My Garden...Do you have one? (Pics included)

[caseysmom]

I love gardens, I am impressed and jealous. We always had a garden growing up and I loved it. I just don't have any place for one now, I don't even have grass in the backyard, its all pool and a trampoline pad.

There is nothing like a fresh tomatoe in the summer.

Don't listen to Richard his garden is pretty awesome also.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I grow herbs. They look pretty, smell good, don't need weeding, and most taste good. (lavender I haven't tasted...) And they grow like crazy!

Rosemary

Lavender

and....catnip, mint, thyme, parsley and chives

cat optional!

[caseysmom]

I really want to grow rosemary, I tried once and killed it. What's your secret?

[Edwina's Secretary]

I really want to grow rosemary, I tried once and killed it. What's your secret?

Really? It is like a weed here. On one of the walking trails it grows wild. I have to cut it back about once a month.

Sun and not too much water. It is a Mediterranean plant and should be treated that way.

[Moesha]

I have 4 tomato plants in pots. I went home today and looked at them. I've been house sitting for a week and a half. They have gotten so much bigger and have lots of little babies on them.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Wow, your garden looks great! We planted a vegetable garden for the first time this year. We don't have any veggies ready to harvest yet (got a bit of a late start because we had to build a raised bed) but there are babies on the plants.

We planted cucumbers, squash, broccoli, green beans, peppers, eggplants, leeks, celery, tomatoes, watermelon and honeydew melon. I'd never done a vegetable garden before so I planted the rows a little too close together and the plants are a tad cramped, but healthy!

[caseysmom]

Really? It is like a weed here. On one of the walking trails it grows wild. I have to cut it back about once a month.

Sun and not too much water. It is a Mediterranean plant and should be treated that way.

Thats what I thougt too, I think I over watered it.

[fritz03]

Your garden looks great,plants look good enough to eat,hope the dogs stay out of it!

[anna_66]

hope the dogs stay out of it!

Yep, we have a fence around it or they wouldn't!
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Alas, some of our garden is dying. The cucumbers are all gone as well as the snap peas. I'll miss them.

But now comes the fun part...canning green beans and tomatoes!

The beans taste oh so yummy canned.

It took me 5 hours to can 36 jars of tomatoes yesterday

I also made salsa...hope it's good!

[sabies]

Great garden! I love the herb garden too. I hope to have a flower, veggie and herb garden someday. We have a lot of work still to do in our yard. I would have one already except our soil is clay and too difficult for me to dig myself and my husband is too busy now to help. Being so inexperienced I know it will take some years to ge the hang of gardening. Right now I'm trying to be a better cook so I can do something with whatever I may grow. Anyway, I am very impressed with everything you guys have grown and made!