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 Posted By: TaterTot 
Aug 12  # 1 of 9
I remember my dad use to grow some tasty vegetables in our back yard. It was nice to cook and eat some healthy home grown veggies from the backyard. It was nice to eat at home a lot as well as opposed to always going out to restaurants.. some good home cookin:) do u guys ever grow foods?
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 Posted By: jglass 
Aug 12  # 2 of 9
We live in a apartment so the best I can do is a few pots of herbs on the balcony. Im lucky enough to have a father in law who lives about 5 miles from me who does raise a garden every year. He lets me have what ever I want from it. He grows some of my favorite herbs in the garden along with tomatoes, green beans, cucumbers, assorted squash and assorted peppers. He grows a lot of potatoes and onions. We have red and green leaf lettuce and then he puts out greens for the fall. I made some different types of pickles this year and canned some bruschetta and assorted jams and marmalades. He has apple trees there too. I made some jalapeno pepper jelly & some salsa. I have dried a couple jars of tomatoes and stored them in the fridge in olive oil. Im not sure how much longer the goodies are going to last but they have been delsih while they are here. I love bruschetta with basil, garlic and a good drizzle of olive oil. I have even had it for breakfast lol.
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 Posted By: Cook Chatty Cathy 
Aug 12  # 3 of 9
:D Do I grow my own food??? Don't even get me started TaterTot! I have everything I possibly can put into the ground, and chickens to have fresh eggs and we only live on a city lot and I tell you what it's the best food in the world, and I am so glad to have put in the garden this year! Here's what I have in the ground right now (my 2nd or fall garden this summer) Eggplant, tomatoes, green beans, okra, bell peppers (red, green & yellow varieties) turnip greens, canteloupe, squash (3 varieties), cucumber, pumpkins and watermelon. I have many different herbs in pots on the deck and I am enjoying all the fresh veggies like crazy!!!

TaterTot I encourage anyone that wants to at least try to have a garden. It tales time, work, and devotion but it is so worth it!!!

If you want to next year put in a garden and need helpful hints and tips just holler we all will help you any way we can:)
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 Posted By: CanMan 
Aug 12  # 4 of 9
With the higher prices at the market, EVERYONE should be growing something in their backyard or patio (in pots). It's called "free food". Amazing results for a little sweat equity put into gardening.

I grow my tomatoes "upside down" since I don't have the garden space. Peppers and cucumbers are grown in pots. A lot of people have success growing potatoes in pots or in straw on top of the ground. String beans are another fun one if you have a place to climb. Any place you have sun you can find a way to grow something.
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 Posted By: Cook Chatty Cathy 
Aug 12  # 5 of 9
Hi CanMan,

How did your tomatoes do being planted upside down? I did not have good results with mine at all, in fact they died!

Let me know, Cathy