How does your garden grow?
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
August 28, 2015 10:14am CST
Ours grows like wildfire! Right now we are on the down side of the garden as August melds into September. We have new lettuce that should be ready to pick in a week or so. We have two new tomato plant that could produce a few 'maters before winter.
We have had 4 harvests of Swiss chard so far and we should get one more harvest, which means one more huge pot of it! Oh, the green beans are still coming on strong.
My husband is the official vacuum-sealer guy and we go through a lot of rolls of the bags but it's worth it. We have enough veggies in the freezer to have many meals over the winter including: green beans, broccoli, carrots, Swiss chard and squash.
What has your garden produced for you?
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@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
31 Aug 15
@AbbyGreenhill I'm sure it is, but I find it a really rewarding hobby.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
31 Aug 15
@Gina145 My mother always wanted a bonsai tree, but she was pretty much only good at growing African violets.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Aug 15
It's harder to grow bonsai trees than to grow green beans I bet.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Aug 16
when we still had our house we grew veggies and froze them for winter alt though here
southern California you can pretty well garden all year round. but now Em widowed retired no house, l live in a retirement center so no gardening, no anything but yay I do have my computer and monitor so am a happy camper
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Aug 16
We have downsized our garden over the years. Even though we have 8 acres here, we only wanted a small garden. It gives us enough - I have lots of veggies in the freezer but I'm not doing as much work cleaning/cooking like I did when we had huge gardens.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
28 Aug 15
With don't do many flowers and we only have a 8 x 16 raised bed - it's just enough!
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@marlina (154103)
• Canada
29 Aug 15
@AbbyGreenhill There is no need to grow too many veggies in the garden when one doesn't need them.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
29 Aug 15
@marlina It has nothing to do with need, it has to do with the time and work involved in a large garden. We're not spring chickens, so this raised bed makes it so much easier for us.
