Gardens

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(06-20-2016, 12:11 PM)Benton Wrote: So I was reading another thread and didn't want to derail it, but it got me thinking about gardens. Anyone plant regularly? Have any luck? What do you grow?

My daughter and I planted one again this year. It's my third attempt in about six years. So far, I've got one golf ball size tomato and nothing else is coming up. Which is fairly frustrating. Our yard only has about an inch of dirt, under that it's a gravel pit, all clay and rocks. Twice I've put top soil on, but it rains pretty heavy in western Kentucky, so all the soil just runs off after a couple weeks.

Yep, we put out a small one, and it does fairly well.  Tomatoes, cukes, green onions, bell peppers, cabbage, and carrots.  I think the wife put out some greens this year too, as I tilled up an extra row in the backyard, but I'm not 100% certain what she added this year.  We had a very large water maple in our side yard that I took down this past fall, and as a result, you can already tell a difference in the fullness of the plants.  It should be even better this year, we already had very good, dark topsoil, just a little too much shade.