I was just wondering how many here grow a good sized garden. We have been growing our own veggies since we were married all those years ago. We also grew much of our meat critters etc for years but not so much here in Wy. We grow crops to sell at farmers markets too. Still planting in the 2nd garden plot(about an acre). What do y'all grow in your eating plots??
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How many of y'all grow a big garden?
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paulh
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Wife does every year. Then we go on vacation to Va. the end of Aug. til the end of Sept. When we get back nothing's left. Make no sense to me.
Do 2 jalapeno pepper plants in a pot count?
I grew one, 100' x 100' for years. In TEXAS, by the time everything is ready to produce, it's too dang hot to enjoy - plus my wife and I don't eat much, so the birds, grasshoppers and chickens were the only ones benefiting from it. I do not miss it at all - that's what roadside markets are for.
Do you actually get some peppers from those plants? I've tried that pot idea and gotten no peppers that counted. We grow sweet peppers for tomato sauce and sweet pepper relish and to sell so we don't want cross pollination (again) that tends to make our whole crop half hot! LOL.
I have harvested a few already. I have 7 more about ready. They produced well last year.
Our gardens all total up to about 2 1/2 + acres. Plus a 1/2 acre of Black Raspberries. Apple trees are full this year too. Cherries are just starting to produce fair crops. Orchards take too long to show a profit these days. We grow lots of stuff though
tomatoes 200
Peppers 200
Broccoli 300
Cabbage 100
Green Beans 1/8 acre(everybody grows them)
Limas 1/4 acre
Sweet corn 3/4 acre pretty much all sold
Wax beans 5 150 ft rows ( a very good seller)
Yellow squash another good seller
and in various amounts cukes punkins cantaloupe watermelon onions strawberries Beets lettuce celery etc etc.
Late season peas and a fall crop of more broccoli go in around the 10th of July
We do prune the apples etc so we get good crops of larger than avg fruit so it all sells. Half the apple crop is already spoken for. It is a lot of work but we end up with most of our vegetable for free with maybe a small profit on an average year
tomatoes 200
Peppers 200
Broccoli 300
Cabbage 100
Green Beans 1/8 acre(everybody grows them)
Limas 1/4 acre
Sweet corn 3/4 acre pretty much all sold
Wax beans 5 150 ft rows ( a very good seller)
Yellow squash another good seller
and in various amounts cukes punkins cantaloupe watermelon onions strawberries Beets lettuce celery etc etc.
Late season peas and a fall crop of more broccoli go in around the 10th of July
We do prune the apples etc so we get good crops of larger than avg fruit so it all sells. Half the apple crop is already spoken for. It is a lot of work but we end up with most of our vegetable for free with maybe a small profit on an average year
I don't garden as heavy as many here, but I try to grow enough tomatoes for a sandwich. I also have peppers, cucumbers, but no more corn. I have found they sell corn in cans and the coons can't open cans.
Here's last years tomatoes.
Here's last years tomatoes.
Whitwabit
US Veteran
Had 1 garden that was 20 x 50 and another one that was 15 x 30 ..
that is till I was hit at work by a power truck which ended my being able to take care of it ..
that was for 35 years and we never bought a vegie from the store .. had fresh tomato's till well into February .. grandson wouldn't eat green beans from a can .. they didn't taste like grandpa's ..
Do miss it but we pay the farm store a visit about once a week for fresh vegies ..
that is till I was hit at work by a power truck which ended my being able to take care of it ..
that was for 35 years and we never bought a vegie from the store .. had fresh tomato's till well into February .. grandson wouldn't eat green beans from a can .. they didn't taste like grandpa's ..
Do miss it but we pay the farm store a visit about once a week for fresh vegies ..
JJEH
Member
My parents had a garden when I was a kid. It was great. Once we have our own place we'll definitely have a garden!
The wife and I plant a few veggies to enjoy. Mostly tomatoes. Three different varities. A few plants for sandwiches, sauce tomatoes and grape tomatoes for salads. Cucumbers, jalapeños and bell peppers,pole and bush beans, a couple varieties of lettuce, zucchini, yellow squash, red potatoes, egg plant and a bunch of herbs.We are trying Brussel sprouts this year as well. We have some fruits as well. An apple tree, peach tree, black and red raspberries and a small blue berry bush. The grand kids love Sunday morning breakfasts at PaPa’s house !
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My gardening has suffered since I took the part time job at the pawn shop a few years ago. This year I have less than 1/2acre. I planted about 1/2 half acre of my garden in peach trees last year. I just abandoned about a half acre that I have been working for a couple of years. I’m going to show you why:
Here’s my late maturing garden from last year, about the middle of July. Pretty, ain’t it? Late patch of Silver Queen, two different varieties of peas, even a row of zinnias coming on.
Here’s my late maturing garden from last year, about the middle of July. Pretty, ain’t it? Late patch of Silver Queen, two different varieties of peas, even a row of zinnias coming on.
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susieqz
Absent Comrade
the locusts have killed all my veggies again.
the good news is i have fruit. figs n grapes.
the good news is i have fruit. figs n grapes.
Suzie do y'all have a county weed and pest over there? If you do for a usually small cost they will have a spray you can get to kill off those critters. Heck they were so bad here once weed and pest sprayed 'em with an airplane. Cost us about fifty bucks but it was truly worth it
susieqz
Absent Comrade
thanks for the tip, skeet.
['ll be making calls tomorrow to find out.
locusts used to be a problem every 7 years or so, but it's been every year, for the last 4.
['ll be making calls tomorrow to find out.
locusts used to be a problem every 7 years or so, but it's been every year, for the last 4.
Ivan the Butcher
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Large is a relative thing, we have a condo. The back area is 19'x19' and over half is concrete. This year we have 5 cherry tomato plants a few onions, herbs, and flowers. Two containers of pea pods and 2 pablano pepper plants.
At the farm we at one point had 8 plots that started at 5x20 feet, but over the years grew to 8x30. We had 4 kids for slave labor, when the kids moved out the gardening and need shrank. There were Black Walnut and Butternut trees in the yard. We also had 3 old apple trees when we moved in. The first thing I did (even before getting the house ready to move in) was plant 5 apple and 2 pear trees along with 6 grape vines. Cheery trees just wouldn't survive longer than bearing 2 years. The wild Blackberries and a few Black Raspberries would fill the upright freezer until they could be turned to jam (both of our dads couldn't have small seeds, so jelly for them- try buying Black Raspberry Jelly, so it was a popular Christmas gift!)
By gardening we had foods we never would have bought or could have afforded! (The kids grew up thinking every body ate eggs with shallots for breakfast!) We always had plenty for our needs, and we gave away probably 50%!
Most years something didn't do well, but something else had a bumper crop. So we learned to put up good producers in 2 or 3 year supplies!
A memory of this was, about 2003 I woke up one Saturday morning, and looked out the second story back window and the whole farm was white. It looked like a 1/4 inch of frost had wiped out every blossom for miles. What it really was, was some kind of blessing from God. Anything the bore fruit has double or triple blossoms, all overnight. They ended up turning to fruit and we were almost overwhelmed! But we harvested and processed everything in its season. The next year was a medium drought. since the kids were mostly gone We didn't have the labor force to haul enough water to get much out of the gardens that year, but the previous bumper crop saw us through until things came on in 2005. We were well taken care of and had ample to share with friends and minister to the less fortunate.
I really miss the gardens, but not the work!
Ivan
At the farm we at one point had 8 plots that started at 5x20 feet, but over the years grew to 8x30. We had 4 kids for slave labor, when the kids moved out the gardening and need shrank. There were Black Walnut and Butternut trees in the yard. We also had 3 old apple trees when we moved in. The first thing I did (even before getting the house ready to move in) was plant 5 apple and 2 pear trees along with 6 grape vines. Cheery trees just wouldn't survive longer than bearing 2 years. The wild Blackberries and a few Black Raspberries would fill the upright freezer until they could be turned to jam (both of our dads couldn't have small seeds, so jelly for them- try buying Black Raspberry Jelly, so it was a popular Christmas gift!)
By gardening we had foods we never would have bought or could have afforded! (The kids grew up thinking every body ate eggs with shallots for breakfast!) We always had plenty for our needs, and we gave away probably 50%!
Most years something didn't do well, but something else had a bumper crop. So we learned to put up good producers in 2 or 3 year supplies!
A memory of this was, about 2003 I woke up one Saturday morning, and looked out the second story back window and the whole farm was white. It looked like a 1/4 inch of frost had wiped out every blossom for miles. What it really was, was some kind of blessing from God. Anything the bore fruit has double or triple blossoms, all overnight. They ended up turning to fruit and we were almost overwhelmed! But we harvested and processed everything in its season. The next year was a medium drought. since the kids were mostly gone We didn't have the labor force to haul enough water to get much out of the gardens that year, but the previous bumper crop saw us through until things came on in 2005. We were well taken care of and had ample to share with friends and minister to the less fortunate.
I really miss the gardens, but not the work!
Ivan
Ole Joe Clark
Absent Comrade
I don't garden as heavy as many here, but I try to grow enough tomatoes for a sandwich. I also have peppers, cucumbers, but no more corn. I have found they sell corn in cans and the coons can't open cans.
Here's last years tomatoes.
Beautiful tomatoes. We used to have about 1/4 acre. Lots of work, but lots of wonderful food. No place now to have one.
Have a blessed day,
Leon
Ole Joe Clark
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Ain't God good!
