Anyone have a garden?

[96ukssob]

Looking to pick up a hobby that is non-computer related and wanted to grow some vegetables at my house... not things that can be smoked

All I have now is some grass/dirt that needs to be torn up, but need to buy some bricks/stones to create a raised wall about 1' high to try and prevent some animals from having a free buffet

[brassmonkey]

hahahaha yes im growing greens,peepers, onions,tomato,brussel sprouts,soy beans etc

[Sly]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

hahahaha yes im growing greens,peepers, onions,tomato,brussel sprouts,soy beans etc

What do you do with the soybeans?

[idtapdat]

try out the topsy turvy they actually work..

[Phoenix]

i do this will be my 4th year

i am doing mostly tomatoes...cabbage...peppers(a few kinds)
i do korean chives, and sesame leaves.
i want to get into zuchini and cucumbers, but i want to vine them and grow them vertical

its time to get on it

[Si]

Nearly everyone has a garden, unless you live in an apartment.

[Tom_PM]

I grow indoors some small vegetables and kitchen herbs.

You can trellis cucumbers easily enough, but zuccini/courgettes not so much as they are a squash and dont really vine out. I've seen people cage zuccini before, but it's kind of weird and they'll scrape along the cage and scar as they grow.

[JFK]

I usually have one every year. The unfortunate part is , if I dont keep on top of it, the weeds get bigger than the plants

[pornguy]

We don't have a garden like that but we have a Mango tree and Avocado tree, Pomegranate bush, Palms with Coco nuts. Bitter orange tree growing and a few other things.

[PR_Glen]

i do a handful of vegetables every year, great way to get yourself away from the laptop.

[Tom_PM]

If you're going to start this season and grow right away, you should take up your grass and pile it up somewhere, dont try to till it back in. Let it compost instead. Then I'd dig down about a spade depth and turn the soil over and remove stones. Check out how well the soil holds together when you squeeze it. It should squeeze together, but fall apart easily when you poke it. You could probably check with a garden center pretty easily, or just use that simple trick. Then set up your raised bed walls and bring the soil up to the top with local compost/garden soil and you should be able to plant immediately.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by PR_Tom

I grow indoors some small vegetables and kitchen herbs.

You can trellis cucumbers easily enough, but zuccini/courgettes not so much as they are a squash and dont really vine out. I've seen people cage zuccini before, but it's kind of weird and they'll scrape along the cage and scar as they grow.

my neighbour vines zukes up and down a trellis

i thought it would be too heavy...but its good

[Honez]

Doing some container gardens this year. Tomatoes, peppers, onions, carrots.

[xenigo]

I got a money tree from a girlfriend a couple years ago after a surgery... It's the only plant I've actually been successful keeping alive. I went and got another money tree, and something that looks like the top of a pineapple... and a really big spiney thing that sits in the corner... they all have their little quirks, such as how much water they need... and they can be a little finicky sometimes and start shedding leafs if they don't get their way. Kinda like children. lol

[halfpint]

Iv planted a carrot in my misses garden a few times before now, unfortunatly it seeded and produced two new sprogs

[Tom_PM]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

my neighbour vines zukes up and down a trellis

i thought it would be too heavy...but its good

Thats cool!
Evidently the ones I'd seen so short and squat were "bush" varieties it turns out.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by PR_Tom

Thats cool!
Evidently the ones I'd seen so short and squat were "bush" varieties it turns out.

i like to visit old italian mens gardens...they have the cool ideas

and i guess learned things the hard way..lol

[punker barbie]

Succulants


Tomatoes



Jalapenos


Nepenthes aka pitcher plant (its carnivous)


I also grow basil, thyme & rosemary. Inside i have Elephant Foot Palm, Madagascar & FireSticks.

[PornoMonster]

Originally Posted by idtapdat

try out the topsy turvy they actually work..

They only work for Small things, like cherry tomatoes.

Well I guess it might depend where you live and what you grow.

2 years ago we did a test with several types of tomatoes, and only the smaller versions worked well.

Something that works well for people is looking on craigs list and buying used dog kennels, runs, fences whatever you want to call them. This is good for keeping the critters out, and giving you 4 sides to grow tomatoes, cucumbers, and so on.
Leaving the middle open for lettuce, carrots, peppers, the delicate stuff.
If you want more than this small garden, then that leaves like Corn, Potatoes, and other more hearty plants to be grown in the open, with more space.

You will get MANY different answers, as everyone's climate, and soil are very different.

I live in the Midwest and have had gardens for 30 years (growing up and mine)

[Vendzilla]

Since moving to LA, I will not be doing a garden this year, I'll miss it

[CamsMaster]

used to have one, back in the days when I had more free time... was a nice feeling seeing my plants growing ...

[Seth Manson]

Punky Barber always does the neatest shit.

I'd like to grow some stuff but I live in a desert mostly. I bought some of those topsy turvy things last year then forgot where I put them.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Sly

What do you do with the soybeans?

boil them eat them with veggie mix

[cooldude7]

yeah , i do have garden, but i dont manage it.,
maybe some flower plants thats it, and shitload of grass, every few months i pay for clean things up.

[CaptainHowdy]

Not after seeing "Little Shop of Horrors" ...

[borked]

this year I've scaled down a lot as the veggie patch isn't huge...

lettuces (first lot went in 3 weeks ago - a few more weeks to harvest). These are great as you just keep adding more over the spring/summer. Barbecue ash around the plot prevents snail/slugs entering.

Tomatoes - 2x cherry, 1x classic grappe, 2x russe, 1x bulls heart.

Cucumbers - 5 plants gone in, 3 will grow.

Lots of herbs like chives, basil, parsley, thyme

Simple but effective. From June through September, we don't have to buy any of those veggies, which we eat a lot of!

--edit
try to put in some flowering plants to attract the pollinators for a better crop...

[borked]

someone mentioned courgettes above - esp the bush type. If you put these in, space them out because they really grow big and bushy.

One great tip with them - there is a female flower and a male flower on each plant. At any one time there will be many male flowers (very long stem where the flower is at leaf height) and one or two female flowers (down at the base, where the courgette will grow).

Well, when the male flower starts to curl up (ie has spent his pollen), cut it off... if you have about 5 plants, you'll always have loads of spent male flowers at any one time.

Now, make a *very very* light batter mix (very little flour), dip the flowers in the batter then deep fry them for 30 seconds.
Sprinkle with salt and eat as aperitif with a lovely crisp dry white. They are frikken amazing and are guaranteed to have everyone ask 'wtf are they, they're delicious' ;)