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Title: HOw does your garden grow?
Post by: lbeery on May 26, 2013, 07:49:34 pm
Just finished planting the garden today.  Picked our first strawberries (yum!) and will have blueberries and raspberries soon.  I planted corn, beans, peas, brocolli, tomatoes, peppers, onions and leeks.  What is everyone else growing?  How big is your garden?
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Post by: aggie49 on May 26, 2013, 08:45:49 pm
i have a flower garden thats has roses and other flowers plus a vegetable garden that has lettuce green peppers tomatoes  and others i love it
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Post by: jsmith96 on May 26, 2013, 09:43:31 pm
 :wave:I too have a flower garden...but no roses (kinda wish I did)... I need to grow everything in pots and wheelbarrows due to the fact that the critters get to them if I plant in my yard... They're s some coming up but I will have [flowers] thur-out the summer months... I also have cactus that bloom (they get as big as a Sunflower...beautiful).  :thumbsup:
P.S. Just to let ya know; I live on the Central Coast of California.
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Post by: sdenimandlace1 on May 27, 2013, 06:38:00 am
I finished my garden on Sunday, green bean, pepper, squash, okra, tomatoes, sweet potatoes.  I have onions ready to pick and snow peas.
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Post by: dancer139 on May 28, 2013, 12:41:10 pm
garden is great so far.  planted green beans, corn, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers , onions, potatoes,,,  :)
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Post by: vickysue on May 28, 2013, 02:15:45 pm
My tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers are doing great. Have already harvested some artichocks and they were good. The rest i will buy at the farmers market. I used to grow a lot but will support them. It is easier on my old body. Besides there are tmes  i just don't have the time for all of it.
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Post by: tea4me on May 28, 2013, 03:27:22 pm
This is the first year for our 6x9 greenhouse, and inside of it we have tomatoes (a few different varieties), squash, beans, herbs, lettuce.  We usually start seeds in the garage but the greenhouse is by far better!  This coming weekend (and the days after) are supposed to be warm (upper 70s) and we may move those things into the ground.
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Post by: pattersondebra on May 28, 2013, 04:39:07 pm
We haven't been able to plant a garden we have had so much rain we cant get in it.
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Post by: kapeh12 on May 28, 2013, 07:26:51 pm
I planted my first garden last week.  I have a couple new blackberry bushes and a raspberry bush.  A couple starter strawberry plants.  And seed planted cucumbers, carrots, lettuce, zucchini, onions and beans.  I should know in a week or two if anything is going to come up.

The raspberry bush, one of the blackberry bushes and the strawberry plans look like they are taking to the garden and seem to be perking up which I take to be a good sign.

Got the garden in just before our current long stretch of rain - hopefully that will help water the planted seeds to get them a good start.  Can't wait to see what decides to come up.  :)
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Post by: FontFanatic on May 28, 2013, 07:27:47 pm
I planted a Pear tree this year.  I also have 4 grapevines growing.  My blackberry bush did not make it :(

I Planted a pecan tree and a nectarine tree and I don't think they are looking so healthy.

I have 4 cherry trees that are looking good.  I also have strawberries, tomato plants, and some pepper plants, but they are not growing as fast as I had hoped.
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Post by: tea4me on May 28, 2013, 07:28:11 pm
Oh yeah, I forgot that we also have strawberries in a pot and several raspberry bushes along the lower wall of the garden.
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Post by: keveland on May 31, 2013, 07:28:50 pm
I do mostly flowers, ya know, roses, pansy's, impatients, butterfly bush and those kinds of plants. This year I think I am going to try some veggies though.  My son is doing a community garden at his school and he really likes the ides of growing something by your own hands. I thought why not try to get it growing and at the same time maybe he will try some of the veggies he grows.  He is not real good at veggies but it's a battle I will continue to have.  LOL!!!! :BangHead:
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Post by: joker365247 on May 31, 2013, 07:38:25 pm
in sprite of all the rain and cold than normal temps, the garden is doing really well this year. good start to my wife and i annual garden war, i do the vegetable garden she does flowers, than we see who has the best results by the end of summer. i got in the first volley when my tomatoes shot up impressively fast , but her roses are turning out amazing. could be in truble this year
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Post by: Shandara09 on May 31, 2013, 07:47:57 pm
I've debated on growing some fruits and veggies, but I have nowhere near a green thumb.  The thought of picking my own strawberries and other things you mentioned, makes me lean towards giving it a try.
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Post by: tzs on May 31, 2013, 09:05:59 pm
Unfortunately, my yard is so dry all of the time, its even hard to just grow grass lately. Texas weather is out of control with the heat this year, and to top it off....Water restrictions!!!! :sad1:
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Post by: 2getherwewin on May 31, 2013, 10:15:55 pm
WELL I AM DIGGING UP MY FLOWER BED SO I CAN PLANT PEPPER S AND HERBS, JUST HAVE TO HALL SOME MORE BLACK DIRT
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Post by: Skyenkit on June 03, 2013, 11:21:28 am
We went for a vacation for 6 days when we back our crops all died. No rain and one day the weather temperature was 105F that was killing them. Very sad  :'(