[swolf]

I love the smell of tomato plants.  Nothing more relaxing than getting up early on the weekend and tying them off.

Think I've finally fixed all the holes in my fences so the groundhog can't get in.  Hungry little varmit set my beans and cucumbers back a couple of weeks.

Looks like it's going to be a good year for peppers.

And my deer fence is almost complete.  I think in one of my former lives I was an old netmaker in a fishing village.

BTW, a good tip for tomato growers:  If you go to flea markets, grab some cheap knitting yarn. It's perfect for cutting into short lengths for tying the plants to the stakes.

 

[MamaProfCrash]

So far we harvested:

Hot peppers: Beaver Dam, Anaheim, Fresno, Black Scorpion's Tongue, Chicago Sport, and Aji Crystal.
Sweet Peppers: Purple Beauty, Japanese Shisistu (or something like that), Greek Peppercini (sp)
Long Beans (really, really long)

We have a great deal more in bloom but I won't bore you with all of them. My hubby did a count and we have 40 hot peppers, 20 sweet peppers, 4 types of tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, scallions, eggplant, and horseradish in various stages of development.

I have not been overwhelmed with either of the sweet peppers. They were fine but nothing exciting. I really like the Aji Crystal, Black Scorpions Tongue, Chicago Sport, and the Beaver Dam hot peppers.

Life is good

 

[Sean Sweeney]

I've eaten two tomatoes so far.

I currently have five tomato plants. Squash/zucchini. Beans. Cucumbers. Carrots. Green peppers. Everything is growing so well!

 

[Ilyria Moon]

I live in a flat (apartment) so have no outdoor space. I get a weekly delivery of organic fruit and veg from a local supplier, sourcing from local farms, and I grow cherry tomatoes, jalapenos, and various herbs on the indoor windowsills. My living room and spare bedroom face south, so I get a lot of sun.

 

[Ursula_Bauer]

I love the smell of tomato plants. Nothing more relaxing than getting up early on the weekend and tying them off.

Think I've finally fixed all the holes in my fences so the groundhog can't get in. Hungry little varmit set my beans and cucumbers back a couple of weeks.

Looks like it's going to be a good year for peppers.

And my deer fence is almost complete. I think in one of my former lives I was an old netmaker in a fishing village.

BTW, a good tip for tomato growers: If you go to flea markets, grab some cheap knitting yarn. It's perfect for cutting into short lengths for tying the plants to the stakes.

That's a great tip, I will try. I ended up w/another whiskey barrel full of plants, including another tomato (an heirloom ), and the cages won't fit w/the other plants crammed into the space. I also wound up trying seeds for the first time, and all germinated, so it's kind of crowded. Happily, the height confounds the groundhogs so far. They got my petunias on the deck, but we have the trap now, so the war lingers on. And yes, the scent fo the garden in morning, esp tomatoes, and basil, is amazing!!!!!

 

[Sean Sweeney]

Man, I am so jealous.

I have to move someplace warmer. I keep moving northeast!

TK Kenyon

I'm in the northeast. Just had a late start.

 

[swolf]

Turns out the fencing isn't keeping the groundhogs out. He seems to be in love with the bean plants.

Found a burrow hole inside the garden fence, so yesterday morning I put up a new fence between the hole and the beans. When I came home around noon, he had dug under the new fence to get at the beans.

So in the afternoon I went and bought a trap, and I'm hoping to find a dead groundhog in my garden soon.

Type of trap I bought:

 

[MamaProfCrash]

We are in pepper heaven here. Hubby made a salsa using 6 sorrano peppers that is very good. We are using the long beans for many different meals. And we should have enough ghost chile peppers to stop a herd of rampaging elephants if need be. The tomatoes are starting to ripper, Thai eggplants have been pulled. Life is good.

 

[Fredster]

I'm a farmer wannabe, so we have a mondo garden (except it's not doing all that well this year, because the weather was bad until almost May).

Veggie-wise, we're growing:

Corn, green beans, cayennes, tabascos, green peppers, jalapenos, ghost chiles, about 10 kinds of tomatoes, eggplants, okra, straightneck squash, crookneck, zucchini, scalloped squash, carrots, onions, cukes, watermelons, and cantaloupes.

Fruit-wise:

Apples - Jonathon, Gala, Fuji, Winesap, Red delish, Golden delish;  peaches; plums; nectarines; pears; blueberries; muscadines; cherries; figs; white grapes


Boy. When I write it out like that, it sounds like I have a problem.

 

[MamaProfCrash]

You are not growing 40 hot peppers, I would say that you are doing just fine. (winks)

 

[Fredster]

You are not growing 40 hot peppers, I would say that you are doing just fine. (winks)

Sadly, I think we might be growing more -- all those peppers I listed are two rows' worth.

(mostly jalapenos, though, about 30)

 

[MamaProfCrash]

That is only five. (winks) We have 40 hot pepper and 15 sweet pepper going right now. It is a little bit silly. I have convinced the hubby that we need to pick our favorite 15 hot peppers for next year.

 

[Retired]

I saw the title and thought, "Because it's too much darned work just to grow treats for the deer, rabbits, slugs, snails, bugs, robins, bears . . ."

But I do it anyway. When spring comes, there's something about the dirt that I can't resist. I end up planting rows and rows of veggies, and having high hopes for my fruit trees even though year after year I prove myself woefully fruit challenged.

 

[MamaProfCrash]

Tonight we are making a paella using lilac peppers, blushing beauties, serranos, beaver dams, and black scorpions tongue peppers from the garden. Yummy

 

[lazyjayn]

I envy anyone who can successfully garden veggies. I gave up after hail took out my entire garden (in August) two years in a row. I mean, I love green tomatoes, who doesn't. Just not 20lbs worth.

Note--growing veggies in Wyoming at 7200 feet it exciting, and not in a good way. I think if I ever try again, it'll have to be someplace where it doesn't snow *every* month. Like Oregon, maybe.

 

[*DrDLN* (dr.s.dhillon)]

..growing veggies in Wyoming at 7200 feet it exciting, and not in a good way. I think if I ever try again, it'll have to be someplace where it doesn't snow *every* month. Like Oregon, maybe.

California is a great place to grow veges and fruits. I have planted some fruit trees in the backyard. I am not too good at growing veges. But is a good hobby for healthy life style.

 

[Sean Sweeney]

Just went out for my morning check on my veggies. The original two tomato plants are about three feet tall. I have flowering on my cukes (I saw little baby cukes behind the flowers!) and my peppers (FINALLY!). Tomatoes are bursting all over my plants. My beans are sprouting.

I seriously don't know why I never did this before.

 

[Alle Meine Entchen]

DH and I will be doing a veggie garden next year.  We've finally decided that based on DH's goals, it would not be worth our time to move from our house, so we'll have the time and space to have a veggie garden again.

 

[Chad Winters]

what are burpless cukes? Do some make you burp? I'm clueless on that....

ahh found a research paper that was interesting....http://cuke.hort.ncsu.edu/cucurbit/wehner/articles/art090.pdf

 

[MamaProfCrash]

We are growing white cucumbers, I had no idea such things existed, but they do. They are quite yummy and growing at an insane rate. The Hubby ordered picking salt and spices to make pickles and to start picking some of the hot peppers (pepperocinis and Chicago Sport Peppers). The tomatoes are being used in sauces and salads. We are getting ready to pull out the dehydrator for all the hot peppers.