Our garden 2010

This year we added some height to our raised beds and planted a little more densely. Here's the results so far!

Okra and 4 Eggplants

Kale... although not a favorite for us. Gave more of it away than we used.

Brocolli and Cauliflower... Harvested what we could and the rest I let flower for seed.

Brussel sprouts... 90+ degrees now. Not sure they will grow sprouts for us this year. May need to start even earlier next year.

Three different peas with Turnips on the left of them. White peas turned out really bitter. The turnips are really great this year.

Here's our white and red onions.. larger than golf balls but not as large as a baseball yet.

Cucumbers on a leaning trellis. Had one a couple nights ago. Really good!

Yellow squash and zukes!

Stawberry and asparagus patch

Squash... yellow, zuke and acorn... some pepper plants got covered by the squashplants in there too.

Tribble... how'd he get in the garden pics

Tomatoes... already getting some ripe cherry tomatoes! yay

More maters

part of a harvest one day... white turnips, lettuce head and cauliflower

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Turnips... sooo yummy!

Hmm... lots of volunteers out of the compost pile!

One of our other cats. Say hi Ebony!

The peppers are hiding under the squash plants! Note to self... leave a little more room next time!

Adding the sprinkler system this year has helped. The stackers now have bush green beans and yellow wax beans in them. Sprouted in about 5 days! This year has been more fruitful than last year. Happy gardening everyone!

Qinx - Your garden looks beautiful - loved all the photos.

Nice to see you Qinx! As always, your garden looks fabulous! I love your pictures!

Congratulations, Qinx! A great garden, indeed!

What variety of lettuce, turnips, and cauliflower did you grow in this post?

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=7899152

Lettuce - Transplant Burpee 6-pack tray I picked up from Lowe's - Head Lettuce
Cauliflower - Transplant Burpee 6-pack tray I picked up from Lowe's - White Cauliflower
Turnips - Direct seeded - Burpee Tokyo Cross Hybrid

Me and a couple veggies

More squash harvest

An early white onion, red onion and garlic. The garlic grew overwinter from a store bought bunch and I harvested them this month.

The garlic is still drying. It turned out very mild and tastes great.

A couple of peppers that were hiding! Opps. and an Okra pod!

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Qinx,
You got all that garlic from a store bought one???!!!

How long did it take the garlic from plantout?

A few of our cherrie tomatoes... the very first ones didn't make it out of the garden to be photographed... o.O Yummy!

Here's a pic of the garlic growing in April.

Qinx - Hubby and I prefer our garlic on the spicy side. I found some in the supermarket we like three seasons ago and have kept them going ever since. I pulled ours last weekend. The onions are next

That's a bunch of garlic! This was the first time I've planted garlic. In theory once these are dried and stored in a cool dark location they should keep till Oct/Nov till I want to plant the next time, right?

Still trying to figure out what we are actually eating from our garden. Kale is off the list next year. Cauliflower and Brocolli take up alot of space for the limited amount we harvested.

Qinx - it depends on the garlic as to how long they will keep. I seem to remember reading that soft necks keep longer than hard necks, but I could be wrong. The ones I mentioned above keep very well. I usually set out the cloves around the end of September, but a good time for yourself would be whenever daffodils should be planted in your area.

Personally, broccoli will always be on my "to grow" list. It's so packed with nutrition, I don't care how much space it uses.

Old folks down here always planted garlic in a corner of the garden and just for got it. They would harvest it every year if they needed it and sticks some bulbs right back in the ground. Some of those old garlic beds would get huge. I use to raise elephant garlic like that.

Thanks for mentioning the garlic. I need to get that going in a forgotten corner of the yard like Jim41 mentioned. OMG! Garlic is so expensive in the store now. 30 cents a head. I don't think that I cook anything that doesn't require it, either.
Qinx, you have a beautiful garden! I look forward to retirement when I can plant out a great garden like this, all done up with a drip watering system too. I won't be growing any kale or turnips, cauliflower etc. stuff that we don't eat now.
Maybe someone should start threads that mention favorite recipes for individual recipes.

Garlic is 50 cents a head here!

Beautiful garden!!! How big is you lot? We live in Virginia Beach but my garden is small!! Belle