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Title: How does your garden grow?
Post by: Sunny on October 14, 2006, 03:04:02 PM
Seems like the right place to share your ideas, suggestions, and whatever else you'd like to tell us about growing a garden! :smile:
Title: Re: How does your garden grow?
Post by: Gryphon on October 16, 2006, 08:34:27 AM
or any sort of plant I hope! I have a brown thumb for sure.
Title: Re: How does your garden grow?
Post by: ~Daisy~ on October 16, 2006, 09:10:28 AM
 :o

Someone, quick, get gryphon a strategy for his hydroponic, uh, tomatoes!
Title: Re: How does your garden grow?
Post by: tallulahdahling on July 15, 2007, 07:58:18 PM
I've always wanted a basil patch--not only is it great to cook with but it provides great coverage, is a fast-grower and reseeds itself.
So many different varieties as well.
In the autumn--it gets about 4 feet high and bursts into beautiful purple and light orchid flowers.
Whenever you brush past it or a nice wind speed builds up--the scent is heavenly.

Here is my much longed-for basil patch!

(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q141/tallulahdahling/THEBASILPATCH.jpg)
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q141/tallulahdahling/THEBASILPATCH2.jpg)
Title: Re: How does your garden grow?
Post by: kimmi on July 15, 2007, 08:06:01 PM
I will have to get some, especially if it covers well. 

I have taken a few pictures of this vine that is on my deck.  It was here when I got here.  It has the prettiest purple flowers on it.  It might take me a while before I can get it on here.  I can't find my battery charger for my camera!  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: How does your garden grow?
Post by: me on July 15, 2007, 10:56:41 PM
I plant basil between my tomato plants to keep the tomato worms off and it seems to work plus I can dry it in the fall and use it for cooking in the winter... :yes:
Title: Re: How does your garden grow?
Post by: Sunny on July 22, 2007, 03:35:11 PM
Our garden produced 3 mild banana peppers thus far...everything else above ground has been eaten by creatures. *shrug*
Title: Re: How does your garden grow?
Post by: tallulahdahling on July 29, 2007, 08:55:44 AM
I've just received a bucket of fresh figs, several eggplants and yellow squash, cucumbers and bell peppers!  So now I'm off to find some fig recipes.  I'd like to do something different other than the preserves--and you have to work fast with fresh figs since they are so delicate they will bruise and go bad quickly.
Ideas?
Title: Re: How does your garden grow?
Post by: tallulahdahling on August 02, 2007, 03:11:42 AM
Well, I took some of the firmer figs, scooped out a little hole in the top and stuffed it with a little goat cheese and wrapped in procuttio (sp?) and skewered them and put em on the grill--YUMMY!   :smitten:
Title: Re: How does your garden grow?
Post by: tallulahdahling on October 02, 2007, 06:01:03 AM
The basil patch is still going strong--up to about 4 feet now and smells sooooooo wonderful!   :smitten:
Title: Re: How does your garden grow?
Post by: Gryphon on October 02, 2007, 05:53:17 PM
Quote from: tallulahdahling on October 02, 2007, 06:01:03 AM
The basil patch is still going strong--up to about 4 feet now and smells sooooooo wonderful!   :smitten:

wow I didnt realize they even got that tall.
Have you used any of it in cooking yet?
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