What is in your (food) garden?

anitalynn

With my new garden almost ready to be planted (finishing the fence tonight, still have to till the soil) - I am at a loss with what to do with my abundance of space (approx 14' square.) I need inspiration!

What are you planting in your garden?

MrsKizdoodle

DH has the green thumb at our house so this is what he put in his garden:  peas, green onions, romaine lettuce, green beans, green peppers, and spicy peppers of some kind.  Then he bought hanging planter thingies for strawberries and tomatoes off of Woot.com. Everything is already sprouting with all the rain we've had!!  I can't wait for fresh veggies!!!!

 

He got 2 of these for strawberries and 2 for tomatoes.  YUM.

 

IndyBride2007

We have 3 tomato plants, different varieties. Peppers- Orange, Red, and Yellow bell peppers. Jalapeno, Anahiem, and Poblano peppers. Yellow squash and zucchini.  We also have pots for our herbs- basil, rosemary, and mint.

I love having a vegetable garden! Good luck!

anitalynn

I just want someone to come to my house, tell me what to plant and where, and then I'll take over! I'm almost overwhelmed by the possibilities...

Everything that was mentioned sounds great! We get a ton of sun and I had decent success with a jalapeno last year, and my cherry and yellow pear tomatoes did well but larger tomatoes didn't. I also had more green beans than I could eat! I tried brocolli last year but the bunnies got to it before it grew - but with a better fence this year I think I'll try it again.

jennyk213

2 varieties of pole beans, 2 varieites of carrots, 2 varietes of cucumbers (one for pickles, one for eating), jalapeno peppers, pumpkin for pie, squash, watermelon, 5 varieties of tomatoes (13 plants total - I love tomatoes), onions, lettuce, spinach, chard, basil, cilantro, parsley, mint and potatoes.  Some of them are in pots.

 

pattymctatty

Cherry tomatoes (Rusty eats them off the vine if they are any bigger so... just cherry tomatoes for us!); peppers - green, red, jalepenos, banana; Carrots; herbs - basil, cilantro, parsley and I'm thinking I might want chives.

IndyBride2007

Last year was my first veggie garden. I learned how big things got and how they grew, so I felt like this year I could plan it a little better. My zucchini got huge! It takes up a lot of room. My peppers took up hardly any room, so I added more this year. I heard some herbs can take up a lot of room, that is why I left them in pots. I don't need a ton of any herb. Pots worked fine last year.

There are websites that help you lay out a veggie garden too. I did a bit of googling the first year.

There is this too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companion_plants

I also decided to use compost from Home Depot this year, mixed in with my dirt. I hope that helps them grow well too.

I would just plant whatever veggies you think you will eat the most. I eat tons of salads w/ peppers and love tomatoes and zucchini.

JosiePosy

anitalynn:

I just want someone to come to my house, tell me what to plant and where, and then I'll take over! I'm almost overwhelmed by the possibilities...

Everything that was mentioned sounds great! We get a ton of sun and I had decent success with a jalapeno last year, and my cherry and yellow pear tomatoes did well but larger tomatoes didn't. I also had more green beans than I could eat! I tried brocolli last year but the bunnies got to it before it grew - but with a better fence this year I think I'll try it again.

check out abackyardfarm.com when you get a chance. They can start you out and you can take over.

ChelseaNelson

We have critters that like to eat plants so we do not have many food plants on the ground, except for rhubarb ?.nothing can hurt rhubarb J  I do not even like rhubarb, but my husband will pretend and my grandfather actually does so I figured why not.

On the deck I have small pots of: tomatoes, raspberries, blue berries and strawberries.

Potting everything on the deck makes me want a bigger yard!

MichellePete

I don't have one this year, but when I do I usually plant:  tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, sugar peas, zucchini, yellow squash, green beans and herbs. 

bellaxanthe

As a hint, sometimes tomatoes, planted in the same place year after year can deplete the soil. I added bone meal to mine after mine started to rot before turning red and that made all the difference in the world.

I planted much the same as PPs and added garlic, brussel sprouts, asparagus, spinach and a few varieties of onions.  Plant leggy, large things along back edes like zucchini or squash so they don't suffocate other things. I just moved into our new place and the soil is very different than I am used to. I'm curious how everything will do.

littlemissflip

I am jealous!  We have a super shady lot, so all I can grow (food-wise) is herbs and leafy greens (lettuce, bok choy, etc.).  I love growing fresh herbs, because I like having them on hand when I cook all summer (and making pesto with the remaining basil at the end of the summer). Our rabbit eats a lot of the produce we harvest from our tiny little garden too

anitalynn

bellaxanthe:

As a hint, sometimes tomatoes, planted in the same place year after year can deplete the soil. I added bone meal to mine after mine started to rot before turning red and that made all the difference in the world.

 

My large tomatoes were rotting out! I had planned on asking someone at a garden center about this - someone told me that I needed to add 'calcium' to my soil - so bone meal makes perfect sense.

wittyschaffy

3 kinds of beefsteak size/style tomatoes

1 roma tomato

1 cherry tomato

green beans

eggplant (new this year)

cucumbers

yellow banana peppers (our green ones didn't do well both years I tried them)

Brussel Sprouts

Oregano (repeater from last year and it creeps so be careful!)

Sage (repeater from last year)

rosemary

dill

thyme

basil

mint (goes in its own pot so it doesn't take over)

Garlic

Cilantro

Chives (yearly repeater)

Rhubarb (yearly repeater)

 

I am "crop sharing" with a co-worker this year since there always seems to be a week where you get an overabundance of something so we're trying to do slightly different stuff so that we have a variety when we share the extras.  

nicole0066

This year we have a couple kinds of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, hot peppers, green beans, blueberrys, strawberrys, raspberrys, and some herbs.

hkiesling

Don't forget perennials.  I have asaragus, rhubarb, strawberries, and raspberries.  I just harvested my first batch of rhubarb and my strawberries are either flowering or starting to form berries. mmmmm

 Otherwise, onions, peppers, and tomatoes for salsa.

beka0404

I plant my garden with canning and pickling in mind, so this is what I'm growing: 

bell peppers

hot peppers (habaneros, jalapenos, Hungarian hot wax)

tomatillos

lettuce (leaf, romaine, butter head)

peas (snap and shelling)

pole beans

cucumbers (slicers and picklers)

carrots

tomatoes (paste and beefsteak-type)

sweet corn

spinach

cantaloupe

winter squash

onions

shallots

leeks

potatoes

 

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I was overwhelmed my first year and just did peppers and tomatoes, then added more in following years. If you go to gardeners.com, they have a free tool where you can lay out a garden using your dimensions, and then you drag and drop what you want to plant. It then prints a list of how much to plant per square foot, when, etc. I use it every year because I rotate crops.