Veggies from past Summers.

[Morllyn]

My husband was into planting corn, some years back. He would plant a green bean seed in the whole with the corn so it could use the corn as a post to grow up. Seemed like a good idea until I had to harvest. The bean vines had crossed the rows of corn, back and forth, trying to get in between the rows was a nightmare! One day, just before I went in the corn to harvest the beans, I told my neighbor that if he hadn't seen me come out in 30 minutes, to call 911 or get a machete and come in after me.

[WAshingtongirl]

Funny, Morllyn ! Bet youbswere swatting those tangled vines like they were MS spider webs. 😅

Even your veggies look picture-perfect. Yummy, too. Do you have a large veggie garden area? And it sounds like your husband has helped a lot in the yard/garden. Mine never has (until this past year or so). He hates yard work. And I always did it, so ... 😉

[WAshingtongirl in reply to WAshingtongirl]

You were...it helps to proof before sending. 😜

[Morllyn in reply to WAshingtongirl]

Most of our back yard, really all of it, all the way from our back border up to our back patio was garden up until a few years ago. Late Summer of 2014 I let my husband know that I could not do that much any more. We sodded part of that back to grass. This Summer we will be returning another part to grass, that will leave a small plot for tomatoes and okra, our 2 favorites.

[WAshingtongirl in reply to Morllyn]

Fried green tomatoes and okra. ☺

[Morllyn in reply to WAshingtongirl]

You got my mouth to watering. Yum!

[Iona60]

I miss vegetable gardening. I used to do it in pots. I never yielded too much, but it was fun.

[WAshingtongirl in reply to Iona60]

I've only had minimal luck with tomatoes.

[Morllyn in reply to WAshingtongirl]

Really, we only have problems if we have to much or to little rain. When there is a drought I water but plants like rain water much more than chlorinated water. I have 3 rain barrels under down spouts but carrying water cans back and forth kills my back. My doctor does not want me carrying over 10 pounds and a full 2 gallon water can weighs over 18 pounds. He knows me and reminds me of that every time I go to his office and tell him that my back hurts.

[WAshingtongirl in reply to Morllyn]

Any mosquito problem with the rain barrels?

[Morllyn in reply to WAshingtongirl]

Mine are mostly a closed system (at least 2 are) , the third one, on the back of the shed, has frogs that lay eggs in them and then the tadpoles eat the mosquito larvae.

[CalfeeChick CommunityAmbassador in reply to Morllyn]

That is a great idea with the frogs and tadpoles..

[Morllyn in reply to CalfeeChick]

They came on there own. We started hearing a very loud croaking in the early evening, just at dusk soon after putting the barrels out. It took about a week to figure out it was about a quarter sized frog, up under the edge of the wooden lid of the shed rain barrel. It was the exact color of the paint on the barrel, a very pale baige. I have no idea if that was its natural color but I have never seen a frog change colors to match its surroundings. Tadpoles would come out of the overflow into a plastic bucket when it rained. They loved the mosquito larvae.

[Iona60 in reply to WAshingtongirl]

WAshingtongirl I think tomatoes like hot weather. I was part of a community garden in NC one summer and only the cherry tomatoes seemed to grow well. On the other hand, the squash did so well, you could almost watch it grow.

[Morllyn]

WAshingtongirl and Iona60 Without my husband I would not have done all of that gardening. All of the gardens where his idea.

[WAshingtongirl in reply to Morllyn]

He obviously enjoys gardening. You've both created a beautiful and serene setting around your home.

[greaterexp]

Your garden looks good enough to eat!

[ddeadred]

Native Americans also planted zucchini at the base leading me to suspect the spiderwebs between rows would be avoided as zucchini is planted in a mount. It was certainly the correct thinking!

[StacyHayward]

I have garden boxes and my front sprinklers water them automaticallly. Not as good as a drip system would be but it works.