Thanks!

Garden update:


Overview of the raised beds...cauliflower and cabbage are all done and gone, with cucumbers planted in place of the cabbage and radishes & zinnias in place of the cauliflower.


What is left of the broccoli on the left, onions and radishes coming up on the right...with zinnias behind the radishes. Garlic is blooming and looking great.


Zucchini plants.


Close up of zucchini plant. There are about a half dozen small zucchini on the plants now; they are two to three inches long. Be ready before you know it!!


One side of the tomato plant bed...these are the healthiest looking plants!!!

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Other side of the tomato bed plants...amazing plants!!


Parsley and basil.


Pole beans, with cucumbers planted on the other side of the bed where I had cabbage.


Various pepper plants and onions...


Inground garden, which was put in several weeks after the raised beds. Tomato plants, parsley, basil, various pepper plants and some bush beans in this garden.

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Flowers in the octagon bed in the foreground, with other raised beds in the background. Octagon is filled with zinnias, Bells of Ireland and marigolds.


Overall view with Rosemary to the left.


Backhalf of the overall view with the inground garden showing.



So, how does your garden grow?? I cannot complain. In addition to the above, I have added carrrot and dill throughout the beds in spots that are open. Also, with the above, I have onions, cucumbers tomatoes and an abundance of flowers, ferns and fruit trees going gang busters at our AL house.

Good lookin garden u have there Maggie. Here in a few days you'll have some squash to fry up.

Maggie you need to come visit, and bring that Kubota with you............

That would be a hoot! Man, my cactus is blooming!!!! Not open yet but real close!! Thanks again!

Maggie, are you single? If not do you want to be single?

I am happily married Skinny.

Great garden(s), that's for the pics!!

you going to buy her a new tractor skinny?????

WHOOEEEE it opened over night!!! THANK YOU!!!

Harvested my onions a few days ago..




Got up early yesterday and started harvesting some garden goodness...and a bit of goodness from the chicken coop too.

Have to confess,the large red tomatoes are from my neighbor's garden. The ones on the cutting board are from our garden....we are truly struggling with tomatoes this year. The far left ovals are mine and are a new hybrid called Shimmer, as well as part of the small ones on the far right. The pole beans are mine and the green beans are from my neighbor's garden as well. He has a huge garden and always calls me to come pick.

My initial tomato crop, which was planted in a raisaed bed, came up and was absolutely beautiful and boom they got the wilt! Had to pull them all. Made me sick. All of my inground tomato plants are doing fine but way behind my initial plants in growth because they were planted far later. In addition, I just put eight new plants in the ground. Not sure what in the world is going on but I have never had problems with tomatoes!! The only thing that makes me feel a bit better is that most everyone I know is having trouble too. Even my neighbor has had plants die but he still has a number of healthy plants. Hopefully the new ones will come up and we will have some late tomatoes.

Peppers are going gang busters and zucchini has been abundant. The yellow squash came from my neighbor's garden too. I never plant that because he always plants so much and gives me more than I need.

WOW!!! That's looks great Mrs. Maggie. Those onions are nice. I'm gonna try to grow some down here. Did you start them from seed or plant the bulbs?

I order them from Dixondale Farms out of Texas and have the best luck!!! I have never gotten onions I buy locally to grow into large onions but these are awesome!! I order and they ship when it is time to plant. Highly recommended!!! Can’t remember now exactly who on this forum told me about them but sure glad they did. Good luck.

I believe their 2018 season is over but you can order as early as October for 2019.

Everyone I've talked to gets them from Dixondale. They got one heck of an operation. Which varieties do you plant? We are going to try a few different varieties. Onions are hard to grow down here next to the gulf. My grandfather always had a large garden and that's about the only thing he never grew.

I order different ones but of the short day variety . I ordered the Sample Short Day Sampler: Texas 1015Y, Texas Early White, and Red CreoleLee, plus Texas Regent this past year. All that I ordered were sweet and we love um!! Just sent a neighbor home with a bag full!!!

only place I order onions is Dixondale, good folks and good onions

Hey Maggie you got an onion I can borrow? good looking groceries