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AlaninTX
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 Posted: 03/15/03 - 10:08 Post subject: Vegtable Gardens
Anybody else here have one?
I planted my tomatoes last weekend. I have two 4X6 raised beds. In one box I have four Celebrity (they handle the intense heat well) and in the other box three Husky Red Cherry. This year I am kicking around building another box and maybe growing some beans. In the past I have also grown all types of hot peppers and bell peppers. Bell peppers break my heart--for whatever reason they don't grow well for me. And I have always wanted to grow corn, but don't think I have the room.
So, anybody else here a farmer wannabe?
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copteacher
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Posted: 03/15/03 - 10:09 Post subject:
Not the time for me. Did tomatos a few years ago, I was over run. Would love to back into it soon. It would be a nice family thing to do.
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Cappy
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Posted: 03/15/03 - 10:25 Post subject:
I am gonna start mine next weekend. Had planned to do it this weekend but I am not allowed to do any type of lifting, so me and the kids are going to do our planting next weekend
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 03/15/03 - 10:29 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | I am gonna start mine next weekend. Had planned to do it this weekend but I am not allowed to do any type of lifting, so me and the kids are going to do our planting next weekend |
What are you growing?
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copteacher
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Posted: 03/15/03 - 10:33 Post subject:
Where are you planting in Greg, you got like 10 square feet of flat land.
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Cappy
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Posted: 03/15/03 - 10:33 Post subject:
| AlaninTX wrote: | | Cappy wrote: | | I am gonna start mine next weekend. Had planned to do it this weekend but I am not allowed to do any type of lifting, so me and the kids are going to do our planting next weekend |
What are you growing? |
Gonna try tomatoes, peppers, and maybe some corn. Also gonna plant some magnolias, and pansies.
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megawill
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Posted: 03/15/03 - 11:09 Post subject:
i enjoy planting a garden but don't especially enjoy taking care of it...so what ever can manage to grow through the weeds...
usually plant a couple of varieties of tomatoes (big boys seem to work well) and hot peppers.
also usually plant a cucumber and some bell peppers....
I also have a difficult time with bell peppers...I never seem to get more then 1 to 2 peppers per plant...
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Posted: 03/15/03 - 11:38 Post subject:
I may try again this year. 2 years ago was my first attempt with watermelon (kids pick) and bell peppers (my pick). Did OK with the watermelon, but the peppers failed.
Didn't do one last year.
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Posted: 03/15/03 - 11:40 Post subject:
I have been planting tomatoes and peppers, will prolly do the same this year. I usually put the cherry tomatoes in large pots I love going out to pick a few for my salad. I also have a pretty good herb garden, the oregano has pretty much taken over, it's approaching the mint so it looks like a battle will ensue. I've grown some birdhouse gourds to make some musical instruments and I'm thinking about doing that again. NOTE: never plant Bamboo in your yard EVAH! I've been trying to kill mine for 2 years now.
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 03/15/03 - 12:44 Post subject:
| megawill wrote: | i enjoy planting a garden but don't especially enjoy taking care of it...so what ever can manage to grow through the weeds...
usually plant a couple of varieties of tomatoes (big boys seem to work well) and hot peppers.
also usually plant a cucumber and some bell peppers....
I also have a difficult time with bell peppers...I never seem to get more then 1 to 2 peppers per plant...
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Just put down some mulch, or some of the new black plastic ground cover that lets water through but keeps the weeds out.
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Posted: 03/15/03 - 14:12 Post subject:
I plant various herbs, tomatoes and peppers. I have a very small garden but enjoy it. Can't plant until April due to the frozen tundra. I hardly get the chance to eat the tomatoes because my black lab picks them off the vine and eats them 
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Sahara
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Posted: 03/15/03 - 15:38 Post subject:
Peas usually go in on St Patrick's Day (with weekly plantings for at least a month)... I'll wait a week or two this year.
I usually plant leaf lettuce with the peas, tomatoes, beans, corn and peppers. I have red raspberries along one side of the garden. The only things that do very well are the peas and berries. After the initial planting, I don't put too much effort in.
Oh, I usually start one new perennial flower in the vegie garden each year to transplant elsewhere. Purple coneflowers were last year's success. Haven't planned for this year.
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kristin31
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Posted: 03/15/03 - 18:37 Post subject:
Definitely some tomatoes and hot peppers, along with some herbs. I want to do snow peas, bell peppers, and radishes as well as a cucumber but I don't know if we have enough room. Also some roses.
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Posted: 03/16/03 - 10:19 Post subject:
We usually try tomatos. I had some last year and they were doing great until we went to canada. By the time we came back they were basically dead. I am trying again this year though.
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Posted: 03/17/03 - 12:22 Post subject:
No planting here yet, the ground is still froze about 9 ft down. Usually in mid-May. Our garden is about 10'x40'. My wife has a green thumb, it's her big hobby. She'll plant a little of just about everything. I help roto-till it up in the spring, so henny-penny lets me eat some of it 
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