Any gardeners here ?

[John-Boy]

How was your season this year ? Over here, it's been wet, damp - which means a bounty of green Tomatoes,
on the positive side, I did have some luck with French Beans in tubs using a cunning system of twine and gardening canes
to train 'em.

Since we seem to be having a trend of crappy summers, I'm going to stick with the latter I think. Shame about the whole 'must
cook before eating' mind.
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[Muso]

Weather's been fine, so my tomatoes, cucumbers, and herbs have grown well. For tomatoes I went with beefsteak & Roma, and for the cucumbers I used Japanese cucumbers. For herbs I grow thyme, cilantro (coriander), parsley, Italian parsley, basil, oregano, mint, and rosemary. My wife also planted some green onions (negi) which grow like weeds in this climate (maybe all climates).

I don't have any fruit trees in the yard, but a close friend of ours has a very nice orange? tree (very sweet, look like oranges, make amazing juice, but taste slightly different... they claim they are oranges). They seem to get a yield constantly as long as they use citrus spikes in the ground.
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[BoneKracker]

Had way too much water here. I tried a different variety of cucumber, and got fewer than usual, and they were often deformed-looking (big at one end, small at the other). The beefsteak tomatoes this year were tasty but have tended to have tough skins.

I tried grape tomatoes this year too (they're like cherry tomatoes but smaller and ovoid). They grew like crazy and were putting out about a dozen per day per plant for a couple weeks there. I think I prefer the taste of the cherry tomatoes though.

Corn was delicious this year, although I didn't grow any (the neighbors here just kind of give each other their excess of whatever they are growing, which works out well for me, although I figure I better grow something so I can reciprocate at least in a small way).
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[Old School]

Cool wet spring here. Potatoes had scab. Had two good crops of peas. Tomatoes were a bust this year. most are still on the vine and green. We grow mostly Brandywine (a sweet heirloom) and Roma (for sauce). Herbs did well this year as did the ornamentals. Filberts (Hazelnuts to the rest of you) were a little wormy, but got a good cherry crop, with a little left over for the birds.

In a nutshell (no pun intended) cool weather veggies did fine, while the warm weather stuff didn't do as well.

Plus the honey bees produced about half of a normal year.
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[bbe]

I grew some blue potatoes this year and they did quite well. Everyone finds them quite fascinating! They make excellent mash and roasties too. Had quite a few apples too, and they were early this year. Otherwise brussels are doing well, carrots had the usual white fly problems, and my spherical courgettes didn't live up to expectations.

[charly]

I hate gardening. I do have 2 varieties of mint growing though: mint and lemon mint. I like mojitos.

[pjp]

I used to, but maintaining appropriate soil quality became too difficult. After diversifying the sources of soil, I had to outsource labor, which then only made more sense to use multiple vendors for storage.
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In Loving Memory
1787 - 2008

[BoneKracker]

[mcgruff]

Plums, beetroot, cabbage (covered in tiny, yummy caterpillars), carrots, great crop of spuds, cucumbers and chilli peppers. Tomatoes all died for some reason.

PS: if you're growing tomatoes try sungold. They'll blow your mind.
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[richk449]

Very cold and foggy summer here, so things didn't go so well. Early season cauliflower and radishes were great, and sugar snap peas did okay. Tomatoes are finally bearing fruit. The first plant to produce was a Oregon Spring variety, which I tried because it was supposed to be tolerant of cold weather. It was, but unfortunately, the fruit is really lousy tasting. Pepper plants did pretty well this year, which is unusual. I have jalapeno and Anaheim and sorreno and Fresno and even a couple of habaneros. Only one plant failed to produce.

[bogamol]

Didn't do anything this year because we were planning on moving all summer. Tulips did well as did my peonies. I don't really do well with the veggies though.

Now that we have moved into a condo we'll be preparing for a potted plant garden next year. We are on the southern edge of where blueberries tend to do well, so we'll try a couple of bushes of those in really big containers, in addition to whatever else strikes our fancy.

[Old School]

[notageek]

I'd like to have a chicken farm. All the chicken I can eat. Mmmm ...
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[Old School]

I've raised chickens.

They stink.
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[notageek]

To remedy their stink, put one (or a few) into deep fry or a barbeque. They'd smell great then.
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[Old School]

You're an Indian. Aren't you supposed to be all Hari Krishna and vegan, or something?
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[notageek]

Actually yes. I'm supposed to be vegetarian but I'm not.
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[BoneKracker]

The worst part about raising chickens is beheading and plucking them. The normal stink is nothing compared to that.

@richk449: I heard garlic grows well there. Do you actually have your own little piece of carcinogen-laced city, or are you a participant in one of those commie gardens?
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[notageek]

[mcgruff]

[charly]

[richk449]

[BoneKracker]

[Koala Kid]

[John-Boy]