I'd like to hear about people's gardens, whether they're vegetable, herb, flower, rock, whatever...

I went out this weekend and got alot of herbs for my window boxes from Lowes... they were $3 a plant tho, which seems expensive to me Any ideas on when or how often to harvest herbs to freeze or dry?

4/30/2007 4:10:53 PM

celebrity and cherry tomatoes, cantaloupe, jalapeño, cayenne, blueberries, blackberries, lots of potatoes

4/30/2007 4:17:54 PM

carolina jasmine (potted)
pink jasmine
2 gerber daisies (potted)
3 camellias
vincas and petunias mixed in pots and window boxes
two struggling dahlias (potted)
two indoor viney plants--one is a dwarf of the other, unknown but it's a very common one
another indoor viney plant, unknown but it's a very common one
one relative of a palm tree, origin unknown...it was a gift...my office building has a lot of them around but i still dunno what it is
4 amarillias, 1 indoor 3 outdoor (potted)
one outdoor viney plant, unknown but survived the winter to my amazement (potted)
one potted gardenia
9 day lillies in window boxes that i have sitting along the railing of our back deck to provide additional privacy
one lucky bamboo
4 pots of paperwhites (indoors)

i have basil, chives, and rosemary in seeds that i'm planning to grow inside. i may do them outside as a bed border though...not too sure yet.

[Edited on April 30, 2007 at 4:22 PM. Reason : ]

4/30/2007 4:20:54 PM

Lots o' peppers, lots o' herbs. I dry about half of my herbs and I pretty much harvest them when I'm bored or when I want to plant new stuff, which I'm sure is not the best method

4/30/2007 4:23:53 PM

jalepenos, habeneros, chili pepper, green and red bell peppers, 3 types of tomatoes (forgot names), rosemary, mint, peppermint, chives, cilantro, bee balm, sage, basil, dill, oregano, marjoram, parsley, thyme, strawberries, 5 different types of flowers the wife bought (I know one is marrygold), orchids.

4/30/2007 4:30:20 PM

blueberries, cherries, grapes, blackberries. I'm about to start; lettuce, tomatos, jalapenos, and some other stuff.

4/30/2007 4:31:52 PM

aww lk is domesticated

4/30/2007 4:40:28 PM

in terms of a garden, i've always been pretty domesticated

4/30/2007 4:57:56 PM

Tomatoes (2 x sweet 100's, 4th of july, roma, big boy, beef boy)

Yellow squash
Zuchinni
cucumbers
5 different hot peppers
yellow and red bannana peppers
purple bell peppers

garlic
strawberries
carrots
potatos
pole beans
sweet peas
onion
corn


those are all my veggies

then I have spearmint, rosemary, basil, and oregano for herbs


plus umteen flower beds


oh yeah I fogot to add my blueberries and figs

[Edited on April 30, 2007 at 5:07 PM. Reason : 2 more]

4/30/2007 5:04:08 PM

I've got a place thats about 100' x 100' that I am growing my garden and another one thats about 15'x10'

sunflowers
marigolds
garden peas
beans
cantaloupe
eggplant
okra
watermelon
pumpkins
corn
peppers(bell, cayenne, poblano, jalapeno, sweet banana)
tomatoes(roma, better boy, early girl, beefsteak, german johnson)
squash
zuchinni
beets

about 2 acres of soybeans, lab lab beans, and cowpeas
3 or 4 acres of clover
1000 or so japanese maples


forgot tons of tulips, daffodils, lillies

strawberries
raspberries
pecans

[Edited on April 30, 2007 at 5:55 PM. Reason : ...]

4/30/2007 5:54:56 PM

i dont have a garden

4/30/2007 6:58:35 PM

one tomato plant growing in a pot out on my porch

4/30/2007 8:59:23 PM

Tomato (Better Boy + roma)
lettuce
Green peppers
hot peppers
peas (field, lima, Kentucky Blue Lake)
sugar peas (whatever the damn things you put into stir fries. Damn those things are tasty, tasty, tasty)
Beans (Kidney, string, and black)
onions (red / bunching /vidalia)
basil
broccoli
spinach
swiss chard
taters
corn, early and late
pumpkins
watermelon (sugarbaby)
sunflowers/zinnia/marigolds/random other annuals
parsely
carrots
radishes
oregano
crookneck squash
zuchinni (1 plant that I'm half-hoping will die )
beets
garlic

Everybody should have a tomato plant on their porch. They're easy as hell to grow, and nothing is better than fresh maters.

4/30/2007 9:08:47 PM

what kind of tomatos do yall recommend? I know my parent's favorite are german johnsons... are they all about the same to grow or are some easier than others?

4/30/2007 9:54:44 PM

personally I prefer Roma


over any other type

4/30/2007 9:56:01 PM

i cant taste a difference between any tomato

they all taste the same

so when you ask what one i prefer

i will respond with "dem big ones"

4/30/2007 9:56:47 PM

surely you can taste a difference between what you get at the grocery store during winter and a nice juicy one from the farmers market in summer...?
I know I can.

I havent really tried lots of different tomatos tho. All I know is the german johnsons do have an intense flavor..meaty but juicy too.

4/30/2007 10:02:22 PM

not really

a tomato is a tomato

5/1/2007 2:44:34 AM

this thread is drunknloaded's wheelhouse

5/1/2007 9:14:12 AM

to me the celebrities are the best. super good right off the vine. the ones i grew last year were the best tomatoes i've ever had. i loooovvveee tomatoes. better homes and garden recommended the celebrities also.

5/1/2007 9:40:23 AM