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Who has a garden?

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This year, we'll be planting:

3-4 tomato varieties
4-5 pepper varieties
sweet basil (pesto rocks)
spinach
lettuce
chard
leeks
onions
pie pumpkins
carving pumpkins
cantaloupe
carrots
beets
radishes

um...I think that's about all, not counting our perenial herbs. :p

Yeah, we enjoy gardening and are fortunate enough to have plenty of room in the yard. Last year, when we overhauled the back yard, we included a sprinkler zone for the garden so we can 'drip irrigate' it on a timer. A must for the arid climate garden. We're hoping for no hail this year. We got shredded last June by quater-sized hail, and that set the garden way back.
 
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No garden for us. Not really enough room for a garden in the little area between the sidewalk and the street. However, a prerequisite in our house search is a yard with enough room for a good-sized garden.
 
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Hooray! First spring in the new house = first garden. We finally have almost everything in the ground.

-Herbs: parsley, oregano, basil, african basil, thyme, lemon thyme, sage, russian sage, rosemary, garlic chives...I think that's it.

-Vegetables: Beefsteak, early-girl, and another type of tomatos. Two types of bell peppers plus jalapenos. "Buttercrunch" and "Simpson's black" leaf lettuces. Green onions and green beans. Have potatoes and rhubarb yet to go in the ground.

-Annuals: an entire flat of petunias in the beds out front. And morning glory along a fence in the back.

-Perennials: one established foxglove, plus 3 smaller ones. 8 gladiolas out front plus 6 more in the back. 6 delphinium in the front beds. Several dahlias potted that will be transplanted to a bed later. 6 young columbine plus an established one that will need to be moved from their pots at some point. And a shitload or echinacea/coneflowers.

That's just what we planted. Already had a rose bush in the backyard, 5-6 hosta in different beds, a dozen or so misc spring blossoms (daffodils, tulips, maybe some lilies? Never got to see what they were this spring :pissed:), plus another 8-12 ornamental grasses and shrubs. And a massive lilac. And 4 peonies in the far back of the yard.

Yeah, weeding and yardwork is going to a bitch-and-a-half this summer. :lol:
 
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Yes we have a garden , in fact I just tilled it today. There is no swearing allowed in our garden , the plants are sensitive.
We plant tomato, beans , more beans, cantelope, onions, radishes and weeds.
OUrs is just a small one about 11 ft by 13 foot , but it serves us well.
In fact right now I have to go rake it over :(
 
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Saw31;840022; said:
What a bunch of tree hugging hippies. Do you hippies make your own clothes too? :shake:
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don't confuse gardens with hippies . hippies only made Marijuana gardens. The food we get from gardens is fresher , better tasting, and free of preservatives. plus we get to drink a lot of beer while working in them.
BTW as far as the tree huging goes , I'm a lumberjack .
 
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Best Buckeye;840023; said:
don't confuse gardens with hippies . hippies only made Marijuana gardens. The food we get from gardens is fresher , better tasting, and free of preservatives. plus we get to drink a lot of beer while working in them.
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So you're telling me I can't get fresh lettuce at Taco Bell? Ha!! I was born at night, but not last night...
 
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Saw31;840025; said:
So you're telling me I can't get fresh lettuce at Taco Bell? Ha!! I was born at night, but not last night...
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yup they get theirs from California in semis which takes longer to get to Ohio than it takes to walk into the garden. :tongue2:
they also use a green dye on it
 
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Taosman;840024; said:
We do Square Foot Gardening. It works well in our harsh climate with drip irrigation. We have 2 4x8 beds and concentrate on those varieties that can do well with a short growing season. It's hard to get tasty tomatoes from your local Kroger's or in our case, Raley's.

http://www.squarefootgardening.com/
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Is the irrigation in that done by dripping the water only on the plants so as to conserve water too?
 
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