Veggies for 2008

Richard · 03-12-2008, 04:19 PM

Some of you have started veggie seedlings and others just about ready. A little over a week ago I started my first round of seedlings. Today these were ready to plant: Pumpkins, Beans, and Squash. I put protective cages made from wire fence material around them to keep pesky critters from eating the seedlings. Here's a look at the squash bed:

mskitty38583 · 03-12-2008, 07:41 PM

i got 30 strawberry plants for my birthday, will be planting them in pots till this fall, i dont have a place to put them yet. ill be doing that after i get done with yucky homework. lol.

Richard · 03-22-2008, 06:19 PM

Today I planted out a row of bean seedlings: California Blackeyed peas, Lima Beans (Fordhook), and Blue Lake beans. These are all bush varieties. The cages around them will come off when the plants are too large to be tempting to rabbits and other varmits.

The white dots you see at the edge of the mulch are snail & slug bait pellets. To the right of the bean row are five Flame Grape plants on a trellis in the foreground and an espalliered Kei Apple male-female pair in the background.

NANAMAN · 03-22-2008, 08:36 PM

I can't help it, I'm envious! I wish I had the time, space, and energy to grow a vegetable garden again. You have an awesome garden plot, also like the site map! Can't wait to see pics. of some mature plants.

Richard · 06-25-2008, 02:11 PM

I took a few pictures of the vegetables growing at our place this morning ...

The "upper" patch of 5 tomato plants, with Green Grape and Momotaro lagging behind Better Boy, Celebrity, and Mr. Stripey in size

A patch of "Sugar" and "Connecticut Field" pumpkins. The latter has 20" pumpkins ripening weekly. Pumpkin pie, coming up!

"Blue Lake" and "California Black-eye" beans happily shaded from the morning sun by the grape arbor

The "lower" patch of tomatoes: Sun Gold, Cherokee Purple, Azoychka, Palla di Fuoco, and Persimmon.

A patch of Ambrosia muskmelons planted next to my cherry trees. The local rabbits really like the leafs of this plant, so the plants stay "trimmed" inside their garden fencing.

Peter Pan and 8-ball squash

sandy0225 · 06-25-2008, 02:22 PM

I love veggie gardening. Not only is it good for you to eat your own homegrown, if for some reason I don't feel like messing with the produce at that moment, I go to a farmers market and can always make a buck off the excess.
We have out about 60 tomato plants, mostly heirlooms, 30+ peppers and 4 rows of green beans, a couple hundred garlic plants, and about 500 onions. And a row of okra.8-10 eggplants. We've been picking a few tomatoes this week to sell that I grew as semi-hydro in the greenhouse.

mskitty38583 · 06-25-2008, 03:05 PM

hey sandy i have tomatoes on my little plants!!!!!they are still green but i have tomatoes!

Dean W. · 06-25-2008, 03:14 PM

Way to go Richard! They look happy there.

Richard · 06-25-2008, 04:52 PM

Sandy, if you've read "The $64 Tomato" you'll understand that I'm just about out of the "picking fruit" phase and in the next year or two I'll be in the "harvesting" phase. At that point I'm likely to obtain a booth at the Poway farmers market.

03-12-2008, 04:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
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Richard Hermitian Operator Richard's Photo Gallery Location: NW San Diego, CA Find me on the map! Zone: 9+ / 10- Name: Richard Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,427 BananaBucks : 246 Feedback: 4 / 100% Thanks: 363 Thanked 588 Times in 388 Posts Welcomes: 624	Re: Veggies for 2008 Today I planted out a row of bean seedlings: California Blackeyed peas, Lima Beans (Fordhook), and Blue Lake beans. These are all bush varieties. The cages around them will come off when the plants are too large to be tempting to rabbits and other varmits. The white dots you see at the edge of the mulch are snail & slug bait pellets. To the right of the bean row are five Flame Grape plants on a trellis in the foreground and an espalliered Kei Apple male-female pair in the background. __________________ . . . http://www.plantsthatproduce.com

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06-25-2008, 02:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
Richard Hermitian Operator Richard's Photo Gallery Location: NW San Diego, CA Find me on the map! Zone: 9+ / 10- Name: Richard Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,427 BananaBucks : 246 Feedback: 4 / 100% Thanks: 363 Thanked 588 Times in 388 Posts Welcomes: 624	Re: Veggies for 2008 I took a few pictures of the vegetables growing at our place this morning ... The "upper" patch of 5 tomato plants, with Green Grape and Momotaro lagging behind Better Boy, Celebrity, and Mr. Stripey in size A patch of "Sugar" and "Connecticut Field" pumpkins. The latter has 20" pumpkins ripening weekly. Pumpkin pie, coming up! "Blue Lake" and "California Black-eye" beans happily shaded from the morning sun by the grape arbor The "lower" patch of tomatoes: Sun Gold, Cherokee Purple, Azoychka, Palla di Fuoco, and Persimmon. A patch of Ambrosia muskmelons planted next to my cherry trees. The local rabbits really like the leafs of this plant, so the plants stay "trimmed" inside their garden fencing. Peter Pan and 8-ball squash __________________ . . . http://www.plantsthatproduce.com

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sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 480 BananaBucks : 8,045 Feedback: 18 / 100% Thanks: 1 Thanked 115 Times in 63 Posts Welcomes: 0	Re: Veggies for 2008 I love veggie gardening. Not only is it good for you to eat your own homegrown, if for some reason I don't feel like messing with the produce at that moment, I go to a farmers market and can always make a buck off the excess. We have out about 60 tomato plants, mostly heirlooms, 30+ peppers and 4 rows of green beans, a couple hundred garlic plants, and about 500 onions. And a row of okra.8-10 eggplants. We've been picking a few tomatoes this week to sell that I grew as semi-hydro in the greenhouse. __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!

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mskitty38583 banana junkie mskitty38583 's Photo Gallery Location: sparta, tn. Find me on the map! Zone: 6-7 Name: mskitty Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,598 BananaBucks : 16,950 Feedback: 24 / 100% Thanks: 23 Thanked 466 Times in 396 Posts Welcomes: 59	Re: Veggies for 2008 hey sandy i have tomatoes on my little plants!!!!!they are still green but i have tomatoes! __________________ WELCOME TO THE GATOR NATION "kokomo" beach boys:

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Dean W. Dean W.'s Photo Gallery Location: Cedar Park, TX Zone: 8b Name: Dean Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,199 BananaBucks : 8,189 Feedback: 6 / 100% Thanks: 645 Thanked 223 Times in 210 Posts Welcomes: 199	Re: Veggies for 2008 Way to go Richard! They look happy there. __________________ Dean

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Richard Hermitian Operator Richard's Photo Gallery Location: NW San Diego, CA Find me on the map! Zone: 9+ / 10- Name: Richard Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,427 BananaBucks : 246 Feedback: 4 / 100% Thanks: 363 Thanked 588 Times in 388 Posts Welcomes: 624	Re: Veggies for 2008 Sandy, if you've read "The $64 Tomato" you'll understand that I'm just about out of the "picking fruit" phase and in the next year or two I'll be in the "harvesting" phase. At that point I'm likely to obtain a booth at the Poway farmers market. __________________ . . . http://www.plantsthatproduce.com

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