What are you growing in your garden?

[Laura]

We are growing:

Right now ,Rye. It's my first try at it. It's in a 15 x 15 ish plot. I planted 5lbs of seeds I purchased from Seeds Of Change. We shall see how this works out.

This year we will do raised beds. My soil is clay and well for a lack of better words, it sucks. So I need to 'fiddle' with it so that things can actually grow.

Tomatoes (seeds from Seed Savers Exchange, Amish Paste) and lots of them.
Purple Potatoes. Grew 'em last year (also Seed Saver Ex) but they were wee bity. Dang soil was like concrete. Saved those little taters and will try again this year.
Bell peppers (Seeds of Change)
Spinach, lettuce, broccoli, carrots, onions, blue corn, squash, garlic, basil, thyme, rosemary (those two bushes, this is their second year in the dirt.) Raspberries, apples, pears, and I will add another cherry tree.

Most of my seeds come from Seed Saver Exchange, Seeds of Change and this year I added Baker Creek. Their catalog is a work of art, and when I requested it....literally it was in my mail box THE next day!!

Next week, I am going to start focusing on my plans and get my starting stuff ready in the basement.

[nhlivefreeordie]

I am growing NOTHING right now, the garden is under snow cover again, although the late beets I planted only got about 3" tall before the bad weather came, I covered them with straw and they still seem to be alive although frozen, I don't know if they are toast or they will start growing again, and my garlic of course is in the ground.
I won't be starting anything in the cellar until mid March. When I do, I will have Amish Paste Tomatoes, and Prudens Purple Tomatoes. I will also start my Celeriac ( Mars ) down there. I will also start my cucumbers down there later in mid April. I started most of my vining plants down there last year, and because of the cold spring, had to re-pot several times, and I don't believe I gained anything as some that I direct seeded after planting the transplants caught up with the starts quickly.
I am going to have Howdens Pumpkin for Lynn, she uses them for fall decorations :rolleyes:, Acorn Squash, both Table Queen and REBA, Butternut Squash ( Waltham ) Zuchinni, Gooseberries,( Hinnomaki Red ) Strawberries ( Ogalalla) , Blackberries,( Arapaho, Black Satin ) Black Raspberries ( Black Hawk), Red Raspberries ( Heritage, Canby, Himbo Top ), and Yellow Raspberries ( Anne), Honeyberries, Goji Berries.
In the main garden. besides the starts, I will plant Jacobs Cattle ( Thanks to neparose!! ), Black Turtle, Calypso, and Light Red Kidney for dry Beans. Broccoli, Onions, Beets, Bell Pepper, and Jalapeno, and one Cherry Tomato near the fence for the dog, he picks his own everyday when we stroll the yard.
Then new for this year, I am adding Potatoes ( Yukon Gold, Red Norland ).
Also new this year are going to be 2 PawPaws ( Wells and Susquehanna ), 1 Medlar ( Royal ), and 1 Meader Persimmon.
I also have plans to ease :wink: out a bunch ( 11 ) of 5' Boxwoods from the property and replace them with fruit bearing bushes, one section, 24' on the west side of the house, is going to get Blueberries, not sure about the others yet.

[Mesquite_Bean]

Nothing yet either. Working on the plans though...

I think we're going stick with the 'tried and trues' this year rather than do any 'experimentals.' Our original intent was to be moved out to our other property by now but, well, life happens when you make plans. :sarcastic:

Okra
Onions
Peas
Zucchini & Yellow Squash
Canteloupe
Green beans
Peppers -- jalapeno and bell
Eggplant
Tomatoes
Dill, Mint, Cilantro, and whatever other herb seeds I have on hand.

[Deberosa]

We are growing lots of snow. ;-)

But under it we have rye I got on clearance at Tractor Supply.

Also have a few herbs surviving I think under the snow. Didn't get much of a garden started this past season since we just moved in.


Wanted to comment - I won't deal with Seeds of Change anymore - they lost my credit card number to a hacker - then would not reply when I asked them to tell me what they did to make it safe, just "It's OK now". Not good enough for me - will not order from them again.

Check out Fedco for good deals on cover crops.

Debbie

[GoodDaughter]

Right now we have a few carrots, and a few kohlrabi plants that are starting to grow, finally. Two ratty Tuscan kales that actually taste pretty good, except they look horrible. I need to find a way to sneak them into something DH will eat. Also have a clump of some kind of 'multiplying onions'.

The seeds I have started for spring planting are Tomatoes-- Roma VFN, Window Box Roma, Viva Italia, a San Marzano, Porter, Black Plum, Black Krim, Yellow Canary, Beefmaster, Better Boy, and a couple of trailing kind that make cherry tomatoes, and probably something else or two. Peppers--- several sweet and hot, I can't even remember what all, some of them DH wanted. WAY too many, no doubt. A few herbs from seed--chives, catnip, cutting celery. I really like the cutting celery, because it can grow in a pot on the broiling hot back porch and do well all summer.

Seeds that I have not started but will soon--- marigolds, Pickle Bush cucumbers, Roma II bush beans and probably Contender because it sets beans so fast; scallions, onion sets and a few potatoes, maybe some more carrots and sugar snaps. If I'm going to plant the sugar snaps and potatoes, I need to do them like THIS WEEKEND.

I want to pick up some hyssop seeds, the butterflies and bees really love it.

[MrsL]

Nothing sown here yet - still wet and cold; hope to get going next week, though. Still have veg in the garden though - sprouts, leeks, Jerusalem artichokes, kale.
Garlic is up and doing well, also the winter onions and sweet peas. :)

[nhlivefreeordie]

Nothing sown here yet - still wet and cold; hope to get going next week, though. Still have veg in the garden though - sprouts, leeks, Jerusalem artichokes, kale.
Garlic is up and doing well, also the winter onions and sweet peas. :)

MrsL,

Are you just justifying the stereotype?? LOL


What is your hardiness zone over there? Do the British even go by that? What is your average minimum temperature, and average high temp?

[MrsL]

I try not to justify stereotypes, but I suppose - yes ! LOL. I live right in the south of England, where it's mild. Minimum temp so far this winter was only -5; considered by the English to be completely artic weather, and don;t even ask what happens with a couple of inches of snow! (I'm Scottish, by the way..............) Occasionaly we reach 80s in the summer.
I'm lucky for growing here; we get all four seasons more or less when we're supposed to, so can grow all year round.
We don't have hardiness zones as in the US - the country is too small; the north of Scotland's weather is a bit harsher - gales and snow; part of the south west of Scotland is on the edge of the Gulf Stream (or what's left of it) so they can grow plam trees and exotics. I can give pretty much most things down here, helped along by three greenhouses, so everythuing is worth a try. I rarely lose anything in teh garden in teh winter due to the cold/frost.
I think I've got it pretty easy, really, and am spoiled for growing conditions.

[AzLoneRider]

Currently in the garden we have carrots and onions, lettuce and cabbage, spinach and a small rosemary plant. All this stuff is left over and growing from last year. This spring we plan on planting 3 types of tomatos, potatos, crook neck squash, zuchinni, corn, bush beans, brocolli, radishes, onions, cilantro, bell peppers, anaheim peppers and more carrots as well as luffa, watermellon and pumpkin

[cartershan]

In the garden we still have carrots and turnips. Despite the 10 degree temperatures at night a few weeks back for several days in a row. My daughter pulled some carrots yesterday and they were pretty tasty! I hadn't checked them in a while and really figured they were smush by now. I'm going to try to get some of them out tomorrow.