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My veggie garden photos..

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Although I have been gardening for years, there are many vegetables I have never grown. Can you describe what is in your pictures? They look like they are doing well. 8)

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freedhardwoods wrote:Although I have been gardening for years, there are many vegetables I have never grown. Can you describe what is in your pictures? They look like they are doing well. 8)
I am growing a variety this year to see what works in my climate.. I am in so california. The far left picture is zuchinni top left, cucumber top middle, eggplant top right, roma tomato bottom right, artichoke bottom middle, strawberries bottom left. there is marigolds as well and some mixed lettuce.

The 2nd to last picture has big boy tomatos, delicious tomatos, husky cherry red tomatos, yellow pear tomatos, jalapenos, green bell pepper, ancho peppers, serrano peppers, orange bell peppers, green onions, garlic, oregano, basil, dill, spinach, arugula.

these pictures were taken three weeks ago. Now the garden is a lot fuller.

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I never would have guessed all that was in there. Good use of space. Keep us posted.

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Looks great! You might want to get a cage for that cucumber, they can go wild! Give it 2 months and you'll see what I mean!

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Original block garden area is in ground and in the back of this photo. Foreground is original raised bed area which was renovated last year. Lots of succession planting going on. Sweet peas have been replaced with green beans. Spinach was pulled today and have seeded cucumbers there. Garlic is being pulled and will replace with beans and cucumbers. The area currently contains corn, squash, zucchini, egg plant, strawberry plants, lettuce, edible soy beans, tomatoes, potatoes, radishes, garlic, arugula, young cucumber vines plus each bed contains some kind of flowers, mostly day lilies, iris, and rudbeckia.



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This next area is our newest set of three raised beds, mostly with strawberry plants and raspberry plants, but also interplanted with beans, cucumbers, and spinach. The area also serves as a small nursery and temporary home for lots of potted items including some container grown peppers egg plants and strawberry plants. There are no flowers in the raised beds, but are many container grown flowering plants on the weed free zone around the beds.

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Here is a little closer view of an interplanted group of raspberry, cucumber, and beans, with strawberry plants in the back of the bed, and lots of containers all around.

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This area is a new 'in the ground' plot. The soil is almost pure sand and has not been improved yet. Is probably about the closest thing one could find to 'dead' soil. Next year the area will get a lot of compost. This year the plants won't be lush and dark green like most of the garden, but should grow enough to give a decent harvest of tomatoes, butter beans, green beans, cantalope, watermelon, and a dab of okra. The tomatoes have drip irrigation which will soon supply the melons as well.

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you just put my little garden to shame.. great work though..

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Showoff! :lol:

Alex, I'm green with envy. Is this what retirement is all about? Wow, take all your produce to the local Farmers Market and you have a great 2nd income!! because I am sure maintaining this is a full time job. :o

I always enjoy seeing your pics. Thanks for sharing. :wink:

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:clap: :clap: :clap:

Well done Alex! I'm coming around later with my trug (wooden vegetable carrier). I will be bringing it empty and hope to go home with it full. :wink: However, will take me a while to get there seeing as I have long long way to get to you.

Alex, I was wondering, you and some of the other guys and girls seem to have so much land space. Is this your garden at the back of your home or is it an allotment or a land space that you rent?

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here are some pics of the progress in my garden.. I am happy with the results thus far. already have had fresh garlic fresh grn onions basil oregano spinach lettuce some strawberries and evrything is groing very well no problems up until now.. since this is my first time actually doing my own raised veggie garden organically nothing other than water and organic compost and mulch.
thanks for letting me share
adam
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here are some pics of the progress in my garden.. I am happy with the results thus far. already have had fresh garlic fresh grn onions basil oregano spinach lettuce some strawberries and evrything is groing very well no problems up until now.. since this is my first time actually doing my own raised veggie garden organically nothing other than water and organic compost and mulch.
thanks for letting me share
adam
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Adam,

Great looking garden you have there! 8) I can't wait until I have some little green maters on my plants. Thanks for sharing.

Cute pup too. :)

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my garden is doing quite well. zukes had to be cut back because it was starting to take over too much space. eggplant is almost ready. plenty of cucumbers and tomatos herbs and peppers.. This is my first actual garden so I think I have done fairly well...
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harvest jul 12th
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Looks REALLY great! But WOW the artichoke really takes up a lot of space doesn't it. Does it grow more "buds" after you cut off the ones that are ready to eat? I love artichokes, but the weather around here doesn't agree with the biennial variety. I've been seeing a few single season varieties in catalogs, but I don't really have the space if after all the work to coddle and extend the season I'd have to do, all I'm going to get is one or two heads... and you can't even eat the leaves on those like you can with broccoli and cauliflower... unless you're a goat! :wink:

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hendi_alex wrote:This area is a new 'in the ground' plot. The soil is almost pure sand and has not been improved yet. Is probably about the closest thing one could find to 'dead' soil. Next year the area will get a lot of compost. This year the plants won't be lush and dark green like most of the garden, but should grow enough to give a decent harvest of tomatoes, butter beans, green beans, cantalope, watermelon, and a dab of okra. The tomatoes have drip irrigation which will soon supply the melons as well.
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Alex, this area looks like a prime candidate for winter cover crop to add more humus. I can't remember if you said you till or not. I prefer the no-till kind that winterkills then I can just dump compost, etc. on top in spring, but maybe that's not an easy option for your warmer climate. You could always do the M. Fukuoka method of mowing (I guess with brush mower if you don't have a scythe :wink: ) and scattering without tilling.

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*Drools* Wow hopefully someday I can achieve something like that. Great job man!

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Adam: It looks like your raised beds were built in grass. Is that true? If so, can you tell me how you did it, what materials you used, and what size the beds are? This year I have a small in-ground veggie garden (about 15-by-11 feet) that used to be a play area for kids, next to a flower garden. Except for a few other flower beds around the perimeter of my yard, the rest is grass. The biggest problem I had this year was having every seed I planted come up (yeah, I know, great problem to have!) and now everything is so crowded together, and I don't have access from all sides, so was considering using some of the lawn area next year to expand and plant raised beds. Any advice you can give would be appreciated.

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wow long time since I have been on here!!!!
as far as the raised beds go IT is quite simple to achieve a decent garden
with just a few materials...

This was my first time gardening vegetables and I am hooked for life.
I will post some pictures soon my garden is still growing strong. artichokes are gone now and they were very good. eggplant and zukes are booming, tomatoes vigorous, peppers galore..

my beds are only 4x8 ft this allows me to get to all plants in the garden without stepping around the roots and damaging the structure of the soil.
they are built using 2x10 boards 3 boards per planter 2- 8ft pieces and 2- 4ft pieces. use screws to put it together so you can take it apart more easily..

note I would recommend using 2x12's to give more depth to the soil allowing the roots to expand further..

I also made a little rope fence around the garden so my dog would not jump in after the lizards and mice. or whatever he is after. I swear he is posessed.

as for the soil preparation I dug the grass up and turned the sod over so the grass was facing down into the soil. I then let it sit for a few days so the grass would die off a litlle and it would be easier to break up. turned the soil so it was a depth of about 6-8 inches of soft workable soil. I then placed my planters around the loose dirt....

to fill the raised beds I used compost, sphagmum moss, a little sand, native soil and a few other things.. the compost I made myself and I swear the stuff is amazing.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEEDED TO KNOW ANYTHING ELSE. SO MUCH TO LEARN.

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First time gardener! Wow. What a great job you did. Your garden looks beautiful.

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I'm so jealous of all of your space! :(

you've done an amazing job, congratulations. :D



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