oh! radishes and romaine lettuce. hmm.

basil
oregano
lettuce
heirloom tomatoes
sage
thyme
cilantro

These are all growing in the greenhouse of Metachat Mansion, right? Next to the "special agricultural projects"?

Corn
Summer squash, winter squash, pumpkins
Gourds - but not anywhere near the rest of the garden.
Green beans, purple beans
Bell peppers, hot peppers
Eggplant
Carrots
Lettuce
Broccoli & spinach in the fall
Basil, cilantro - the mint & oregano & thyme & rosemary are all established & going along nicely.

And I'll try tomatos again although I know it won't work. You can't grow good tomatos in western NC. Between the tobacco fungus & all the rain, it just doesn't work. I've tried everything from heirlooms to yellow ones to commercial beefsteaks - the only ones that grow are the cherrys & grapes.

shit - I read that as when are you planning on eating your kids this year...

Ghetto Salsa Garden:

roma tomatoes
one or two other tomato plants
cilantro
green onions/chives


I don't have much space or sun, and the plants are nurtured on Rottweiller dung and car exhaust. It's an addictive exercise, though.

basil
cherry tomatoes
cilantro
Thai peppers
Thai basil
anaheim chilies
peppermint
oregano
roemary
chives
zucchini
sage
bay laurel
nasturtiums

Non edible things:
daisies
lavender
lobelia
dhalias
ranunculus
fressias
star jasmine
aloe
tea olive

Yes, kids.

i just plant the kids

lemon ice watermelon

That sounds like a new flavor of Gatorade.

I share the yard with 3 other households, so we need to get together & decide. Judging by last year, probably tonnes of heirloom tomatoes (mygothlaundry-we built a shelter for them & covered it with clear pvc sheeting-worked like a charm), cukes (pickling & long english), broccoli, beans, peas, snow peas, squash of various kinds, carrots, radishes, lettuces, maybe spinach. The strawberries and herbs are established, plus we have a peach tree, a pear, two apples, two figs, and a plum, a blackcurrent bush, and fledgling rhubarb & raspberry plants. Thankfully, my housemates are also into organic gardening and heirloom varieties, which makes things easier.

Specklet--forgot to mention that the bay laurel can take a year or so before it really starts to grow, so you may want to get a bigger plant to start with, or prepare for a year or two of patience. It's worth it, though.

I'll try basil & cilantro again, but I rarely have any luck with them. Advice?

Sweet basil? Keep away from the slugs/snails.

Cilantro I've had lots of luck with - mine were very hardy. Keep moist, not *too* much sunlight

I haven't posted yet, but "hi"... (jonmc and gaspode insist I have wacky neighbor status; wack...eeeee.)

I hadn't thought of a garden... I'm at my mom's right now, and she has a nice large yard, complete with a gopher/woodchuck (I'm not sure) who likes to munch the clover.

My father used to have tomato plants (he passed in '98), and a strawberry patch, until it came to an unfortunate end with a lawnmower. My father used to tear strips of his old t-shirts to tie the tomato plants. I never saw a man sweat so much; he watered the plants.

Anyway, a garden might be nice. I hear if you alternate blueberry and rasberry bushes, the rasberry thorns keep the birds off your blueberries. But rasberries take two years from twig to fruit.

I wish I had room to plant more but I'll do my usual pot of tomatoes. I did regular sized tomatoes last year, but I think I'll stick to cherry this year - they did a lot better.

We've got the cukes, zukes, beans, peppers and tomatoes started. Strawberries and carrots will go in once we've got the new fence up. Blueberries and raspberries will go right outside the garden. The herb garden (right outside the kitchen) will have its standard parsley, dill, oregano, thyme, sage, basil and lots and lots of lavendar.

I think we may put in a mini-orchard in the fall if I can get mr. rossi on board. He fears the bees that fruit trees bring, which is valid. But we can put them in a little-used part of our land.

I just can't seem to get teh broccoli to grow. Something that lives here LOVES it. It doesn't get nibbled, it gets eradicated.

Rosemary, thyme, parsley, oregano, basil, garlic, sage, chives, bell peppers, grape tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, English cucumbers and some little hot peppers that grow on a small bush and are cool because they have green, yellow, orange, red, blue, and purple peppers all at the same time.