The Garden is in:

geotina

Although this is off topic thought I would post anyway. Again this year I am part of our community gardens. The garden plots are 25' x 25' and it is finally in. This year I have planted: Tomatoes, Green Peppers, Red Peppers, Garlic, Parsley, Carrots, Zuchhini Squash, Spaghetti Squash, Cucumbers, Peas, White Sweet Onions, Bush Green Beans, fingerling Asian Eggplant, and some Teddy Bear Sunflowers and Zennia flowers to pick throughout the summer. Yep, it was lots of work but very pleasant work and is a wonderful outlet. There are about 100 people that have lots there this summer, and many have more than one lot, and it is interesting to see all the different styles and foods being grown.

On the cancer front George is doing ok. Not real good but not real bad. The cancer is stable for now but the side effects (mainly diarrhea) from chemo are awful so we just put one foot in front of the other and keep going.

Best to all

Love and Hugs - Tina

Helen321

Hi Tina, I'm all about
Hi Tina, I'm all about gardening. I don't do vegetables yet but I've been putting in flowers. 25x25 is a good piece of land to work. That will keep you nice and busy. My working yard in the back is about 30x20 but a good portion of it is grass (which I've decided to wait until next year to replace since it's mostly weeds). The flower bed is probably 30x6 I have a rectangle yard so I'm gardening in an "L" shape. So far I have lillies, gladiolas, peonies, a pink flower that I don't remember the name of and two flats of beautiful annuals. I was supposed to complete the garden this year and planned to spend lots of money on perrenials but I got the surprise that I'm going to be a grandma so now I'm planning a baby shower and buying a crib for my little Aiden who will be here in August. He's the best flower of all=) In the front I have about 30 x 20 of grass, two bushes and hostas. They came with the house. When I moved in the grass was mostly weeds so I turned it and put down seed. It looks fabulous. This is the first year it's super green and weed free. There is also a rose bush growing behind one of the bushes that really shouldn't be there and everyone things I should pull it but I'm just leaving it. It has about 10 roses on it at the moment growing out from the main bush. It looks a little odd but I like it. I hope there is a way for you to post pics of your garden. I'd love to see the result. Planting in the earth makes the world go round.

Annabelle41415

Awesome
Yup we've got ours in too. We have two gardens, one on the side of the house that is about 20 x 12 (tomatoes, green beans, cucumbers, chives) and one at the back of our property that is 2 x 80 (asparagus, grape tomatoes, potatoes, onions). Not sure about your area since you aren't that far from us but here we have a lot of clay so it's hard to grow a lot of root vegetables. Just a fact for our area - did you know that Garden City was named that because of it's rich soil and they had the best gardens. Maybe I'll ask hubby to go over and steal some of their soil Hope George feels better and glad that he is stable.

Kim

geotina

Annabelle41415 said:

Awesome
Yup we've got ours in too. We have two gardens, one on the side of the house that is about 20 x 12 (tomatoes, green beans, cucumbers, chives) and one at the back of our property that is 2 x 80 (asparagus, grape tomatoes, potatoes, onions). Not sure about your area since you aren't that far from us but here we have a lot of clay so it's hard to grow a lot of root vegetables. Just a fact for our area - did you know that Garden City was named that because of it's rich soil and they had the best gardens. Maybe I'll ask hubby to go over and steal some of their soil Hope George feels better and glad that he is stable.

Kim

Hi Kim:
Thanks for your response. The Livonia Gardens are at 8 Mile and Newburgh. The soil is not bad. The city drops off dump trucks of compost and mulch, you just have to haul it to your garden. I did put down the wood chips between rows to help with the weeds and threw out some of the composed yard waste. Hope your garden is bountiful.

Hugs - Tina

Helen321

geotina said:

Hi Kim:
Thanks for your response. The Livonia Gardens are at 8 Mile and Newburgh. The soil is not bad. The city drops off dump trucks of compost and mulch, you just have to haul it to your garden. I did put down the wood chips between rows to help with the weeds and threw out some of the composed yard waste. Hope your garden is bountiful.

Hugs - Tina

This year I used organic
This year I used organic mulch. It keeps in the water, out the weeds and it looks phenomenal when wet. Really adds that finished touch.

here4lfe

Ours Also
I put in a small 3'x8' in the back yard. My wife was observing how plain the backyard looked so I said let's landscape it. The flowers (I'm the muscle, NOT the garderner so don't ask me what they are -)) look beautiful, I finished painting the deck so it looks very inviting now. It's a quiet space where she can go outside and not feel so exposed.

Best

thxmiker

WOW on the garden! You are
WOW on the garden! You are more adventurous then I. Tell us how it goes.

We planted several varietals of tomatoes, squash, beans, onions, leeks, spinach and strawberries.

It keeps me in the sun, and gets some healthy food.

Best Always, mike

danker

garden
Here in Tucson it's pretty hard to garden. 100+ heat requires more water than it's worth. Have George try LOMOTIL for the diarrhea, it \ works. Have a great summer.

wolfen

danker said:

garden
Here in Tucson it's pretty hard to garden. 100+ heat requires more water than it's worth. Have George try LOMOTIL for the diarrhea, it \ works. Have a great summer.

Way To Go Tina!
Sounds like you'll soon have a lot of tasty, healthy veggies.

I'm afraid I'm with Danker on this one. We put in tomatoes, cucumbers, and melons(I think) a few years back, but the heat and the tripled water bill was too much. It's hard enough just to keep the yard fairly green and if you get brown spots, the city gives you a citation. Our high tomorrow is supposed to be 109. I long for the beautiful green of Kentucky.

Luv,

Wolfen

steved

wolfen said:

Way To Go Tina!
Sounds like you'll soon have a lot of tasty, healthy veggies.

I'm afraid I'm with Danker on this one. We put in tomatoes, cucumbers, and melons(I think) a few years back, but the heat and the tripled water bill was too much. It's hard enough just to keep the yard fairly green and if you get brown spots, the city gives you a citation. Our high tomorrow is supposed to be 109. I long for the beautiful green of Kentucky.

Luv,

Wolfen

Life does goes on
It is great to hear of you rgardening news as it reminds us all that life does go on despite this diagnosis. One of the down sides of this site is it is so cancer focused (which is its whole point and strength as well). However it is important to remember we all have lives to live despite the cancer and getting on with our gardening or whatever else is in our lives is what keeps us sane.

Hope it all grows well- here in England it has been a cold start to the spring so things are growing slowly but the sun is coming out now and my lettuces are finally starting to flourish. Just need to keep the slugs away!

steve

idlehunters

steved said:

Life does goes on
It is great to hear of you rgardening news as it reminds us all that life does go on despite this diagnosis. One of the down sides of this site is it is so cancer focused (which is its whole point and strength as well). However it is important to remember we all have lives to live despite the cancer and getting on with our gardening or whatever else is in our lives is what keeps us sane.

Hope it all grows well- here in England it has been a cold start to the spring so things are growing slowly but the sun is coming out now and my lettuces are finally starting to flourish. Just need to keep the slugs away!

steve

Hey Tina...
What is spaghetti squash????? Never heard of that. I live on 11 acres and have beautiful garden areas BUT...I had to stop planting gardens about 5 years ago because the darn deer ate my whole garden....no matter what I do...they wipe me out. I MUST have had an entire herd here 1 night a few years back because they wiped my ENTIRE garden out in 1 night.... I was so mad I cried. We fenced in the back yard but its real shady except for the pool area. So this year I planted 3 tomatoe plants and 1 blackberry plant in big pots ON ROLLERS. Now I roll them wherever the sun hits best around the pool.... whether thats beside the diving board or going down the steps..... the damn deer AIN'T getting them this year!!!!! Give George a hug for me and you take care of yourself! Love ya

Jennie

ketziah35

I wish I could do more
I wish I could do more gardening. Work keeps me from doing the garden.

Kathryn_in_MN

idlehunters said:

Hey Tina...
What is spaghetti squash????? Never heard of that. I live on 11 acres and have beautiful garden areas BUT...I had to stop planting gardens about 5 years ago because the darn deer ate my whole garden....no matter what I do...they wipe me out. I MUST have had an entire herd here 1 night a few years back because they wiped my ENTIRE garden out in 1 night.... I was so mad I cried. We fenced in the back yard but its real shady except for the pool area. So this year I planted 3 tomatoe plants and 1 blackberry plant in big pots ON ROLLERS. Now I roll them wherever the sun hits best around the pool.... whether thats beside the diving board or going down the steps..... the damn deer AIN'T getting them this year!!!!! Give George a hug for me and you take care of yourself! Love ya

Jennie

gardens
Spaghetti squash is great! We didn't plant any this year, but do some years. When you cut open the squash, the meet inside is all like spaghetti. You can even use it like you would use spaghetti, but it is better for you. I love it baked with a bit of parmesan sprinkled on it.

We had deer issues that got worse every year. As more and more building has gone on around us, the deer are losing their habitat and losing farm fields to nibble in. So a few years ago we had to fence ours in - 6 foot fence, with chicken wire at the bottom to keep the rabbits out too. It doesn't work to keep chipmunks and gophers out, and that is our biggest problem now. We downsized when the fence went up. I always had 5,000 square feet and did a lot of canning and freezing. Now we have about 3,000 square feet. This year we planted two different types of lettuce, spinach, bunching green onions, peas (edible pods), green beans, yellow zucchini & green zucchini, tomatillos, cucumbers, butternut squash, cantalope, watermelon, two dozen tomatoes (Early Girl, Better Boy, Big Boy, Cherry, and Roma), and two dozen peppers - lots of bells and several different hotter varieties. We stopped growing the less expensive vegetables - especially the ones that need a lot of space like corn. This year I'm keeping my herb gardens in pots on the front porch for easy access so I use them more. I have mint, cilantro, sage, basil, purple basil, rosemary, thyme, and oregano. And outside the garden we have catnip for our cats, rhubarb, asparagus (already done for the season), and chives. I haven't had berries for a few years, so this year I got one of those hanging topsy-turvy planters and planted strawberries - Everbearing and JuneBerries. It has been wonderful to feel well enough to garden again!

Brenda Bricco

I love to garden but only
I love to garden but only stick to planting flowers. I am out side a lot but I tend to spend the majority of my time with the equines. I should work a garden to use up my never ending supply of fertilizer. ;)Anyone need any??? lol