Mary Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow? ~ 2010

[~~Who,Me?~~]

Heidi--my dogs will pick the blueberries off of my parents' bushes, and eat them. Like deer nibbling on the bush.

[meems]

The critters kept eatting our stuff...and, we honestly don't like that many vegetables so I've cut back on what we planted this year. I have tomatoes, peppers, cantelope, little pumpkins, cucumbers & sugar baby watermelon. I need to pick up some red peppers yet...otherwise, it's in.

[XUfan]

Pretty basic again this year. Tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, carrots and green beans. Oh...and we're trying pumpkins for the first time too!

[WillaD]

I'm new to this site, but I have been gardening ever since I was a wee one helping my Dad.
One thing that "might" keep the squirrel out of your beds is moth balls. I have a 12 yr old who has a dead eye and is great with his sling shot, so the squirrels around here know better ;)
I start my "cold crops" in Febuary. I picked up a few old windows and created small hot boxes. We have been eating lettuce, sweet peas, spinach & swiss chard for about 2 months now. Love it!!!
I now have all my veggies planted here at home, and I've also been working with a friend who has a huge plot and have put stuff at their place with the condition that I come over once a week and til through the lanes to keep the weeds down.

thanks luvmywings,i never thought about a sling shot,i will look around
the stores to see if they have them,i used moth balls and they didn't
work,i picked up a handful of small rocks this week and when i see one
i throw at them,i also have a metal pan outside and i throw at it and
that makes a loud noise and the take off but they keep coming back,i
put up metal pie pans and they help a bit but only if the wind is blowing
them around,i had to replant a few my tomatoes because the squirrels had
broken the tops out of 3 or 4 of the plants and eaten all of the tomatoes,
they even bit a hole in my one and only bellpepper,i gave up on the onions
that i have planted in the long planter,they kept digging the onions up and
they were really growing well,i was wondering if i could get a stun gun or
laser gun,are they legal

[MamaBird06]

this is my third year attempt to garden. I do love the idea of gardening. Getting down with nature, environmentally friendly and the like, but my cheap side never wants to put a lot of money into it, we finally bought some tomato cages this year, lol! We did put about 40$ into it this year and not much last year, but the year before probably 40$ as well.

I've got about 10 tomato plants, 8 carrots, tons of lettuce, 2 peppers, 1 bean, 1 watermelon, 1 eggplant and 1 cucumber so far, and alot of bald spots...well except for the tomato and lettuce areas, so i am debating what to do about that, as the weeds like to grow if i don't plant anything...oh and 1 blueberry bush but didnt see any berries this year. Hoping to salvage some peaches and apples before the bugs get them from the dwarf trees up front too.

But it is fun and i enjoy learning new things and teaching my ds alongside me. I told my dh by the time i am an old grandma, i will have an awesome garden like my mature neighbors, lol! But no, it does take time to learn a skill and even when i say i am not going to mess with it, somehow i end up planting something in the garden plot, but i figure if i don't, it will just get overrun by weeds.

[girlsgalore]

I have two gardens this year for the first time. I've got 3 varieties of tomatoes, yellow squash, zuchini, cucumber and green peppers, plus some basil and thyme. We had grilled yellow squash and green peppers last night with dinner.

[Sherry3388]

Too cute... "mature neighbors" ...lol

Umm.. just an idea...
If you are sure that you will be gardening for years... in the same plot... it may be a worthwhile investment to buy weed barrier fabric to control the weed population...and help to produce juicy, bigger veggies (cuz the weeds won't be there... therefore won't be stealing soil nutrients and water).

It averages about $1.00 per 1ft.x3ft. (for the 10 year) at our local western NY nurseries (not aure about your area). *It's much cheaper to buy it at the nursery vs. Home Depot, Walmart, etc...
And if/when you make the purchase of the fabric, ask what the life/duration is on it.. 3 year? 5 year? 10 year?
I prefer to buy the 10 year... cuz I don't wanna have to replace it any more frequently! lol

Hope this helps and good luck wif ur garden!
Huggzz ~
Sherry

this is my third year attempt to garden. I do love the idea of gardening. Getting down with nature, environmentally friendly and the like, but my cheap side never wants to put a lot of money into it, we finally bought some tomato cages this year, lol! We did put about 40$ into it this year and not much last year, but the year before probably 40$ as well.

I've got about 10 tomato plants, 8 carrots, tons of lettuce, 2 peppers, 1 bean, 1 watermelon, 1 eggplant and 1 cucumber so far, and alot of bald spots...well except for the tomato and lettuce areas, so i am debating what to do about that, as the weeds like to grow if i don't plant anything...oh and 1 blueberry bush but didnt see any berries this year. Hoping to salvage some peaches and apples before the bugs get them from the dwarf trees up front too.

But it is fun and i enjoy learning new things and teaching my ds alongside me. I told my dh by the time i am an old grandma, i will have an awesome garden like my mature neighbors, lol! But no, it does take time to learn a skill and even when i say i am not going to mess with it, somehow i end up planting something in the garden plot, but i figure if i don't, it will just get overrun by weeds.

[MamaBird06]

i've got cantalopes and watermelon in my garden! I went out there today to pick a few cucumbers and i have been watching the cantalope and watermelon, but haven't been out there since saturday and the cantalopes especially have grow several inches in a couple days! I am so excited, this is the first year i've tried growing melons!

I served organic homegrown romaine lettuce at ds's bday party saturday and everybody loved it! people were asking how it was growing in the heat, I told them because that part of the garden stays shaded for part of the day so it hasn't wilted yet!

This i think is going to turn out to be my best harvest ever. I've got to start picking the peaches from the dwarf tree to freeze. I only got 1 last year, and quite a few the year before, but this years weather has been good for my gardening at least! Hot and rainy.

[CW&M Mom]

I've got Tomato's, green beans and watermelon ready...I've got 5 watermelon's in different stages of growth.

The corn just popped out this weekend...but I'm not sure how to tell when they are ready yet.

The one thing that didn't do well were the peppers.

Also have pumpkin and gourds that I just planted a few weeks back...those will be ready around halloween time.

[CW&M Mom]

Oh and we got some straw bales from a friend...and covered the garden with the straw...way less weeds that way.