchinni, herbs (LOTS of basil for pesto), broccoli, etc, etc. I really want to try a strawberry patch this year but everyone keeps telling me that they’re a total pain. We’ll see.
Kimba @ A Soft Place to Land´s last blog post…Spray Painting Bunnies
Well unfortunately the only thing that’s in our garden right now is about 3 feet of snow but it is slowly melting away!
My husband and I like to eat fresh vegetables that we grow in the garden. The things we’ve had the greatest success with are tomatoes, peppers, carrots, beans, peas and corn. But the ones we have the toughest time with and haven’t quite mastered yet are broccoli and cauliflower.
This year I think we’re going to try asparagus for the first time. It grows wild here and seems to do pretty well, so I’m hoping it’ll do just as well in our garden. Fingers crossed.
Fun Q&A! Oh and I really like the look of the site this morning that green and blue look awesome together!
Sherri (Serene Journey)´s last blog post…Love Is A Verb
I’m going to rip out a chunk of my front lawn to grow peas and beans. Eventually, they’ll become baby food, but in the meantime, I hope that I’ll be able to explain the idea of gardening to a few neighborhood kids. Plus, in the backyard, we’re trying potatoes, onions and garlic.
Like Sherri, my garden is still under about 2 feet of snow.
The thing I like to grow the most are cherry tomatoes. We snack on them all summer. While I’m out weeding and tending my garden my daughter plops down in the tomato row and just munches – yes, she learned the hard way that the green ones aren’t so tasty
Last summer I had a hard time getting my hot peppers to be hot. Our climate isn’t really great for it but I’m trying again this year!
Nicki at Domestic Cents´s last blog post…How Do Your Kids Deal With Transitions?
My garden consists of a 12 x 12 fenced in garden. Currently, I have planted seeds for sugar snap peas, lettuce (leaf, romaine, and bibb), swiss chard, and spinach. In the past, I have had good luck with the snap peas. I have not tried the other things. In my flower bed, I have a rosemary plant that is doing well. On my deck, I have herb pots of thyme, prostrate rosemary, dill, Italian parsley, dill, and various mints.
In mid-April, my cole crops should be ready for harvest and it will be time to put in my summer garden. I will plant a row of basil (my children openly graze on my herbs), a row of Italian parsley, a row of borage (it is a companion plant for tomatoes), tomatoes, white eggplant, cucumbers, and peppers. I have not had much success with the cucumbers or the peppers in this yard but I keep trying. I may try to grow an okra plant because I like the look of it. I have tried summer squash before and have had no success in this yard.
Miko’s Girl´s last blog post…Clean Up, Clean Up, Everybody Clean Up
I’ve wanted a garden for YEARS, but I’m so intimidated by the whole thing that I’ve never done it. This year, I decided to just do strawberries. I’m still having trouble not wanting to add other fruits and some veggies to the mix, but I know if I start planning on doing a bunch, I’ll get overwhelmed and fail again, so for now I’m sticking to the plan. I hope to add a few things every year until we have a self-sustaining garden for most of our produce…which will obviously be quite a few years, but you gotta start somewhere!
Mandi´s last blog post…Creating a File System that Works: Thinking Through Your Needs
The spinach and mesculin are in the ground. Indoors the seedlings are sprouting beets, more spinach, and romaine.
My 2 boys (6&2) will have their own raised bed garden with veggies of their choice.
I am planting rhubarb this year and starting some asparagus. ILots of herbs and tomatoes will be planted too!
am not much of a flower gardener but this year we are going to attempt window boxes.
Such a fun growing season ahead!!!
Megan´s last blog post…Drinks
I’ve got big plans for my small kitchen garden this spring. My son will be involved of course and he wants to grow pumpkins.
Something new this year I am going to do is a movable herb garden. I’ll grow them all in pots and planters on my deck and make more space in the garden for a pea patch. Can’t wait!
Aimee´s last blog post…In Love With Berries & Cream Pavlova
We now live in a (rental) house with a big enough yard, and our landlord is perfectly ok with us planting a garden… so hubby is obsessed with planting! I have a black thumb- I killed a cactus! It literally turned black, lol. It’s a shame- my grandmother was president of her garden club for 3 consecutive years! I’m slowly learning with hubby…
We live in west central Florida, so it’s pretty good growing conditions… we have 2 pineapples working, Chaya (a south american tree with leaves that cook up like spinach), Cayenne. Sprouting: green onion, 3 kinds of lettuce, pumpkin, tomato (beefsteak and cherry), basil, cilantro, oregano, mint, flat leaf parsley, chives… we’re going to start on onions and potatoes… thinking about corn…
The house (like many here built before 1960) has established fruit trees- a lemon and orange tree (two trees that grew together at the base) and a grapefruit tree… We still have grapefruit (it’s a 20+ foot tree- and we don’t have a fruit picker), but they’re getting over ripe and the season is almost over… so more food for the compost, I suppose.
FYI- Burpee also has a $10.00 seed pack that is supposed to produce enough veggies that would retail for $650.00 if bought in store. We’re looking into it…
We have perennial herbs starting to green up in our garden. It’s also been pleasantly overrun with baby cilantro plants. I bought one cilantro plant last spring and it set seed right away, I didn’t even one harvest from it! When the seeds had dried, I just shook them into the garden and boy, did they come up!
I can’t wait to eat our home-grown veggies!
Laryssa @ Heaven In The Home´s last blog post…Guest Post: Discerning His Body
At present, I don’t have anything in my garden. Last year, I tried my hand at growing tomatoes. It went pretty well. I was excited about it because until last year, I had never tried to grow anything.
I decided to experiment with four different types of tomatoes to see which ones we liked best and which grew best for me. They all did well.
This year I would like to try some other vegetables, maybe bell peppers and okra.
Amanda´s last blog post…Bake ‘Em and Take ‘Em
We’re doing our square foot garden for the first time this year!! We live in ND, so we’re not able to actually plant outdoors until after Memorial Day, but we’ll start our peppers and tomatoes indoors in a few weeks.
We’ll be planting: tomatoes, green peppers, carrots, peas, green beans, cucumbers, and green onions.
I’m so excited to get started! And the kids are very much looking forward to learning about plants grow!!
We are trying “square-foot” gardening this year. It is designed to take less space and lot less work (no rototilling, less weeding, etc). Our kids will each have their own squares to work in and will choose their own seeds. They are very excited. We are going to start our seeds inside and then plant outside when the season is right.
It is still too cold to put anything in the garden. There are a few scallions left from last year though. We have strawberry, blueberry, huckleberry, and raspberry plants, as well as a fruit salad combo tree that has only produced plums. Last year we planted lettuce, zucchini, tomatoes, spinach, cabbage, carrots, and onions with success. The beans, peas, and pumpkins didn’t do as well. We also have chives, basil, oregano, cilantro, lemon verbena, two sage plants, parsley, and I’m sure a few others I can’t remember.
Amy´s last blog post…Comfort Food
We previously had a garden, but can’t where we are living right now. However, I grew basil and oregano in pots last year, and plan to do basil again this year, along with some other herb. I’m also thinking about trying tomatoes in a container; I don’t exactly have a green thumb, but my husband does, so he can give me pointers!
Tracey – Girls to Grow´s last blog post…A Moment of Silence, Please
We eat from our garden all year long. Right now we are eating lettuce, cabbage, kale, chard, chives, tarragon and other herbs. And we are planting seeds for the upcoming summer. We have success with many things, most things in fact. But we do have a terrible time with broccoli for some reason. Also our cabbage was about 50/50, many didn’t ball up like cabbage should do.
This year our new things are daikon radishes and parsnips. The seeds are in the ground now so we’ll see how they go!
Kendra @ A Sonoma Garden´s last blog post…What you are doing in your garden
We’ve had veggie gardens in the past, and their success level seemed to ebb and flow. ; ) This year we’ll def plant: tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peas, zucchini, and various herbs. This year I also want to try kale…the family has been eating so much of it, I’d love for it to be “free.”
BTW, last year our cucumbers were BITTER–we found out that underwatering causes this! (FYI)
Kirwin´s last blog post…Encouraging them to play with their food
We have nothing planted outside yet because even though its going to be 80 today, the its gonna get cold again.
I do have sprouts growing in my sunny kitchen. We have different lettuces, several varieties of tomato, sweet peppers, onions, and an herb pack. Plus about 5,000 other seed packs. I want lots of variety, but I don’t have a ton of space, so I will have lots of seeds for next year too.
Last year was my first garden on my own, and with a new baby in the house, it didn’t start out so well. This year we already built a raised garden bed and I am planning a french intensive garden as well as planting a rain garden with some strawberries and bush berries. We are also growing pansies and bachelor buttons this year because they are pretty. And you can eat pansies!
Rebecca´s last blog post…Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Baker’s Man
There’s nothing in the ground yet, but there are seeds in the mail…on their way to their new home.
Tomatoes (grapes, slicers, pears), basil, peppers, cilantro, parsley, carrots, pole beans. And this fall, I’ll be trying my hand at garlic. Oh. My. Yum.
Ouiser´s last blog post…dude!
It’s really feeling like spring now here in southern England so I am well into my sowing already. We will be having carrots, potatoes, onions, Brussels’s sprouts, Broad,French and runner beans, peas, cabbage, cauliflower, squash, courgette, tomatoes, corn, strawberries, raspberries and of course plenty of lettuces and herbs. We don’t have much space so will be using 60cm squared “plots” in our raised beds. This is my seventh year and I love it.
This year I plan to sow lots of flower seed too, so I can have a cutting patch to keep the house filled with beautiful blooms all summer.
Din’t realised we were reading two chapters of the book, best catch up!
Nicki´s last blog post…Sewing and Sowing
No worries. Even though the “deadline” is Thursday, you’ve got all week before we post for the next two chapters the following Thursday. So just join in any discussion whenever you’re ready.
We have two huge sugar maple trees in our yard that cause much of our yard to be covered in shade, however we do have 2 areas that get full sun where we are able to plant few things.
Last year we grew mostly basil, tomatoes and some beans and some capsicum (bell peppers), which was not very successful, but we got a few. We also planted a few brocolli, which did nothing. We also have two blueberry bushes (which are fantastic) and a raspberry bush that we only got at the end of last year.
This year we are planting more herbs, tomatoes, capsicum and I’m not sure what other vegetable. Our blueberry and raspberry bushes come back each year, so no work there. I also plan to get another raspberry bush and try strawberries for the first time. I am researching planting strawberries now.
We are normally gone on vacation this time of year, so I’m excited to be here for early planting season for once. Going to also plant some wildflowers and sunflowers. If anyone has any tips on sunflowers, let me know…mine didn’t grow at all last year!
MB´s last blog post…Dreaming of a Great Southern Land
We just moved to a tiny apartment, however I wasn’t going to let it stop us from doing as much gardening as our little patio would allow!
My 4 yr old son and I had a blast last week container gardening (please know I am a very, VERY beginner gardener!)
Currently we have tomatoes, strawberries, carrots, and “Larry Boys” as he calls them (cucumbers). We’ll see!
Angie @ The Creative Mama´s last blog post…the two things rule.
We do container gardening as well (we live in a high-rise). We’d like to try a square foot garden a la Frugal Dad sometime soon: http://frugaldad.com/2008/03/03/how-to-build-a-square-foot-garden/
We don’t buy many veggies in the summer, but the ones we do buy are from our local farmer’s market. We grow tomatoes (between 5 – 7 kinds), zucchini, yellow squash, radishes, melons, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, spinach, rosemary, and basil. This year we’re also trying chives, carrots, stringless beans, swiss chard, cilantro, and beets. We’ve got things sprouting in containers all over the house and the garden is already tilled! We won’t put anything in the ground until mid-May. If my husband had the space, we’d have a huge garden, but with the way our yard is sloping, and the way the sun shines, we’re limited. It’s great fun to grow veggies though. They taste better!
Tracie´s last blog post…Pizza School
We have 3 raised boxes for veggies. We have a cool, short summer and have the best luck with peas, beans, carrots, beets, broccoli, lettuces. But we have had no luck with tomatoes, which we love! We also have blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries that we pick from our neighbors yards (big time weed here). We have also tried corn and pumpkins, but the season and our slightly shady backyard just didn’t work.
All of these comments have me so excited for this years garden! Too cold here to start anything yet, Mother’s Day is the official kick -off weekend, and sometimes even that can be too early. We have a small plot, 8×3. Tomatoes are a must, dill, zucchini, green beans, peppers (these can be tricky in northern climes), potatoes, strawberries and lots bachelor buttons for the bees! Sunflowers too, nature’s bird feeder come autumn.
We have three raised garden beds in our backyard that still have a little bit of snow left. Last year we used one whole bed for tomatoes. Another one we planted half with a lettuce mixture and radishes, and the other half with basil. We were able to get a few rounds of basil planted so that we could make pesto. The third bed we planted half with green bell peppers, jalapenos, and chiles. We also planted broccoli, but they didn’t turn out. We got a few eggplant too. My parents have a huge garden so we get potatoes, peas, broccoli, carrots, many varieties of squash, green beans, onions, eggplant, and more tomatoes from them.
We dug out an old sandbox in our yard last year so we’re hoping to add a full fledged herb garden this year.
We also have a pear tree, but we don’t know what kind. We think they are for baking. We get a ton of bees/wasps/yellow jackets, whatever they are. That part isn’t so fun.
I’m looking foward to gardening again! I should probably start checking into buying my seeds soon.
Good Morning! Gardening is one of my passions. This year we are MOVING/EXPANDING our vegetable garden and turning our current vege garden into a cutting garden. The ground is just started to thaw and will be getting started in about a week. Can’t wait…here is a little sneak peek into our plans. http://lifeatbuttercupfarm.com/dreams-of-a-cutting-garden/ P.S. I will be joining in on the discussion for this book!
Shawn/Lifeatbuttercupfarm´s last blog post…AGUA
Square Foot Gardening Rocks! We did one last year, and plan on expanding this year. We will have: Tomatoes (4 varieties) onions, carrots, bib lettuce, leaf lettuce, carrots, peppers, peas, beans, squash, zucchini, muskmelon, eggplant, basil, oregano, chives, sage, rosemary, broccoli and cauliflower. We also have fruit trees that should fruit next year, and some blueberry bushes!
Sara*MamaGoesGreen*´s last blog post…Guide to Your First Recession Victory Garden
We tried “flowerpot” gardening last year (as I was VERY pregnant and we have a LOT of critters in our yard) on our deck… I’ve decided to try again this year, with fewer plants and more “space” for the plants I do try to grow… the main things we were able to harvest last year were tomatoes and some lettuce. Having done it for one summer (without putting much effort into it), I’m hoping that I’ll be better prepared (including starting my seeds soon inside) and have a better idea of what I’m doing!
Ashley P´s last blog post…CW Monday Nights…
We’re doing our first garden with our three preschoolers this year – an ambitious plan: peppers, strawberries, blueberries, sunflowers, leeks, and carrots.
We’ll see how it turns out – focusing on the process, not the product!
Jamie
steadymom´s last blog post…we got a dog!
Haha, my garden is covered in snow right now!!
But I did just start basil and Thai peppers in the basement under grow lights. Next week I will start bell peppers and next month, tomatoes. When summer actually begins I will also grow carrots, several kinds of lettuce/spinach, green beans, and strawberries. Finally, I have a nice collection of perennial herbs. I can’t wait!!!!
Sarah H.´s last blog post…Meal Plan Mondays: 3-16-09
I’ve been doing container gardening for a number of years, which works with some vegetables better than others. I’d love to try square foot gardening, but we’re not ready to invest the time & money in a garden at this house because we’re planning to move. So I guess it’s container gardening for another year.
We’ve had success in containers with tomatoes (grape tomatoes, cherry tomatoes (prefer the Sweet 100 variety) and patio tomatoes). We have 1 of each right now. We also do green & yellow bell peppers, and sweet basil. Last year we tried Ichiban eggplant for the 1st time & it was great, so we’re doing 2 eggplants this year – the Ichiban & a Black Beauty.
Our new thing for this year is Black Beauty Squash. I’m heading out to plant right now!
I really love to garden, but I only have a small patio to work with. Because of this, I do a lot of smaller plants like herbs and mesclun lettuce. This year, I am trying out some patio tomatoes and a very small eggplant. We shall see how those turn out! I love to use what I grow as a supplement to the veggies I buy at the farmer’s market. I wish that I could eat solely from my garden but it is not big enough right now.
Kate´s last blog post…Baby Blanket Pattern
We’ve just moved to a new house. In a new country. So figuring out the garden thing is going to be trickier than we’re used to. So far I recognize daffodils and that’s all! We’re planning ‘bee friendly’ plants though. My boys (ages 4 & 6) are in the middle of a homeschooling unit on bees. They’re incredibly concerned–as am I–about the bee epidemic. So we’ve got a list planned for the garden center of all bee friendly plants. So far we’ve got several vegetables, sunflowers, a wildflower patch, and some echinacea. Can’t wait to see how it turns out!
Cori´s last blog post…My Uncle Tom…
Right now my garden has lettuce, spinach, swiss chard, peas, beets, broccoli, and radishes! Inside I have my herbs, tomatoes, and peppers started. After Mother’s Day we will plant those and cucumbers, zucchini, butternut squash, and green beans. I finally decided to forgo corn, I can’t make it work! Then after 4th if July, I will get my fall garden going. We are going to plant strawberries in a couple weeks, that will be a new one this year! I LOVE to garden and in the summer months we almost exclusively eat from out garden and preserve what we can to eat in the colder months
Hannah´s last blog post…loVe
I built about 160 sq ft of raised beds out of my neighbor’s torn up driveway cement. I’m using Mel Bartholomew’s Square Foot Gardening along with another book called Weedless Gardening by Lee Reich. Both make gardening very accessible and easy. I could never manage a traditional row garden. I’ve got some seeds started under grow lights; I’m hoping to transplant tomatoes, snap peas, edamame, broccoli, basil, parsley, borage, peppers, cilantro, chamomile, chives, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, celery, carrots, swiss chard, cos lettuce and spinach. I’ve been researching companion planting to keep bad bugs away and weeds down. I’ve put a bird bath in too. I’m going for a kitchen garden and I hope to master succession planting so I’m harvesting year round. Reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is soooooo inspiring!
We’re moving into a different region of vegetation rules within the next two weeks, so I’ll be trying to keep my sweet flower friends alive & well. most of my plants are actually family heirlooms; my mom got them from her mom, so I’m the grand-daughter with grand-baby plants. I’ll be trying a lot of new things this year!
Tsh, it’s so funny– my most recent post is just a list of things to help with our horticulture transfer… we must be awesome-ly similar.
Joan´s last blog post…Planting Big Gardens With the Help of Small Hands
Our garden is 20 miles outside of town – my friend’s CSA! I’m too intimidated by our crummy growing climate, but still wanting to work our local food habits. Although the thoughts here are inspiring me to look into doing a few containers on the front porch…
Alissa´s last blog post…Rearranging
I love reading about what everyone is growing! We have done a no-dig garden in the past and these are perfect when you are renting as you build a frame and fill it with stuff and off you go. When we moved late last year our vegie patch was one of the first things we set up. The kids love to get in and dig and they love eating from it too. It’s a great way to get them to snack on herbs and veg. We are in Autumn here in Australia and at the moment our garden is giving us huge lettuce, cucumbers, beans and beetroots. Our new cumquat trees are developing nicely and we’ve just said goodbye to the last of our plums. We have some silverbeet in ready for the cooler weather and will soon be putting leeks, garlic, brussel sprouts and broccoli in. We are also looking at planting a fig tree as they seem to do very well here. Our herbs are really enjoying the crisp sunny days (parsley, mint, basil, oregano, thyme, chives, rosemary). We are in a much cooler climate than we previously lived so we will have to see how many of our herbs survive the winter. I love eating from a home garden and it is a great way to cut down on the cash outlay.
Sandra from mum space´s last blog post…Autumn recipe list :: Week 3
Right now we have buttercrunch and red leaf lettuce. Its delicious, tender and so sweet. Absolutely NOTHING like store bought lettuce. We are prepping the ground for tomatoes, squash, beans and some herbs – basil, oregano, cilantro and whatever else I can get to grow. As soon as the threat of frost is gone, we will be ready for planting.
Deanna´s last blog post…Bak Bak
Gardening is sort of like painting – I like to actually paint, it is the prep and clean up I don’t like. Same with gardening – the digging/tilling, weeding, etc. are a real chore for me. I built that square foot garden table top design (thanks for the mention, Tsh) because I’m about 6’4″ and working close to the ground gets the old back flared up! We did eventually move things to an in-ground garden, but we were a little late getting things in the ground last year.
This year I think I’ll give strawberries a try for the first time because the kids love them (and so do I). We had a lot of success with squash and cucumber last year, but they seem to require a lot of water. My favorite fruit/veggie to grow is tomatoes. Nothing like a tomato plucked right from the backyard and sliced for a summer salad. Yum!
Frugal Dad´s last blog post…Have Your Tipping Guidelines Been Affected By The Economy?
My daughter and I planted lettuce and spinach today. We’ll see if we end up with anything growing in a week like the package suggests. I read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle in the fall. It is a really inspiring book. For our family we will plant a few things this spring, but we also bought a share of community produced agriculture. So, we’ll have a box of local produce delivered each week all summer long. Yum!
Elaine´s last blog post…Make-ahead Monday
This is my third year gardening, and I am really anticipating being able to produce a significant portion of my family’s food. Last year we had fresh produce throughout the spring, summer and into the fall, though it had to be greatly supplemented still. This year I don’t think that I will have to supplement nearly as much, if I keep our eating more seasonal.
I am growing lots of greens, onions and garlic, summer and winter squash, herbs, lots of root veggies (carrots, beets, turnips, etc.), peas, cucumbers, plus tons of tomatoes and I’m going to attempt peppers again. I absolutely can’t wait to get going again!
Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home´s last blog post…Going with the flow of learning
I just planted some strawberry plants and some herb seeds. I can’t wait! In the past I’ve done tomatoes & jalapeños and I hope to plant some of those soon too. I just garden out of pots for now, but dream of a real garden someday.
Nicole aka Gidget´s last blog post…Dream Home Drive-By
Last year we did strawberries, tomatoes (a few types of regular sized tomatoes, as well as cherry and grape tomatoes), green peppers, zucchini, and squash. We also did lettuce (buttercrunch and romaine) and spinach in pots.
We’re expanding the garden this year, but I’m not sure on all the details of how we want to do it.
Angie @ Many Little Blessings´s last blog post…Counting Your Blessings During the Difficult Times
This year is my first married year doing a garden. I am super excited. It is full of vegetables: carrots, onions, snap peas, bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, & string beans. Most of these items I have grown before, except Jalapeno peppers, snap peas & bell peppers. My family goes crazy for those last 3, that growing them should help us a little with our budget. I can’t wait for them to come…although my bell peppers are struggling. I want to try fruit, but because we live in hawaii I’m afraid the smell of the sweets will attrack rats…I HATE RATS! So i’m staying away from sweets for now…but maybe I’ll try those in pots…we’ll see. should be yummy though.
I’m so excited for our veggie garden! I can’t plant until around Mother’s day though. But, we’ll do tomatoes (3 or 4 kinds), bell peppers (2 or 3 varieties), green beans, lettuce, basil, oregano, and Italian parsley for sure. Last year we had a fabulous crop of cherry tomatoes and bell peppers. There is nothing like a grilled bell pepper that you grew yourself! Yum!
Oh, and my DH bought me 4 berry bushes, so those will go in this year!
I think I would have an enormous garden if DH would let me, but alas, he has restricted me to our current plot. *sigh*
We are off to a great start with our garden. We made awesome little paper pots to grow our seeds in. We recycled old newspaper…it’s so cool! {posted about it}
We are growing ours in raised beds. And we’re starting off with watermelon, cucumbers, tomatoes {2 kinds}, onions {2 kinds}, carrots {super big ones}, broccoli, flowers {lots of flowers for mama}, beans, and a few more things. I want a simple life where I pick fresh veggies from the yard. {Sigh}
~Kim
Kim @ Forever Wherever´s last blog post…Hooked On Islands – Any Island, Anywhere!
This year we hope to have tomatoes, onions, peppers, beets, eggplant, lettuce, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and herbs. Now if the sun would only come out…