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#VegetableGardening

If you aren’t growing a calamansi this is your sign to, they have the best smelling flowers I’ve ever experienced and they are insanely easy to grow! This pretty gem was only $20, and you can use the fruit like limes except the whole peel is sweet and edible. https://www.allforgardening.com/690013/if-you-arent-growing-a-calamansi-this-is-your-sign-to-they-have-the-best-smelling-flowers-ive-ever-experienced-and-they-are-insanely-easy-to-grow-this-pretty-gem-was-only-20-and/

#gardening #Vegetable #VegetableGardening

If you aren’t growing a calamansi this is your sign to, they have the best smelling flowers I’ve ever experienced and they are insanely easy to grow! This pretty gem was only $20, and you can use the fruit like limes except the whole peel is sweet and edible.

Working on an indoor cut-and-come-again micro-garden while it’s freezing outside. Spinach, ginger, mesclun, strawberries, dill, and more strawberries. https://www.allforgardening.com/689743/working-on-an-indoor-cut-and-come-again-micro-garden-while-its-freezing-outside-spinach-ginger-mesclun-strawberries-dill-and-more-strawberries/

#gardening #Vegetable #VegetableGardening

Working on an indoor cut-and-come-again micro-garden while it's freezing outside. Spinach, ginger, mesclun, strawberries, dill, and more strawberries.

I’ve never grown oregano before. Should I transfer it into a larger container upon its first true leaves or leave it in the cell container for a couple weeks? https://www.allforgardening.com/689661/ive-never-grown-oregano-before-should-i-transfer-it-into-a-larger-container-upon-its-first-true-leaves-or-leave-it-in-the-cell-container-for-a-couple-weeks/

#gardening #Vegetable #VegetableGardening

I've never grown oregano before. Should I transfer it into a larger container upon its first true leaves or leave it in the cell container for a couple weeks?
Heather
1 week ago

Today I had a little slice of time to work in the garden before the rain came. I got both butternut pumpkins and baby bear pumpkins mulched with the cut grass I raked up from the fields next to a nearby stream. I got halfway through hilling up the potatoes before the rain arrived. I kept gong 'til I got it done, and got a bit muddy in the process.

Pictured: Baby bear pumpkins looking quite happy.

#VegetableGardening #GrowYourOwn #Pumpkin #Potatoes

Three pumpkin plants, one in the foreground and two in the back ground. They have maybe a dozen leaves, looking bright green and healthy. The bed is mulched with dry cut grass. (This is the baby bears)
Melanie
1 week ago

Fall has officially arrived!

I suppose most people have something that signals Fall to them - the first leaves that turn, a chill in the air, that sort of thing.

For me it's carrots & kale lol.

We don't really have winter where I live. Even Fall is a bit dicey. Monday had a high of 82F....in November.

So loads of baby carrots & kale are my mental signal that yup, Fall is officially here. Thermometer be damned. 😂

#gardening #TexasGarden #Zone9a #VegetableGardening #FallVeggies

A row of carrot seedlings with lovely frilly little tops.

I've begun thinning the rows, but some seedlings are still a bit too small and I'm waiting to see who wins the survival of the fittest before I get ruthless lol.
A tray of 3-inch pots containing kale seedlings. Varieties include Dwarf Blue Curled, Dinosaur, and Red Russian.

Thyme is a Tough Little Herb! Planted this spring and despite recent snowstorms and lows of 5 F (-15C) it’s still chugging along. Leaves remain green and pliable. Going to get used in our Thanksgiving cooking. https://www.diningandcooking.com/1054898/thyme-is-a-tough-little-herb-planted-this-spring-and-despite-recent-snowstorms-and-lows-of-5-f-15c-its-still-chugging-along-leaves-remain-green-and-pliable-going-to-get-used-in-our-thanksgiving/

#Gardening #Vegetable #VegetableGardening

Thyme is a Tough Little Herb! Planted this spring and despite recent snowstorms and lows of 5 F (-15C) it's still chugging along. Leaves remain green and pliable. Going to get used in our Thanksgiving cooking.
Heather
2 weeks ago

I have not had much time in the garden today but I just stuck a row of beans into the ground and watered them so I'm calling that a win.

#GrowYourOwn #VegetableGardening

S. K. Riley
2 weeks ago
Carl S. Gutekunst
2 weeks ago

Truly I have no idea (yet) what I'm doing with this macro lens, other than I'm having a lot of fun. 🙂

#BloomScrolling #VegetableGardening #Tomato #MacroPhotography

A very close up view of bright red cherry tomato, sharply focused, with a number of bokeh'd cherry tomatoes in the background.
Garth Coghlan
2 weeks ago

I planted some cucumber seeds today: 'Mid East Peace'. May they bear fruit 💔.

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza #Gardening #VegetableGardening

Yellow seed packet reading "CUCUMBER 'Mid East Peace'".
FeralFood
2 weeks ago

Redid some veggie garden edge and now I've got these tempting looking holes in the bessa bricks. Considering filling with dirt and planting something in there, but would dry out so quickly. Looking for low, zero maintenance stuff to just look a little neater and maybe insulate from the sun.

Considering some of this pretty little local clumping grass 'cyperus gracillis' that's growing around the yard already. It just kind of flops over, and think I could brush it aside occasionally. Thoughts? https://www.brisbanecitylife.com.au/cyperus-gracilis/

#BrisbaneGardening #VeggieGardening #VegetableGardening

Open middle bessa blocks separating lawn from veggie garden bed
Rae
3 weeks ago

Vegetable garden three months in. Snow peas will be completely finished by the end of the week. Still getting a handful of lettuce each day and have planted out another nine lettuce plants where the broccoli was. Tomatoes are fruiting and potatoes are starting to flower. Herbs are pretty good except for the flat leafed parsley which has finished #vegetablegardening #gardening

Raised metal garden bed on the left and another lower garden bed on the right with gravel in between
Heather
3 weeks ago

In other gardening news, I got the last of my seedlings into the ground today. Four courgettes and one more Cherokee purple tomato.

Next to start on sewing green beans and sunflowers. I might direct sew the beans this year?

And then the perennial beds are overdue for some love - weed/feed/mulch.

#VegetableGardening #GrowYourOwn

Heather
3 weeks ago

Mulch update: My parents just stopped by to give me a massive bag of cocoa mulch. They saw they had it at Mitre 10 and got us each a bag.

I haven't had cocoa mulch in a few years. It smells so good! And it comes with a free extra large burlap sack!

#Mulch #VegetableGardening

A large burlap sack sits upright against a white wall. The sack is brown with three horizontal blue stripes down the length of it. It is tied closed at the top.The sack reads "V.O.T. Ghana Cocoa Bard. Produce of Ghana. Cocoa" Then a string of letters and numbers that's hard to read. Something like: "CML/022/2G" (Whatever that means).
Heather
3 weeks ago

Apparently there is a pea straw shortage this year, which is what I usually buy to use as mulch in Summer. Another great reason to look into growing my own.

I need to investigate other mulch options that might be more plentiful and inexpensive. Any type of straw or hay can be used.

Also we live not far from a Whittaker's chocolate factory and sometimes garden centres sell bags of their discarded cocoa husks.

#Mulch #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGardening

The last outside harvested vegetables of the season, my last tomatoes and some mostly green peppers and two tiny zucchini sneaked in between. Only a handful of aubergines are left but i brought the plants inside, same for my orange tree. Next week we will get the first ❄️ the next garden season will start in February/March thanks for following my interest here #gardening #vegetablegardening

Fresh tomates
Green pepper and two small zucchini
Heather
3 weeks ago

This video is giving me some ideas. I am considering cover cropping all of my veggie beds over Winter next year.

The idea is: start cover crops in Fall. When they are done, cover with cardboard. Organic material dies and breaks down. Cardboard prevents weeds. Beds in great shape come Spring and need less compost.

Video is called "I Stopped Buying Compost for Two Years" by No-Till Growers.

#VegetableGardening #GrowYourOwn #CoverCrops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od4PlQDuLmI

gi124
4 weeks ago

why our vegetable patch produced so many vegetables this year... #vegetablegardening #Deers #gardening

Rae
1 month ago

I've been eating a handful of snow peas everyday for the last few weeks as well as using them in stir fries. I suspect I only have about two to three weeks left on the bushes in my vege garden #gardening #vegetablegardening

Snow peas hang from their bushes in front of a corten steel screen
FeralFood
1 month ago

I planted buckwheat, sunflowers and clover with the pumpkin vines (qld blue), in the hope of protecting the pumpkins from the full sun and my watering forgetfulness. So far am enjoying the general chaos of the corner. #BrisbaneGardening #VegetableGardening

Pumpkin vine intermingled with buckwheat and sunflower plants amidst grass. You really can't tell what is growing where.

Oh MY GOD now what’s going wrong with THIS PLANT??? Is this insect damage as well? I’ve used neem oil and the new leaves/ oldest leaves are not the same. Should I remove these? https://www.diningandcooking.com/1016924/oh-my-god-now-whats-going-wrong-with-this-plant-is-this-insect-damage-as-well-ive-used-neem-oil-and-the-new-leaves-oldest-leaves-are-not-the-same-should-i-remove-these/

#Gardening #Vegetable #VegetableGardening

Oh MY GOD now what’s going wrong with THIS PLANT??? Is this insect damage as well? I’ve used neem oil and the new leaves/ oldest leaves are not the same. Should I remove these?
Heather
1 month ago

These baby bear pumpkin seedlings are ready for planting out. I'm working in preparing the veggie bed for them today, though I might not get them in the ground until tomorrow.

This is my first time growing baby bears. I wanted to try a hull-less variety. Hull-less is where the seeds don't have a hard outer shell so the seeds are easy to process for eating.

#GrowYourOwn #VegetableGardening

Five pumpkin seedlings in little pots sit in a clear plastic bin. The top is off the bin and they are in full sun. They have 2 large true leaves and a third one just coming in.

Hello, one of my neighbors(don’t know which one) had just left these on my porch. Are these a squash? And if so what type are they? I’d love to utilize them just don’t know how to cook them if I can’t ID them. Thank you much. From Eastern Washington. https://www.allforgardening.com/657352/hello-one-of-my-neighborsdont-know-which-one-had-just-left-these-on-my-porch-are-these-a-squash-and-if-so-what-type-are-they-id-love-to-utilize-them-just-dont-know-how/

#gardening #Vegetable #VegetableGardening

Hello, one of my neighbors(don’t know which one) had just left these on my porch. Are these a squash? And if so what type are they? I’d love to utilize them just don’t know how to cook them if I can’t ID them. Thank you much. From Eastern Washington.
Heather
1 month ago

I've done the banking, groceries, and laundry. My morning is now cleared for the Remakery / Common Unity Spring Fair.

10am - 1pm today, 310 Waiwhetu Road, Epuni, Lower Hutt.

I am going entirely for the plant sale.

#Spring #VegetableGardening

https://fb.me/e/1BnAgQ1pF

My tiny 🍊-tree has flowers all over 👀 and yesterday I have harvested my sweet potato plant and i was surprised that it put most energy into just one root (my fist is for size comparison) #vegetablegardening #gardening

Orange tree in a pot
A huge sweet potato
Same orange tree different angle
Heather
1 month ago

I just discovered this handy calculator for garden bed planning. It can do square or triangle spacing!

#GrowYourOwn #VegetableGardening #GardenPlanning

https://concalculator.com/plant-calculator/

Heather
1 month ago

This is not an ideal raised bed, but it is fast and easy and it will do the job.

The bricks will get pushed out of place as they are just loose. It's rather low - I'd prefer at least 20cm which is what my wood-bordered raised beds are. To compensate I've mounded up the earth toward the middle, where I will plant the pumpkins. Pumpkins don't like their feet to get too wet.

Longer term I plan on replacing the bricks with wood like my other raised beds.

#VegetableGardening #RaisedBed

Heather
1 month ago

5) Add some organic material I have lying around (swept some dry leaves off a garden path).
6) Layer potting soil and compost.
7) Soil amendments (organic fertiliser pellets and lime).
8) Water well.
9) Throw chicken wire over the top because cats love to use loose soil as a litter box.

#VegetableGardening #RaisedBed

A rectangle of bricks on a grassy lawn. A shallow layer of dried leaves covers the ground inside the bricks.
A rectangle of bricks on a grassy lawn. Dark soil fills the inside of the rectangle, up to the level of the bricks. It is mounded higher than the bricks toward the middle.
A rectangle of bricks on a grassy lawn. Soil fills the inside of the rectangle. Two loose pieces of chicken wire cover the soil.
Heather
1 month ago

My raised bed process so far:

1) mow grass extra short.
2) measure out the borders and mark corners with sticks.
3) cardboard layer. 2 layers of flattened boxes, so 4 layers of cardboard total.
4) scavenge old bricks lying around the back garden and place around the edges to form a border.

(I do not recommend the bricks with holes, weeds will love them. But I ran out of the no-hole ones.)

#VegetableGardening #RaisedBed

On a patch of grass sits a rectangle of cardboard. It is about 1 meter by 1 and a half meters. A brick sits on each corner of cardboard, holding it down.
on a patch of grass, a rectangle has been made with mis-matched bricks. It is about 1 by 1 and a half meters. Cardboard lines the rectangle. The bricks are on top of the edges of the cardboard.
Heather
1 month ago

I got overenthusiastic with the pumpkin seedlings this year. Which would have been fine but also the timing was off with the bed some of them were meant to go into. So it's time to take over more of the front lawn for veggie growing. I'm building a cheap-and-fast raised bed today: Cardboard, old bricks for a border, and some compost/etc on top. Stay tuned for pictures. I'm pausing operations now until the day cools off.

#VegetableGardening

Heather
1 month ago

Tomato babies 6 days later. Once they get going they grow so fast!

#GrowYourOwn #Tomatoes #VegetableGardening

Top-down view of tomato seedlings in individual little blue seedling pots. They all now have two sets of leaves, or at least have started on a second set.
Heather
1 month ago

A beautiful bumblebee on my sage flowers today. The sage is overgrown but there's no way I'm pruning it until the flowers are finished because they are so pretty and the bees love them.

#Sage #Bumblebee #VegetableGardening #GrowYourOwn

In the foreground, a bumblebee perches on the underside of a cluster of purple sage flowers. In the background, green sage flowers and a splash of purple that might be more flowers.
Rae
1 month ago

Picked the first of the broccoli today. A bit young but have a heap more coming on. #gardening #vegetablegardening

Broccoli head surrounded by some leaves
Heather
2 months ago

Tomato seedlings ready for potting up.

This weekend is Labour Weekend in New Zealand which is traditionally when it's considered safe to plant out tomatoes because the threat of frost has passed. (In the Wellington area).

But these babies need potting up and a few more weeks to grow up before I plant them out.

#GrowYourOwn #VegetableGardening #Tomatoes

Six tomato seedlings in a plastic container. They have their first leaves and the first set of true leaves.
Melanie
2 months ago

Pretty pinks & purples for my #SixOnSaturday today.

It's been a while! I've really missed posting these. So thankful for cooler fall temps!

#TexasGarden #Zone9a #flowers #VegetableGardening #NativePlants

Collage of six photos in a 3x2 grid. Top left: a male Blue Dasher dragonfly perched on the tip of a stalk of fuchsia-colored celosia. Top center: clusters of magenta-colored American Beautyberries. Top right: a pink rain lily with clusters of blue mistflowers behind it. Bottom left: a dark purple eggplant on the vine. Bottom center: a pale pink rose in full bloom. Bottom right: a cluster of purple clematis flowers.
Heather
2 months ago

I'm always surprised by how big pumpkin seedlings are.

Baby Bears: 5 out of 6 germinated.

Butternuts: 3 out of 6 germinated.

This is why it's a good idea to sew more seeds than you need. Some may fail, especially when it's from your own seed collecting or the seed packet is getting old.

The Baby Bears are from King's Seeds. The Butternuts are from my own pumpkins grown last season.

#VegetableGardening
#GrowYourOwn

Top-down view of 6 seedling pots, 5 have pumpkin seedlings in them. They just have the first 2 leaves so far.
A top-down view of 6 seedling pots, 3 have pumpkin seedlings in them. Just the first two leaves have grown in.
PJD65
2 months ago

Frost advisory tonight, so this might be the last of the #garden veggies.

Also picked a couple clusters from the shrub rose in case this finishes it for the year. (very thorny!)

#vegetablegardening #tomatoes #peppers @gardening #gardenproduce

Photo of just picked garden produce.  Included bowls of several types of peppers, a few types of tomatoes, & raspberries.  Also a small case with some light pink shrub rose flowers.
Carl S. Gutekunst
2 months ago

@enog Pickled veggie + Shoyu + Rice = onigiri!

I never made onigiri before, but I had leftover salmon too, so it seemed like a good time to learn. A huge risk since my wife wasn't home! 😄 But it came out excellent. (My son approved.)

The Rice Lager from Onibi Beer Company was solid, although a little hoppy for a lager, I thought. It certainly paired well with the onigiri.

#VegetableGardening #Pickles #Eggplant #Onigiri #Beer #JapaneseFood

A plate of onigiri — a Japanese finger food of cooked rice filled with preserved meat or veggies --- flanked by a bottle and glass of an American-made Japanese-style beer.
Karen Layne
2 months ago

Celeste helping me plant onion seeds #chickens #gardening #VegetableGardening #GardeningWithChickens

A Speckled Sussex hen standing on several seed packets

Harvesting my dinner.
Like, literally, from my balcony 😇

#UrbanGardening #Gardening #VegetableGardening

A bowl of vegetables
J blue
3 months ago

#ClimateDiary

It might be really helpful if we started and contributed to a specific hashtag (something like) #ClimateChangeGardening to chronicle how garden veg/fruit are not coping with the changing seasons and offer substitutions. A lot of people are having major issues with asparagus bc of sudden hot temps in spring but there are others. We can find solutions together. ❤️

#gardening #jardin #plants #plantas #vegetablegardening #ClimateChange #FoodSecurity #ClimateCrisis

A pic of a round purple eggplant surrounded by green leaves.

My mom’s butternut squash plant doesn’t seem to be bothered by being in part shade. Flowers galore and a few fruits forming! We took the netting down and staked the ends up so the bunny can’t (hopefully) get to the growing tips. #gardening #VegetableGardening

A sprawling butternut squash vine smothering the 4x4 raised bed, yellow star shaped flowers protruding from the foliage.
Two small, green, immature butternut squash fruits growing on a vine