Gardens

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(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.

First off, make sure you follow the old KY wive's tale: Never plant before the Derby. I have a garden every year. as well as, a peach tree, rasberry and blueberry bushes. We grow tomatoes. squash, and a variety of peppers. We start out by planting them in bags (we make them out of weed guard or use the type tree huggers bring to the store for their groceries). You can also plant them in buckets but you must drill lots of holes in them).

You can either leave them to grow in the bags or once they start to mature put them in the ground or what we do it have a evelated garden. A few 2x6s (untreated) and a few screws.