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The Garden is IN! What's in yours?

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RaisingArizonainNH
<p><span style="font-size:16px;"> <span style="color:#2f4f4f;">I finally got the time, and the weather to plant my garden this weekend! I headed out Saturday to our local farmstand/ plant stand .. and got some great veggies and herbs.  I have  4 kinds of tomatoes in,2 kinds of cabbage, lettuces, zuchs and 2 kinds of  cukes.  I already had the bean and peas planted and they are on the way. I also got parsley, basil and golden sage to add to my little herb patch. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#2f4f4f;"><span style="font-size:16px;">   My garden was tilled and I added a nice layer of compost dirt to it. We had another notable  crop of winter rocks in there too.  DS may be  16 but he still enjoys splashing them into the pond.   I have covered most all the garden space with black plastic. ( Mine is cheap.. water pipe covers that I slice  up the side - 2lengths covers the whole place.  I do SO love not having to worry about weeds.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#2f4f4f;"><span style="font-size:16px;">     Who has a garden ? What's in it ?  I may need help with the peas.. I have the base for an old yard windmill thing for them to climb.. but I think I need to put some strings down and around it to let them wrap on ????   I keep thinking the beans need to climb .. but I have bush beans.. so they shouldn't need a trellis .. or do they?  I'll try to post pictures soon.</span></span></p>
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RaisingArizonainNH
<p> Yum -- some good gardens going here!</p>
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<p> Hostas..  I LOVE them.. I put them everywhere a few years ago... I have only lost one ( Dang dog... kept digger dogging it all spring after   Chipmunk or something...  ) which will easily be replaced/</p>
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<p> Tech .. I put lettuce seeds in over a month ago with a couple of windows over them to keep it warm and not too wet..  They are just leafing out this week... Early does not always mean you get the worm or the salad!</p>
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<p>  WT{J= you industrious demon you!  LOTSO stuff there.  You can? I freeze what extra there is ....</p>
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<p>  Grizzly We have  ablueberry bush I cropped back to the nub last year it had way over grown - I hope it produces this year.  We also have red raspberries and out front the tiniest sweetest  wild strawberries.</p>
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<p>  Here is my garden.  I have added cross country ski pole tomatoe supports.. and have string on the frame of the kids old soccer net for the cukes to climb!</p>
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<p><img alt="may 2011 014.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="17049" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/17049/width/563/height/422" style="; width: 563px; height: 422px"><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/88540/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="may 2011 013.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="17050" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/17050/width/538/height/403" style="; width: 538px; height: 403px"></a></p>
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<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/88542/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="may 2011 012.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="17051" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/17051/width/557/height/418" style="; width: 557px; height: 418px"></a></p>
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<p>What did you say?</p>
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<p> Repurposing ? That is the only way!</p>
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<p> My husband made out compost bin from an old 55 gallon plastic drum from work. He cut a half circle opening on top and made a small door at the bottom.  I put in the garbage all year with some leaves and other stuff and in the spring it is DIRT! I love it .</p>
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<p>  We had a wicked  t-storm earlier.. but now we are getting a nice steady rain. The frogs are thrumming and I KNOW  my grass seed would be singing .... if it could.</p>
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<p>.Mine isn't in a garage. I have it out behind my barn, It does not have the aeration holes on the side, which I will add ( good idea!) I have had mice in the\re occasionally and the neighbors chickens come over and clean up any stuff that escapes via the bottom door.</p>
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<p> We don't usually need a rain barrel. ... in pic above you can see the pond we have about 4 feet from the garden. It does dry out pretty well some years, but most years I can just pull a bucket full when needed if the well is low.</p>
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<p> Porty - you have a little farm going there!  Nice gardens... but I don't envy you having to  weed them!</p>
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<p> It IS a farm!   Okay...</p>
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<p> And I really wanted a Mantis.. but cannot justify the expense for such a small plot .. I do  have a  Weasel though= sort of the low tech, manual version of that.</p>
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<p>  Everything is growing nicely- can't wait to start harvesting-  Lettuce will be first as it is almost ready now. ..</p>
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 I'll remember you when all my tomatoes are coming ripe at once !!! -  I think I planted too many... I wonder how they would ship ?  <span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130851142787515"><img alt="surprised.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130851142787514" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/surprised.gif" style="width:15px;height:15px;"></span><br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Floridaboiler</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74111/the-garden-is-in-what-s-in-yours/25#post_2003894"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>You guys have such nice gardens!</p>
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