I planted a vegetable garden this year at my house. This is my first attempt and it’s not going as good as I hoped it would. I have a pretty good amount of space so I want to expand it next year, and put more effort into having lots of good fresh veggies to eat.
I have planted:
green beans
pumpkins
watermelon
two kinds of tomatoes
two kinds of corn
yellow squash
zuchini
jalapeno peppers
carrots
What would be the top 5 or top ten vegetables you would grow?
mine being in middle az is this
zucuni how ever its spelled
watermellon/crenshaw,pumpkin
peppers/green,red and hot ones a few kinds
corn
dill
basil
cucumber
tomatoes are inside I started them late so dont want them to burn up thats about it
got some plastic trash cans with taters works better cause you cant grow anything in the same soil as them
my advise would be and I am no expert garden guru or nothing
but start after the frost and plant what you will personally like thats what i have
[quote]championp wrote:
I planted a vegetable garden this year at my house. This is my first attempt and it’s not going as good as I hoped it would. I have a pretty good amount of space so I want to expand it next year, and put more effort into having lots of good fresh veggies to eat.
I have planted:
green beans
pumpkins
watermelon
two kinds of tomatoes
two kinds of corn
yellow squash
zuchini
jalapeno peppers
carrots
What would be the top 5 or top ten vegetables you would grow?[/quote]
My wife grows kale and it grows all year round, even through the Michigan snow. She’s the expert, but for a great nutritious leafy green plant that’s a good one.
None, because vegetables are the devil.
Carrots for sure though.
By the way, don’t you have to have specific soil, and weathering conditions to grow the majority of those fruits/vegetables that you listed properly?
I’m actually curious on this specific topic too, I do have quite a bit of free-time these days…
[/quote]By the way, don’t you have to have specific soil, and weathering conditions to grow the majority of those fruits/vegetables that you listed properly?
I’m actually curious on this specific topic too, I do have quite a bit of free-time these days…[/quote]
I like to live dangerously… I know I don’t know crap about farming but I learn from my mistakes. The whole idea was inspired because we had apple trees when we bought the house. The apples were little but tasted so damn good. I thought it was a real treat to get a fresh off the tree apple at home for FREE instead of going to the store and getting one polished and waxed etc.
Plus, to my kids, it’s as good a treat as candy or ice cream. So why not expand and get some variety?
Some of the stuff is growing well, some isn’t at all. This year is all about experimenting and seeing what will grow. I live in northern Utah and the corn is doing well, pumpkins, tomatoes, squash and green beans as well. I spent maybe ten bucks on seeds and a few quality weekends with my five year old, so even if I don’t have a huge bountiful harvest it was time and money well spent.
Kale is a good idea and I love the stuff, I didn’t think to plant any kind of greens. However next year I want to be better prepared and get better results. Thanks for everyone’s suggestions.
pumpkins take up lots of space and watermelons too i believe…zuchini is my favorite to grow! the basics like tomatoes, lettuce, bell peppers, zuchini, egg plant are all pretty easy to grow…thats what i first planted when i began…i tried carrots once but they didnt turn out so well. i wanna try some asparagus soon…
the thing is your first seasons crop you cant harvest so its sorta an investment and obviously takes more time…i tried broccoli but i gotta read more about that before i try them again…you have to cut them off at the right time otherwise they just “blossom” or whatever its called…similar to what lettuce does…
chili peppers are easy, green onions are easy…i havent tried regular onions however…umm i read what i wrote and its pretty random stuff…sorry, hope it helps in some way…
Yellow onions and zucchini are abundant and often given as gifts from friends and neighbors here in Utah. People hoard their chili peppers though. I’m in the suburbs here (formerly farmland), so there are plenty of local farms and people with huge backyards who grow so many onions they can’t sell them all. They give em away in large quantities and they trickle down to just about everyone.
Zucchini is also gifted to me in large quantities because a few plants produce TONS. I don’t think I planted zucchini even though I listed it in my first post. If I did, it ain’t growing ! the pumpkin plants are thriving the most. The watermelon patch is just weeds so I’ll skip that next year I think.
ya gords like [pumpkins and melons can take up a decent amount of space
the eaisest ones is peppers and tomatoes they just grow
kale,cabbage lettuce they are all hearty plants i heard i only had a cabbage patch once years ago