Carol DM
This tiny green tomato was in my deck garden a few summers ago. I was able to grow one tomato. One! I enjoyed that one tomato sandwich. So I am done with deck gardening. I now buy fresh fruit from the local farmers market. A lot less trouble and buying locally helps the farmers out as well.
©CarolDM
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Have you been successful at growing a vegetable garden?
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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Every Year!
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Weeds seem to come all the time and gardens can be hard work but it is all worth it
We tried a big garden a couple of years; but the weeds grew faster than I could pull them out. Our neighbor puts newspapers between the rows to keep weeds out.
I think the one and only thing about the success of growing tomatoes to fruit is true could become a valuable experience.
I only plant some chili now. The plan to plant several types of vegetables has not been implemented.
My Dad always had a big garden and I will never forget that.
I have grown my own garden a few times. I even did a small container one on my patio one year. This year I bought that big boy tomato, and I can’t get rid of yellow spots on the leaves. It looks pitiful. Your one tomato there looked very healthy.
Container gardens are easier but I couldn’t even make those work. My one was good!
Last year we planted broccoli and it produced well, but our tomatoes don’t seem to produced that well. Hoping for more this year.
Tomatoes are the one thing I wish I could grow.
To be honest, I’ve never tried growing my own fruit or vegetables. But, like yourself, I buy from the local farmers markets.
Yes I decided to help the farmers out.
My elder brother has farm house of growing plants and vegetable
That is great, many are successful.
Gardening isn’t my thing. But every day these days I have to water the plants and clean up the improvised garden made by the other witches outside the bedroom. And yeah, seeing a bloom is a delight. We only got a guava tree up there.
Good to see you! I have tons of blooms right now.
Carol, you might try these https://www.rareseeds.com/micro-tom-tomato-/
In case. Baker Creek offers a free catalog each year and you might try other things for deck gardening like bush beans, etc….
Growing your own food is like printing money!
Thanks for the link and info Howard. I need all the hep I can get. 🙂 I love having fresh veggies.
I saw the tomatoes at the back of our office and they are growing well with lots of fruits. But I didn’t plant them.
I have a garden. So far, he has worked wonderfully. I hope this year too.
Oh good for you! I would love to grow one.
Much less problem. That’s right, Carol.
Just a question of the chemicals treated with fruits and vegetables that you are buying?
Wash it well.
The local farmer’s market products are not suppose to have chemicals. But I guess you never really know. Thanks, I always do soak everything.
In your country, laws are probably being enforced,
with us one apple sprayed 27 times !!!.
So you eat if you can.
Nobody cares about the abnormal use of chemicals.
That’s why I love my garden.
Even if you like 1 Tomato.
It is suppose to be like that here but you still cannot trust most.
And I envy you and your successful garden for many reasons.
I am not into making my own vegetable gardens. However it is one good idea for me to try.
I wish I could be successful and maybe if I keep trying I can be.
It is very healthy to grow your own veggies for sure.
I have been told my farmers in this region that it would benefit myself and my relatives.
I was never successful at growing fruits (tomatoes, bell peppers or chilli), we did have a pod of green bean and one pomegranate… that’s it… :p
I know, me either, I will stick to the farmers market I believe.
Sounds like my garden. 🙂
I stopped when we moved back to Indiana. I could never grow anything as well as my dad did!
I think the memories of my Dad’s gardens stick in my mind and I try too hard to live up to his. I am done. 🙂
I realized that I could never be the gardener my dad was a long time ago. But I kept trying.
It is a hard thing to give up!
Yes it is, I will just hold on to the memories of his garden and visit the local markets.
That is what we do. Although the closest farmers market (less than a 1/2 mile from the house) was closed to build a strip mall.
I have my own garden and if I have a good harvest I produce a lot of vegetables … from tomatoes, salads, cucumbers, beans … almost everything
Good for you. My Dad always had a very big garden.
Crazy things going on with the polls lately. Duplicate answers. Oh well! 🙂