Did someone say gardening?

[Aust1227]

I actually get to write about gardening, and it is on toppic?!? This is fantastic..

Our garden...
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z267/Aust15/May21002.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z267/Aust15/GardenMay002.jpg
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[pond007]

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z267/Aust15/July2008008.jpg

Damn, my mouth is watering all over my keyboard...

[Aust1227]

That might be sweat! Those things are hot enough to kill your average Mexican, let alone us gringos!!

[Irish]

Here's mine, or well at least a portion of mine. Too busy to convert the entire area over to the raised beds this year, but the results from the few plants I do have has been great! This year I planted zucchini, banana peppers, jalapeno peppers, cucumbers, & 4 different kinds of tomatoes.

Planting back in May/June
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They've filled in a little now :D
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Everything is doing well except the zucchini (bottom right), must have gotten a few worms, they're just about toast.
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Nothing like Aust's harvest, but I'll take it.
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd106/irishpenguin75/garden/IMG_3612.jpg

Picked our first tomatoes today (mostly plums), can't wait to get enough to make some homemade sauce!
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[Guma]

Spongebob Rocks!

[j p frog]

nice...almost makes me want to have a garden....but not quite. I will just buy my produce at very reasonable costs from the mennonites at the Saturday farmers market.

[pond007]

That might be sweat! Those things are hot enough to kill your average Mexican, let alone us gringos!!

I'd still "punish" myself with some homemade salsa, and a few other tasty treats. I'll have to try this out next spring.

[MsprinM]

Hey Aust what kind of soil amendments are you using? Are you doing strictly organic?

[Aust1227]

Hey Aust what kind of soil amendments are you using? Are you doing strictly organic?

I am not strictly organice. I use pressure treated pine for the boxes, which in itslelf makes me non organic... I try to stay as organic as possible, but if I have to save a crop by spraying, then I will, but I prefer not too.

I use mushroom compost, there is a mushroom farm here in town that produces the crap by the ton, they sell it for $5 a truckload (ANY TRUCK). So I take my trailer down there, fill it up, and shovel it into the beds at least once a year.. Awesome stuff. In fact, it is actually a soil less garden, the boxes were built on grade, and filled with compost. I added a little builders grade sand for structure..

The mushroom farm, and their compost pile.. (they even fill your trailer for you)
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