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Right now I have a few herbs growing in pots, but I don't think that counts as a garden, though I do love using fresh herbs. If I had a real garden, the first thing I would grow would definitely be tomatoes. I can't get enough of the things. And since heirloom organic tomatoes are costing me from $2 to $3 per pound this year at the markets around town, it would be a big money saver for me; I will sometimes devour over a pound of tomatoes in a single sitting, sometimes multiple times in a single day.

I do have a small garden with herbs and tomatoes. If it were larger I would have some cucumbers and melons.

right now I have lots of tomatoes, eggplant, a few kinds of basil... the things i like to grow the most though are cow peas, mustard greens, and marjoram.. just the smell of fresh marjoram can cheer me up from the worst mood..

Herbs and tomatoes. I have some garlic chives that have taken over my creek bed like mint, so if you are in the San Antonio area, please come and dig some up for your own dang garden!

This was the first year I tried tomatoes, and they are my current favourite. The 'sweet millions' almost taste like candy they are so sweet and delicious. The onions are looking pretty good too, so fingers crossed.

If I could go anything I would grow lemon and lime trees. Sadly, those will not survive the winters here. Nor are they particularly from the garden, I guess, so I say watermelons. I wish I could grow all the watermelons I wanted right in my backyard. Cabbage and beets just aren't quite as neat...

Am returning to family roots and traditions with a small herb garden that is thriving with basil, thyme and parsley, along with other similar-genus friends and acquaintances. My dream is to expand into a *real* vegetable garden with tomatillos and peppers of all varieties, from the small, fiery thai variety to habaneros and yellow hots. Am a voracious reader and have the necessary cultivation space for a good-sized family garden. Send book, will plant.

Oh, I love growing bell peppers! Last year was the first year I grew them and waited and waited and waited for the blossoms to produce fruit (blossom rot being a big problem with peppers) and the one day? I was watering my plants? And I lifted up a leaf and guess what I saw? A REAL PEPPER! Granted, it was only about two inches long, so it was more of a pepper for dolls, but still....BELL PEPPER!

I don't currently have a garden growing, but if and when I did, I would have several herbs, tomatoes, green bell peppers, chile peppers, cucumbers, and probably a lemon tree.

I live in an apartment, so no garden for me just yet. But certainly the first thing I would plant would be MIRACLE FRUIT. Because it's amazing, hard to find, hard to grow, and I finally found a place to buy seeds. Then mint, for drinks and ice cream, and crushing in my hand to remind me of my grandpa, and tomatoes, of course.

Cherry tomatoes. Nothing better than a sun-warmed tom fresh off the vine.

I wish I could have a garden, especially because I really need the practice. I have something of a black thumb at the moment.

I would just about kill to have an herb garden. Few things make me crazier than paying $2.50 for a huge pile of thyme when I really only need a teaspoon or two's worth. I would grow basil, rosemary, sage, thyme, and tarragon, which are my favorites.

I would also grow tomatoes, lots and lots of tomatoes. And cucumbers. And lettuce. I housesat for a family that had a small garden and eating fresh arugula out of the ground was a sublime experience. And I would probably grow eggplant, as I adore it. I would like to grow the small, Japanese-style, actually, although I suppose even the regular ones taste spectacular when you've just pulled them off the stem.

Man. Fresh vegetables, minutes from the earth. There's just nothing like it.

Can my vegetable garden have an adjacent orchard? Because I want to taste real peaches again--I haven't had a decent peach in decades.

If I had a garden, I would definitely want to grow corn and heirloom tomatoes and cucumbers. And herbs, of course. Maybe my own lettuces, and perhaps peas. Oh, and carrots and zucchini. I need a bigger yard!

Last year I had an AWESOME potted herb garden. I almost had to change my Blog name to MMM MMM Basil because I put basil in everything! I am kicking myself for not keeping one up this year. I started one in the spring and as soon as it got warm they dried up because I was not dilgent with the watering. I would love to have access to a big vegetable garden but I would never be disiplined enough to keep one up.

Fresh herbs and homegrown tomatoes are the chief joys of a garden.

Kale - young and tender - dusky purple and deep green.

I've heard it said that the size of one's medicine cabinet is in inverse proportion to the size of one's garden.
So, I wish I were a better gardener. I'm not. Instead, I cultivate memories of my grandfather's tomato plants, his annual miracles, shoving their stubborn selves up through the rocky ground outside his little cabin on a New York mountainside -- much as the weeds now do at my house, shoving their way through cracks in the driveway concrete ...
I am, in fact, a cookbook gardener, well tended on a lovely, level plot about the size and shape of my coffee table ... and I'd be delighted to add to this year's harvest ...

If I had a garden, I would definitely grow tomatoes. I look forward to that point in summer every year when the tomatoes are ripe and ready to be picked. It has to be my favorite vegetable and it's always best when they're fresh. I'd love to have so many that I'd have an excuse to cook up some great tomato-heavy recipes.
Oh, and of course yellow squash and zucchini, because a summer garden isn't complete without them.

I grow tomatoes, jalapenos and serranos, mostly because those are the only things I haven't killed!

I'd have to say I most enjoy growing tomatoes. Sweet, cherry tomatoes, golden pear tomatoes, big 'ole dripping-down-your-chin beefsteaks....I can never get enough.

Heirloom tomatoes, because otherwise the cost of them at the farmer's market really adds up!

We grow collards, squash, etc. in our garden.

Mysteriously, for the past two years all but the hardiest fauna in our garden have died within a month of planting -- we speculate that the mesquite and palo verde trees over the fence may be secreting something acidic into the soil.

In the past, however, I particularly enjoyed having basil, bell peppers, strawberries, purslane, carrots, tomatoes, and scallions immediately at hand, as well as eggplant and my grandfather's own breed of heirloom corn during their respective seasons. And despite the heat, we're still generally overrun by mint, rosemary, and garlic....and our lime and orange trees unfailingly bless us with a profusion of fruit twice a year. Not bad for Arizona.

I live in Saint Paul where I am fortunate to have access to several farmer's markets throughout the week (part of the year!), so no need (or time) for a garden. If I did have a garden, I would hire one of the Hmong vendors I see weekly to teach me how to grow those small eggplants, that powerful lemongrass and other Asian goodies I purchase every week. And I would have Patricia Well's book nearby!

this is the first year i've had an unsuccessful garden. i dont know if it's a condition of the soil (georgia red clay - but i've added things and stuff to it to make it better) or the weather (it hasn't rained in 30 days). the only things that have grown decently are the rosemary and the tomatoes. everything else is dead or dying. it's actually quite depressing.

Bananas, platanos, pineapples, and much more (it's more a tiny farm than a garden).

I friend in the US is sending me seeds so I can try herbs.

My wish garden: Basil, greens, broccoli, beans, heirloom tomatoes, potatoes, yams, radishes, all kinds of lovely squashes (so I can fry up the blossoms), eggplants. Oh, and peppers for my husband. He loves those green bell peppers.

pinto beans

Rows and rows of lettuce! With some tomatoes, naturally, so I could have delicous salads all summer long.

Heirloom tomatoes are great. But, here in St. Louis, honest spicy food is hard to come by, so I really love my habanero and jalapeno plants.

Our garden is a bit of a hekdish right now, as my sweetie's mobility issues prevent her from doing as much as she would like. We have a humongous and very woodsy rosemary bush -- for the pure joy of it since she actually doesn't like rosemary to cook with. Can you imagine? We've also got mint, lemon thyme and chives. The pepper plants never thrived -- something odd about our planting strip soil chemistry and the Northwest temperature patterns. The apple tree (macintosh-like) produces a lot of fruit, but not satisfactory for munching and uninteresting for cooking purposes. An occasional problem with aphids and with slugs. We had a lot of problems with the latter getting into the house through the garden door. Ick! Copper tape over the entry seemed to take care of that problem - you could see the little slime trail come to the doorway and then retreat!

I enjoy all of my fresh herbs in my garden. I love to run out and clip them seconds before tossing in whatever is for dinner.

I grow basil in my apartment. But ideally I'd have a garden with lots of zucchini, cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. They are super easy to grow if you have enough light and produce like crazy.

I used to really like silver queen corn from my grandmother's garden; if I would, I'd love to grow it.

I would grow eggplant...parmigiana sandwiches. And beer.

Most definitely, I always grow tomatoes! They are easy and taste great, too! Additionally I usually have bell peppers and okra.. These are the must-haves in my garden.

I would definitely grow herbs first, then potatoes, peas, and carrots.

I have a marvelous basil plant....gives me plenty of basil for the summer and well into the fall - and then I move it to my mother's greenhouse and I'm able to keep it alive for most of the winter there. I am never at a loss for basil. I do the same with my rosemary. I let nature take its course with my other herbs - mint, cilantro, parsley, thyme, tarragon, chives, summer savory, oregano, sage....but if I could plant ANYTHING - it would be tomatoes. I eat them all the time, but I live in a condo and just have a limited space (all my herbs are in containers). My sister-in-law grows them, and shares her harvest with me. All kinds - heirloom, beefsteak...it's wonderful.

I don't have anything to contribute, but I'm just hoping for a free book.

Every Spring, I am an unapologetic glutton for the unbelievably scrumptious asparagus that grows in the garden bed.in my backyard.

cherry tomaters

My husband and I have grown a 'serious eats' garden every year for more than 30 years. Always organically and I preserve as much as I can. My favorite things to grow (oh how can I pick just one?) have to be onions, garlic and potatoes. We love gathering the harvest-digging the spuds, drying the garlic and onions with their papery skins. Easy, so rewarding and so much better than anything that can be bought at a store. They keep for a long time too.
Will be trying the Potato Crispie recipe tonight!

I live in an apartment now, so no garden, but I have always wanted to grow tomatoes. When I was younger I was close friends with a girl whose mother always had a wild overabundance of tomatoes. My mother and I would return home to piles of dirty plastic bags laden with heavy, ripe fruit on the doorstep. There seemed no end to her tomato bounty, and I always always wished that I too had the space to grow tomatoes.

We grow LOTS of tomatoes, herbs, peppers, cucumbers and zucchini. I wold like to try growing pumpkins and spaghetti squash.

I don't have a garden but I'd love to grow my own tomatoes as well as jalepenos and zucchini.

It's such a toss-up between cherry tomatoes and okra. Both and just wonderful, and absolutely the best right off the plant. And hey, if I had a garden and grew both, then I could make stewed okra ANY TIME I WANTED (seasonally).

We moved into our house nearly 40 years ago. When I was living with my parents, my dad grew tomatoes. Now, it was my opportunity to do the same, except that I decided to grow other vegetables as well. So, I grew tomatoes, cukes, peppers, eggplants, and lettuce. I loved putting those little seedlings into the ground, carefully watering and fertilizing, then watching them grow into full-fledged vegetables. Sure, I could have bought these vegetables at the many local farmstands in our area. But growing my own gave me a deep sense of soul satisfaction.

Over time, growth of trees in the backyard provided fewer and fewer hours of sustained sunshine until, finally, there were not the minimal six hours required to grow vegetables, so I gave up my garden. However, a couple of stakes that surrounded that vegetable patch were so strongly imbedded in the ground that I couldn't pull them out. So, they remain there, in what are now shaded woods, as a reminder of my happy days as a vegetable gardener.

I grew Tarragon for the first time this year and have been throwing it in everything. Typically I only have the time to maintain an herb garden. Of course I couldn't live without the basil plants!

Thanks to my elderly landlady we already have tomatoes and shelling beans growing in our park slope brownstones backyard. I dream of blueberries though, corn and sugar snap peas!

If I had a garden, I would grow lots of squash, zucchini, and herbs. And maybe some pumpkins too, just for fun.

Since my lovable 67 pound labrador likes to eat my tomatoes, I have no other choice than to buy them, and all other produce, at the farmer's market. However, I do grow basil, sage, rosemary and mint; herbs that in my opinion, go with just about anything regardless of the season.

I would like to plant cucumbers,garlic, basil, squashand any veggie I could possibly grow.

I always have lemons and herbs growing in pots on my cement patio, but only once did I grow tomatoes. The Early Girls were delicious, but by the time I purchased the cages and special food and all the other stuff I needed--not to mention the acquired compulsion to roll the pots around every afternoon to catch the most sun--they probably cost me $5 per pound. So much more relaxing to go to the farmers' marekt....