Who has a garden and what do you grow?

[Scorpio64 5,156]

13 hours ago, fishnut said:

Don't know if I'll have a garden this year because of the move. Might just have a little container garden on the deck this year. 

My neighbor grows eight tomato plants in 5 gallon buckets, they are always massive.

[fishnut 2,358]

5 minutes ago, Scorpio64 said:

My neighbor grows eight tomato plants in 5 gallon buckets, they are always massive.

Years ago when I lived in the condos in Clinton I used to grow hot peppers and tomatos in buckets too. Defiantly works well

[Scorpio64 5,156]

Window boxes make excellent (and attractive) herb gardens too.  Noting like reaching out the kitchen window for some fresh basil.

[fishnut 2,358]

7 minutes ago, Scorpio64 said:

Window boxes make excellent (and attractive) herb gardens too.  Noting like reaching out the kitchen window for some fresh basil.

Funny you say that, the new house has frames to hold window boxes. I was planning on planting just flowers but now I'll make an herb planter out the kitchen window. Thanks!

[DaddyNick 408]

Basil, mints, lavander go well in those planters. 

[10X 3,296]

1 hour ago, DaddyNick said:

Basil, mints, lavander go well in those planters. 

I've got a couple of the window-box sized planters that fit over a porch rail.   Keeps them high enough that the deer can't get to them, and they're right outside the kitchen door.

Basil, parsley and cilantro are my must-haves.  

Chives (gotta have 'em in you like baked potatoes), thyme, rosemary, and oregano are perennial herbs,  so that box goes in the basement in late fall, and comes back out in the spring, and the herbs come back to life.   Same for mint, but that gets it's own pot; it spreads so fast, it's almost an invasive species.

[Scorpio64 5,156]

13 hours ago, 10X said:

Chives (gotta have 'em in you like baked potatoes), thyme, rosemary, and oregano are perennial herbs,

Chives, dill and bay leaf repel aphids beetles and other sucking insects.