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  • DodgersGirl
    DodgersGirl Member Posts: 2,382
    edited February 2018

    lovepugs77– don’t have trouble with leaf footed bugs. Have to watch for hook worms though.

    We grow peppers, carrots, kale, radishes, onions, cucumbers, and Brussels sprouts. Have grown lettuce, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and corn but don’t grow them every year. Tend to grow the lettuce in the AeroGarden indoor as it keeps the bugs out of my salad!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2018

    lovepugs, I hear you. I did very little gardening for awhile, I was so fatigued. I was glad to have a few perennial herbs that I could tend. My dear boyfriend still does the heavy lifting.

    My favorite summer crop is beans. I love tomatoes and squash, but the bugs, mildew etc frustrate me. We got a bean seed "trio" mix (green, yellow, purple) last year that was great. The plants were so healthy and produced like crazy.

    DodgersGirl, your veggie garden sounds wonderful. I have never grown Brussels sprouts but want to try.


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  • coachvicky
    coachvicky Member Posts: 1,057
    edited February 2018

    I hired a high school student to help tend my garden when I was so fatigued. I could sit by the garden and show him what to do.

    He was too young to drive and have a regular job so he was happy for this one.

    It was the only way I could keep my garden. My husband had so much other "stuff" on his plate taking care of me, the house ... You ladies know!

    Coach Vicky


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  • DodgersGirl
    DodgersGirl Member Posts: 2,382
    edited February 2018

    Kiki13– Brussels are fun to grow as so many people have never seen a sprout still attached to the stock. They get about 5 foot tall. We plant in spring and don’t harvest until after the first freeze. That seems to cut some of the bite that people don’t like about Brussels sprouts. That means some seasons we have with Thanksgiving but other seasons we have with Christmas dinner

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited February 2018

    Third view from beneath!

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  • DodgersGirl
    DodgersGirl Member Posts: 2,382
    edited February 2018

    Jazzygirl— so pretty

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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited February 2018

    Jazzy...just gorgeous 💐

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited March 2018

    I saw this on FB today and just had to share. Pretty brilliant, eh?

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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited March 2018

    Jazzy ...BaHaHa ...too funny ☺

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  • TwoHobbies
    TwoHobbies Member Posts: 2,118
    edited March 2018

    OMG, Jazzy. Some people are so creative.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited March 2018

    Something interesting on FB today from my favorite nursery here

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soi...


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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited March 2018

    DodgersGirl, great tip on harvesting Brussels sprouts after the first frost! We just might try them this spring.

    We bought some asparagus crowns and I'm eager to see them grow. I know we'll have to wait a year before harvesting, but I do love perennials. It's so rewarding to see them poking out of the cold ground every year

    Jazzy, those jeans cracked me up...thank you!

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  • DodgersGirl
    DodgersGirl Member Posts: 2,382
    edited March 2018

    KIki13– we have 4 raised beds with asparagus. Soon we will be harvesting asparagus every morning for 4-6 weeks. So good from yard to skillet fir breakfast!

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  • TwoHobbies
    TwoHobbies Member Posts: 2,118
    edited March 2018

    Jazzy, we knew gardening made us happy. I think its a combo of factors including the sunshine, the smells, being in a natural setting. Who knew the little microbes in the soil might be helping us too!

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  • GmaFoley
    GmaFoley Member Posts: 7,091
    edited March 2018

    Can't plant yet here - another snow is coming. Our rule of thumb - we don't plant anything until the Wild Irises bloom. That is when we know everything can be planted.


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    this set was from 2016
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  • coachvicky
    coachvicky Member Posts: 1,057
    edited March 2018

    We plant after the Kentucky Derby (First Saturday in May).

    Coach Vicky


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  • holliewood
    holliewood Member Posts: 38
    edited March 2018

    what a happy thread! I love my garden, tho I usually only grow one or two tomato plants since it is just me here. That's enough for fresh ones for me. Flower gardening on the other hand, oh yeah baby. Because I have dogs, and the dogs are a priority, the perennials in my garden have to be tough enough to stand being run over, broken off and winter hardy. Therefore, enter daylilies. Tough they are. And the siberian iris someone had a beautiful photo of.

    I hope that I will be able to get out and play in the dirt this summer, my treatments (should they go as scheduled) will be done about the end of June, so I'm hoping by then I feel well enough to go outside.

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited March 2018

    GmaFoley, Thanks for that tip. It's good to know a marker plant.

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  • Snickersmom
    Snickersmom Member Posts: 926
    edited March 2018

    Holliewood - I hope you can play in the dirt this summer! Nothing better than digging in the dirt with bare hands, although my kids were always horrified to see me without gardening gloves! I'm not good at veggies so perennials suited me just fine. I had gorgeous gardens in Connecticut and No. Carolina, but gardening in central Florida is a whole new ball game. We are on solid clay and it's like digging in concrete. Our lawn guy broke 2 shovels digging a hole for me, and he refused to try to dig any more holes. So mostly everything I have is going to stay there for good! I have lots of orchids and they are hanging in my trees, so I don't have to bend down and dig anymore.

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited March 2018

    A lot of people here use raised beds. In our case, it helps the soil get warm sooner. In your case, you could fill a raised bed with totally different soil.

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited April 2018

    *Hi Everyone* :o)

    Jazzy, such lovely delicate pink and white amaryllis blooms.

    GmaFoley, the pretty wild irises are growing among the briars.Opossum mom and baby showed up during the Fall and continue to eat bird food and critter scraps nightly. The 1st time for husband and me seeing opossums in the North Country.

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    March is the worst month in the year! :o(

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited March 2018

    They're so ugly they're cute. Do they try to nest in the house?

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited March 2018

    No, but live under or in our old barn. ;o))

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  • Snickersmom
    Snickersmom Member Posts: 926
    edited March 2018

    I know I could do a raised bed or two, but luckily, I have been able to put mostly everything into the ground. It has taken some work, but now the space is filled and everything is growing well. It's been a lot of trial and error to see what will grow in this horrible clay, but I think I've got it now! It sure was easier in New England! Wish I had appreciated what I had back then!

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  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 3,039
    edited March 2018

    Dutch Irises starting to bloom, and daffodils budding out....

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2018

    We are excited to start seeing the spring images!

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  • Snickersmom
    Snickersmom Member Posts: 926
    edited March 2018

    I miss my daffodils and crocuses from up north!!! But that's the trade-off for living where there's no snow and cold winters. Instead, I look out my windows and see my gorgeous orchids hanging in the weeping Bottlebrush tree in my back yard. One of the plants I miss the absolute most is the bearded irises. I had hundreds of them and wish I could grow them down here. Oh yeah, and Hostas.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited March 2018

    To all my gardening friends in the northern hemisphere

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  • holliewood
    holliewood Member Posts: 38
    edited March 2018

    Teka I love 'possums. They are natures cleanup crew and they really work at getting rid of ticks. I don't encourage them in my yard due to the dogs, but I appreciate them anyway

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited May 2022

    Jazzy, such lovely delicate pink and white amaryllis blooms.

    GmaFoley, the pretty wild irises are growing among the briars.Opossum mom and baby showed up during the fall and continue to eat bird food and critter scraps nightly. The 1st time for husband and me seeing opossums in the North Country. They live under or in our old barn.
    March is the worst month in the year! :o(
    Teka just a swingin in the hammock. ;o))

    We only have Teka an indoor cat.

    Taking a time out from birding!

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    Teka is our spayed 8 year old maine coon cat.

    Daughter chose the name "Teka" which means "angel of death" before I was Dx with BC.

    She's more on the small side but dwarfs other cats.

    Loves to play fetch but not a lap kitty.

    But content being an indoor cat. ;o)

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