This is my second season of growing vegetables in my backyard, this time I'm growing most of them from seed. It's cold where I live right now and I have: broccoli, snow peas, bok choy, leek, beetroot, fennel, some herbs (basil, dill, and parsley), and some flowers (strawflowers & marigolds).
this post was submitted on 02 Jun 2023
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The backyard is now lousy with dinosaurs (chickens), so everything that's growing is in the front yard this year and I pared back the edibles. For food, lots of chard, beets, peppers, okra, and eggplant, since that's what we end up using out of the garden. The street-visible bit has zinnias, snapdragons, strawflowers, the more attractive herbs (fennel/dill, hyssop, perilla), and four o' clocks.
I grew a load of stuff last summer and it was a bit of a pain with the water shortage and heatwave.
This year I'm growing chilli's because they are aesthetically pleasing.
Last year was AWFUL omg!
Tell me about it! I got into in the spring and by the end of summer I was done.
Hopefully that didn't discourage you. This year has been much more forgiving, at least in my area. I know last year was the 2nd longest period without noticeable precipitation for 67 days. Went from June to August with nothing. I was so angry. This year I made sure to put at minimum 7 inches of mulch in every bed >:(
Good effort. I didn’t use any mulch last year. This year I just have one chilli plant. I haven’t got the time to tend to a veg patch at the moment.