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What are you planting in your garden this year?

Last year, our family (mostly my mom) started a container vegetable garden in our Brooklyn backyard.
Mostly, we used those big Rubbermaid bins and had a pretty successful crop! (japanese eggplant, roma tomatoes, chili peppers, and less successful green beans and kambocha squash)

This year, we've got some of the same plants going, plus romaine cabbage, and bell peppers.
I'm so excited!

What about you?

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I lovingly tend to my seed sprouts as its too cold to put anything in the ground yet (even in California!). So far, I have three varieties of tomatoes (all heirloom), melon and squash. I will be starting some cherry tomatoes soon (if only to stagger the crop). I also have carrots and cucumber to plant directly in the ground. And basil that i've started from seed. One plant was not enough last year for all of my summer cooking!
For the rubbermaid containers, did you drill holes in the bottom?

unfortunately, i only have room for a windowsill herb garden...so jealous!

Basil, Thyme, Chives, Parsley, Tarragon, Bibb Lettuce, Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, Carrots, Green Beans, Cucumbers. I'm sure I left stuff out. This is only my 2nd year of veggie gardening so we'll see how it all turns out!

Sweet peas, kentucky wonder beans, cukes, yellow and zucchini squash, 5 kinds of tomatoes, blueberries, carrots, radishes, lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, basil, mexican marigold, parsley: flat leaf and curly, spearmint, marjoram, Mexican oregano, italian oregano, 5 kinds of peppers and i have watermelon and pumpkin seeds planted at my son's house because he has more room.

Mostly herbs ~ basil, rosemary, sage, thyme, lemon verbena ~ container grown cherry tomatoes and a dwarf blueberry plant in a pot. Forgot to plant lettuces and spinach (I'm zone 6B) and now I think it may get too warm for them.

We don't have a garden as such but I plan to start one this year with some potted tomatoes.

This is my second year gardening. Last year I kept it to tomatoes, peppers, and herbs. But I went all out this year. I'm trying my hand at sweet corn, a few different types of beans, broccoli, spinach, different types of lettuce, watermelon, sweet pumpkins. I'm really tempted to get some asparagus and rhubarb starts too, even though I won't be able to enjoy them till next year :(

I have planter boxes, now if i can get my lazy butt to do this I will do herbs like cilantro, mint, basil, chives, and maybe some heirloom tomatos and peppers.

Herbs: Taragon, sweet basil, Thai basil, Chives,sage, oregano, rosemary & Thyme, lemon grass
Veggies: Peppers (serrano and jalapeno) , tomatos and nastursiums ( the animals eat anything else I try to grow)
Nothing in the ground yet but the tarragon, chives, oregano sage and rosemary made it through the winter.

Tomatoes, peppers, and herbs. I'll be losing a bit of space this year because part of our fence blew down in a windstorm and DH will be fixing that and digging and generally making a mess in areas where I'd normally be planting at least a few things.

The peppers all go in pots, some of the tomatoes do, and the herbs go all over the place.

Hmmm...maybe some cukes, too.

Lettuce has never done well for me and I planted celery one year and it was like gnawing on a branch. Ugh.

Eh, I always say I'm done, but then I go to the garden center...

I've got a pretty big habanero that made it through the winter in the house, so that'll be producing pretty quickly. It's some kind of wild yellow hananero from Costa Rica, I believe.

Waaaahhh! I don't get to garden this year, as I am moving mid-season. Booo.
I usually do a container garden on my deck, but this year I will just stick with the herbs that have popped back up from last year (my chives are huge already and it is still cold here!) and whatever yard forage I pick up as I go along, like dandelions and such.
I am very very jealous of you all who do get to play in the dirt. Hope all gardens thrive!

i'm in south louisiana and have garlic, bell peppers and tomatoes growing in large containers on the deck, the highs here are almost 80 degrees right now and the tomatoes and bell peppers are already beginning to produce. garlic is like a child, it takes about 9 months, planted it in october and it still needs a few more months.

We use rubbermaid totes too! I didn't know anyone else did. They are so much cheaper for container gardening than the pots they sell specifically for gardening.

Cilantro and serrano peppers!

I thought that I was done, but picked up a big jalapeno today. I'm jazzed because i'll be halfway to homemade salsa this summer! Maybe I need to pick up some cilantro seeds...hmmm

This year, I bought one of those upside down tomato planters. They are doing great!! Also...my son wanted pumpkins, so there's that...and also habaneros, green bells, piquin, jalapeno, pasilla, and Anaheim peppers. Also the garlic that grows wild in my yard, next to my sage, chamomile, rosemary and mint.

cilantro, chives, oregano, thyme, romaine, radicchio, buttercrunch, iceburg, spinach, cucumber, cucumber burpless, green bean, crockneck squash, tomatoes early girl and cherry, hot peppers, melons, and many flowers that i do for companion gardening. i love to play in the dirt.

Currently growing seedlings on a sunny windowsill indoors for a salsa garden. Only Roma tomatoes, onions, jalapeno peppers, cilantro and garlic. Because this is my first garden effort at our new place and I'm limited for time, I'm just planting in a small 2' x 6' x 11" raised bed. We have "high deer pressure" and tons of rabbits and squirrels, so I don't want to go crazy and invest too much and then have half of it get eaten. It'll be a test season, so wish me luck. Hope all of your gardens grow great!

@mcanna:
yes, we did drill holes in the bottom of the rubber maid bins. Also, we prop them up on top of bricks so they don't get waterlogged if it rains a lot. Lining the bottom of the containers with rocks also helps, but I don't think we did that with these.
We've never had much good luck with herbs, unfortunately. Somehow I think the vegetables fair better in our city container garden.

I planted some strawberry plants for next year. Have broccoli, calaflower,
spinach, cucumbers, sweet corn, and lettuce. string beans and the radishes are up. Have to get pepper plants and tomato plants.

@sadiepix...throw a tomato plant in a container & take it with you when you move!
@susquehanna - get yourself some bone meal...sprinkle that around your garden...it's a great fertilizer that also keeps critters, including deer, away.

We've got 2 kinds of tomatoes, 2 kinds of cukes, 3 kinds of hot peppers & 1 kind of sweet pepper started as seeds. I also planted 6 different kinds of flower seeds. We'll also be planting radishes, carrots, parsnips, beans and watermelon seeds directly into the ground. I also have parsley, dill, basil & oregano that I have to get going this week. The lettuce seeds are done....was thinking about spinach too....not sure if it's too late...will probably put the seeds into a container & see what happens.
We have a permanent strawberry patch that gets bigger every year...that's absolute heaven! I also have lavender, thyme & sage as part of my permanent herb garden. This year we're also planting our first fruit trees....apples - honeycrisp & granny smith, and pears - seckel & an old fashioned variety...can't remember the name right now.
Can't wait til things get growing more! :-)

In the past, I've had very mixed luck with growing vegetables on my patio. The problem is light. I'm in a condo that runs north-south and my back "yard" (and I use the term loosely) gets solid shade until about 11-12:00. At that point it gets full sun for about 3 hours before the trees and building behind mine return it to solid shade. The first year I planted a tomato (Better Bush I think) and it did OK. We got some tomatoes, small but good. I tried it for the next two years with out any success.

This year, I'm going to try growing tomatoes in the little flowerbed in front of the condo. It gets sun from just after dawn to about noon, then solid shade the rest of the day.

This year's crop:

Brandywine, Green Zebra, and Beam's Yellow Pear Tomatoes
Trombocino and Tonda Nizza Squash
Golden Chard
Rosa Bianca Eggplant
True Lemon Cucumber
Baby Oakleaf Lettuce
Buttercrunch Lettuce
Evergreen White Bunching Onion (Scallion Heirloom Variety)
Bulgarian Carrot Peppers
Sweet Napoleon Peppers
Flat leaf Parsley, Cilantro, Thyme, Tarragon, Basil, and Chives

As you can see, I am a huge fan of Heirloom Varieties. Nothing tastes better than a Fresh Brandywine or Green Zebra right out of the garden.

we just put in a small 8 by 3 garden next to our side walk - we have a postage stamp sized yard. We just put in cucumbers, zucchini, carrots, spring onions, dill, thyme, marjoram, basil, tarragon, mint, oregano, and swiss chard. I can't wait :)

This year, we decided to till up the remaining grass in our yard and add to the herb/veggie garden. Today I noticed my first two artichokes of the year. They look amazing! Several tomato plants survived the winter, all have blooms, and one has a fair-sized tomato. There are permament plants like mints, oregano, chamomile, rosemary, thyme, curry, cilantro, chives, garlic, shallots, parsley, and 8 citrus trees, and a pomegranate. To this we're adding cucumbers, leeks, more tomatoes, and peppers.

This is my first big vegetable garden. I've grown all kinds of herbs over the years (I have a small sage and flower garden with six varieties of sage, 4 kinds of thyme and several varieties of mint). But I also have six types of basil, rosemary, majoram, cilantro, chervil, oregano, tarragon, stevia, chamomile, parsley, dill, and many types of lavendar. I'm always on the hunt for more varieties of any herb that I'm not already growing.

My husband built four 4x8 raised beds and I have busy tending them. It has been incredibly satisfying to go out and check the progress of the seeds and seedlings. I even ordered a (vintage-looking) Victory Garden sign to post in my gorgeous garden.

I live in northern California, so I have already been harvesting lettuce, mesclun, chard, arugula, radishes, and spinach. I have some brocolli raab that is almost ready. I have planted seven types of tomatoes, peas, cauliflower, melons, beans, eggplant, potatoes (!), 3 kinds of carrots, beets, scallions, cucumbers, celery, leeks, zucchini (ronde and traditional), strawberries, yellow, red and jalapeno peppers, fennel and I'm sure something else I'm forgetting.

I also interplanted nasturium, which are already incredible, violas, flowering kale, marigolds, alyssum, sweet peas, larkspur, and delphinium. It's starting to look like a real grown-up garden. I feel really fortunate in this time of uncertainty. I look forward to sharing my bounty with family, friends and the local food bank.

Expanding a bit this year and we have quite the plan:
Chadwick’s Cherry Tomato
Costoluto Genovese Tomato
Rutgers Tomato
Black Beauty Squash
Crookneck Squash
Cayenne Peppers
Jalapeno Peppers
Red, yellow, orange, purple, chocolate and white bell peppers
Poblano Peppers
Sugar Snap Peas
Thompson Broccoli
Kentucky Wonder Beans (green beans)
Derby Snap Beans
Golden Bantam Corn
Bronze Arrow Lettuce
Sugar Baby Watermelons
Nantes Carrots
Straight Eight Cucumbers
Haogen Melons
Southport White Onions
White Lisbon Green Onions
Thai Basil
Genovese Basil
Cumin
Cilantro
Rosemary
Oregano
Thyme

engmcmuffin, I should try the giant tupperware! Thats a great tip, thanks!

My balcony in my apartment is about the size of a single bathroom so I have to use my space wisely.

I stick to fresh herbs mostly: chives, sage, basil, rosemary, oregano, parsley (flat leaf), cilantro--CAN'T WAIT EITHER!!!! YAY!

This is my first small veggie garden. Never have I ever wanted to grow anything until this summer. Everything has a season I guess. So to start we've started tomatoes - five heirloom varieties, cucumbers, basil and outside (sometime early June) will go in lettuce, carrots, radishes, zucchini and peas. I'm so super excited.

Since I'm a city mouse, I can only have my Aerogarden. I'm just waiting for a new pump and then basil, chives, thyme and mint, here I come! My brother the country mouse promised me some raspberry bushes in his yard when I come up to visit. I'm drooling just thinking about it.

the deer kill us! i just have many cherry tomato plants in pots that i have to keep in my kid's old wagon. i have to wheel them into the garage every night so they won't be consumed by those deer!!!

I've a tiny garden vegetable plot with shallots, arugula, radicchio, rapini, fennel and french breakfast radishes, plus green onions.

In the herb garden I have: rosemary, tarragon, thyme, moroccan mint, lemon verbena, sorrel, oregano, dill, parsley and cat nip, for the cats of course (who in fact prefer the dill...)

Lettuce, white radishes, peas, Kentucky wonder green beans, sweet corn, blackberries, 2 tomato plants, jalepeno pepper, and maybe something else if I have room. What I don't eat I will give to the food pantry at church.

The last two years I've planted tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, butternut squash, watermelon, lettuce, basil, rosemary, thyme, tarragon, sage, parsley, cilantro, green and red peppers, and some type of hot pepper. This year I'm also going to try leeks and maybe garlic and brussels sprouts. This is far than one person can eat, but it's all stuff I love and I get a huge thrill when I see that something I planted is actually growing!

I'm doing my first container garden! Last week I planted jalepeno peppers, cherry tomatoes, green onions, cilantro, basil, parsley, and chives. Hopefully I'll actually get something I can eat!

the tomatoes, basil and lettuce seeds went in today. once they germinate and i can transplant them into bigger planters, i'll start the rest of the herbs.

i used plastic egg cartons and punched a bunch of drainage holes in the bottom. filled the cells with dirt, and these are my seed starting flats!

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