Comments on: Garden Dreams http://www.sewer-sewist.com/2009/03/30/garden-dreams/ He Sews | She Sews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:02:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rosanne http://www.sewer-sewist.com/2009/03/30/garden-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-8588 rosanne Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:07:25 +0000 http://www.sewer-sewist.com/?p=527#comment-8588 I love this post! Growing up in the Boston burbs, we ALWAYS had a lovely garden. Sure, I hated weeding, but lordy, there is nothing quite like eating a fresh-picked, sun-warmed ripe tomato right there in the middle of it all. I eventually took over the gardening for the family - we did all of the above on your to-plant list, plus arugula (seed imported from Greece and were *really* spicy), radish, spinach, and parsley (always LOTS of parsley). One year, someone (no one will fess up) planted mint and that stuff is definitely weed-like, so beware! Keep mint in POTS ONLY, lest it invade and become and occupying force to contend with. Alas in Phoenix, I am the angel of death to all things green :( I can't even keep a pothos alive! How sad is that?! My husband tends our meager border plants in the back yard. I did try some potted cherry tomatoes, herbs, and garlic, but they dried up so fast, you could practically hear them sizzling in the sun! I can't wait to be somewhere I can tend a garden :) Post some photos for us in the southern arid climes...I would love to watch your garden grow! I love this post! Growing up in the Boston burbs, we ALWAYS had a lovely garden. Sure, I hated weeding, but lordy, there is nothing quite like eating a fresh-picked, sun-warmed ripe tomato right there in the middle of it all. I eventually took over the gardening for the family – we did all of the above on your to-plant list, plus arugula (seed imported from Greece and were *really* spicy), radish, spinach, and parsley (always LOTS of parsley). One year, someone (no one will fess up) planted mint and that stuff is definitely weed-like, so beware! Keep mint in POTS ONLY, lest it invade and become and occupying force to contend with.

Alas in Phoenix, I am the angel of death to all things green :( I can’t even keep a pothos alive! How sad is that?! My husband tends our meager border plants in the back yard. I did try some potted cherry tomatoes, herbs, and garlic, but they dried up so fast, you could practically hear them sizzling in the sun!

I can’t wait to be somewhere I can tend a garden :) Post some photos for us in the southern arid climes…I would love to watch your garden grow!

]]> By: Antoinette http://www.sewer-sewist.com/2009/03/30/garden-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-8453 Antoinette Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:30:10 +0000 http://www.sewer-sewist.com/?p=527#comment-8453 Great post. Makes me want to cultivate my own green thumb. :) Great post. Makes me want to cultivate my own green thumb. :)

]]> By: Josh & Sarah http://www.sewer-sewist.com/2009/03/30/garden-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-8354 Josh & Sarah Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:40:20 +0000 http://www.sewer-sewist.com/?p=527#comment-8354 Strawberries. I'm thinking about strawberries, too. Josh isn't big on them. But if I can find some old-fashioned plants (not the super sweet varieties), I'm soooo planting some. ~Sarah Strawberries. I’m thinking about strawberries, too. Josh isn’t big on them. But if I can find some old-fashioned plants (not the super sweet varieties), I’m soooo planting some.

~Sarah

]]> By: M http://www.sewer-sewist.com/2009/03/30/garden-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-8339 M Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:30:39 +0000 http://www.sewer-sewist.com/?p=527#comment-8339 Ah yes. I was just in the new yard yesterday poking around and trying to figure out where my garden will go this year. Remember how much my mother loves to garden? I inherited the love, I just don't have the talent like she does. But I make an honest effort. I grow pretty much the same things as you. But I do onions as well. They don't do well, but they take up very little space and then I've got a ton of green onions, which always come in handy. Good luck this year! Enjoy the bounty!!! Ah yes. I was just in the new yard yesterday poking around and trying to figure out where my garden will go this year. Remember how much my mother loves to garden? I inherited the love, I just don’t have the talent like she does. But I make an honest effort. I grow pretty much the same things as you. But I do onions as well. They don’t do well, but they take up very little space and then I’ve got a ton of green onions, which always come in handy. Good luck this year! Enjoy the bounty!!!

]]> By: becky http://www.sewer-sewist.com/2009/03/30/garden-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-8334 becky Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:29:39 +0000 http://www.sewer-sewist.com/?p=527#comment-8334 My husband is more into gardening than me. I'm bad about watering and harvesting. We signed up for a CSA share this year, so I'm trying to figure out how to plant based on that. Less greens? more tomatoes? My husband has planted six fruit trees this year with one more to go. My husband is more into gardening than me. I’m bad about watering and harvesting.

We signed up for a CSA share this year, so I’m trying to figure out how to plant based on that. Less greens? more tomatoes?

My husband has planted six fruit trees this year with one more to go.

]]> By: mamafitz http://www.sewer-sewist.com/2009/03/30/garden-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-8333 mamafitz Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:08:32 +0000 http://www.sewer-sewist.com/?p=527#comment-8333 sorry to hear you guys have been sick. :( i tore out a bunch of grass 2 weekends ago, in preparation for building 3 raised beds for our veggies. i've started my seeds, and the broccoli and sunflowers have sprouted and look good (i know you can sow sunflowers directly in the ground, but when i do, the squirrels always get them). i'm doing roma tomatoes also, do those come in heirloom varities? i honestly don't know much about those (heirloom tomatoes, that is). they just sprouted. i can't plant anything outside until memorial day, usually (wisconsin weather -- we had a snowstorm over the weekend, now it's raining). the peach tree was budding last week, and i hope to get a crop of raspberries from the bushes i planted last year. last year i saw some herb (lemon basil, maybe?) that smelled SO good, i might have to get some just so i can smell it. :) my boys love brushing the lavender for the smell. i belong to a CSA, so i get a lot of veggies that way. i also do NOT like beets, and while i wouldn't say i love brussel sprouts, i don't mind them. sorry to hear you guys have been sick. :(

i tore out a bunch of grass 2 weekends ago, in preparation for building 3 raised beds for our veggies. i’ve started my seeds, and the broccoli and sunflowers have sprouted and look good (i know you can sow sunflowers directly in the ground, but when i do, the squirrels always get them). i’m doing roma tomatoes also, do those come in heirloom varities? i honestly don’t know much about those (heirloom tomatoes, that is). they just sprouted. i can’t plant anything outside until memorial day, usually (wisconsin weather — we had a snowstorm over the weekend, now it’s raining).

the peach tree was budding last week, and i hope to get a crop of raspberries from the bushes i planted last year. last year i saw some herb (lemon basil, maybe?) that smelled SO good, i might have to get some just so i can smell it. :) my boys love brushing the lavender for the smell.

i belong to a CSA, so i get a lot of veggies that way. i also do NOT like beets, and while i wouldn’t say i love brussel sprouts, i don’t mind them.

]]> By: caitlin http://www.sewer-sewist.com/2009/03/30/garden-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-8330 caitlin Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:55:21 +0000 http://www.sewer-sewist.com/?p=527#comment-8330 I love the story about your garden in Washington D.C. It sounds great! We have planned out our garden and have our seeds in hand, but our plan may be a bit ambitious. We'll see how much we actually get planted. Oh, we're also growing some rhubarb and tomato starts in our basement (black, mortgage lifter, and sweet million cherry tomatoes), and if all goes well, we'll have some extra seedlings in a month or so and no room for them in our garden. Let us know if you'd be interested in taking some off our hands. I love the story about your garden in Washington D.C. It sounds great!

We have planned out our garden and have our seeds in hand, but our plan may be a bit ambitious. We’ll see how much we actually get planted.

Oh, we’re also growing some rhubarb and tomato starts in our basement (black, mortgage lifter, and sweet million cherry tomatoes), and if all goes well, we’ll have some extra seedlings in a month or so and no room for them in our garden. Let us know if you’d be interested in taking some off our hands.

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