Any gardeners?

[philpom]

We have been gardening for 30 years and have done all kinds of things. The last few years we decided to move beyond regular gardening and start incorporating some of it in to our landscaping. For example last year I removed a row of hollies and we replaced them this spring with blackberry bushes.

Anyway, just wanted to share some photos of what we have going this year. We grow almost everything in containers or raised beds, so much easier to deal with.

habanero peppers

Ghost peppers

Jalapeno peppers and green beans.

Thai peppers and more green beans

Potatoes

Figs mixed with blueberries

Blackberries

Rosemary, we tried to relocate a very large one from the backyard and it didn't make it so we are starting over.

Sage

Thyme, once this stuff is established its like a weed.

Parsley it the same way, it stayed green all winter, even under snow!

Thai basil

Sweet basil, we make tons of garden fresh pesto every year so we have a number of these.

Lemon grass

Cilantro

Cabbage

Garlic, this is an elephant garlic, a legacy variety passed to us from a great uncle 30 plus years ago. We had out daught enter these in the Denton county vegetable show when she was around 3, it won first place across categories and she turned out the grand champion! Folks were very interested in getting their hands on some of this garlic. It grows about 3 to 4 feet tall and produces lavender flowers.

Peaches, it's loading up and soon the nets will go on.

Strawberries, these have been providing a steady harvest for months now.

The carrots are fun to grow and tasty compared to store bought

Kale, probably part of dinner tonight!

Chard, one of my favoritr greens

Tomatoes, super sweet 100s on the left (a cherry tomato, and super sauce on the right

This is getting crazy long so maybe more later. We also do hydroponics and grow lettuce and spinach that way. We use racks with lighting for the setup. Trays for sprouting, an easy fast way to get greens ready.

we also sprout beans for stuff like sammies using Mason jars with screen lids. I'll snag some photos.

Happy gardening !

 

[Brokenhandle]

Impressive!
All our vegetables are in small containers still. Gonna have to back a cement truck across our garden so no planting yet. Wife's not impressed, but it's for her soon to come 16 X 24 shed... that helps!

Ryan

 

[millerbuilds]

Very nice! We used to grow a lot more when we lived in Wisconsin. Texas is a bit tougher for green vegetables. Peppers are a walk in the park, but tomatoes and others can't take the heat. Our herbs do great.

- Jason

 

[cpaysonc]

Great looking!

 

[Winterrider]

Impressive. . .

 

[SCKT]

Very nice. love the variety you have. Never have had success growing cilantro but love the taste of it, would add it to about anything. That and picked red onions. Lol
Have a couple of fig trees at the end of our garden that produce a lot to just have two trees. Wife makes jelly out of most of them, but i try to eat them right off the tree if i can beat her to them. Pepper jelly out of the peppers.
Very envious of your layout. Great job.

KT

 

[philpom]

Very nice! We used to grow a lot more when we lived in Wisconsin. Texas is a bit tougher for green vegetables. Peppers are a walk in the park, but tomatoes and others can't take the heat. Our herbs do great.

- Jason

Considering we are just a few miles from you maybe a small change in strategy can get you going strong again.

Our leafy veggies are grown in the fall and again in late winter and early spring. We start from seed indoors or in our greenhouse in the winter so plants are ready to harden off and plant as early as possible. Things like kale, Cabbage, broccoli, etc do well in the cold. Green beans, snow peas, tomatoes and such seem to do well in full sun for most of the summer. We do have drip irrigation set on timers for almost everything and we carefully consider light exposure for some things that are more sensitive.

 

[Fueling Around]

Nice looking garden. Here in Minnesota everything goes in the ground. Been good for years until the tree roots moved in and suck up all the moisture. Going to run a trencher around the perimeter and chop the feeders.
Cut my produce way back. Carrots is a favorite and the harvest lasts until April in Florida

I grow a tomato plant in a 5 gallon bucket while in Florida. It started strong and produced a handful of fruit and kinda stopped doing any growing until April which was too late for us as we leave about the beginning of May. I only get morning sun on the deck, but supplement with grow lights.

 

[texomakid]

Gardening is a lot of work. My grandparents tended their garden for years back when I was young. Nothing better than fresh grown produce. Now I just search out venders around the area who sell local grown produce. Your plants look very healthy!

 

[normanaj]

The wife and I used to have extensive gardens but we've wound down quite a bit and now only grow peppers.We've even thinned out a lot of the ornamental stuff too,it all just started to get to be a little much for us.