Do you have a garden?

[hjr]

Read this on a local newspaper site, this ? and lot of responses, so thought I'd try it here.

Yes, we have a garden, but not very large.
Have a few rows of white and yellow sweet corns, which are now betweeen 5-5 1/2 feet tall(rare around this this time of year, usually maybe 3-4 feet tall).
Have a few tomato plants, and a few are "white" tomatoes(less acidic, and do have a touch of yellow in them,but not a lot).
have a lot of pepper plants, like Habernero, cayenne, Anaheim Chili and regualr Chili, Purple and red Sweet Bell Pepper, Ballon red bell peppers(really Huge peppers) and Yellow Hungarian wax peppers. Have about 12 plants together of peppers (total).

Have some watermelon plants doing ok, but not too hopeful.
Have had broccoli already, and have red and green cabbage plants almost ready.
also have 2 brussel sprout plants.
Also have Papirika Pepper plants. they are struggling.

Have Stevia plant(sugar tasting leaves, with a hint of licorice). Lot s of places sold thses in 02-03, but struggled to find some this year. I use the leaves in coffee and stuff. Really strong, and good for diabetics, or people who do not like to use refined sugars too often.

Anyhow, do you personally(or have a friend/family member) who has a garden?

It does take some work, but, since I do not fish liek I ued to, this takes up my time now. What is cool? I do not need a license to grow veggies! Also, do not need to drive 20 miles to get nothing but mosquito bites! I walk 50 feet, water the plants, and pick the stuff when it is ready.
Fairly easy, and cheaper than the store, overall.

Have a good week folks.

Will be busy here, and the heat is returning(good for garden, bad for me. I dislike anything over 60% humidity and 80 degrees).
Oh well.

[Brian Gluckman]

Funny you should say this.

I have a water garden. I was just out on Friday putting some steps in down beside it... I was going to make a post but I wasn't sure if you people would care.

[whitefeather]

What you grow water?

[Brian Gluckman]

Haha.

No, I mean a garden around a pond. Lots of ponds and gardens...

[Brian Gluckman]

Haha.

No, I mean a garden around a pond. Lots of ponds and flower/plant gardens...

[hjr]

inlaws have a small pond (they keep it heated in winter, and have a fountain in the center, and a small hill where water recycles down, like a trickling stream over rocks).
They have a bunchof small goldfishes and a few frogs out there, and the pond is about 150 gallons-200 gallons.

They had "mini-catails" growing and a few water lilies.

They also have a few ferns and flowers around it, under a huge tree,a nd a wooden swing to sit by the pond and watch the fishes,etc.

One problem, they found dead chipmunks in the pond; they go to get a drink of water, and it appears they are not good swimmers, unfortuantely.

[Brian Gluckman]

Shame. (Holds back laughter.)

J/K

[whitedeather]

www.stevia.net/

harry this is why it is hard to find.
carl

[hjr]

thanks, whitefeather. Yeah, I have one plant thatis doing fine, but if I had it in a gallon planter pot and kept it indooors inwinter, by the 3rd year, the plants leaves lose someo f the sweeteness. I was hoping they'd be selling a loit more plants, as 1 or 2 year old plants do great. I see, they are using more Stevia plants ot make(the more expensive) sugar/packets.

I do have one place I can get the packets, 100 for 3.99(othe rplaces charge 9.99!!! ), but, if they ever close down, and lack of plants for planting, I'll have to stick more with the other fake sweetners.

My fatherinlaw and I went 2 walmart last sunday and stopped by my pace first, so I could get a few dollars. When I came back outside, I picked some stevia and dropped the leavees in my coffee.
he said"that looked weird, even though I knew what you were doing", LOL.

These folks around here all gorw veggie and fruit gardens, but not herbal gardens(have Sage, Garlic chives, chocolate mint plant and stevia, and a few others).

See ya around.