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Hey Fellow Gardeners!!!

I am new this year to gardening and I am very excited that the plants I am growing are still alive so here are some pics of what my space looks like so far.

Here is a picture of what the garden looked like on 3/26 (only two weeks ago) so you too can be amazed at the growth!!!
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And here is a picture from today!
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And now for some close ups!!

Sunflower!!!!
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Corn!!!
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Pole Beans!!!
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Tomatoes are Growin!!!
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Peppers!!!
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Cucumbers!!!!
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...woohoo its flowering

Summer Squash!!!
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...the flowers bloomed a couple days ago, just got my first male and female flowers open at the same time, hopefully the hand pollination worked and I'll get some fresh veggies soon!!!!

Pumpkin!!!
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I also have some watermelon and canteloupe growing in little pots that will hopefully get planted sometime today!

All looking very nice & healthy! I'm a tad jealous of your already forming fruits! lol =) What zone/state are you in?

- Steve

I am in central florida, in zone 9!!! can't beat the growing season here.

Sweet. =) I miss FL. I graduated High School in Clearwater. Go Tornadoes!!! Have any tropicals and/or fruits in that nice lookin garden of yours?

I'm so jealous!! It just snowed here yesterday Can't plant outside for about another 3-4 weeks.

unfortunately I can't say that I do. we used to have two lemon trees but they never did much so we had to put them down.

but since this is my first real attempt at growing vegetables, some tropical fruit may make the menu next year, if this year works out well for me.

I'm so jealous!! It just snowed here yesterday Can't plant outside for about another 3-4 weeks.

I can say the same for you. I am jealous that u get snow. hot weather all the time and 100% humidity can get old, believe it or not.

Alright next january we'll swap houses for a month!

Your bean pole looks very interesting - can you post another photo?

Very nice I'm jealous too.

Oh and Feb we can trade houses if you like for month after Dixana in Jan.

Your bean pole looks very interesting - can you post another photo?

to be honest it makes me nervous that u think my pole bean looks "interesting," makes me think there is something wrong with it.

....anyways as you requested here is a less artistic photo of my pole beans.

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I have them growing up the edges of my trellises (because the edges are "poles")


on a side note, the tomatoes I have growing are sweet 100s...does anyone have experience growing them? or any helpful tips for me about the tomatoes?

what is your mulch, is that hay/straw?

what is your mulch, is that hay/straw?

it is hay (with a smattering of oak leaves due to the trees near by)...why do you ask? is it bad? or good?

Hay can be not so good depending in the kind and when it was cut. It can be full of seeds causing hay and/or weeds to sprout in your garden. We used first cut marsh hay in the garden on the farm I grew up on and never had a problem. Grass alfalfa mix though ended up being a disaster!
I've never heatd of a problem with straw though, and I don't knoow about FL but up here it's a lot cheaper than hay.