Who here has a vegetable garden? Hydroponics don't count! - Cyburbia Forums

The Irish One · 2003-10-22, 11:22 PM

I'm a grower myself. I have a couple of lettuce's growing and kick ass basil plants, squash is coming along. I've recently been figuring out this stuff and find it really useful in the way I eat and it's really cool to see your food growing and waiting to eat it!

Chet · 2003-10-22, 11:29 PM

Up until the big D-vorce I always had one. Tomatos and cumumbers, thai hot peppers, onions, radishes, chives, rhubarb, a kick-A white grape vinery for wisconsin standards, green peppers, red peppers, jalepenos, and a few other herbs. Basically heart burn on a stem is what I grew.

Mud Princess · 2003-10-22, 11:47 PM

I used to have a vegetable garden, but the earwigs in the lettuce really got to me. Now I grow basil (at least until the frost kills it). I've already got 5 batches of homemade pesto in the freezer to last the winter. I do miss having homegrown tomatoes. Maybe next year.

Rumpy Tunanator · 2003-10-22, 11:59 PM

Was growing some tomaters and peppers this summer, although I think I planted my seed to late this year(insert joke here). Love growing though, beans and cucumbers are my best bet.

Chet · 2003-10-23, 12:01 AM

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Originally posted by Rumpy Tuna
Love grwoing though beans and cucumbers are my best bet.

insert second joke here.

You are slipping, my friend....

Rumpy Tunanator · 2003-10-23, 12:21 AM

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Originally posted by Chet
insert second joke here.

You are slipping, my friend....

Hey been making love to lady smirnoff since dinner.

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Love growing though,

I don't see where the slip up is? I'm lost.

Rumpy Tunanator · 2003-10-23, 12:26 AM

Chet, these bowling dykes are getting to you.

Cardinal · 2003-10-23, 12:40 AM

Only about forty different kinds of fruits and vegetables, if that counts as gardening....

Michele Zone · 2003-10-23, 02:12 AM

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Originally posted by Cardinal
Only about forty different kinds of fruits and vegetables, if that counts as gardening....

I don't know. I think we need a Poll: Is that "gardening"? Or has that crossed the line to small scale "farming"?

The Irish One · 2003-10-23, 02:21 AM

Yeah Cardinal we're not talking commercial ops here, ok

Rem · 2003-10-23, 05:01 AM

I pulled out the last of the chillis last weekend - will replant in a couple of weeks. Otherwise we have basil (Cyburbia favourite), lemon basil, thai basil, chives, parsley, lemon grass, coriander, thyme, rosemary, rocket, tomatoes (seeds only at the moment). We have fruit trees (not as many as Cardinal) - a lemon, two tahitian limes (killer margaritas), a kafir lime, mandarin. A macadamia tree (very productive) and an almond tree (immature but got about a dozen nuts last year). Its Spring here now so I will be doing some planting soon - I have a spot prepared for two avocado trees and maybe we'll put in a pecan.

I think it's great having these things - it amplifies a sense of the seasons and weather.

Tranplanner · 2003-10-23, 09:27 AM

We pulled up the last of our veggie garden last weekend. It was out at my parent's house as up until a month ago we were condo-dwellers. We had beans, peas, carrots, onions, garlic (didn't grow), eggplant (didn't grow), cauliflower (stunted), peppers, tomatoes, and rhubarb.

My parents also have an apple tree and a pear tree. The pears were good, the apple tree needs some work to get it back into proper production.

Can't wait 'till next year when the garden will be at our place. In fact, i think we'll be digging up the back lawn this weekend in order to prepare for next year...

Tom R · 2003-10-23, 09:36 AM

It was a lousy summer for gardens here. Too cool and wet. Here's what I tried to grow this year.

Tomatoes: Better Boy & Yellow
Jalapenos
Super cayannes
Little Thai firecrackers
Big red mild to hot peppers
Red onions
Scallions
Radishes
Cucumbers: two kinds, bush & vine
Broccoli - The only thing that did well. Loves the cool weather.

My neighbor borrowed his brother's 12 gallon crock. So with it and my 5 gal. we put up 95 pounds of sauerkraut. Bought the cabbage at a local farm. I spiked mine with the super cayannes and Thai firecrackers mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm good. Its gonna be a tootin New Years around Akron.

I almost forgot. I planted a Bartlett pear tree. It seems to be doing well.

SGB · 2003-10-23, 10:01 AM

We don't have any fruits or vegetables yet.

Next growing season I need to get a handle on the care and maintenance what we have for landscaping, and perhaps then I'll consider planting more stuff.

SkeLeton · 2003-10-23, 10:24 AM

We had rhubarb, but it died out. An apple tree, got infested with who know what disease and took it out...
My dad is hoping to grow some basil this year...

mendelman · 2003-10-23, 10:38 AM

I'm apartment living now, but can't wait till I have a house with a yard to do some gardening. I tried container gardening, but the only space with enough area in my apartment has north exposure:-P

Tom R · 2003-10-23, 10:46 AM

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Originally posted by SkeLeton

My dad is hoping to grow some basil this year... [/B]

I tried planting basil,
but it was fawlty.

Big Easy King · 2003-10-23, 11:54 AM

I'm pretty sure that Planderella and I will have a garden, vegetable or otherwise.

donk · 2003-10-23, 11:58 AM

No garden here, but I help my parent's with theirs.

Cherry Trees - enought for a pie this year
Pear trees - hiome made pickled pears
Apple Trees
Grape vines - the ones growing in donkey doo are doing better then the ones grown in peacock poop (a silly test)
Tomatoes
Raspberries
Gooseberries
Currants
Pumpkins
Watermelons
Chilli Peppers - own strain, based on haberneros and bird peppers

Wild bleberries and blackberries

if my back yard had good top soil and had not been used for a swimming pool for years, I'd probably have a small garden.

Plannerbabs · 2003-10-23, 12:10 PM

We can't grow anything except weeds, tulips, and pink flamingos. Any suggestions on overcoming gardening ineptitude--like starter plants--would be welcome. Feel as though we should be more domesticated, we've had our house more than 3 years now. Tried a wildflower garden....a few survived dog trampling, flooding rains, and a cold summer.

biscuit · 2003-10-23, 12:12 PM

I'm currently renting part of a zero-lot-line row house so there's no place to put a garden. Even if I were to buy a house soon It's doubtful that I could find any lots here in the city large enough for anything other than herbs and a couple of staked tomato plants.

My parents always kept a small 1 acre (.4047 hector for you internationals) garden at the edge of the yard while I was growing up. I wouldn't have thought so then but I kind of miss shelling peas, shucking corn, picking blueberries and all of that other bucolic b.s.

RichmondJake · 2003-10-23, 12:21 PM

No gardener here. I hate getting dirt under my fingernails. And it distracts me when I'm playing single-team lacrosse.

Jessie-J · 2003-10-23, 12:21 PM

I used to have a wonderful herb garden on my balcony but I went on vacation for 3 weeks and the EX BOYFRIEND (I love saying that) conveniently forgot to water them in the heat of August summer.

nerudite · 2003-10-23, 12:25 PM

I have never had a garden of my own. I'm hoping to maybe do something small scale this year, now that I have my own house. Gardening wasn't conducive to moving once a year, which was my pattern up until I moved to Canada.

biscuit · 2003-10-23, 12:26 PM

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Originally posted by Jessie-J
I used to have a wonderful herb garden...

Speaking of wonderful herb gardens. I have this killer grow lamp in a hall closet that produces the best dan...Oops, my bad, wrong forum.

2003-10-22, 11:22 PM	#1
The Irish One Member Registered: Aug 2002 Location: blank Posts: 2,266	Who here has a vegetable garden? Hydroponics don't count! I'm a grower myself. I have a couple of lettuce's growing and kick ass basil plants, squash is coming along. I've recently been figuring out this stuff and find it really useful in the way I eat and it's really cool to see your food growing and waiting to eat it!

2003-10-22, 11:29 PM	#2
Chet Trekkie Registered: Aug 2001 Location: South Milwaukee Posts: 8,731	Up until the big D-vorce I always had one. Tomatos and cumumbers, thai hot peppers, onions, radishes, chives, rhubarb, a kick-A white grape vinery for wisconsin standards, green peppers, red peppers, jalepenos, and a few other herbs. Basically heart burn on a stem is what I grew. __________________ Your daily moment of Zen:Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just leave me the hell alone.

2003-10-22, 11:59 PM	#4
Rumpy Tunanator Cyburbian Registered: Dec 2003 Location: Intervention Posts: 4,437	Was growing some tomaters and peppers this summer, although I think I planted my seed to late this year(insert joke here). Love growing though, beans and cucumbers are my best bet. __________________ A guy once told me, "Do not have any attachments, do not have anything in your life you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner." Neil McCauley (Robert DeNiro): Heat 1995

2003-10-23, 12:26 AM	#7
Rumpy Tunanator Cyburbian Registered: Dec 2003 Location: Intervention Posts: 4,437	Chet, these bowling dykes are getting to you. __________________ A guy once told me, "Do not have any attachments, do not have anything in your life you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner." Neil McCauley (Robert DeNiro): Heat 1995

2003-10-23, 09:36 AM	#13
Tom R Cyburbian Registered: Jul 2002 Location: Akron Posts: 1,915	vegies It was a lousy summer for gardens here. Too cool and wet. Here's what I tried to grow this year. Tomatoes: Better Boy & Yellow Jalapenos Super cayannes Little Thai firecrackers Big red mild to hot peppers Red onions Scallions Radishes Cucumbers: two kinds, bush & vine Broccoli - The only thing that did well. Loves the cool weather. My neighbor borrowed his brother's 12 gallon crock. So with it and my 5 gal. we put up 95 pounds of sauerkraut. Bought the cabbage at a local farm. I spiked mine with the super cayannes and Thai firecrackers mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm good. Its gonna be a tootin New Years around Akron. I almost forgot. I planted a Bartlett pear tree. It seems to be doing well.

2003-10-22, 11:47 PM	#3
Mud Princess Cyburbian Plus Registered: Aug 2002 Location: Upstate Posts: 2,626	I used to have a vegetable garden, but the earwigs in the lettuce really got to me. Now I grow basil (at least until the frost kills it). I've already got 5 batches of homemade pesto in the freezer to last the winter. I do miss having homegrown tomatoes. Maybe next year.

2003-10-23, 12:40 AM	#8
Cardinal Cyburbian Registered: Aug 2001 Location: The Cheese State Posts: 8,038	Only about forty different kinds of fruits and vegetables, if that counts as gardening....

2003-10-23, 02:21 AM	#10
The Irish One Member Registered: Aug 2002 Location: blank Posts: 2,266	Yeah Cardinal we're not talking commercial ops here, ok

2003-10-23, 05:01 AM	#11
Rem Cyburbian Registered: Jun 2003 Location: NSW, Australia Posts: 1,529	I pulled out the last of the chillis last weekend - will replant in a couple of weeks. Otherwise we have basil (Cyburbia favourite), lemon basil, thai basil, chives, parsley, lemon grass, coriander, thyme, rosemary, rocket, tomatoes (seeds only at the moment). We have fruit trees (not as many as Cardinal) - a lemon, two tahitian limes (killer margaritas), a kafir lime, mandarin. A macadamia tree (very productive) and an almond tree (immature but got about a dozen nuts last year). Its Spring here now so I will be doing some planting soon - I have a spot prepared for two avocado trees and maybe we'll put in a pecan. I think it's great having these things - it amplifies a sense of the seasons and weather.

2003-10-23, 09:27 AM	#12
Tranplanner maudit anglais Registered: May 1997 Location: Odd-a-wah Posts: 5,750	We pulled up the last of our veggie garden last weekend. It was out at my parent's house as up until a month ago we were condo-dwellers. We had beans, peas, carrots, onions, garlic (didn't grow), eggplant (didn't grow), cauliflower (stunted), peppers, tomatoes, and rhubarb. My parents also have an apple tree and a pear tree. The pears were good, the apple tree needs some work to get it back into proper production. Can't wait 'till next year when the garden will be at our place. In fact, i think we'll be digging up the back lawn this weekend in order to prepare for next year...

2003-10-23, 10:01 AM	#14
SGB Cyburbian Registered: Nov 2002 Location: Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve Posts: 3,258	We don't have any fruits or vegetables yet. Next growing season I need to get a handle on the care and maintenance what we have for landscaping, and perhaps then I'll consider planting more stuff. __________________ All these years the people said he’s actin’ like a kid. He did not know he could not fly, so he did. - - Guy Clark, "The Cape"

2003-10-23, 10:24 AM	#15
SkeLeton Cyburbian Registered: Jan 2003 Location: Santiago, Chile Posts: 4,769	We had rhubarb, but it died out. An apple tree, got infested with who know what disease and took it out... My dad is hoping to grow some basil this year...

2003-10-23, 10:38 AM	#16
mendelman Spit Roasting Some Clunkers Registered: May 2003 Location: The junkyard Posts: 6,656	I'm apartment living now, but can't wait till I have a house with a yard to do some gardening. I tried container gardening, but the only space with enough area in my apartment has north exposure:-P __________________ I'm sorry. Is my bias showing?

2003-10-23, 11:54 AM	#18
Big Easy King Cyburbian Registered: Jul 2003 Location: Overlooking the Quarter Posts: 1,311	I'm pretty sure that Planderella and I will have a garden, vegetable or otherwise. __________________ A person who strives is one who thrives. It's GREAT to be THE KING!!!

2003-10-23, 11:58 AM	#19
donk Cyburbian Registered: Sep 2001 Location: skating on thin ice Posts: 6,929	No garden here, but I help my parent's with theirs. Cherry Trees - enought for a pie this year Pear trees - hiome made pickled pears Apple Trees Grape vines - the ones growing in donkey doo are doing better then the ones grown in peacock poop (a silly test) Tomatoes Raspberries Gooseberries Currants Pumpkins Watermelons Chilli Peppers - own strain, based on haberneros and bird peppers Wild bleberries and blackberries if my back yard had good top soil and had not been used for a swimming pool for years, I'd probably have a small garden. __________________ Too lazy to beat myself up for being to lazy to beat myself up for being too lazy to... well you get the point....

2003-10-23, 12:10 PM	#20
Plannerbabs Cyburbian Registered: Jul 2003 Location: Who cares. Posts: 1,029	We can't grow anything except weeds, tulips, and pink flamingos. Any suggestions on overcoming gardening ineptitude--like starter plants--would be welcome. Feel as though we should be more domesticated, we've had our house more than 3 years now. Tried a wildflower garden....a few survived dog trampling, flooding rains, and a cold summer. __________________ I don't dream. I plan.

2003-10-23, 12:12 PM	#21
biscuit Cyburbian Registered: Nov 2002 Location: Paris of Appalachia Posts: 3,759	I'm currently renting part of a zero-lot-line row house so there's no place to put a garden. Even if I were to buy a house soon It's doubtful that I could find any lots here in the city large enough for anything other than herbs and a couple of staked tomato plants. My parents always kept a small 1 acre (.4047 hector for you internationals) garden at the edge of the yard while I was growing up. I wouldn't have thought so then but I kind of miss shelling peas, shucking corn, picking blueberries and all of that other bucolic b.s. Last edited by biscuit; 2003-10-23 at 12:37 PM.

2003-10-23, 12:21 PM	#22
RichmondJake In vino veritas Registered: Aug 2001 Location: Redneck Riviera Posts: 12,005	No gardener here. I hate getting dirt under my fingernails. And it distracts me when I'm playing single-team lacrosse. __________________ This signature line left intentionally blank.

2003-10-23, 12:21 PM	#23
Jessie-J Registered: May 2003 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 340	I used to have a wonderful herb garden on my balcony but I went on vacation for 3 weeks and the EX BOYFRIEND (I love saying that) conveniently forgot to water them in the heat of August summer.

2003-10-23, 12:25 PM	#24
nerudite Cyburbian Registered: Aug 2001 Location: Edmonton Posts: 5,474	I have never had a garden of my own. I'm hoping to maybe do something small scale this year, now that I have my own house. Gardening wasn't conducive to moving once a year, which was my pattern up until I moved to Canada.