Holy crap. My veggie gardens are outta control.

[blueamy66]

I don't know if it's because of the awesome weather we've had here in AZ or the organic fertilizer I've been using....but I swear, I counted at least 60 tomatoes this morning and who knows how many japalenos. Yes, I misspelled that on purpose. :-)

My red bell peppers are huge, my crookneck squash is outta control...got beautiful romaine lettuce to bring in to work to give away...waiting patiently for the eggplant and artichokes....hope the artichokes don't get as big as they did last year, cause there isn't enough room. :-)

I just need my Japanese cukes and I'll have a salad!

I LOVE GARDENING!!! Even though I have a small backyard...the raised gardens are awesome!

Anybody else having the same good luck?

Just wished I'd planted some fruit...next year fo sur!

[MrScorpio]

1. You need this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfm3_BMinhg

[HopeHoops]

2. We just put in the tomato and pepper plants yesterday, and the garlic.

We're in the Harrisburg, PA area, so there's a bit of a climate difference involved. We also started the peanuts. The spinach and peas WOULD be doing well if the damn rabbits wouldn't munch them to nothing every night. I put cheap hot sauce around them when I can, but with all the rain we've had that isn't particularly effective right now. The beans are just coming up, as are the patty pan and onions. Our asparagus bed looks like a fairy forest and we've got more than we can eat in the fridge already. We've already pulled a shitload of radishes and the lettuce is close to maturity. We planted those in the herb box in the basil section so we'll have to transplant them or pull them before we put in the basil plants (which we already bought). We put the hot peppers in pots this weekend. There are a shitload of strawberries on the plants and the blueberry bush is loaded with tiny berries. I haven't put in the potatoes yet because it has been too wet. Hopefully I can do that this weekend. I've still got a bit of room in the main bed for carrots, probably more peas, and maybe some more beans. I tuck radishes in here and there throughout the season.

We get a lot of our food out of the garden. Last season's potato harvest was still edible into March. What little is left will serve for seed potatoes.

[HopeHoops]

3. On the funny side, from when I lived in New Hampshire....

I thought, "okay, New Hampshire. It isn't all that warm. So if I'm going to get tomatillos, I better grow four plants." I did. They turned into MASSIVE BUSHES!!! I harvested five or so paper grocery bags full of them. Fortunately we love them and use them in a lot of meals. All I did was set the bags in the basement and they stored well that way into April of the next year! Very few of them rotted. But fucking New Hampshire? I had a similar experience with okra.

[blueamy66]

4. that's awesome!

I bring in alot of my veggies to co-workers.

I've never tried to grow tomatillos. I may have to try next year.

[HopeHoops]

5. It isn't too late to start - they grow like weeds and produce quickly.

[Gormy Cuss]

9. They don't just grow like weeds, they ARE weeds.

We planted them one year and every year since we just wait to see where they pop up on their own.

[HopeHoops]

10. That's how we think of our cilantro and banana mint - they just took over.

They re-seed every year. We try to get most of the coriander seeds, but enough escape to produce more cilantro the next year.

[freshwest]

6. When I lived near the Gulf of Mexico, I had great gardens with organics.

Now there has been so little sun this I can't catch a shadow on a houseplant. Love homegrown produce. Got zucchini? My favorite.

[blueamy66]

7. I've got a zucchini plant, but no zucchini as of yet.

any day now....

[stuntcat]

20. mmmmm okra..

I'd love to grow bushels of okra! The one time I tried with it I failed but I should try again.

[WinkyDink]

8. Cold and rainy in eastern PA. Not even planted yet!

[femmocrat]

12. Ditto for western PA. Too wet to work the soil.

We turned the garden over about a week ago, but it has been raining every day since then. I have a lot of nice heirloom tomatoes started from seeds on my window sill though.

[MorningGlow]

18. Yep--same in western NY

With a high of forty-something the other day, it's not quite safe enough to plant JUST yet. Not to mention the nonstop rain--I put out my potted rosemary and it's practically drowned. Not good for herbs! x(

[RedCloud]

11. Sorry, my spider mites just read this and they are packing their bags.

[blueamy66]

15. that's funny

but I don't have any room left

[KurtNYC]

13. Gazpacho ! n/t

[LoZoccolo]

14. As a joke, I'm about to say I automatically unrecommended someone's thread.

I'm going to say it came from Fire Dog Lake when it didn't.

[Archae]

16. No zucchini?

:D

[blueamy66]

17. just alot of flowers

waiting patiently

[stuntcat]

19. I have lots of blueberries and strawberries starting, and a bazillion grapes

all of the fruit will take a while before it's ready to pick, the blueberries look like they'll be ripe soonest though. My herbs are all growing. But I won't have vegetables for a few more weeks, those plants are all small still, I just put them in the ground last week.

Your garden sounds GREAT!! I've never grown lettuce. I do have a little spinach growing, from some seeds I guess I lost last year.

I planted a fig tree last year that hasn't started growing yet :( Someone told me figs start growing late though, so maybe it's still alive.. I hope.