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[allana]

Pretty flowers on the squash plants turn into...



This squash is about 20cm long just now. In case you couldn't tell, I'm tremendously proud of it.

Today we sprayed a few more fence panels and I sprayed some of the weeds--well, collection of feral fruit bushes--with some mega weedkiller. I'm hoping that I'll be able to get the ground cleared by autumn and be able to dig it over in preparation for making some raised beds and little paths around them.

Dave's dad thinks that I'm mad for growing veggies I can get at the supermarket with minimal effort and will be far cheaper than the cost of growing yourself. He has a valid point, especially as he's a gardener. However, I'm thinking of growing things (next year) that I can't get. Fresh borlotti beans, golden beetroot, borage, lemon verbena, yellow courgettes. We'll see, though. I may completely fall out of love with vegetable growing!

If the worst comes to the worst... then at least I'll have cleared out the weeds in a third of the garden :P

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[feelforfaith.livejournal.com]

I'm of the same mind--why go to all the trouble if I can buy it at the store? :) Even though I know all the benefits of home grown things. (And where we live, I don't have conditions to grow anything anyway.)

My parents had a little vegetable and flower garden, with a few fruit trees, right outside the city, and from spring to fall they would spend almost every weekend there. I wasn't very enthusiastic about helping them out, but I never minded eating fresh strawberries or peaches straight from the tree *g*.

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

I think it's the sheer romance of home-grown veg that has hooked me in.

Being able to walk just a few steps from the kitchen door and cut herbs has been wonderful and it'll only get better if I can pull up a few carrots or cut some spinach.

I don't plan to spend every weekend gardening, though!!!

[stonefinder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you could get 'em at the store with minimum effort, but there are some things you can only truly appreciate when you grow them yourself. Like tomatoes. Nothing like a vine ripened tomato, especially if it's an heirloom variety that doesn't have the shelf life to satisfy corporate.


damn dyslexia

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Tomatoes are one of the few things that I haven't contemplated growing. I don't have a greenhouse so I'd have to buy in plants. Dunno if it'd be worth it.

I do definitely like the idea of growing things that you can't buy, though!

[bella-cheval.livejournal.com]

Good to hear from you!

Yeah, buying your veggies from the market is nice and handy, but there's nothing like going out to your own garden and picking it yourself!