Vegetable Garden

[BigFish]

I am, however, going to try and find out where Goose lives cause'....damn, it sounds like he has one sweet, tastey garden!

[tattoobob]

Green beans,
tomatoes,
chives,

[EricW]

I usually grow tomatoes, beans, squash, corn, cucumbers, carrots, cantaloupe, basil, chives, raspberries, blueberries strawberries, asparagus and grapes. I have not been able to find good tomatoes yet this year. Last year and several before that a local nursery had really nice and already tall (2ft) plants in at patriots day. I bought a couple of those and put them under a tent until early may and they did great!

I'll second the chicken poop. I do things in raised beds. I started many years back with a load each of topsoil and chicken manure compost. Best stuff I have ever seen. I had tomato plants that year that were 12' tall. I literally gave away bags full. I have a picture that was taken 1/2 thru the year and they were already 7' tall. I will try to dig it up and post it. I now use that cock a doodle doo with very great results. I like to do only organic with garden and lawn and that stuff you can sprinkle around plants and spread on the lawn. I put some on my strawberries, and they shot right up and got nice and dark green. They are flowering now, I hope to have a nice season.

You are right about the asparagus. Plant them the first year in a 6" trench and as they grow cover them up. The next year you can cut "some" and the year after that you can cut all you want. I get mine from Miller Nursery in NY. They have them pretty economically. I also got my strawberry plants there. They sell bundles of 25 for about 8.00 which is a nice deal if you look at nursery prices of like 2.xx for a flat of 4 plants.

Good luck this season,
Eric

[TheSpecialist]

Tomatoes (steakers and grape), cuke, eggplant, and zucchini. Memorial day weekend..

[gone fishin]

I gave up. i have a groundhog that eats everything that sprouts, even before I can get them to fruit.

[Raven]

my dingo is trained to kill and eat ground hogs...

i have two big gardens

[Raven]

ya gotta plant them... sweet as sugar

most people that try mine eat them all raw

and they never make it to the stir fry dish

or steamer... mine i planted starting march 7th

with succession plantings every week following

they are now a foot high and absolutely loving this rain.

once a week i pour a weak fish emulsion fertilizer on the row.

when you go to buy them they're $5.00 dollars per pound and up

i just laugh....pfff and the usual quality is crap.

the thing is: they are the easiest to grow vegetable period.

[Fishpart]

No tips, but how do I keep the @#$%^&8ing Chipmunks and Squirrels out of my fruit trees.

I guess I could move them from the trees to a stew pot, but that is a last resort....

[Raven]

cuz they'd much rather eat black oiled sunflower seed than fruit any day....

otherwise you have to use some sort of slippery metal rap around the tree so when they jump up to climb they slide off indefinately.

of course it depends on the tree size and the trunk shape too.

[Aqua-man]

Lettuce, swiss chard and spinach are up and growing
Cukes are up.
I've got enough oregano to start a spice factory.
Corn is sprouting...everything else is going in after the damn rain.