This evening instead of being inactive after work, I pulled a heaping wheelbarrow full of weeds from along my house’s flowerbed and redistributed them to my ducks, geese and goats. They were thrilled to get a fresh salad and I warded off the urge to munch!

A friend and I originally planned a community garden but when people realized that they had to work in it to earn their crops, they backed out. Instead, she and I have planted about a quarter acre of vegetables with hopes of selling some in a nearby city to recoup our costs and efforts. I am now getting a daily workout with hoeing, pushing a rotortiller, bending over to plant additional vegetables and pulling weeds. To be honest, I discovered muscles that I had forgotten I had and after getting all sweaty, it actually feels good to get this new exercise!! I hope this will contribute to my weight reduction.

I am going to try and walk my dog longer and earlier in the morning before the 10 am heat wave and the daily tropical rains.

HMMM. I have not planted potatoes for a few years. Last time I did they eneded up being blue. But then they were purple potatoes. They also tasted great.

JMBABS – I’ve been an avid herb gardener (tea, kitchen, and a few medicinal herbs.) If you have any questions, I’ll try to help! I’m sad that as soon as many of my herbs have really spread and look AWESOME this year, I have to start all over! Ah well, it’s a joy watching them grow from little ‘uns, too.

Well, I’m going to do all this wonderful gardening, and we bought a new house. We’re moving in 3 weeks. I put all my new perennial herbs in pots (which seems pointless) and I’m staring down the task of splitting very mature herbs in late June and hoping they survive the move. Got my free granola today. It’s tasty!

Weather is a problem. The storms have taken a pepper and watermelon plant. The rest of the garden is doing fine. Beans and corn have started to come up.

Today I finally got my herb garden in with 3 types of Thyme, 2 types of Rosemary, chocolate and orange mint, pineapple sage, lavender, Italian parsley and 2 types of basil. Still need some chives and normal sage, but the plants look beautiful and I cannot wait to start making my own lavender tea and using my own herbs rather than buying them. This is my first herb garden; it was an amazing experience buying the pots, the soil, the rock and the herbs and doing this myself!

I would plant some potatoes or radishes. Yummy.

Purple beans, Kidney beans, 7 types of tomatoes, 3 types of hot peppers, 4 types of green and yellow peppers, corn, cucumbers, carrots, parsley, dill, basil, watermelon, and raspberries. Boy am I tried! But I am going to be eating GOOOD!!! It seems that the food always tastes better when I can pick it fresh from my garden. I still have a little space left. Any ideas whe should go there?

Hi, I took advantage of the nice weather we had last month(april) here in michigan. All of my flower beds are overflowing with the color green, still have tones of weeding and planting to do. My son who is 6 years old and I started a veggie garden a few weeks ago and things are starting to grow up.

Well, yesterday I spent just about an hour outside with my students weeding and putting our worms in the butterfly garden. I love teaching them (2nd graders) to garden. They’re usually very excited by it.

Here in my part of Ohio, it’s been a bit too cold to get in the garden too much. A few herbs are in (parsley, pineapple sage, and LOTS of basil) but the cold nipped 2 basil plants. :( I don’t even have tomatoes in yet! COME ON WARMER, DRY WEATHER! I read some of your entires about flower gardens and they sound wonderful. I tried a flower garden once but it ended up a big mess. I’ve discovered that if I can’t eat it, I don’t plant it! HA!

I have nightmares about creeping charlie. It’s invaded my grass, flower beds, and vegetable garden. I wish I knew how to get rid off it besides ripping up my whole yard and starting over.

Working on the yard today. Pulling weeds and tending to my flower beds and potted plants. Have already spent way too much time pulling out creeping charlie. Anyone have any tips on how to get rid of that before it kills all of my plants and flowers?

I enjoy gardening tremendously it is my release from stress. However this spring my flower gardens are beginning to become overgrown with weeds. My challenge is to get out at least a half hour every afternoon it is not raining and work in my gardens. It will get me some exercise but also help me relax after work. Plus it will help me get the yard ready for a big get together we are having in the middle of June. Happy Gardening!!

I actually did some gardening today, and then found this challenge. What a great way to motivate me to make sure I do something out there everyday the weather is nice.

I’ve never gardened before, and I was wondering if you guys had any tips that would help me out.

We just moved into our new house in December and I know what you mean! My husband and I decided on an area about 12ft by 12ft for the garden and at first I was like, Thats it?!? Then I started digging out the grass and weeds and thought OMG maybe a 6×6 might be better! But I kept on digging and I am almost done! I am hoping the rest of the gardening process is not as hard as this! I’m just going to keep on going and looking forward to the finished products! I am planting beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, radishes, carrots and some strawberries.