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I have six grape vines, two long rows of herb plants, and that's it. I used to do a lot of pots for tomatoes and peppers, but that's about as much work as having them in the ground because they have to be watered every day. I finally gave it up when I struck a deal with the neighbors. I'll water their garden and hanging baskets while they go to their cabin, I get all the tomatoes I want. Perfect.
Grouse
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only have a little space (3'X6') to garden. Have 2 "grape" tomatoes, and 5 large tomatoes, as well as a serrano chile. All tomato plants have produced a few already (BLTs, YUM!) and the serrano has just thrown flowers. I also have 3 volunteer tomato plants from last year (with green fruit) and a few pumpkins starting over from the rotten one we threw out there last fall.
This Sacramento Valley soil is easy....just plant the seeds/seedlings and spit on them. Organic farming at it's best. I turn some organic topsoil in at the start of every season.
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Garden???
GARDEN???? Who has time for a garden, or should I say, a long enough growing season?
The season is SHORT out here, and the wife and I run around sooo much, we don't even try any more.
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The only place in my yard that gets full sun is a 3 foot by 20 foot section between the house and driveway. I have 4 plum tomato plants and 5 cherry tomatoes and 3 crops of green beans planted 3 weeks apart. I couldn't pack anything else into the space. The tomatoes are getting so much rain, then sun, then rain... that they are about to take over the driveway. Beans are flowering which means fresh beans with melted butter all over them in about 2 to 3 weeks. You can't beat fresh beans, an ear of corn and a cold glass of iced tea. Finish it off with a big piece of water melon and I am in heaven.
I can't wait.
Roy