This year I tried cabbage, sweet corn, eggplant, radishes, Brussels Sprouts and tomatoes. Cabbage did fantastic, so I may try it again next year. (it was the first time in my life that I can remember growing cabbage) I planted three varieties of sweet corn, including a red variety. Unfortunately, I planted the plants too close together. I had to cut down about half of the plants to let more light and air penetrate. In the end, I had about half the harvest I had expected, but it was great to have fresh sweet corn. Eggplant did well, but as I remembered, the taste wasn't that great. Radishes were ok, but hotter than I hoped. Brussels Sprouts grew very slowly at first, then took off into the fall. The tomatoes were the greatest disappointment. I grew seeds from a packet that said it had 20 different heirloom beefsteak varieties. Instead, I mostly ended up with smallish 1.5" orange tomatoes. Only 1 plant out of 14 had anything that would approach beefsteak. Next year I may just buy a couple of plants, even though they mostly have the same 8 or so varieties available everywhere. How about your garden - how did it do?

... did you start the seeds indoors first orplant them outside directly? pretty good overall. only one completefailure (lentils) and several partial failures (grapes, leaf lettuces, blackeyedpeas). we grew radishes, but i'd rather growsomething else i like more. rhubarb did well. gave over 50lbsaway, didn't make any sauce this year(too busy with other things). strawberries i ate most of when i waspicking, probably over 30lbs from thefirst strawberry patch. now increased tothree patches and added some everbearingplants for all summer and fall enjoyment.gave away a few quarts. didn't make enoughjam. hopefully new patches will make thisnext year a good one for stuffing thecloset full of jars of jam. gave away hundreds of plants from thinning that ihad no room or time to plant here. tomatoes, put up 129qts and ate plentymore. 26 plants total, 24 beefsteak and2 cherry sweet 100s. we really don't needtwo cherry tomato plants... or for thatmatter 26 beefsteak plants. next year...

How did your garden grow in 2011?

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AndyS 14 years ago

Andy comments: North Texas, drought conditions...

I have water I draw from a lake for irrigation..

Tomatoes --- Super crop, still have a fridge full of the sauce Okra ... Not so good. Pinto Beans -- Good crop in the spring, not so much in summer Radishes --- Great in spring and great in fall Collards -- Great in Winter, Spring, and Fall Cucumbers -- A few, but lackluster this summer. Lettuce --- Not so good this year... Good last year...

Oleander --- Cloneable year around, transplanted well in spring and summer..

Crepe Myrtle --- Same as Oleander.

These are just my results this year... Very hot hot hot summer and even the irrigation didn't compensate in the summer heat.

PS... Neighbor's marijuana crop didn't prosper either, tho he doesn't have irrigation.... Poor fellow's beer bill went thru the roof.....

Andy

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Billy 14 years ago

Cool summer. Everything produced, just late, and light. Zone 9b, northern California

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songbird 14 years ago

AndyS wrote: ...

maybe offset by a decline in the cheetoes bill...

songbird

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AndyS 14 years ago

LOL !!!!!

Andy

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