Wether it's for beauty, sentiment, eating, or the challenge, what has been your most favorite or rewarding thing to grow in the backyard?
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Wed, May 7, 2008 - 4:40 PMI was going to say my daughters but you put limits on it......
Tomatoes.....always our favorite......... -
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Wed, May 7, 2008 - 4:46 PMWild Ginger! In this area it is VERY slow growing. So I planted some in an area that get no sunlight, get it moist, used redwood duff around it...and I finally got some tinctureable plants over the years.
And they said it couldn't be done.
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Wed, May 7, 2008 - 5:30 PMTwo years ago I grew the most Red and Green Bell Peppers ever. They where so heavy with bells the branchs where snapping off. I gave tons away. They never gave me not even a single Pea. This year I think they will surpase two years ago. This year theres Orange,Red,Green and one other. I love Bells there like $3.99lb. Plus more $ for the colors other then Green. I make Monster Pizza's with ton of Red Bells piled high. I take a $2.00 Tony's cheap box Pizza and turn it up with Homegrown Oragano, Rosemary and some extra sause and mushrooms. You never know it started cheap. -
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Wed, May 7, 2008 - 8:48 PMGoldenseal. They say it is difficult to cultivate, but it seems to love it near our compost pile. I think because it is damp, shady and not a whole lot of traffic. I just love seeing it come up every year. We do not harvest it, just enjoy and treasure it. I feel protective of it, since it is considered endangered in the wild.
Do we only get to pick one thing? Cause I love to grow lemon cucumbers. Not that they are difficult, but I love how one vine can provide me with more of the most delectable cucumbers I have ever ingested. They never make into a salad as i always just eat them off of the vine for a snack. Yum!
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Thu, May 8, 2008 - 12:17 AMthere is something about going out in the evening and picking a ripe hierloom tomato, still warm from the sun that has ben shining on it all day, biting into it and the taunt skin giving way, juice and seeds squirting out all over your chin and chest, the sweet flesh tasting like nothing else on earth.....ummm, not that i think gardening is sexual or anything.
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Thu, May 8, 2008 - 5:10 AMI once grew a super cayenne pepper that made my Texan, hot sauce loving friend turn red and sweat bullets.
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Sat, May 10, 2008 - 2:39 PMGoji berries
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Sun, May 11, 2008 - 10:33 AMWhen I was just a young thing with my first garden, I grew mini pumpkins and strawberry popcorn. The local florist bought up as many as I could bring her and I had quite a wad of cash for the holidays that year. -
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Sun, May 11, 2008 - 7:51 PMi am being quite honest when i say...
marijuana!
it is the closest thing you can grow to a whisky tree! -
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Sun, May 11, 2008 - 8:01 PMIt's nice to meet a man who knows what he likes. -
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Mon, May 12, 2008 - 1:00 PMI think I'm most proud of an avocado I grew from a pit, that eventually started producing its own fruit. It almost died once when I forgot to water it when it was still in the pot before it was planted in the earth - all the leaves were twisted around the stem - but it came back!
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Mon, May 12, 2008 - 2:24 PMGreetings Tribe, I am a Parisian Herbal Balcony gardner and my wild lavender is majestic. Miss Rosemary is a tree and my sweet cherry tomatoes last year were divine. Just found some wild poppies in a vacant lot. Any ideas on taming them for pot life? Om shanti-Jody
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Sat, May 24, 2008 - 9:10 PMAmaranth - giant plant- about seven feet tall - gorgeous color with full heads of grain.....a beauty.
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Sun, May 25, 2008 - 12:20 AMI am very proud of my huge red opium poppies, even though the flowering period is short. They are in bud at the moment and about to burst into flower.
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Sun, May 25, 2008 - 1:35 PMSweet corn!! I'm lovin me some sweet corn. -
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Sun, May 25, 2008 - 6:06 PMEverything I've ever grown has been rewarding. Our garden at home was so richly prepared soil (lots of hard work!) that you didn't even have to dig for potatoes. You could literally just shove your hand into the soil, feel around for a spud, and pluck it out!
We used tons of cow, horse, chicken and pig manure, as well as plenty of composted plant matter, egg shells, you name it (we've never had to use manmade fertilizers or chemicals, though). Everything I planted in that 40' x 40' garden would grow huge and healthy, just bursting with flavor and quality.
I think I would have to say, the most rewarding thing I've ever 'grown' (or cultivated?) would be that precious soil. I really do have a deep sense of pride in that soil, funny as it may seem.
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Sun, May 25, 2008 - 9:55 PMLettuce. I eat a ton of it weekly but buying it is becoming a luxury I can't really afford any more. For the first time in two weeks I just purchased some while the lettuce I did eat grows a bit more. I order more seeds so can keep one part of the raised bed strictly for lettuce and radishes. Mom likes radishes; I planted them to draw bugs away...they still prefer the Lettuce.
I'd say also the grapes this year are going to be insane. I did some heavy pruning about two 1/2 months ago and between that plus the massive rains the vines are out of control awesome with big long bunches coming in. A first for at least one vine for sure. -
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Sun, May 25, 2008 - 10:27 PMPatient. Especially waiting for pole beans to come up........ -
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Sun, May 25, 2008 - 10:46 PMYou mean 'bean poles'?
Which one do you eat, and which one is the leader of the chess club in highschool? -
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Sun, May 25, 2008 - 11:01 PMHAHAHAHAH!!!!! -
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Mon, May 26, 2008 - 7:34 PMOver the past couple years i've been planting fruit trees and vines.....Last year I had an amazing crop of passionfruit.....this year the kiwis, figs and bananas should start coming in. We also had a very small crop of cherries....which weren't very sweet, but fun to have. By far though, the passionfruit are the best. Easy to care for and not an extrordinary amount of water. The only problem with this fruit is that I must beat the squirrels and rats to them. -
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Mon, May 26, 2008 - 8:42 PMWell...recently...I would say...roma tomatoes a couple of years back. I grew enough to can twelve quarts.
There were actually more than I could eat. It was that really hot summer we had a few years ago.
And.....that same summer, we had a garden fully of calendula.....just stunning and beautiful.
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Tue, May 27, 2008 - 10:18 PMThis is a tough question to answer. I think it changes everytime i harvest and plant. Today we harvested 24 lbs. of cucumbers from the greenhouse. So today its cucumbers!
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Fri, May 30, 2008 - 1:27 PMI love Yerba Buena (Clinopodium / Satureja douglasii) as its hard to find in decent quantities in the wild but loves to crawl through all the dark places of my (ex) garden and make my tea so wonderful. -
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Fri, May 30, 2008 - 2:26 PMYerba Buena = "Good Herb"
Cool!
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Sat, May 31, 2008 - 3:43 PMpineapples, hands down. when i lived in florida i worked in a grocery store and the produce department were always chopping up pineapples and throwing away the tops. so i asked if i could have them and the lady told me to come back in the morning and when i got in, there were 20 tops waiting for me. took a while to get fruit but when it came it was amazing. not to mention i replanted all the tops and now have 40 plants.
the leaves also make great paper. -
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Tue, June 3, 2008 - 9:09 AMI've heard that pineapples are native to France, they just grow better in tropical climate. Does anyone know if that is actually true?
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