Garden 2018
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40248)
United States
May 15, 2018 9:03pm CST
I'm happy to report that garden 2018 is well underway.
I have use of a large garden plot thanks to the area's community garden program. My plot measures 12"x50".
So, this year I've planted so far - tomatoes, spaghetti squash, red onions, cucumbers, green beans, snap peas, beets, green peppers, jalapeno, summer squash, eggplant, broccoli
Yet to be planted - tomatoes (different varieties), kale, yellow onions, and a red and a yellow pepper
I love going to the local greenhouse, and looking at all the plants. I also love planting and being in the outdoors. Looking at the scenery, hearing the sounds, and smelling the fresh smells.
Weeding is not a favorite but I like my hula hoe.
Harvesting is fun. It is like going to a free grocery store.
Canning is a tiresome process but I enjoy canning with my mom and the home canned goods sure taste amazing.
Do you garden?
Photo: Mine
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 May 18
Personally, I haven't gardened in a while, but we have community gardens sprouting up all over the place here where I live. So, maybe some day soon I will have time to jump on the bandwagon!
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 May 18
@FayeHazel In the meantime, my "garden" consists of the produce section of the local grocery store! lol
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
20 May 18
@moffittjc It's bug free, always ready and doesn't need weeding :-)
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
17 May 18
I hope you get to have a garden some day soon. :-)
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
18 May 18
Oh nice! I hope you get a great harvest. Does garlic keep coming back - year after year?
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@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
18 May 18
@FayeHazel No, you need to plant it every year but tomato cherry coming back every year and you don't need to plant it.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
20 May 18
@nela13 Oh that's interesting, I didn't know that about garlic.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
29 Jun 18
Well, I'm not sure if you'd call what we do gardening or not. We certainly call it that! 
We have tomatoes and strawberries in our 'garden', along with chocolate mint, thyme and chives. We also have edible bamboo and sugarcane. (Those last two were planted because they are beautiful, but we can and do eat them, too.)
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
3 Jul 18
@FayeHazel Thank you!
We are in hardiness zone 6a and 6b. My city is on the tip of a rise on the Ozarks Plateau. We get weather for both zones.
See the arrow on the map.
Edit to add:
https://bonnieplants.com/product/chocolate-mint/
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
1 Jul 18
I'd call it gardening too. Chocolate mint, that interests me. I know of the regular mint. Does it really taste like chocolate? Wow! Are you close to the Arkansas boarder ? I didn't know we could have the edible bamboo or the sugar cane here.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
3 Jul 18
@DaddyEvil Nice looking place. I like the look of both the sugar cane and the bamboo. I wonder what growing zone you're in. We're in 4 up here. Not warm enough for a lot of cool things alas.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
16 May 18
I do not, and we can't here anyways. But glad you have so much planted! Hope they all come up!
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
17 May 18
Thanks! I'm still (patiently) waiting on the stuff I started from seeds.... plants are so much more fun to plant.
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@Hannihar (129470)
• Israel
30 Sep 18
@FayeHazel
I see Faye that is it a very big garden. I have never had a garden of my own and not sure I would be good at it.
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@Hannihar (129470)
• Israel
4 Oct 18
@FayeHazel
Not me. I killed a cactus once. I just have our swing chair out there all the time and another chair. I will switch chairs when the rain comes.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
3 Oct 18
Oh yes, nice amount of space, good thing, because nothing seemed to do too good this year, except my jalapenos. You never know - you might have hidden garden skills :-)
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
4 Oct 18
@Hannihar Chairs are nice. :-) Takes skills to kill a cactus lol
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
18 May 18
@FayeHazel
Yes, it's an issue of having a space for a garden for me.
They said I can grow plants in a pot.
But it looks inconvenient for me.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
20 May 18
@JustBhem Ah yes, some things can do quite well in a pot, like tomatoes and peppers. :-)
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
17 May 18
I wish too you could have one. Is it an issue of space? I know that here - a lot of communities have a community space you can sign up for
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@marguicha (215428)
• Chile
16 May 18
I have a very small vegetable plot. And i don´t know if this year I will be able to have anything with Luna playing around.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
17 May 18
Ah, I hope that you can plant a few things. Maybe Luna could make a game of "helping" :-)
@allknowing (130066)
• India
25 May 18
Very interesting. That will keep you on your toes for a while. Yes. I have a passion for gardening.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
25 May 18
Ah ha ha. Yes, as I like to tell people - garden will keep you out of trouble, possibly forever. lol
What is your garden like?
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
16 May 18
My mum has a garden, I don't have one. May you have a good harvest in your garden.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
18 May 18
That is awesome that you have a garden available of you to plant things .. Gardening is very rewarding ..
We do a lot of gardening too..
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
18 May 18
I'm very thankful for use of the land. :-) I'm happy you do gardening too. It's so healthy on so many levels
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
4 Jun 18
Thanks! Only the first little bit of it is mine - down to where that pink flower stake is :-) It's coming along much nicer now
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
17 May 18
Oh wow! Papaya sounds delicious! I hope your garden prospers
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