GROWING THINGS

[Bajanne]

This thread is an off-shoot of the 'Summer Fun' thread - http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=8959.new#new.  I thought we needed a thread where we can talk about what we are growing.
I only just started recently.  I have seasoning peppers ( 6 plants in pots). I can't wait until they start bearing.  Seasoning peppers are fantastic.  They smell as if they would burn the roof off your mouth, but they have no fire, just flavour.  I also have some spinach which I am training on a fence, and I have some more in pots that i will soon take to the fence.  My thyme seeds just started to burst and I am waiting on chive and parsley to emerge.  Bought a pot of thyme yesterday that I can use until mine are viable.
I grew up with lots of gardens, but this apartment dwelling has turned me into a pot gardener (even the spinach by the fence is in a pot!).

So, what are you growing?
 

[twirl]

I am growing cycsts   PKD   they grow bigger and bigger
and I am good at growing kids -- 3 very tall children
otherwise, I can not even grow weeds
had some berry bushes for years and this year they never came back so my son and husband cut down the host tree when I was in the hospital
it was my signal school was almost out- when the berries came in
Yogi would eat them right off the bush - we had to beat him to them ( I was proud of my berry crop)
I wish I could grow flowers and gardens but I have no luck
neither does my husband
good thing we decided not to farm

[paris]

I love hostas.  I have many varieties and their different colors make my garden so pretty.  And then I mix impatiens amoung them for bursts of colors.  I just got a jasmine plant and want to start training it on a trellis.  I like to plant both annuals and perienials.  It makes me happy to see things come back year after year.    Don't plant vegetables anymore.  Go to the Farmer's Market once a week instead!   But I love the colors of peppers and tomatoes growing together.     Bajanne, how do you cook with the peppers?  They sound good.

[annabanana]

I grow lots of things! In my veggie garden I grow tomatoes, onions, garlic, cucumbers, rhubarb, asparagus, beans, squash, basil, catnip, saltwort, and parsley. In my yard I have two plum trees, mint, oregano, cilantro, rosemary, beebalm, and lots and lots of trees and flowers! My climbing roses are my babies. A redbird couple even built their nest in one of my rose bushes this year! Gardening is my favorite thing to do. (I also grow kids, too, Twirl.)

[kitkatz]

I'm over in the corner with Twirl killing plants. Our yard is weeds right now, clover filled in winter with water on it.  With Ca's water drought I feel guilty running water to do dishes now.  I guess we will keep the weeds. 
I get urges to garden now and then. Maybe this thread will encourage me

[del]

I have a couple of tomato plants in pots and some peppers.  I also like growing flowers.  I have apples growing on my 4 apple trees (lots this year)  There seems to be a lot of cherries on my tree too. I also have onions and a rhubarb patch.  Post some pics of the stuff guys!!

[Bill Peckham]

Photos? I have photos. This photo is my main bed with corn in the back (the stalks to the left should come in two weeks later than the rest). In front of the corn from left to right is lettuce, then three rows going left to right that I just planted 2 weeks ago: a row of spinach, a row of lettuce, a row of carrots, then a patch of carrots and all the way to the right is potatoes.

And yes I can really grow the grass. heh I grow grass and bajanne is a pot gardener.

[rose1999]

I'm with Kitkatz & Twirl  in the I kill all plant's corner, but like Kitkatz,  I can grow weeds, Twirl can you tell us how you manage not to grow them!!

 (oh just realized Kitkat and Twirl are chocolate bars so now I'm happy in this corner  :ROFL;)

Wish I could grow things though, that would be nice.

[del]

Here's a picture of my rhubarb patch.  The climber is a bittersweet vine not a clematis

[Bill Peckham]

This one shows my barrels. I have real good store bought soil in these - designer soils with moisture retention properties and impregnated with miracle Grow. I mixed a bag of Mircle Grow in with a bag of moisture retention soil and then toped it off with fill from the yard. If I have a secrete that's it - start with good dirt.

The closest barrel has a tomato plant going nuts, a artichoke and right in front in the picture is my cantaloupe which was a slow start but now looks promising. The back barrel has a cherry tomato plant coming back after being dropped on its head during transplanting - I broke the main stalk but it has recovered nicely - I think it'll be late August into September when I have tomatoes. In the back barrel are two pole pea plants just about to climb and another artichoke plant.

I just noticed that on the right side you can see the head of my scare cat - a stuffed WSU cougar that I hope keeps the birds away.

[del]

Pictures didn't work last time .  Let's try again.

[Meinuk]

And yes I can really grow the grass.

All well and good BP - but what about cutting the grass (it looks a little long in the photo) Or maybe you can get a sheep to graze in your back garden (Cairny would like a pet)

[Bill Peckham]

And yes I can really grow the grass.

All well and good BP - but what about cutting the grass (it looks a little long in the photo) Or maybe you can get a sheep to graze in your back garden (Cairny would like a pet)

There must be some kind of environmental rationale for keeping the grass long and the parkway full of dandelions.

[Bill Peckham]

Here is my Strawberry pot with my scare bee (come to think of it both my dog toys stuffed animals are actually scare crows) The scare bee (I like that better) was a souvenir from a visit to the B Braun facilities in Bethlehem Pennsylvania. Unfortunately while the B Braun is a great dialysis machine the bee does a bad job protecting my strawberries - something is filching them when I'm not looking. Could be raccoons but I'm thinking a bird.

[petey]

I'm not a gardener; in fact, one time I killed a cactus plant!  Marvin won't even let me keep artificial plants or flowers in the house -- he's afraid I'll kill them, too.

What am I growing?  I'm growing old and fat.  (I've also got a pretty good crop of dust coming off daily around here!)

[twirl]

Petey   I forgot but dust is the crop I grow best

Twirl is a chocolate bar?

Del and Bill ---- beautiful pictures

[rose1999]

Twirl is a chocolate bar?

Oh yes, here in the UK Cadbury makes Twirl chocolate bars -  have a look here  http://www.britsuperstore.com/acatalog/Cadburys_Twirl_2_Fingers.jpg
very nice they are too 

[twirl]

I look pretty good
thought I was only a baton

[paris]

Oh, rhubarb!  I love rhubard pie, stewed, and way you want to make it.  Yummy

Nice garden, Bill.  Nothing says summer better than fresh corn on the cob and tomatoes.  That was my lunch yesterday, and my husband joked that I looked like I was having an out of body experience!   Just let me know when the corn is ready to eat!

[annabanana]

I don't have a digital camera anymore but I do have a photo of my garden from last year.

[annabanana]

Bill, I love your scare bee! We have rubber snakes.

[twirl]

I can send you some real snakes

[annabanana]

YIKES! No thanks, Twirl! I got my own out back in a lot of rock we have here in TN.

BTW, I spent the 1st part of my life in Texas, in Hurst and Alvin. Left in '67 (my father was military).

[Bill Peckham]

Bill, I love your scare bee! We have rubber snakes.

Do your snakes work? What are you growing this year Anna?

[annabanana]

Yes, the snakes work really well to keep birds out. I'm growing a lot (posted above) but I forgot to add strawberries and bell peppers and banana peppers. You might try the rubber snake idea for your strawberries. Move it every other day so the birds think it's real.