Garden Time in Tennessee

I had trouble deciding whether to post here or on "This Gal's Fishing Adventure)



Tomato

So for the last few years I have been gardening in small raised garden beds.  

The typical haul includes:    

• Tomatoes                        

  

  Cucumbers and squash

• German Queen
• Better, meatier tastier mater!
• Will cross with other plants
• Beefsteak
• Cherry
• Peppers
• Jalapeño
• Sweet bell
• Banana
• Basil
• Purple
• Greek
• Hardier and woodier than the more fragile varieties
• Sweet
• Flat leaf parsley                               

  

  Bell pepper

• Cucumbers
• I lost 2 of the 8 plants   

 This year I have added:

• Chives
• Cilantro
• I had to replant this
• Garlic
• The bulbs stank so instead of tossing, I planted
  
• Onion
• Spinach
• Tossed seeds under large tomato plants and around back of house in semi-shade cool area
• Marigolds
• Because they help keep insects away
• Spaghetti squash
• Used this to replace 2 cucumber plants  
  
• Potatoes
• I had potatoes going bad so I planted

I attempted to honor the companion planting concept by researching what plants work together in gardens and what plants are detrimental to one another. I planted basil in the shade of the tomato plants (that are 6 feet tall). Interspersed chives in the dead spaces.

 

Last year I ate too many tomatoes and got sick enough to miss work, twice, before I realized what I was doing. Apparently they are high in acid and hard on an old gal’s tumtum.

I typically share my bounty with anyone who wants to chow on fresh fresh fresh goodies!!!!!!!!!

Purple basil

Getting ready to pull green tomatoes for frying!

I am already gathering a bounty of cucumbers!