garden

I don't have much room but I fill it as best I can. This year I have 4 tomatoes, two bell peppers, beans of four kinds, one each of spaghetti squash, zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers and cantaloupe, then I have corn, onions and beets, besides a couple of stands of lettuce and one of radishes which I will continue to plant as long as the weather holds. I also have chocolate mint and ginger in pots and dill scattered here and there. Oh, and Jerusalem artichokes and rhubarb. My backyard looks like a maze because I have one huge tree that shades a lot of it so I have to dig and plant where the plants can get sunshine.

I would love to have the room for a large garden like that! My yard is small and my neighbor's trees hang over into my yard shading the whole thing most of the day! I do have just a small area next to my back door where I planted 3 tomato plants, 1 green pepper plant and some green beans (pole beans), 5 of them. They climb right up a trellis I put up this year. Everything is growing very, very well! We've had lots of rain and now it's hot and seems like a hot house around here but good for growing plants, I guess. My tomato plants are as tall as I am, I think! I might pay someone to come and trim the tree branches that hang into my yard so I can have a much bigger garden next year. I'm just afraid that if the dirt is like the dirt on one side of the fence that it will be rocky and have glass in it. Plus I think there use to be a long driveway in the middle of the yard so I might hit it if I dig very deep. I guess I'd better go see about that before I have the trees trimmed and pay that expense, huh?

Sounds like you have a great garden, I plant vinca,elephant ears, begonia. I started a small vegetable garden. I only have tomatoes and cabbage. The cabbage my grandson got in school, and he gave it to me. I am hoping next spring to start early so I can plant more.

Not as well as it could be going, but not game over...and that's all I really asked for. Had terrible trouble with rabbits this year (I don't think enough predators -- human or otherwise -- have been eating enough of them to keep their population down enough to have less trouble). Lost most of our pepper and tomato plants. I've pretty much learned my lesson there. All nightshade family, to the deck, or placed somewhere above ground level that they can't get to. Might experiment with placing them in tires and such next year.

hmmmmm good doing garden for you buddy..its very hot for us here and eagerly waiting for the drops from heaven. No plants are surviving in my place. We are exhausted by the angry sun now and almost dying for rain to come and wet us and our plants. I have seeded tomatoes and they have grown into small plants but they have not survived because of hottest summer here. Anyways good luck to your garden.

Hi Strawberrybaby, So far this year my garden is going pretty well. I have been using lettuce, parsley, spring onions and chives for several weeks. Last weekend I pulled lots of raspberries and would expect to have to pick a lot more plus redcurrants this weekend. The apple trees are laden with fruit and the gooseberries look good but my blackcurrants and damsons are very poor. I am only at the house where my garden is at weekends so I have to work hard Saturdays and Sundays. In my vegetable garden I have also, tomatoes, pumpkins, courgettes, cucumbers, peppers, carrots, turnips, parsnips, beetroot, cauliflower and broccoli. They are all growing well. I have planted a few flowers and the roses have never been so good. My balcony is full of salad fruit and vegetables and they are all going well. The first tomatoes were ripe this week. Good luck with your new garden.

I wish I had your luck. Its been really really really really hot here and my tomatoes didn't do very well. I know they like the sun but I think I picked the wrong vartiey for our exteme heat. However my lavendar and basil are doing well

Sounds like you've got quite the garden this year. Unfortunately, we rent, so we couldn't really plant a garden, even though I really want to! Instead, we just bought some pots and planted some things and set them out on the porch. We got some small tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, a flower called Sweet Pea, and I don't remember the name of the last flower we've got. The only thing is, it's been so hot and humid here that I'm not sure the plants are going to be able to survive the heat. Some of them haven't even sprouted yet, so I'm not sure there's much hope for those.

wow...same here.this is the first time i am growing something on my own.i planted roses lots of them and some sunflowers,some jasmine,gladiolus,well lot more.i also planted tomatoes,egg plants,bell peppers and watermelon,pear and orange tree.i am getting loads of flowers and tomatoes,egg plants too.couple of watermelons are also coming along.i am very excited to see them for the first time in my garden.hey some occasional visitors like butterflies are also coming.so i am pretty happy. u love garden very much i guess.2 months and u already planted these many.cool.all the best and wish u tons of fruits and flowers and butterflies and all.