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Title: garden
Post by: martinezlisa on March 04, 2013, 12:53:33 pm
what are you planning to grow well as for me i really do not plant things but for once i am going to try so what i plan on planting is daisy's and sunflower and some gourds for bird houses i cant wait to see how they come out..  :wave:
Title: Re: garden
Post by: johncache on March 04, 2013, 12:55:24 pm
what are you planning to grow well as for me i really do not plant things but for once i am going to try so what i plan on planting is daisy's and sunflower and some gourds for bird houses i cant wait to see how they come out..  :wave:

I have tried to plant some tomatoes and peppers here before. Some type of fungus got to them and killed them all :'( I may try again, but by putting in a bit more research on pesticides and such.
Title: Re: garden
Post by: martinezlisa on March 04, 2013, 01:02:54 pm
what are you planning to grow well as for me i really do not plant things but for once i am going to try so what i plan on planting is daisy's and sunflower and some gourds for bird houses i cant wait to see how they come out..  :wave:

I have tried to plant some tomatoes and peppers here before. Some type of fungus got to them and killed them all :'( I may try again, but by putting in a bit more research on pesticides and such.

that's what i am trying to before planting my things before reading online i did not know they can get a fungus that kills them it crazy so i want to make sure i have enough info to make sure my plant grow what r you going to try n plant again..
Title: Re: garden
Post by: 6265AT99 on March 04, 2013, 03:13:09 pm
what are you planning to grow well as for me i really do not plant things but for once i am going to try so what i plan on planting is daisy's and sunflower and some gourds for bird houses i cant wait to see how they come out..  :wave:

Depending on what part of the country you are in, will definitely help decide what to grow.  As for me, I live in the desert southwest so planting is definitely something that I am limited to!!  But, when I lived in the east, well there you could plant almost anything!!!
Title: Re: garden
Post by: melissajh44 on March 04, 2013, 03:29:17 pm
You can't go wrong with tomatoes. Yum!
Title: Re: garden
Post by: jsmith96 on March 04, 2013, 03:31:13 pm
 :wave:I live on the Central Coast California and were having spring like weather... I just planted a bunch of wild-flower seeds also Sunflowers (one of my favorite), last years they got-up over 6ft. high... I grow in several wheelbarrows because goffers get to them in the ground... I don't kill anything (not even bugs if I can help it)... I also plant potatoes & tomatoes in pots... I really enjoy gardening.  :peace:
Title: Re: garden
Post by: martinezlisa on March 05, 2013, 08:19:20 pm
:wave:I live on the Central Coast California and were having spring like weather... I just planted a bunch of wild-flower seeds also Sunflowers (one of my favorite), last years they got-up over 6ft. high... I grow in several wheelbarrows because goffers get to them in the ground... I don't kill anything (not even bugs if I can help it)... I also plant potatoes & tomatoes in pots... I really enjoy gardening.  :peace:

How do u take care of ur plant from dying or from anything getting to them I would really like to know so my plant don't die on me
Title: Re: garden
Post by: bonzie on March 05, 2013, 08:22:34 pm
That is nice, we live in here in the middle and it feels like its winter forever, can`t for spring so that I can plant vegetables and flower and grass.
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Post by: ricdsm on March 05, 2013, 08:55:19 pm
I  planted my garden this weekend.  I have 3 kinds of squash, green beans, tomatoes and cucumbers. 
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Post by: raven1114 on March 05, 2013, 11:44:31 pm
we planting carrots, peas, broccoli, lettuce, cukes and a few other things.
Title: Re: garden
Post by: sliebshner on March 06, 2013, 05:04:00 am
I love having a garden in the summer!  We will plant peas, beans, various kinds of peppers, tomatoes, and herbs.  Last year and the year before, we had a problem with some sort of fungus ruining some of our tomatoes--it wasn't as bad this past year, though.  However, the 100+ degree temperatures ruined many of our other plants.  My basil, however, did very well, so I am demanding that my boyfriend plant more herbs for me this year.  I use them a lot in cooking.  He didn't want to waste the space in his garden last year.  I have started some herbs inside this year in a small planter I bought at Dollar General.  We will see how they do!
Title: Re: garden
Post by: patycake56 on March 06, 2013, 06:55:24 am
My husband and i love to grow a small vegatable garden so we can enjoy the fresh veggies
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Post by: dlyon1 on March 06, 2013, 09:08:07 am
We plant lettuce, green peppers and tomatoes. I might try watermelon this year but i dont have room for them to spread out.
Title: Re: garden
Post by: kapeh12 on March 06, 2013, 09:11:35 am
This will be my first year trying to garden.  I need to get some fencing to put up to keep the critters out and some good soil to fill in the garden bed I built last summer.  I got several vegetable seeds from my brother and his wife for Christmas - peppers, tomatoes, etc - so I'll try those.  I'll be getting some other seeds and bushes so I can have fruit as well (looking to get raspberry and blackberry bushes and some strawberries and maybe rhubarb).  Pretty ambitious, but we'll see how it goes.  Hopefully will have more rain this year than last year!
Title: Re: garden
Post by: mperez7372 on March 06, 2013, 10:09:42 am
I do not like fooling in the dirt, but I need something in the front of my house.  I used to do herbs in pots, which was always nice.  I might do that again.
Title: Re: garden
Post by: Skyenkit on March 06, 2013, 10:14:48 am
I started planting my garden with lettuce and peppers. Last year we had pretty luck on our peppers that ended up giving away to neighbors.
Title: Re: garden
Post by: drandall on March 06, 2013, 10:51:50 am
I started planting my garden with lettuce and peppers. Last year we had pretty luck on our peppers that ended up giving away to neighbors.
Yep, I too have started my gardening. Planting indoors so when the weather finally changes over they can go outside. I did really well with peppers and tomatoes last year and I too gave most of them away. I do so enjoy gardening. Last year I experimented with doing a lot of gardening out of pots and was very successful.
Title: Re: garden
Post by: coreyw87 on March 06, 2013, 12:46:36 pm
I need to look up planting gourds - my mom is always talking about gourds and how they saw a lot of gourds in Georgia when they went to visit her grandmother.  It would be a nice surprise for her.  Also she has some kind of flower seeds that I think I'll plant for her at her house.
Title: Re: garden
Post by: jsmith96 on March 06, 2013, 03:23:37 pm
:wave:I live on the Central Coast California and were having spring like weather... I just planted a bunch of wild-flower seeds also Sunflowers (one of my favorite), last years they got-up over 6ft. high... I grow in several wheelbarrows because goffers get to them in the ground... I don't kill anything (not even bugs if I can help it)... I also plant potatoes & tomatoes in pots... I really enjoy gardening.  :peace:

How do u take care of ur plant from dying or from anything getting to them I would really like to know so my plant don't die on me

 :wave: I'm not really sure what your asking but I think your referring to bugs and what keeps my plants from dying... Tell ya the truth, I don't mind removing the bugs and/or just flicking the off. .. Don't know what to tell ya besides keeping them watered (alot)... I don't grow vegetables to eat (only for the greenery) and I love when my flowers bloom.    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: garden
Post by: minkatrozic on March 06, 2013, 04:57:30 pm
I can't wait to start planting things outside. It makes me feel so good to watch things grow. Some plants are better than the others but if you plant them they will grow. I had some vegetables in my garden last year and the whole family loved it. I will definitely do it this year again. I love my roses too.
Title: Re: garden
Post by: Delphyne on March 06, 2013, 06:40:20 pm
We plan to grow low carb veggies and some fruits.  We also plan to grow medicinal plants, once the danger of hard frost has passed. 

Peppers
Cucumber
Herbs
Pumpkin
Eggplant
Potatoes
Onion
Garlic

plus more


And a host of flowers. 
Title: Re: garden
Post by: reiddb on March 06, 2013, 06:57:16 pm
I really like some veggies...mostly green beans, snap peas, and tomatoes!
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Post by: rdefoe on March 06, 2013, 08:02:34 pm
tomatoes  potatoes  green beans  horse beans pinto bean  water melon and canalope
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Post by: KSimonetti92 on March 06, 2013, 08:15:51 pm
The absolute worst part of living in an apartment building is... having no lawn! I want so badly to have a vegetable garden or at least a few spring posies! But living a building that shares a lawn with several other families means I can't be digging it up, even to put flowers in! My solution: To have a little window box! This spring I'm going to plant a little box of daises, my all-time favorite flower, on the window sill in my living room. I think it will be just enough to keep me sane while living here. :)
Title: Re: garden
Post by: ancmetro on March 06, 2013, 08:58:11 pm

      Keep it a secret! When the snow is gone...while walking thru the trials I spread some wild flower seeds...and then I go back a month later and see the progress.
Title: Re: garden
Post by: yumers on March 07, 2013, 06:02:43 am
i live in a second-floor condo w/ a deck, so nothing elaborate.  but definitely a bunch of herbs for cooking, plants that the cat likes to eat (he's especially fond of lemongrass leaves), perilla (also known as shiso), lemon verbena, and some vegetables.