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Post by brownrexx on Aug 3, 2019 7:31:20 GMT -5
I am having trouble keeping up with eating everything that I grow. I grow such a variety of veggies. Do you have this same problem?
How many general types of veggies are you growing this year? (not varieties of the same type so tomatoes = 1, hot peppers = 1, etc.)
tomatoes bell peppers hot peppers asparagus dry beans string beans bok choy cabbage peas greens (lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard) cucumbers eggplant beets rutabaga carrots salsify onions garlic okra white potatoes sweet potatoes corn squash (both summer and winter)
If you write it as a list, it helps you remember everything. Mine adds up to 23. No wonder I get tired but I do love everything that I grow and I will miss having this big garden in the Winter! I will even miss being in the garden pulling weeds.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 3, 2019 10:47:05 GMT -5
I don't grow that many vegetables, but in spring I had 9 different greens and kohlrabi growing! Only 9 other veggies, off the top of my head, but I can't really count the beans, since I got very few, before the rabbits killed them. It's the huge number of tomatoes and eggplants that are too many for just me! And I reduced to 4 from 6 plants!
And then there's all those herbs! I have I think 12 different herbs out there; some I've only used a couple of times this season, but I can't be without! But the basil, OTOH, I have used countless times, and am frequently giving bunches of it to friends, and I still have way more than one person could ever use!
Better to have too much, than not have it at all.
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Post by paulf on Aug 3, 2019 11:02:35 GMT -5
My wife and have divided the vegetable growing responsibilities the last couple of years. That way I don't overgrow things we can't eat. So far zucchini is the only vegetable we have too much of. She does beets, green beans, cucumbers, cabbage and carrots besides the zucchini. Next year she says I get to plant one hill of zucchini in the regular garden.
I do all the tomatoes and peppers along with asparagus (never enough of that), potatoes and other vine crops. I have cut way back on tomatoes. Problem with curtailing production is that townspeople keep asking when our excess produce will begin showing up at the Post Office this year. Is it a bad year or have we stopped gardening? The zucchinis disappeared quickly. Another load goes downtown today.
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Post by pondgardener on Aug 3, 2019 12:51:39 GMT -5
Tomatoes (heirloom and hybrid) Tomatoes (cherry and grape types) Bell Peppers Roasting Peppers Hot peppers Green Beans (bush and pole) Sweet peas Garlic (hard and softneck) Radishes Beets Sweet corn Okra Cucumbers Zucchini Winter squash Pumpkins Basil Dill Oregano Concord grapes Pie cherries
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Post by bestofour on Aug 4, 2019 22:57:46 GMT -5
I don't grow a lot.
Green peas Lettuce Spinach Carrots Radishes Tomatoes Okra Potatoes Cucumbers Squash Eggplant Basil Rosemary Parsley Dill
I would like to grow asparagus and Brussel sprouts but people in my area have such a time with bugs I'm a bit scared to try. Do any of you have advice?
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Post by Gianna on Aug 4, 2019 23:16:22 GMT -5
I drastically reduced the variety of things I've grown this year, though I tend to grow a lot of each. Although I had enough to give away, there was far less than most years, and I appreciated the break.
tomatoes zucchini green beans peppers (several varieties) potatoes cabbage (still seedling stage) yacon
zero greens - first time in forever for that
Flowers:
-Zinnia -Scabiosa
Fruits:
-blueberries -apricots -peaches -plum -citrus - lemon, lime, oranges -persimmon -figs -avocado trees, but not many fruits.
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 5, 2019 8:10:14 GMT -5
I don't know about everyone else but I enjoy seeing what others are growing. Thanks for listing your crops. bestofour I don't have any major insect troubles with asparagus. there are 2 types of beetles that bother it. One of them lays eggs in the seeds and they overwinter there so I cut down my asparagus fronds as soon as they turn brown and get rid of them off of the property. I get a few of the other asparagus beetle and I just hand pick them. It's not really a big job and it really keeps their numbers down. This year I hardly had any of them. I do not spray with anything and I get lots and lots of tasty asparagus each year. I think that you really need to cover Brussels sprouts if you do not want to spray something. I like Brussels sprouts but it is one thing that I do not grow.
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Post by Gianna on Aug 5, 2019 10:06:16 GMT -5
I think that you really need to cover Brussels sprouts if you do not want to spray something. I like Brussels sprouts but it is one thing that I do not grow. I tried growing them once years ago, and a local gardening friend did too. Both of us had serious aphid problems in the little nooks and crannies, so that added bug protein made them inedible. The little heads were also not that large, but I attributed that to not ideal weather conditions. But it was probably lack of experience. Maybe now, with all of the new-fangled row covers, it might be worth another try. I wonder if I have still have BrSprout seed... Might be worth a try since I have come to love them.
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Post by bestofour on Aug 7, 2019 0:08:10 GMT -5
brownrexx, I like seeing what others grow too. It gives me ideas. Gianna, do Brussel sprouts need a designated bed because they come back every year? brownrexx, isn't that true for asparagus. Maybe I need to start another discussion to ask my questions. Sorry to hijack this discussion.
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 7, 2019 7:10:05 GMT -5
bestofour, yes you do need a dedicated bed for asparagus. I put off starting one for years because I thought that it would take too long to get anything to harvest and now I wonder why I didn't start one sooner. Home grown asparagus is wonderful. My bed is now 8 years old. I recommend the Jersey hybrid plants which are all male. They are more vigorous and produce more spears. Don't start your plants from seed, buy 2 year old roots and you will be able to harvest some spears the second year. It is really a low maintenance crop for me. I add compost in the spring and fall, pick a few beetles in early summer and cut down and remove the fronds in the Fall. I also mulch in the Fall when I mulch the rest of the garden. pepperhead212, started a new asparagus bed this year.
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Post by Gianna on Aug 7, 2019 8:38:58 GMT -5
Gianna, do Brussel sprouts need a designated bed because they come back every year? I don't think so, since unlike Asparagus, BSs are grown as annuals. I tried planting Asparagus a few years ago, preparing the bed, researching varieties, finding a good source, ordering, planting... And the first year the gophers got them all. Because mine was going to be a permanent bed, I had selected a place in the garden that was more on the edge/out of the way = hence closer to gopher activity on the adjacent 'wild' hill. As brownrexx said, extremely fresh asparagus is amazing and worth persuing.
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Post by octave1 on Aug 7, 2019 9:33:43 GMT -5
This is what's currently growing here: Tomatoes Peppers 2 types Green beans 2 types one climbing Cucumbers Potatoes Celery Carrots Beets Eggplant Zucchini Okra
Plenty enough and yet I am missing some of my favorite Summer veggies like bulb fennel and corn.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Aug 7, 2019 13:53:21 GMT -5
brownrexx, pepperhead212, paulf, pondgardener, bestofour, Gianna, octave1, I like asparagus, but never bothered growing it. I don't know why. My Aunt had a dedicated asparagus bed back in the late 70's. She also grew blackberries. Out of all the farmers and gardeners in our family, she was the ONLY one that got seed catalogs in the mail. Her husband was one of those "know it all" types and the main garden was his unless there was work that needed done such as hoeing the weeds, picking the crop, etc. His job was selecting what was grown. So that being said, she found her a site by the garage and made a Blackberry patch. I think she had 1/2 dozen plants. I just remembered she had those with thorns. Her asparagus bed was right outside her screened in porch. Thinking back, I'm sure she selected those plants because he didn't care nothing about them, so he left them alone. He was quite the character.
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Post by Hensaplenty on Aug 7, 2019 18:37:16 GMT -5
This summer I have been growing: tomatoes green beans mayocoba beans cucumber crowder peas okra peppers watermelon zucchini rampicante potatoes
strawberries raspberries blueberries newly planted fig and peach
fall/winter I grow: lettuce arugula cilantro kale beets carrots cabbage broccoli
These will grow all winter in my climate. Lettuce may die in a harsh winter.
Early spring I plant green peas.
I hope to be adding to this list next year. Asparagus is on that list. Thinking about Purple Passion variety.
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