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Posted: Feb/25/2009 2:42 PM PST
Hey Guys! I'm writing a newspaper article about "What to Plant" this spring. I'm finding out what vegetables accomplished gardeners plant and why. Please weigh in! |
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Posted: Feb/25/2009 6:02 PM PST
Can I answer even if I don't fall into the "accomplished" category? LOL I plant what I like to eat and what can be eaten with or without cooking. Several varieties and colors of tomatoes: yellow pear, early girl, some cherry types and whatever heirlooms are at the Farmers Market. Squash, straight neck and crook neck Beans: Limas (so good fresh off the bush) and Burgundy Bush Purple and white onions (no sweet!) Garlic Fennel Dill Tarragon Stevia Oregano And probably more as the season progresses. |
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Posted: Feb/25/2009 9:50 PM PST
I do too. I love tomatoes, peppers hot and bell, squash (summer, zucchini, yellow), cucumbers, carrots, lettuce, basil, oregano, cilantro and mint. |
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Posted: Feb/26/2009 5:51 AM PST
We plant quite the variety of tomatoes, from stripies for a good sandwich slice, to brandywine cherries that I just make myself sick off of  We also have 40+ year old garlic that I just started from my dad this last fall. It was from my grandfather's garden when he was young. I'm very excited about it! We had iguanas a few years ago, so we grew lots of greens and broccoli for us and them  And we try something new every year. My girlfriend and her husband had fun with small eggplant last year, we might try the large this year because I make a mean eggplant parmesan. YUM!
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Posted: Feb/26/2009 6:08 AM PST
I plant the usual vegetables, but this year I may try ONE new variety of something. My garden includes snap beans, tomatoes (Big Boy), bell peppers, hot peppers (cayenne & jalepeno), eggplant (black beauty or ichiban), potatoes, garlic (new this year-almost ready to harvest!), cucumbers, squash, okra and a first this year, lettuce. In the fall I always have broccoli and fill in the blanks with pansies, snapdragons & petunias. |
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Posted: Feb/26/2009 7:35 AM PST
We like a variety of vegetables, so we plant a variety of vegetables. We like to grow them ourselves because we prefer the taste of homegrown, and we know what we put on our garden. I can or freeze a lot of what we grow, and we share with neighbors, family and friends. We have perrenial plantings of asparagus, rhubarb, chives, and mint. We always grow tomatoes, greenbeans, hot and sweet peppers, zucchini and squash, and we usually grow most years broccoli, beets, carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbage, and cucumbers. Last year we also grew celery, sweet corn, spinach and lettuce, and this year I want to grow some watermelon, cantaloupe and eggplant. We like to plant something unusual and different every year, just for the fun of it. |
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Posted: Feb/26/2009 8:10 AM PST
We garden mostly for the enjoyment, and we both adore herbs. We have a large variety, but our staple herbs are chives, garlic chives, oregano, marjoram, basil, mint, parsley, cilantro, and rosemary. We also love to grow tomatoes, for what is summer without tomato sandwiches? |
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Posted: Feb/26/2009 10:53 AM PST
We plant what we love to eat and also preserve. I'd honestly have to say it's a labor of love and sheer determination to win out over the elements of nature. Too dry, too wet, too hot, too cold, soil condition, pests, diseases, on and on. Right now I couldn't tell you how the details of last year's garden challenges, but I promise you I can still taste that first sun warmed, vine ripened tomato that I nurtured like a newborn child until it reached maturity. |
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Posted: Feb/26/2009 8:50 PM PST
Thanks, this is helping alot! When this is done I'll post a link so ya'll can read it. |
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Posted: Feb/26/2009 9:25 PM PST
We are planting eggplant, tomatoes, green beans, zucchini & roma tomatoes at a shared garden site. We decided to plant what we purchase most & usually costs the most at the market.~Andrea |
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