With the price of vegetables going up......

[Mitch Rapp]

I started a garden last year, and am making plans to expand it as much as possible this year. It is really easy if you have never tried it, and you can grow a lot of things in limited space if you plan right. I found that while we did save some money by having the garden, the main benefit was that we ate healthier than we would have without the garden.

Also, I really like to cook, and having the ability to go out and get some fresh green onions to toss in with what I was making is great. Also found some great ways to do zuchinni and squash on the grill, to go wonderfuly beside a steak.

 

[Danny Tanner]

Any preferred sites that give good plot ideas and what fruits, veggies, and herbs do best in our climate zone?

We've been talking about growing veggies for some time now, but we live in a typical suburban neighborhood, so lawn space is limited.

 

[Mitch Rapp]

http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-1092/HLA-6004web.pdf

 

[dennishoddy]

We have been putting in a garden for 20 some years. We live in the country, so its a pretty big garden. We grow tomatos, beans, bell pepper, Jalepeno peppers, chili peppers, lettuce, turnips, asperigus, onions, and potatoes.

 

[Danny Tanner]

http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-1092/HLA-6004web.pdf

Ask and you shall receive!

I should have known, I use OSU's info for my lawn care.

 

[Deacon]

I've REALLY been considering this myself. Sams club has a U-shaped raised garden bed that would probably be enough real-estate for me to see how green my thumb is.

 

[Mitch Rapp]

Depending on what you like you can grow a lot of stuff in a small area. Like cucumbers? I had a ton of cucumbers, and only had 5 plants.

 

[Danny Tanner]

We'll probably try our skills with square foot gardening this year. We have 3 members in our family, the wife, the 5 year old, and myself. We're thinking about making 3 plots to allow each of us to pick and choose our own fruits and veggies. The kiddo would elephant dung eating a strawberry she grew herself.

Where can I get red wriggler worms for composting around here?

 

[KillShot]

I plan to start a small garden this Spring, maybe 5x10 in size. I'll have 2-3 tomato plants, squash, cucumber, red/yellow/green bell pepper, purple onion, and maybe some carrots.

 

[dennishoddy]

When we lived in town, we had a small raised garden that was 4'X16' and it was amazing how much we could grow in that small of an area.
Used the cheap landscape timbers, and put down the garden fabric that won't allow the grass to come up through the bottom.

 

[jtischauser]

We will grow about ~500,000 4" veggies this year. That is up from ~350,000 in 2010 and ~200,000 in 2009. The recession has a lot more people gardeing and making their yard look nice becaseu they stay home more.

 

[SigPig]

With the price I saw at the store the other day for vegetables this is a very wise idea. It really is a lot of fun to do it yourself AND saves money.

 

[MISph1t]

Thinking about trying it again. We always grew a huge family garden at my grandma's house when I was a kid. At least 1/2 an acre of veggies.

My wife wanted one about 15-20 years ago. I worked my ass off getting it tilled, fence put up to keep the dogs out and such. She planted the plants and then promptly let the weeds and bugs have it.

This one will be mine though.