How Does Your Garden Grow??????

alphapinene said:
decided to give some plants away to friends and family cause I was way too in over my head :lol: & don't have enough room....here's before View attachment 4578894
and this is what I kept
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almost ready to go into the ground :)
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I've given away a ton of plants myself. I always start too many.


too larry said:
Most years I plant enough to share with friends and family, plus my thrift store folks. I let them decide if they want to sell them or take them home for themselves. This year I had to let lots of them die. No space or time to deal with all of them.
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I've been sharing but I don't have anymore takers. I've got 3 - 4 times as many tomatoes as I need, and the same thing with peppers and eggplants. I hate to just let them die but it looks like I might have to. There is some website called Next Door somewhat like facebook but neighborhood specific. I look at it to see what crimes have been committed in the area. I was going to post on it and give away the plants but I decided I don't want strangers coming over even if I did just put the plants on a table in the driveway. Some people get a little to friendly for my liking. I don't want the guy down the street stopping to chat whenever he sees me in the front yard to talk about the tomatoes I gave him. :bigjoint:
 
I'm a little thin, but things are coming up a little bit.

Kale with a hidden tomato plant, with hints of my first ever auto-flower cannabis plants.

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Potatoes (white front, red behind) in the blue bins, carrots and a myriad of other stuff in the others (beets, radish etc).

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My love for Peonies follows me.

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Really enjoying seeing all your gardens. I'm further north in Washington, so a lot of my plants are just getting started.


Need to throw down some fertilizer for the garlic tomorrow and harvest scapes soon. First year growing it, I'm excited. 6 different varieties.
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A few different varieties of potatoes.
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I'm letting a few of the onions that overwintered go to seed this year. Holy shit, I did not think they grew this BIG!!!!
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This is a pic from last year. It's just to show how I grow white clover in the garden as a living mulch, and I let it fill in between the plants and on the foot paths. Bees sure go crazy for those blossoms.
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A few different varieties of strawberries. Some of these suckers are knee high already.
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Raspberry patch. Attempting to get creeping thyme established on the path. My goal is for it to grow into a thick carpet, and when it starts to flower it should be beautiful.
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Yanked some turnips for dinner tonight. I know, most people can't stand them but I like them. I'd eat the greens but they have too much bug damage. Damn slugs exploded and I didn't get on top of it. At least they don't bother with the actual turnip. Had to toss the last few heads of lettuce after finding slugs in it as well. Even if you wash it thoroughly I can't eat a salad knowing slugs have been on the lettuce. :spew:

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I hate slugs...w.e had them real bad 2-3 years ago...Never saw so many. I was going out every night with the salt shaker and taking em out!

My garden is just starting to sprout here in NY....should have summer squash, lettuce and spinach in a few weeks. And I planted wayyyy to many tomatoes.
 
manfredo said:
I hate slugs...w.e had them real bad 2-3 years ago...Never saw so many. I was going out every night with the salt shaker and taking em out!

My garden is just starting to sprout here in NY....should have summer squash, lettuce and spinach in a few weeks. And I planted wayyyy to many tomatoes.
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sluggo is pretty effective and safe if you have pets around. Its also OMRI listed. Makes them stop feeding and they just hide then die. We have a real bad slug problem in Hawaii and to top it off, many of them carry a parasite called "Rat Lungworm" that can infect your brain and cause major damage. Makes eating any raw greens sketchy as heck.
 
No pictures, but I worked on the peppers on the deck this morning. Some have not fruited yet, but to the best of my ability, I grouped them together. (with a good walkway between them and the tomatoes) I have a Cubanelle, two Cayenne, three Habanero and way too many of everything else. Bells and Mini Sweets more than anything else. I've ate 4-5 Mini Sweets, but nothing else yet. The wife is wanting to cook her Savanna red beans and rice, so several of the bells will be used in the next couple of days.

At the garden garden the Hatch are 8-10 inches long, but haven't started turning.

(I'm back at work. On Monday nights anyway. Next week I will try to remember to take some pictures)
 
Try Googling "Community Gardens" in your city. I've had pretty good luck the past couple of years finding people who want my excess tomato plants. I usually just buy them in the 3/4/6 packs and up pot to quart size, then pick the best to plant. Have to make sure I get my pots back, though ;)
 
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Everyone's garden is looking great. Mine looks a little worse for wear. After a dry start, we've had lots of rain, and I've done very little hoeing and plowing.

Corn

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Melons

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Armenian cucumber

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Peppers

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I've been working on some raised beds at the river house. I've got spaghetti squash, arm cukes and acorn squash in this one at the end of the back deck. Still have to put some string for them to run on.

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Got this one built yesterday and this morning, on the river side of my end of the house. Maybe corn and pole beans in this one. My hangout is under the house here, and it will be nice to block the view from across the river.

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This is the view from under the house before the raised bed was put in. (my new cleaning lady brought fresh baked cookies last week when she came. I think she's a keeper)

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