Any of you folks growing gardens?

[luckykitty]

Very nice garden Jeff. Shoepeg corn? Hmmm... gonn ahave to look that up, I haven't heard of it. BTW, has anyone here every done any guerilla gardening? Or even know what it is...?

Did it back when I was at university for two or three years. Potatoes worked good for me, beans are difficult - I had to go to a public park, and somehow beans were often objects of weeding ...

 

[canis-lupus]

Copious amounts of mulch will also help to control weeds.

Noted.

Next years garden will be less hasty than this years, we started late on new ground and never really dedicated to it. Which is a pity with the cost of food rising. Every day is a learning experience....

 

[Mrs.Shotgunner11]

Now that right there made me spray coffee on the monitor.

Noooooooooo! Grump killed coffee!

 

[MrCoffee]

Every time I tried planting guerillas they would dig themselves out of the dirt before they sprouted.

Now that is funny... and here I was trying to put a survival twist on the gardening thread... sigh.

 

[MrCoffee]

Did it back when I was at university for two or three years. Potatoes worked good for me, beans are difficult - I had to go to a public park, and somehow beans were often objects of weeding ...

Friend of mine suggested it since we have so much public land on the mountain behind my home.... I hadn't ever really thought about it, but it is a pretty cool idea.

 

[R.A.T.]

That's the best way to grow marijuana.

 

[MrCoffee]

That's the best way to grow marijuana.

Yup... a nice big crop just got busted by the local sheriff's dept right up in Athen's VT last week. I liked the sheriff's take on it... he left a business card letting the grower know where he could pick up his plants...

 

[SuicideFO]

Sounds like it could be hit and run tactics on neighbors gardens.

 

[texastonydobbs]

I hate all you guys so much.

I went back to Jersey two weeks ago and stayed at my old house.

I go into the back yard and my freeking garden was kicking, tomatoes, peppers, squash, and cucumbers all coming up without me there.

Didn't get a single peice of food out of my garden here in Texico.

your Growing the wrong stuff

 

[bushmattster]

We grow a small garden every year. The basics: tomatoes, peppers, squash, onions, herbs and spices.

 

[t-k-c]

We have a small garden... about 40' X 60'. I worked the ground up & my wife has done most of the rest. She planted green beens, lima beans, summer squash, zucchini squash, beets, potatoes, tomatoes & maybe a couple of other things. It's doing real well so far. I harvested our first things last evening... a couple of zucchini squash. The one on the right is going to be sliced & fried for supper in about an hour.

 

[Grump]

\The one on the right is going to be sliced & fried for supper in about an hour.

I think I can get there in an hour.

 

[R.A.T.]

Nice garden and nice lake, Dale.

 

[t-k-c]

I think I can get there in an hour.

It should be ready by then! Do you like it fried plain with just butter or with batter?

 

[t-k-c]

Nice garden and nice lake, Dale.

Thanks Jeff... The pond was a two summer project in 2000 & 2001. I dug it with a bulldozer & used an articulated loader to haul the dirt out. It's about 14 1/2' deep and well stocked with fish (Bass, Bluegill, Shell Crackers & Catfish). There ought to be some 20"+ Catfish in there by now.

 

[Grump]

It should be ready by then! Do you like it fried plain with just butter or with batter?

Butter is good. :thumbup:

 

[Harp247]

squash, tomatoes, peppers, watermelon, pumpkin, cantalope

 

[jeff_c]

Damn! That's a nice little plot!

Thank you... I use my Izula for harvesting!

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

My lady and I planted a sizable garden this year...tomatoes, squash, green beans, soy beans, radishes, lettuce, melons, broccoli...all kinds of good stuff! I've been using my RC-6 or my Izula to harvest, much like jeff_c above.

 

[dougo83]

I can't seem to grow SHIT!!


This Texas heat seems to cook veggies on the vine.

I always had a very impressive garden back east.

OH, rurning curv bewwy yong wif dis one.

All you can grow down here is peppers...and tomatos...and well...everything...must be operator error

Seriously though...shade is great because we get a ton of sun exposure. I always plant my gardens on the north side of something, like my house. So make sure that your garden is growing on the side of your home that receives the least amount of sun. It also helps if you can get it as close to the casa as possible. My grandpa decided (I should) to kill two birds with one stone and planted his around the backside of his house. He (I, really) then installed soaker hoses and running them is supposed to help keep the foundation from cracking. Water is the biggest thing. I always water at night, say after 730. I give the plants a good soaking and let them alone. This ensures that the water won't get heated by the daytime sun. Oh, and in the Spring/Klein/Tomball area, you generally won't need much in the way of fertilizer. I use some root stimulator-type stuff, but my oma always said that fertilizer heats up too much and can magnify the heat and burn roots.