in the garden (Page 1 of 2)

I do! And I harvest mainly herbs. ( Sweet Basil, Garlic Chives, Green Onions, Parsley, Cilantro) I do have a few pepper plants , a beautiful papaya tree and a juvenile orange tree( no oranges yet, maybe this summer?!!). I love to attempt to make chutney sauces( sweet & sour, papaya- green onion-pepper- cilantro-olive oil, sea salt- fresh cracked pepper, yummy!), to go along with great fish such as grouper, cobia, spanish mackerel, and red fish  the gulf of mexico has to offer. Also, I have 10 or so pineapple plants in the ground. I've had this one specific plant for over 12 years and this past week, much to my surprise, it's bearing fruit for the very first time!!! It's an agricultural miracle! Think I'll try to get some tomatoes goin this year.

I usually have peas, okra, yellow squash, cucumber, cabbage, potatos, and some sort of watermelon or canteloupe.
This year will be the same but adding carrots and maybe butterbeans. I guess you could say the basic southern variety.

The back garden where I live is 42 - 43 acres devided among 6 fields.

We grow horses, wild rabbits, badgers, Carrow (roe deer), foxes, lots of hawthorns and brambles.

I live here but it's not mine. Tis rather lovely tho'.

Priddy,
    How deep do you plant horses and things like that?

I planted a lot of trees and bushes in my new home three years ago.  I watch them closely because I really need the shade in the summer, but that won't be for a year or two more.  I grow peppers and melons if I can keep the gophers away.  I also have a lot of flowers in the summer.

I work at the local golf course on the grounds crew, I have the worst looking lawn on the block.....LOL.....I do however plant tomatos, peppers, hot peppers. I'd like to grow my own herbs, but the local law enforcement frowns upon that. So whenever I need any herb I just make a phone call.....LOL

Not a real garden, but I do plant some tomatoes in those upside down planters and a self watering planter that both work real well. Nothing beats a home grown tomato or my fresh salsa. I can't wait. 

I grow tomato's cucumbers, and squash, also I love working in the yard, it's like therapy to me, growing flowers, just gardening in general, I build bird houses, and little things to decorate the yard. I live in the country, and at night, I like building a fire, close to a rock patio I build, have a drink or two and play my guitar, my beautiful wife and I really enjoy it.

   Cam

Hey Crowellb,

I can relate to that "Same concept as gardening...we just use a bigger hoe!" LOL

Not as big here but going up and down with a chain harrow towed by a crusty old tractor is rather Zen, problems disappear as you try and hold the line and not be distracted by the wildlife or the beauty of the countryside.

Can't grow much tho' 'cept brambles, hawthorns and grass. No, not that kind but for hay and haylage.

Altho' we're in the heart of the Westcountry (a quarter of a mile or less and you can look down on Glastonbury Tor) we're a thousand feet up and our growing season starts a month after places less than 3 miles away and finishes a month earlier, so by the time you've started to get things going they are harvesting, then ours die from cold.

We do get wonderful mushrooms in September/October.... and of all varieties... so people tell me!

It had to grow somewhere

i grow weeds!! though i cant remember planting any:(

Dont Stop Kid Keep Rockin'  !!

I plant stuff with my kids every year.  I think it's a great way to teach them about nature.  We have a particular space as a garden, and some landscaping beds.  Our "garden" is always a disaster, but my kids are proud of it.  I think it's a good way to teach them about stewardship as well.  They learn that if they don't water it, or weed it, that the plants wither or the 'wrong' plants grow.  My kids have not quite gotten the concept of 'wrong' plants yet, though, so I often have to go weed it again after they're done. 

Sage has absolutely taken over the garden.  It's half the space now.  We'll be digging up some of it this year and cutting the rest back a LOT. 

Speaking of which, it's about time to plant.

- Zurf