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  • JzP
    JzP Posts: 933
    embrace wrote:
    For the first time I planted some flowers to keep the bees happy- bee balm is one coolass fleur!

    Flowering bee balm...
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    awesome fucking flower!
    ~JzP
  • embrace
    embrace Posts: 849
    JzP wrote:
    embrace wrote:
    For the first time I planted some flowers to keep the bees happy- bee balm is one coolass fleur!

    Flowering bee balm...
    7490755568_bd275576e2_n.jpg
    awesome fucking flower!

    :D
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  • JzP
    JzP Posts: 933
    still figuring out potatoes. We heard to plant them mid-season to bypass bugs. It has worked well, but we had to buy potatoes until they're ready :fp:
    ~JzP
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    JzP wrote:
    still figuring out potatoes. We heard to plant them mid-season to bypass bugs. It has worked well, but we had to buy potatoes until they're ready :fp:
    Never grown them but a friend did. Who'd have guessed that potatoes could be so flavorful.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    I'm entering this thread as a total newbie, but I just moved into a rental that has garden space and a lovely tomato plant already giving plenty of fruit. The pepper plants sitting behind them are looking nice, but only some small growths coming in. I really love coming home from work, having a beer and watering the garden.

    I have a pretty, well very amateur question: Once the frost comes and winter soon follows, will I have to replant a tomato plant next year? The peppers too? :oops:

    Also, is there anything I can grow in the winter months that might be easy to handle? I'm seriously so new at this. :lol: :fp:
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    JzP wrote:
    still figuring out potatoes. We heard to plant them mid-season to bypass bugs. It has worked well, but we had to buy potatoes until they're ready :fp:

    One of my absolute favorite vegetables, I would love to grow some potatoes.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    dcfaithful wrote:
    I'm entering this thread as a total newbie, but I just moved into a rental that has garden space and a lovely tomato plant already giving plenty of fruit. The pepper plants sitting behind them are looking nice, but only some small growths coming in. I really love coming home from work, having a beer and watering the garden.

    I have a pretty, well very amateur question: Once the frost comes and winter soon follows, will I have to replant a tomato plant next year? The peppers too? :oops:

    Also, is there anything I can grow in the winter months that might be easy to handle? I'm seriously so new at this. :lol: :fp:
    Yes, you start fresh every year with vegetables. They put so much of their energy into producing fruit that even if they survived the winter, they'd be unable to do that all over again.

    Without knowing your climate, I don't know if you could grow anything in the winter. In Texas I've had good luck with lettuce, which doesn't like our hot summers. Some herbs do OK in the winter, especially parsley.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Who Princess wrote:
    dcfaithful wrote:
    I'm entering this thread as a total newbie, but I just moved into a rental that has garden space and a lovely tomato plant already giving plenty of fruit. The pepper plants sitting behind them are looking nice, but only some small growths coming in. I really love coming home from work, having a beer and watering the garden.

    I have a pretty, well very amateur question: Once the frost comes and winter soon follows, will I have to replant a tomato plant next year? The peppers too? :oops:

    Also, is there anything I can grow in the winter months that might be easy to handle? I'm seriously so new at this. :lol: :fp:
    Yes, you start fresh every year with vegetables. They put so much of their energy into producing fruit that even if they survived the winter, they'd be unable to do that all over again.

    Without knowing your climate, I don't know if you could grow anything in the winter. In Texas I've had good luck with lettuce, which doesn't like our hot summers. Some herbs do OK in the winter, especially parsley.

    Doing some reading and I think I'd probably have some luck with greens, root vegetables, and peas.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • JzP
    JzP Posts: 933
    the Brassica family does well in cold weather. broccoli, cabbage, brussel sprouts and will withstand a frost or two.
    ~JzP
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    JzP wrote:
    the Brassica family does well in cold weather. broccoli, cabbage, brussel sprouts and will withstand a frost or two.
    True. I remember growing brussel sprouts one year and they did fine during the cold. Another one of those veggies that taste so much better when homegrown.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."

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