CraftyGardenMom

Yes I have an organic vegetable garden. Can't wait to get it going this year!

Here's my little garden "helper" last year during planting and 1 of the "fruits" of her labor - she was SO proud of her broccoli, LOL

Favorite Fabrics

That's a nice looking broccoli!

ksea

My husband loves his container garden

OrangeSherbet

I plant determinate Early Girl; 63 days; problem: all the tomatoes ripen at the same time.

Bernie942

We had our first veggie garden last year. It was scrappy and small but the green onions, cherry tomatoes, and cucumbers tasted great. Don't know if we'll try it again this year but I'd like to.

patmas57

I have a only a 10' x 20' area for my vegetable garden, although it's also bordered by a flower strip, and we have flowers in the strip by the driveway out front. Most of the backyard is grass and sturdy plants because of the two retrievers... and the front yard is too shady.
In my veggie garden I have two 6'x3' raised beds and four 3'x3' raised beds, plus a "strawberry tower." Last year was such a wash, between the weather and the rats chewing my tomato plants off at the stem, that I'm finding it hard to get as enthusiastic as usual, plus we had the latest snow here (last weekend) in western Wa that I've seen in 15 years, but... The two kinds of garlic I planted in October are coming up great, and my two kinds of potatoes should be arriving sometime this month. Didn't order tomato plants from Oregon like I do every year; I might not get the variety, but I'm going to wait until Seattle Tilth has their annual plant sale and pick them up there. That doesn't leave me much room. Sigh. I can stick some lettuce in with the garlic, put a crookneck squash into one of the 3'x3' bins, and... My husband wants corn, but I don't really have room for it, and I'd like green beans. If I had my way, I'd dig up the entire backyard for veggies.

Quiltbin

We always plant a garden and try to can or freeze everything we grow. Sure is nice in the winter time to be able to open a jar of homegrown.

Caroline S

Hi Rainagade. I also live in Western WA. The only tomatoes that were successful in my garden last year were Stupice and Siletz. Both are heirlooms and the seed came from Territorial Seeds in Oregon. I purchase most of my seeds from them. They specialize in seeds that grow in our climate.

libbiebean

Gosh, I'm so glad that are other quilting gardners out there. I just sent after my new tiller. Sold my old one last year, bought a Mantis, it didn't do it for me , so am back into a large tiller. I live by myself but can't wait to get back into the soil. We (kids/gr.kids) eat out of the garden year round. Weird, but I also do most of my quilting during the summer.

Ilovemydogs

I have a garden and I can't wait for the snow to go away so I can start planting, not until May