The Garden Thread!

[SkaredShtles]

Alright you Californians - give it up. How's the garden going? We've been having some great garden weather as of late and the following goodies are up:

Peas - 10" tall for the most part
Green beans - just breaking through
Lettuce
Spinach
Kale
Yeller squash
Zukes
Eggplant
Bell pepper
Tomatoes (mortgage lifter, lemon boy, cherry, san marz, brandywine)
Pumpkin
Herbs of many kinds and flavors (including another attempt at rosemary)

Yesterday the wife and I planted a $hitload of flowers - in barrels, porch troughs, pots, in the garden... pretty much everywhere.

Mulched the $hit out of everything, watered and now we watch it grow...

[jdschall]

I planted this thus far:

Purple basil (in the ground)
regular basil (in pots about a month ago)
cilantro plant + some seeds, we'll see how they do.
2 tomato plants
2 cukes
1 squash
1 zuke.

Last year's rosemary and sage are doing terrific but the oregano plant bit the dust. Oh well.

[OGRipper]

Californians


Ok, I'll give it up: My "yard" is a 10 X 20 brick patio that doesn't get any direct sun and is pretty much constantly shrouded in fog anyway. The only thing I can grow back there is dog turd.

[SkaredShtles]

Ok, I'll give it up: My "yard" is a 10 X 20 brick patio that doesn't get any direct sun and is pretty much constantly shrouded in fog anyway. The only thing I can grow back there is dog turd.
Damn, dude. Living in CA and no garden? Bummer.

Here are some current pics:

http://home.comcast.net/~elan_mbx/Garden07/tomato1.jpg


http://home.comcast.net/~elan_mbx/Garden07/tomato2.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~elan_mbx/Garden07/tomato3.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~elan_mbx/Garden07/squash1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~elan_mbx/Garden07/peas1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~elan_mbx/Garden07/grbeans1.jpg

[BillT]

I have to big planter boxes and I've planted the following so far:

3 types of Basil - sweet, cinnamin, itallian
Greek Oregeno
Lavender (blooming right now!)
2 Rosemary hedges
Chervil
Cilantro
2 types of eggplant - black beauty and white (very nice looking fruit)
Orange bell pepper
Thyme
Arugala
5 types of tomatoes - Grape, Roma, Better Boy, Yellow, Yellow Pear

I overplanted on the tomatoes as they got much bigger than I thought they would. I'll get some current pictures posted later today or tomorrow.

[firemandivi]

I live in NY, my garden is about 12' x 30' growing corn, tomato's, sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, radishes, lettuce, celery, onion, garlic, and zucchini. Even starting a strawberry bed this year. Everything but the garlic & strawberries are from seed. Right now I have over 150 plants indoors waiting to be put into the garden. I don't even like 3/4's of the things I grow, I just enjoy growing it and giving it to friends.

[OGRipper]

Damn, dude. Living in CA and no garden? Bummer.

SF is not all warm and sunny ya know...anyway I've never been that much into it even when I had the space, just never wanted to spend my free time that way. And I know it doesn't compare to growing your own but there are three pretty good markets within 3 blocks of my house, and many more around town, including a worker-owned cooperative specializing in "beyond organic" produce.

[SkaredShtles]

<snip> And I know it doesn't compare to growing your own but there are three pretty good markets within 3 blocks of my house, and many more around town, including a worker-owned cooperative specializing in "beyond organic" produce.
I think with a good market I'd grow fewer things. Maybe even just tomatoes. :D

[BillT]

I overplanted with the tomatoes so now I have a forest of them. I didn't think they would get as big as they did - next time I'll plant 3 or 4 instead of 5.

The forest:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/truetwi/garden2001.jpg

Some grape tomatoes in the process of ripening:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/truetwi/garden2002.jpg

Orange bell pepper plant:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/truetwi/garden2003.jpg

White eggplant. They look like giant white jelly beans. I'm going to grill one up tomorrow!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/truetwi/garden2004.jpg

Some blooming cilantro:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/truetwi/garden2005.jpg

Chervil - a fancy French parsley. This one didn't want to live unless I drowned it with water.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/truetwi/garden2007.jpg

Blooming lavender:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/truetwi/garden2010.jpg

Greek oregeno in the front, sweet basil, cinnamin basil, and then more sweet basil in the middle, and the lavender in the back:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/truetwi/garden2014.jpg

[H8R]

Minimal this year. Herbs, some squash, almost no tomatoes.

Strawberries are fighting for their lives.

Of course, I had to plant some table grapes. Those 3 vines are doing great.

[SkaredShtles]

Minimal this year. Herbs, some squash, almost no tomatoes.
WTF?? :confused:

Strawberries are fighting for their lives.
You should live in Watsonville. :clue:

Of course, I had to plant some table grapes. Those 3 vines are doing great.
Fokkin' yuppie. :disgust1:

[H8R]

Fokkin' yuppie. :disgust1:

Yuppies plant Flame or Muscat.

I planted Thomson seedless. The workin man's grape.

[SkaredShtles]

Yuppies plant Flame or Muscat.

I planted Thomson seedless. The workin man's grape.
Where I'm from the classic ol' concorde was the working man's grape. :D

[jdcamb]

Right now my planted garden is in the preparatory stages. However the wildlife garden consists of 2 hens and a tom :biggrin:

[Bushwhacker]

Heres mine....
http://a95.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/38/l_b39ac6426e3e129c1731a20f408a854e.jpg

I got the organic sticker off of something we bought...I've been growing completely organic for around 10 years.