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2024 Vegetable Garden Thread
Do you grow your own veggies? I've been growing a garden now in raised beds for over 10 years, both veg and flowers.
Got started a few days ago in the greenhouse, so many popped up already! Happy Spring all! |
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Last 2 gardens I started are years we had droughts and I lost just about everything. On the agenda to run underground water pipes to garden area and go at it again.
Having grown up on small farm I both don't miss and miss a big garden. |
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With the prices of things today, my garden does subsidize the food budget somewhat....
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Have had a garden since 1980 or so. Never had much luck starting from seeds. Usually buy plants at a local nursery. My garden is about 20' X 20" Usually a pretty good yield. I grow tomato's hot banana peppers, Jalapeno's green onions and sometimes zucchini.
Occasionally grow arugula, swiss chard, spinach and romaine lettuce. Problem is I'm the only one who eats it. Nothing like going to the garden an picking fresh veggie's. |
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Being on the beach I used to grow tomatoes in large pots on the deck,for the last 2 or 3 years every tomato would get rotten on the bottom of them. Also I think on the east deck they got too much sun .....now I go to the farm market or even Acme here has local grown vegges too.
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I have a small garden off my porch. Problem here is I don't get much sunlight, living down below the bottom of the valley. Leaf crops grow okay, zooks okay, cherry 'maters ok.
I've got to get a load of well-rotted horse manure from my buddy this week sometime. |
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My wife has 90 seedlings already started in the laundry room. I'm going to wait until May to start my "garden".
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Decided to try sprouting coriander seeds from the spice aisle since I never use up cilantro from the store in time before it goes bad. Got a few sprouts so far.
Really surprised none of the nasturtiums have germinated since they're supposed to be super easy to grow. Currently growing peppers, lemongrass, mint, Thai basil, scallions, and marigolds indoors with a little grow light. Planted rosemary from seed but the seedlings haven't made any progress, about an inch tall for a few weeks but not dying. Got opo squash, cukes, snap peas, peppers, and shallots planned for my first garden since buying this house. |
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Not much grows in FL, except weed, weeds and citrus.
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i usually grow things like basil, tomatoes, lettuce, grapes, and lemon trees.
Given my house is blocked by huge trees to the south in my back yard, it gets very little sun. I'm also not growing stuff in my front yard because it would look shitty, so no garden until I clear 15 large pines and 2/3rds of my back yard that's covered in brush. |
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Hail gets us every year up here. Until and if I build an HOA acceptable greenhouse, we won't be doing one this year.
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for a greenhouse to work properly, does it need direct sunlight or just some sun light?
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For FL, not sure why you would have one other than protection from storms, but the storms you get will tear the shit out of a greenhouse in seconds |
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My daughter grows Pumpkins, carrots and spices for the kitchen. 1st year. This year, I think we are going to do above ground gardening. HOA doesnt allow much. Might offend neighbors seeing a grocery store in someones backyard.
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