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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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wherestheportojohn
<p>two ginormous veggie gardens on the farm porperty....which are in DESPERATE need of rain</p>
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<p>(We have our own well, but watering these gardens takes HOURS and miles of hoses!)</p>
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<p>two kinds of taters</p>
<p>two varieties of winter squash</p>
<p>muskmelon</p>
<p>three varieties of tomatoes</p>
<p>sweetcorn</p>
<p>two kinds of fall pumpkins...not for eating...</p>
<p>sugar snap peas</p>
<p>zucchini</p>
<p>string beans</p>
<p>cucumbers</p>
<p>broccoli</p>
<p>cauliflower</p>
<p>I think there's bok choy...not sure...</p>
<p>three kinds of lettuces</p>
<p>spinach</p>
<p>four varieties of peppers</p>
<p>parsley</p>
<p>basil</p>
<p>carrots</p>
<p>onions</p>
<p>beets</p>
<p>rhubarb</p>
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<p>...I bet I'm forgetting something...</p>
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<p>Sadly, the domestic rasberries and asparagus are old [like me] and no longer producing [like me]...so we put in nine new berry bushes this spring, and will till/replant the two asparagus beds nex spring.</p>
<p>Hopefully, the wild blackcaps and blackberries will have a productive year! <span><img alt="cool.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/cool.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span></p>
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wherestheportojohn
<p>I heart hostas. I slap 'em everywhere that other plants won't grow....they seem to do well!<br><br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>4boysmom</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74111/the-garden-is-in-what-s-in-yours#post_2002191"><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>Three kinds of tomatoes and hot peppers in the front garden.  Also trying hostas to see if I can get ANYTHING to grow under the tree (poor soil, lots of tree roots).  Rounded out with some annuals.</p>
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<p>Back garden I'm trying perenials.  Several kinds of sedum (stone crop) are doing very well.  Added a bunch of unknown stuff that's supposed to like full sun.  All tenderly planted, only to be pounded by marble sized hail.</p>
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<p>Hosta garden is doing very well.  Split 'em twice and you can't even tell.</p>
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<p>we use a huge batch tumbler/composter at the farm; but at home, I just have the 'black box' type out under my pine trees (yes, raccoons 'n' squirrels heart ripping off the little doors to get at the festering goodness)</p>
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<p>it gets plenty hot under there in the summer; but I still use the compost starter that you sprinkle on top/soak/toss to get it up and going once a week for a couple weeks this time of year</p>
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<p>Do any of you have rain barrels? I use it for the flower beds & the bird bath<span style="display:none;"> .</span></p>
<p>This is the third season for ours, and I LOVE IT!</p>
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<p> ...except when there's a drought... <span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130775427153113"><img alt="rolleyes.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130775427153112" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/rolleyes.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span></p>
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<p>no, this isn't ours....just wanted to show you the model similar to ours:</p>
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<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/88929/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="rain-Barrels.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="17069" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/17069/width/300/height/299" style="; width: 300px; height: 299px"></a></p>
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wherestheportojohn
<p>I *finally* remembered to haul my camera to the farm today....took pix of gardens, the pond, and the storm damage (holy schlitz, we lost some wonderful trees)</p>
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<p>"lower" garden has sweetcorn, onions, squash, taters, punkins</p>
<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/89224/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="storm damage and gardens 2011 027.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="17104" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/17104/width/667/height/500" style="; width: 667px; height: 500px"></a></p>
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<p>upper garden (took several pictures to be able to include it all) has raised beds with beets, lettuces, peppers, basil, parsley, then there are roma/slicing/grape 'maters. the spring garden has string beans, melons, broccoli, cauliflower, zukes, cukes, sugar snap peas.</p>
<p>There are sunflowers growing along the garden fence line.</p>
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<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/89236/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="storm damage and gardens 2011 032.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="17108" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/17108/width/667/height/500" style="; width: 667px; height: 500px"></a></p>
<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/89238/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="storm damage and gardens 2011 033.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="17109" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/17109/width/667/height/500" style="; width: 667px; height: 500px"></a></p>
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wherestheportojohn
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>RaisingArizonainNH</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74111/the-garden-is-in-what-s-in-yours/25#post_2003716"><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> 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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I know what you meant; but in truth, we actually DO have a farm. 170 acres, to be exact. Mom rents out the fields to a local dairy farmer, who plants alfalfa and feed corn. The rest is wooded, meadows, ponds, blah blah.</p>
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<p>and as for weeding the gardens, hand weeding + the Mantis makes work less of a torture.</p>
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<p>All gardeners need one of these toys....they are da bomb...</p>
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<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/89309/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="Mantis%207225-15-02%202-Cycle%20Gas%20Powered%20Tiller%20Cultivator%20with%20Border%20Edger%20and%20Kickstand%20CARB%20Compliant.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="17116" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/17116/width/280/height/280" style="; width: 280px; height: 280px"></a></p>
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