Easy Peasy Gardening

[OceanAnnie]

A friend of mine showed me some beautiful garlic plants she had growing. They were so pretty. Tall with circular purplish flower balls. She told me how easy they were to grow. She said she just took some cloves and planted them! So I'm going to try it.

I've had good luck with pumpkins. I've just tossed them out in the field and I had a nice pumpkin patch. That was pretty cool.

I had pretty good luck with cucumbers too. I had a bunch of them last year and green beans.

What are you growing this year and what is something that grows easily for you with little to no maintenance?

 

[SGMCO]

Bush beans, Purple Pole Beans

Several different types in the Squash Family (not planning on saving seeds)
Summer Squash:
Yellow Pattypan
Zucchini
Winter Squash which is great for winter storage--I usually get through January with some
Butternut
Sugar Pie Pumpkin
Acorn


Tomatoes: Italian Plum, Beefsteak

Spinach

Lettus

Cucumbers



Yukon Gold Potatoes

Short n Sweet Carrots

Turnips

Berries:
Sunberry, Ground Cherry

Melons:
Petite Yellow Watermelon, Minnesota Midget Cantalope


Herbs:
Sweet Basil

All of these have been easy to grow. We do add Compost to our soil. I have to grow some things in Containers because they need finer soil (ex. carrots)

 

[whoopsiedoodle]

We do snap peas, pole beans, carrots (rainbow ones are fun!), tomatoes, peppers and potatoes. Oh and salad greens! Different lettuces, kale, spinach are all SUPER DUPER easy to grow!!! And the keep growing after you harvest.

 

[OceanAnnie]

We do snap peas, pole beans, carrots (rainbow ones are fun!), tomatoes, peppers and potatoes. Oh and salad greens! Different lettuces, kale, spinach are all SUPER DUPER easy to grow!!! And the keep growing after you harvest.

That's something I really want to try, different lettuces. Nice to know they keep growing after harvest. We have tomatoes this year too. Last year the squirrels and birds were all into them. So we need to get a plan on that.

We have a LOT of mint! We need to transplant it all because it's taking over a large area.

 

[Colleen27]

I've got a fairly green thumb when it comes to outdoor plants (indoors is a whole 'nother story!) but my favorite easy plant is potatoes. I don't know if it is our climate, soil, or just plain good luck bu mine always do well. Even moreso since I starting using our rabbits' leavings as fertilizer.

I also do very well with peas and plant two crops every year, and with summer squash/zucchini which is far more prolific than I need it to be no matter how much I cut down on my planting.

I'm an epic failure at pumpkins, though. I get lovely flowers but no fruit and finally gave up because I couldn't stand giving all that space over to something so unsuccessful.

 

[Judique]

That's something I really want to try, different lettuces. Nice to know they keep growing after harvest. We have tomatoes this year too. Last year the squirrels and birds were all into them. So we need to get a plan on that.

We have a LOT of mint! We need to transplant it all because it's taking over a large area.

I pulled up all the mint and put some in a pot. It still keeps popping up. I keep pulling it and trying to get rid of it - except for the one pot that I actually use!

I find it easy to grow peppers - sweet green, hot, yellow, red and use them as they grow all summer. Also cherry tomatoes. I can grow these and herbs without committing to a real garden.

 

[Colleen27]

I pulled up all the mint and put some in a pot. It still keeps popping up. I keep pulling it and trying to get rid of it - except for the one pot that I actually use!

It is next to impossible to get rid of, and it will take over the world given half a chance. I potted mine from the start here after spending 5 years battling the previous owner's mint at our old house.

 

[OceanAnnie]

I've got a fairly green thumb when it comes to outdoor plants (indoors is a whole 'nother story!) but my favorite easy plant is potatoes. I don't know if it is our climate, soil, or just plain good luck bu mine always do well. Even moreso since I starting using our rabbits' leavings as fertilizer.

I also do very well with peas and plant two crops every year, and with summer squash/zucchini which is far more prolific than I need it to be no matter how much I cut down on my planting.

I'm an epic failure at pumpkins, though. I get lovely flowers but no fruit and finally gave up because I couldn't stand giving all that space over to something so unsuccessful.

That's odd! Potatoes doing well and all the rest. Have you tried different spots? It may be some sort of bug that likes the pumpkin. I have had that happen but there were enough of them to make it as luck would have it. I did put something on mine to help. Cayenne pepper IIRC.

I pulled up all the mint and put some in a pot. It still keeps popping up. I keep pulling it and trying to get rid of it - except for the one pot that I actually use!

That's a good idea. It does grow like wildfire! If only everything else grew as well!

 

[Colleen27]

That's odd! Potatoes doing well and all the rest. Have you tried different spots? It may be some sort of bug that likes the pumpkin. I have had that happen but there were enough of them to make it as luck would have it. I did put something on mine to help. Cayenne pepper IIRC.

I've heard from some gardening friends that there are soil deficiencies that can cause it - all male flowers, no/few female flowers to produce fruit. But we don't have a large yard, just 1/4 acre, and I have left a lot of it as lawn for the kids and dogs. So it made more sense to abandon such a space-hog of a crop rather than identifying and correcting the problem. We don't really eat pumpkin anyway, the kids just wanted to grow them to carve. So we'll go on hitting the farm stand for carving pumpkins and I can use that space for other, more productive plants.

 

[nj disney family]

I have a cucumbers, peppers, peas, watermellon, and pumpkins. But the easiest thing I have is strawberries. I bought one small plant a few years ago, it is now a 5x5 patch that would be bigger if I let it go. Almost no maintenance and the plants survive through winter. My daughters love picking and eating them.

 

[Omalley]

Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, tomatoes, peppers, wax beans, turnips, radishes, onions, leaf lettuce, peas, spinach, potatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, rhubarb, black beans, chickpeas, strawberries, and cilantro. Still need to plant some pie pumpkins.

First year with turnips, cucumbers, zucchini, rhubarb, and chickpeas so may learn some lessons the hard way, but still enjoy the process.