How many of you grow some or all of your own vegetables/fruit?!
Answers: and what methods do you use?
I used to garden when we lived in the Berkshires on 47 acres and our planting was done in raised beds with bio-dynamic consciousness and companion planting. We also had a fabulous organic garden and orchard at Koinonia in Stevenson, MD years ago before it was sold. And there was an organic garden at the Merciful Lion too.
My grandfather had an organic farm on sandy Rhode Island soil that had never seen a chemical in 300 years. He gathered the sea veggies after a Nor'easter down at the beach to add minerals to his soil base. He also moved his hen house every three years to plant asparagus after a fallow season to grow the best asparagus in the state. Composting was very important to the success of all of these gardens.
If you are serious about gardening fruit and vegetables check out the work of Rudolf Steiner on BioDynamic Gardening. You may know about him through his educational philosophy -- via Waldorf Schools. Steiner was a visionary and intellectual giant who had positive, practical ideas about everything from growing food to growing children and healthy living hich includes education. His work has which has stood the test of time. Weleeda products are connected to his philosophy.. Interesting man - great information.
i wish i could grow my own tomatoes and stuff but i am in college and i don't think they would let me..
does pot count.....sike i grow a variety of herbs and jalapenos aswell as secret polynesian bare root of the parcnippiti tree
Apples, Pears, Strawberries. Pruning / Derris Dust Application (at least - I plan on spraying derris soon on the apple tree as it was hit badly last year by pests)
i grow my own vegetables. I dont often grow fruit in my own yard.
The methods i use are to go out and buy the vegeatable plant and plant it out in my back yard in the garden.
Always watter it and make sure you go by that fertilizer soil and make sure the ground is soft. Always check on the plants to make sure there is no bugs or bad insects that can kill the plants.
Put up a little garden fence to make sure rabbits or other animals dont get in your garden of vegetables and eat them!
i grow my own herbs, but not fruits and veggies. unfortunately i have the opposite of a green thumb =(
one of the ladies that i work with grows all kinds of veggies, so she's going to help me get started this year. we'll see how it goes.....
EDIT: Yes, I am in Indy! Where north, Kokomo area? Is it as hard being veggie there as it is here? Gotta love farm/dairy country =P
Some-definitely not all. I have a raised bed garden and maintain a summer and winter garden. I grow herbs pretty much year round-- although I lose some with unexpected frosts. I also have several fruit trees. I wish I could be self sustaining but I love fruits and vegetables and eat a wide variety. I feel fortunate to be able to get all I desire at the local grocery and farmers market. I used to have a lovely compost but have moved many times and lack the enthusiasm to get it going again. I keep to about 4-5 varieties and share my surplus. It's my fun--- so I am not always vigilant. You ?
Ha, ha lbe--- your crops are certainly more entertaining than mine, maybe we could start a coop ?
I grow tomatoes and a variety of peppers and herbs.
i grow heavy herb ya diggggg
I grow my own vegetables. I'm harvesting asparagus right now. I only use chemicals when absolutely necessary - meaning the plant is going to die. Otherwise I let the lady bugs and Praying Mantis have at it. Cow manure does wonders for most plants. Companion planting also works well. I'm not a vegetarian but I love vegetables.
My 'method' is having a potted garden, Everything's in pots or half wine barrels. I have cherry tomatoes, green bell peppers, chives, sage, rosemary, Italian parsley, jalapenos, oregano, BASIL, arugula, a mango tree, 2 avocado trees, and a lemon tree.
I like having a potted garden because if we ever have to move we can take it all with us.
did you expect this diverse answers ???
The true American Home Lifestyle is mostly over..
In Sacramento I see the Asian Community Gardens BUT not in the other mass housings projects..
the Homeownes Associations offer NO such concern..
I gave up::: the weather and my health I have a ? acer but no ambition,,, the abundence of just one plant would be a waste
We have a little back yard, but my husband made me a little tiny area off the dining room outside and we had a few pepper plants and a bunch of herbs. We also had one tomato that grew to be so gigantic that we had fresh tomatos July through Nov. 1st and I had to freeze some and those lasted through March! One plant!
I don't have a backyard or garden on the 8th floor (lol) but when I buy my own house, one of my top priorities is the freedom to grow what I want, when I want. Lawns are such a terrible waste of space! I've also read that the biggest pesticide users are homeowners attempting to keep their grass 'nice' and 'clean'. It just represents everything that is wrong with this society. Dandelions add cheer and diversity to a lawn.
We have pecans, oranges, limes, lemons and herbs.
i have a vegetable garden but it is too cold to grow fruit up here in northern new york. i don't really have a method, its mostly my dads
me and family , we grow spring onions , and broad beans and strawberries and tomatoes some times ,we even tried to grow corn once but it didnt work. we also have herbs and stuff like parsley and thyme and mint.