Anddenex Posted August 1, 2012 Report Posted August 1, 2012 Over the past few years, Kristi and I, love the fruit of our garden. I don't mean to brag, however I am going to brag, our garden is awesome. Yes, I will repent after this post for my hubris. Our cantaloupe are thriving. I believe we will have over 30 cantaloupes. Fortunately for my neighbors, my selfish bone, ends at about 10 cantaloupes. Our corn is doing extremely well this year. I believe we will have over a hundred ears of corn to feast upon. Neighbors will be happy as well. Our honeydew are finally growing this year and what is crazy we have watermelon size honeydew, although not sure if that is good for the taste. ** Anybody know when a honeydew is ready? Cantaloupes are easy to recognize when they are ripe and tasty. Our tomatoes have been doing well like the previous years also. I believe, if the weather doesn't change and we have a longer season, we will probably pick over 700 tomatoes. Kristi loves (I use love cautiously, and thank goodness she doesn't read this) canning tomatoes. Last year by the time mid August we were picking around a hundred tomatoes a week. Neighbors love this too. I am very disappointed in my watermelons, only one this year compared to 32 last year. Our golden and red potatoes are also doing well. It will be nice to have those fresh from the garden for the first time this year. What do my LDS.net friends like in their gardens? Quote
Wingnut Posted August 1, 2012 Report Posted August 1, 2012 Holy crap, how much space does your garden take up? That's not a garden -- that's a mini farm! I like zucchini, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Quote
Bini Posted August 1, 2012 Report Posted August 1, 2012 Bravo! Great job you guys :]We actually have quite a big backyard -- perfect for a veggie garden! But I don't much enjoy gardening, and while my husband would love to, his schedule simply doesn't permit him time to tend to one :[ BUT our next door neighbour has a beautiful vegetable garden. Last year he grew rows and rows of pumpkins and squash. They were pretty decent sized, too! Anyway, he was a bit possessive of them and only donated like a handful to various neighbours, and one to us LOL. Before he knew it, though, he had waaay too many veggies to know what to do with! I think a lot of them ended up going bad.. It drove my husband nuts! Quote
Anddenex Posted August 1, 2012 Author Report Posted August 1, 2012 Holy crap, how much space does your garden take up? That's not a garden -- that's a mini farm!I like zucchini, bell peppers, and tomatoes.Hehe... my garden is 45 feet wide and 70 feet long. It is great! I have already picked 4 tasty cantaloupe.The funny thing is, I really dislike: tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries, peppers, and cucumber, however my family loves them. So I get to do all the work to prep something I don't like so that my family enjoys them. Quote
classylady Posted August 1, 2012 Report Posted August 1, 2012 (edited) I also don't enjoy gardening, but I do love fresh vegetables from a garden. This year we decided to do a small garden after quite a few years of not having one. I think after planting over 900 tomato plants one year, that I was finished with gardening for awhile. We had the bright idea of selling tomatoes--didn't work. This year our small garden isn't doing all that great. We've had to replant a number of tomatoes, the corn is sparse, so are the green beans and beets. Our cantaloupe died, so did the watermelon, eggplant, and most of the cucumbers. Of the remaining pepper plants, I see a couple of peppers coming on. The first zucchini is ready to be picked--the crookneck squash died. The broccoli is looking good. We have had a bumper crop of radishes and turnips. Edited August 1, 2012 by classylady Quote
Anddenex Posted August 1, 2012 Author Report Posted August 1, 2012 I think after planting over 900 tomato plants one year, that I was finished with gardening for awhile. We had the bright idea of selling tomatoes--didn't work.Wow...and I thought having 36 tomato plants was a lot. You had tomatoes coming out of your ears, your cellar, your windows.... everywhere. Quote
pam Posted August 1, 2012 Report Posted August 1, 2012 I've never tried gardening though I've always dreamed about the accomplishment of doing it. I have a black thumb however. Shoot, I even kill silk plants. Quote
Wingnut Posted August 1, 2012 Report Posted August 1, 2012 Shoot, I even kill silk plants.Too dusty? Quote
pam Posted August 1, 2012 Report Posted August 1, 2012 Too dusty? Nope. Actually I'm really good about keeping the ones i have very clean. It was a lame attempt at humor. Quote
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