Victory Gardens

[guidoLaMoto]

It's cheaper and easier to go to the PigglyWiggly for food--- but we still have to see what the future holds for prices and avaiability of supply.

Home grown stuff isnt kept in storage for months or harvested at an immature stage, so it's always tastier than store-bought.

I know what you mean about varmints. I apparently grow very tasty sweet corn, judging by the smiles on the faces of all the obese deer and raccoons in my area. They are very rude and never leave me any.

If you're growing for survival reasons-- start with potatoes and beans-- easlly the most nutrient dense veggies going, and both grow like weeds. Peas are up there in nutrient density also, but a little harder to grow....Everything else comes in a distant second in nutrtional value.

Potatoes in particular usually get a bad rap from the health food nuts, but check it out--
https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts...roducts/2770/2

[hunterseat]

I'm hoping to close on a property back east soon enough to establish some veggies, even if I have to use containers. I'm trying to accumulate as much knowledge as possible to make my garden as easy as possible with good production.

[kj1065]

We do grow a vegetable garden, but mostly for herbs, squash, lettuce, and tomatoes. I've grown potatoes, but they don't make up a significant part of my diet. Gardening is a hobby for me as I don't have much land to cultivate.

[WVDragonlady]

We don't have that much land to garden with either. I mostly do container gardening. We're both in our 60's and have the arthritis to prove it so heavy-duty digging and gardening would be very hard for us.
I do the basics like most people. Tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, kale, spinach, radishes , sweet peppers, lettuces.
I managed to grow some cantaloupes last year. Very good. Better than what I found at the farm stand even.
I grow plenty of herbs in containers also.
Basil, oregano, parsley, thyme, sage, lemon balm, horehound, catnip, onion and garlic chives.
This year I'll be trying to start growing some strawberries in window boxes. I doubt they'll produce this year, but if I can get them to over winter they may do so next year.
I do have 2 blueberry plants in large containers growing and some blackberry bushes in the ground that did very well last year. I still have gallon bags of berries in the freezer I'm using.

[Maine Writer]

I grow most of our vegetables and herbs. I can what I have to, freeze some, and store quite a bit in the cold cellar. We're still eating winter squash from last fall. We have an orchard with apples, peaches (not yet producing), pears, and hazelnuts. We also have raspberries and strawberries.