What are you planting for the summer harvest?

I normally plant a garden filled with vegetables and fruit every year. Last year, I couldn't get it together for the life of me to start one, so I lost out on the benefits of fresh produce only footsteps away.

This year, I have already planted about 80 crops, with more to go, as soon as the ground dries out from the rain. I love the fact that it supplements the food bill, especially since fuel & electricity are so expensive this year. Plus, the supermarket produce isn't that wonderful. Produce stands are expensive to shop at. I rarely have time to hit the farmers markets, so I lose out on that benefit.

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tomatos in pots, cucumber and yellow squash.

yep! I have cabbage, onions, luttuce that we are eating already. Just coming up good it the green beans, corn, cukes, squash. the peppers and maters are doing well and we are fixing to plant the okra. I can tons of stuff each yr. then freeze what I dont can. we have done this all my life. never buy veggies in the stores unless its something we cant grow here. taters dont grow well at our place so be buy them and thats about it. we have grape vines, strawberries, blackberries, apples and pears too.

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We are eating asparagus, and I made rhubarb pie, cake and jelly so far...we are in the northern part of PA so this is all thats ready so far.
We bought a truckload of topsoil and tripled the size of the garden, plus bought some more fruit trees and grapevines. Cold weather veggies are in (cabbage, broccoli etc) and I have some plants I grew from seed, others I bought. I am trying to see what I can make myself this year. there are a few threads with the same type of discussion on LGC and AMHG...I got a neat book at the used book shop at the library today about preserving your harvest...it has everything from canning and freezing to drying and making your own root cellar (I could just see DH's face when I ask him to go dig a root cellar. he he)

We are eating asparagus, too. That's my DH's contribution to the garden. We have lots of shade so there isn't much room for a garden. I just ripped up some nasty old (and heavy) slate pavers to increase the size of my garden. Nobody used the darn things to walk on anyway -- they weren't spaced correctly. I've got a nice little area for a garden now and we will make a new path farther out into the yard to connect the porch, garage and back yard -- pea gravel -- I love the look and sound of it.

I'm planting grape tomatoes, cukes, zucchini, eggplant and some peppers -- maybe habenero or jalepeno, and lots and lots of herbs

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Cecilia, imo, jalapenos are way more versatile and useful than habaneros...you can stuff them, use in chili, salsa, mac and cheese, zucchini pancakes , jelly...the list goes on....habaneros are fun because they are so hot, but if space was limited, id do the jalapenos

I'm growing tomatoes in a bucket. I also want to get a jalapeno plant. What do yall fertilize with? I've been putting coffee grounds and egg shells in my soil, and using some fertilizer every 2 weeks that I got at the store. No maters yet, we'll see. But my caladium bulbs are coming up so pretty! I love working in the yard.

I use miracle gro plant food. Sometimes use leftover vege/fruit scraps, depending on what plant it is. I find working in the yard a lot of fun too, as well as satisfying!

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We've grown habaneros in the past and DH uses them in salsa but I agree with you that the jalepenos are more versatile. I recently made cream cheese stuffed, bacon wrapped jalepenos -- OH MY they were yummy!

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We do a low-maintenance garden very year....throw some things in the ground and cross our fingers....tomatoes, peppers, green beans, squash....

cj/

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We are growing potatoes and onions in the ground, planted about 45 days ago. In containers we have tomatoes (baby ones already ) strawberries (eating already) , blueberries. I have green beans and pumpkins almost ready to be trans planted into the ground (the dogs ate the first batch I grew). The peaches and apples are on the tree, small still and the 2 mulberry trees have lots of berries but they are not ripe yet. Not sure how many peaches we will get, as one of the dogs keeps jumping up, picking them and eating them.

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In our old house I had a small put packed and plentiful garden. I grew beets, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatos, bell, chile & jalepeno peppers, green beans & basil. DH built me a raised garden with landscape timbers and I brought in several yards of composte for it.

Since we moved last year, we don't really have a spot for it. I do plant 3 tomato plants along side the house in the mulch. That's about it - I'm so bummed.

Lisa

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Sorry to go OT, but is it typical for dogs to eat plant life and fruit? I've never heard of that.

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cj/didnt your ever see a dog eat grass, or dig in loose dirt??
A peach picking dog is a rare find, but I certainly believe it (I had a dog that loved grapes)

I don't get out much. LOL

cj/

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we had a mini dashound that ate the bottoms outa the tomatoes and took bits out of the cukes. also, last yr we had a drunk bunny living under the plum tree. he was eating the rotten plums and I swear he was drunk. we watched him stagger around the tree. lol

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I had a golden retriever that would steal peaches out of the bag . She ate the peaches correctly, leaving pits behind. lol

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My grandma used to have an apple tree and she had a dog that would eat the sour unripe green apples every year off the tree and the ground. My grandma also liked those unripe apples so she used to joke about fighting the dog for them! Those apples were SO sour, they'd get you all puckered up! YUCK!

Lisa

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At least your dog eats them properly, our dog eats the whole thing, the pits come out the other end (I know TMI). I don't know if it's typical, but he did it last year also, he won't do it if he knows I'm watching, but the peach tree is in front of the window where the computer is and every time I see the tree branches shaking around, I look out and he's picking peaches. They have also dug up a few of the potatoes (but only 2 or 3), that's why I have all the other stuff in pots up on tables on the back patio. They don't seem to bother with them if they are on the table although they could just stand up and eat everything up there if they wanted. When the "peach eating one" was a baby his favorite thing to do would be carry a raw potato around the kitchen and play with it.

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LOL, the shaking branches on the tree...

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I'm putting in tomatoes (large and cherry), cucumbers, onions, green beans, bell peppers and I'm not srue what else. My guys dug up the garden this weekend and I have more room than I was expecting.

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I have planted 4 different kinds of lettuce so far, they've been in for a couple of weeks now. Over Memorial Day weekend we'll be busy planting everything else. Tomatoes (romas and juliets and possibly a 3rd kind), and 7-8 different kinds of beans (to dry and store, and some to freeze/eat). Our neighbor is growing potatoes and corn and will share some with us so I don't have to worry about those. I think that's about it for this year's garden.

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I have 2 raised beds. One has strawberries, the other will have cucumbers, tomatoes, peas, and peppers all grown on a trellis. This will be my first year growing the cukes vertically, I hope they turn out OK. I also planted 9 fruit trees that I will train as a Belgian Fence. My kids are planning a pie but I told them it'll be a few years.

Rebecca

We grew cukes on a trellis a few years ago -- it worked really well and freed up a lot of space on the ground for other plants. I wish I had remembered to grow strawberries -- every year I say I'm going to grow strawberries, and every year, I forget! (we need a forehead smacking icon)

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You could still go out & get some containers for some strawberries! I'm planting some once the rain goes away.

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