Anyone growing a garden this year?

[#1Tidefan]

Well?...no one has any problems? Good. Right now, the price of mators, Veggies...and Food in general is SOARING. If I could grow Beef out of the ground I would. It's up too...

Get with it America. I'm startin over again. I will NOT pay what they are askin at the markets right now... Me and Dad are scheming at makin another run at it.

What say ye?

[BAMAWV]

Well?...no one has any problems? Good. Right now, the price of mators, Veggies...and Food in general is SOARING. If I could grow Beef out of the ground I would. It's up too...

Get with it America. I'm startin over again. I will NOT pay what they are askin at the markets right now... Me and Dad are scheming at makin another run at it.

What say ye?

If you think you will grow a garden to save money, you need to work on your math skills, with all due respect.

[#1Tidefan]

Well?...no one has any problems? Good. Right now, the price of mators, Veggies...and Food in general is SOARING. If I could grow Beef out of the ground I would. It's up too...

Get with it America. I'm startin over again. I will NOT pay what they are askin at the markets right now... Me and Dad are scheming at makin another run at it.

What say ye?

If you think you will grow a garden to save money, you need to work on your math skills, with all due respect.

Math has nothing to do with it. Nature plays a tremendous part, on how we interact with life...I'm going with the odds, and so are my family members...with all do respect.

[BAMAWV]

Well?...no one has any problems? Good. Right now, the price of mators, Veggies...and Food in general is SOARING. If I could grow Beef out of the ground I would. It's up too...

Get with it America. I'm startin over again. I will NOT pay what they are askin at the markets right now... Me and Dad are scheming at makin another run at it.

What say ye?

If you think you will grow a garden to save money, you need to work on your math skills, with all due respect.

Math has nothing to do with it. Nature plays a tremendous part, on how we interact with life...I'm going with the odds, and so are my family members...with all do respect.

Now I have a good idea of what you are planning to grow, to make money to buy produce...with all due respect.  Please tell me you didn't get suckered into buying the "Heirloom Seeds Doomsday Survival Kit". Even raiding your neighbors garden in the dead of night has costs involved, hence the math skills necessary to add them all up.  But being the #1Tide fan I am sure you have all that figured out. RTR

[BAMAWV]

Well?...no one has any problems? Good. Right now, the price of mators, Veggies...and Food in general is SOARING. If I could grow Beef out of the ground I would. It's up too...

Get with it America. I'm startin over again. I will NOT pay what they are askin at the markets right now... Me and Dad are scheming at makin another run at it.

What say ye?

If you think you will grow a garden to save money, you need to work on your math skills, with all due respect.

Math has nothing to do with it. Nature plays a tremendous part, on how we interact with life...I'm going with the odds, and so are my family members...with all do respect.

Now I have a good idea of what you are planning to grow, to make money to buy produce...with all due respect.  Please tell me you didn't get suckered into buying the "Heirloom Seeds Doomsday Survival Kit". Even raiding your neighbors garden in the dead of night has costs involved, hence the math skills necessary to add them all up.  But being the #1Tide fan I am sure you have all that figured out. RTR

How does your garden grow?

[pmull]

Now that we are getting some rain my 6 tomato plants are doing good. I expect to start reaping my harest in mid-July.

I have watered from the garden hose and it helps but it is amazing the growth right after a rain shower.

[Crimson Phoenix]

I have a small vegetable garden in the backyard.  It is doing beautifully right now.  I am growing squash, tomotoes, okra, cucumbers, and bush beans.  It will be fun to harvest and cook it.

I didn't put much money into it, and basically worked on a little section every day until I got it done.  I enjoyed the physical exercise and sunshine. The seeds and fertilizer didn't cost much at all.   

[KoKoPuf]

I downsized this year, just 3 tomato plants in pots, 2 tomatoes in hanging baskets, 1 pepper and 1 eggplant. Got them in late but they are really doing well. Maybe I can buy some okra and squash from CP.

[Jamos]

About the only thing that will grow in my area right now is a cactus. It is so dry, we haven't had very much of the rain that has been happening each day.

[Crimson Phoenix]

I downsized this year, just 3 tomato plants in pots, 2 tomatoes in hanging baskets, 1 pepper and 1 eggplant. Got them in late but they are really doing well. Maybe I can buy some okra and squash from CP.

It looks like I will have tons of squash.   It looks like every seed I planted came up and thrived.  Lots of okra too.  The tomato plants are coming up but still young.  Same with the beans.

Other vegetable news....I transplanted a tomato plant near my large bird feeder among the flowers a couple of months ago.  It was growing great and had several large tomatoes almost ready to harvest.   But my cat must have gone crazy over a bird or chipmunk and wrecked the place. My heirloom tomato plant is no more.    

I noticed a lone hummingbird recently looking for food.  It was the first one all season.  So yesterday, I attached a hummingbird feeder to the branch of a small maple tree and set some flower pots with red flowers underneath.  By late afternoon, hummingbirds were zooming all over the yard and liking the feeder. 

[BAMAWV]

I downsized this year, just 3 tomato plants in pots, 2 tomatoes in hanging baskets, 1 pepper and 1 eggplant. Got them in late but they are really doing well. Maybe I can buy some okra and squash from CP.

It looks like I will have tons of squash.   It looks like every seed I planted came up and thrived.  Lots of okra too.  The tomato plants are coming up but still young.  Same with the beans.

Other vegetable news....I transplanted a tomato plant near my large bird feeder among the flowers a couple of months ago.  It was growing great and had several large tomatoes almost ready to harvest.   But my cat must have gone crazy over a bird or chipmunk and wrecked the place. My heirloom tomato plant is no more.    

I noticed a lone hummingbird recently looking for food.  It was the first one all season.  So yesterday, I attached a hummingbird feeder to the branch of a small maple tree and set some flower pots with red flowers underneath.  By late afternoon, hummingbirds were zooming all over the yard and liking the feeder. 

It seems that every year we are overrun with zuchini and of course, cucumbers. The cucs make bread and butter pickles so few are wasted, but the squash and egg plant sometimes get too big before we pick and they get mealy.

Your tomato plant is history if the main stalk was broken this late in the season.


Hummingbirds are too cool for school. I'm not sure if the color red has anything to do with attracting them, but we always use red food coloring, red planter, etc. Why take a chance.

Now is the time (I'm guessing by your post) for suckering. This, for others unfamiliar, is the trimming of unnecessary branches to focus the plants energy onto the fruit and not the folage. Also important is to keep up your watering regimen on plants, particularly tomatos, because inconsistant watering is what causes cracked tomatoes.

[Crimson Phoenix]

I forgot about cucumbers.  Runners are going everywhere.  Maybe I can learn to make pickles.

BAMAWV....No need to put red dye food coloring in your hummingbird sugar water.  Most bird experts advise against it.  Just use four parts water to one part white sugar.  I boil my water first, but some people don't.  Most hummingbird feeders are red so that attracts the birds along with bright colored flowers.  I think hummingbirds like all bright colors....just especially red.

Thanks for the tip on trimming up the plants to have more fruit.
   

[BAMAWV]

Since the Alabama climate is more suitable, I'm guessing a lot of you have peach trees and peach growing experience. My problem/question is this:

My growing season is short due to climate. So my peaches mature at the end of the growing season much smaller than the nice ones in the stores. This year the trees are loaded. Sometims 6-8 peaches forming on one branch. If I thin the # of peaches per branch, will that make the ones left alone grow larger before ripening? I've had this idea for some time, but never tried it until I saw someone say it was a common practice. Anyone?

(BTW, the same with my watermelons, my peaches may be small, but maybe due to the lack of size have twice the sugar concentration making them the sweetest you've ever eaten.JMO)

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