Who likes to garden
04-08-2011, 12:53 PM
#31
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: virginia
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square foot gardening and raised beds...
altho this yr i am just going to do herbs in pots since i have had to move back in w/ mom due to extenuating circumstances...
altho i might do one bed ( i did have 5 because i put up my food for the winter...yummy)
usually start everything from seed because i prefer heirlooms...the flavors are so much more potent...guess i will just search out and buy already started plants...
guess i better get to deciding what im gonna do lol
altho this yr i am just going to do herbs in pots since i have had to move back in w/ mom due to extenuating circumstances...
altho i might do one bed ( i did have 5 because i put up my food for the winter...yummy)
usually start everything from seed because i prefer heirlooms...the flavors are so much more potent...guess i will just search out and buy already started plants...
guess i better get to deciding what im gonna do lol
04-08-2011, 01:05 PM
#32
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: fresno,ca
Posts: 731
me i love to garden every year now for about 10 years i have had corn, tomatoes, squash, potatoes,green beans, orkra, and strawberries, this year i have all but the corn
love love love to garden besides quilting
love love love to garden besides quilting
04-08-2011, 02:52 PM
#35
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Warrenville, IL
Posts: 2,009
Originally Posted by Jshep
Originally Posted by Cris
Originally Posted by Jshep
I too am learning. I didn't know until yesterday that herbs cannot take full sun. I also learned on here last year about it taking asparagus three years to mature. (Didn't even know you could grow asparagus in my area). This year I am planting some things I have never grown before such as brocolli, brussel sprouts, cabbage. I also learned yesterday that brussel sprouts make a large plant. Gosh at the rate I am going I may have enough to feed an entire city. LOL I have not only learned a lot on here about quilting, I have also learned alot about gardening and canning.
Do they multiply?
If you purchase 2-3 year old asparagus roots, it doesn't take as long, our first year after planting was so so, but they got better every year!
04-08-2011, 03:01 PM
#37
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Missouri
Posts: 601
I garden and share it with family and friends. I think I do it because when I was younger I use to follow my dad in his foot steps when he tilled our garden and I feel closer to him when I garden. He passed away in 98.
04-09-2011, 02:57 AM
#38
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: SD
Posts: 294
We put in a garden every year and would be lost without it..lol
Usually can and freeze bunches of things. Though it will more than likely be another 3-4 weeks before we are able to put it in, that is usually when it warms up enough to plant.
Usually can and freeze bunches of things. Though it will more than likely be another 3-4 weeks before we are able to put it in, that is usually when it warms up enough to plant.
04-09-2011, 03:40 AM
#40
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Coastal North Carolina
Posts: 626
We have a garden and I asked my husband to till up more space this year. He didn't think we needed it, but I have added a lot more than I had last year. We canned and froze quite a bit last year and it has been very nice.
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