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Anyone have a veggie garden?

Posted by on Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:38 PM
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I would like to start my own veggie garden to try to save some money while I am not working.  Any suggestions?

Posted by on Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:38 PM
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savingtheworld
by Bronze Member on Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:54 PM
A lot of ppl do this! Onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, squash! The list goes on! That's a great idea!
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Matriarch87
by Member on Jan. 16, 2013 at 4:57 PM
If you lay carpet down after tilling fiber side down and cut two sides of a triangle and fold the flap under then plant your seeds or plant in the hole it eliminates weeds.
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storkradio193
by Member on Jan. 16, 2013 at 5:15 PM

What is your climate?  I like to plant tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and more.  My strawberries are perennials and come back every year.

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OliviaW.
by Silver Member on Jan. 16, 2013 at 5:17 PM

How much space do you have? I do both bucket gardens and regular ones. Depending on what I want I'll plant onions, peppers, tomatoes, carrots and various different things. 

MrsJoe125
by on Jan. 16, 2013 at 5:19 PM

We do a container garden in the summers.  We usually get tomatoes, several kinds of peppers (usually banana, sometimes bell, last year a habenero), and whatever herbs we use often in the kitchen.

Look for whether the plants are perennieals or annuals (live a year) or biennials (live two years).  For instance, tomatoes are perennials that are treated like annuals (replaced each year).

LucyHarper
by Bronze Member on Jan. 16, 2013 at 5:48 PM

We till and fertilize the soil once a year and plant seasonal vegetables.

Jebekarue
by Member on Jan. 16, 2013 at 6:25 PM

We are in NW FL and stay under fire weather watches ALOT.  Humid, we just had a week and a half of 70-75 degree weather, now its rained all day and we are getting cold again.  Our yard has mostly weeds, and sand maybe a little dirt mixed in. We are pretty dry in summer, spring we get some rain.  Mobile, AL is less than an hour from us and they get more rain than we do.  I will be doing ALOT of watering.

Quoting storkradio193:

What is your climate?  I like to plant tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and more.  My strawberries are perennials and come back every year.


Jebekarue
by Member on Jan. 16, 2013 at 6:31 PM

We have a  small but decent sized back yard, wooded area behind the fence so alot of tree overhang blocking morning sun.  Depending on where I choose to put it shade in morning full sun late morning to late afternoon or full shade until afternoon, I was thinking a 10x10 area.

broccoli, cauli, carrots, jalapenos, peppers, tomatoes, not sure about squash yet but probably, would like to do potatoes too, but not sure.

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