Are there any backyard veggie gardeners here?

[achookwoman]

Pulled out the tomato plants, picked silver beet for dinner.  Cold and raining now. 

[Katiej]

Wow that's cool Cookie.

[Emme]

Great photo Cookie 

We are using carrots, spinach  & silverbeet.  Turning cold here also Chookie 

[cookie1]

It is in a fairly sheltered spot, right near a fence. During the summer it gets the reflected heat from the fence. We give it plenty of water.

[Bedlam]

Wow Cookie that's amazing, I have never seen a pineapple growing before. Thanks.

[achookwoman]

The yard of our old chook shed,  which we no longer use,  has grown the best lot of silver beet.  I used to give the chooks the waste from the veggie garden and the silver beet has self seeded. 

[mcmich]

Lucky you Chookie.      I would love to have something like that happen in my backyard.

[gertbysea]

You should all try to see if you can grow a pineapple. All you have to do is cut the top off and stick it into the ground, well that is what I used  to do. Might not grow in some places but worth a try. Maybe could be done in a sunny spot in a pot inside. Fun to watch anyway.

I had quite a few growing but eventually got rid of them as they take up a lot of room and are very sharp and bite you.

Gert

[Bedlam]

Looks wonderful Chookie.  I have planted some garlic that sprouted, its doing well.

[obbie]

My Mum has pineapples growing next door

[cookie1]

You should all try to see if you can grow a pineapple. All you have to do is cut the top off and stick it into the ground, well that is what I used  to do. Might not grow in some places but worth a try. Maybe could be done in a sunny spot in a pot inside. Fun to watch anyway.

I had quite a few growing but eventually got rid of them as they take up a lot of room and are very sharp and bite you.

Gert

That's all we have done Gert. It is getting hard to buy pineapples with tops over here. We've found it good to have it where it gets reflected heat. At the other house they were just in the garden and never fruited.
You are certainly right about them biting, especially the ones with the serrated leaves.

[goldfish]

You should all try to see if you can grow a pineapple. All you have to do is cut the top off and stick it into the ground, well that is what I used  to do. Might not grow in some places but worth a try. Maybe could be done in a sunny spot in a pot inside. Fun to watch anyway.

I had quite a few growing but eventually got rid of them as they take up a lot of room and are very sharp and bite you.

Gert

Sprung, Gert!  Here you've been trying to convince us for ages that gardening was not your thing -  couldn't grow anything! And here you are growing pineapples!! If you can grow pineapples, I daresay you can grow anything!!   Methinks you  have just been hiding your talents under the proverbial bush!!

[gertbysea]

You should all try to see if you can grow a pineapple. All you have to do is cut the top off and stick it into the ground, well that is what I used  to do. Might not grow in some places but worth a try. Maybe could be done in a sunny spot in a pot inside. Fun to watch anyway.

I had quite a few growing but eventually got rid of them as they take up a lot of room and are very sharp and bite you.

Gert

Sprung, Gert!  Here you've been trying to convince us for ages that gardening was not your thing -  couldn't grow anything! And here you are growing pineapples!! If you can grow pineapples, I daresay you can grow anything!!   Methinks you  have just been hiding your talents under the proverbial bush!!

Ok goldfish I confess. I used to lop off the top of the pineapples toss them Into the jungle and they grew like  anything. A no brainer.

Now I was told it was impossible to grow garlic in Cairns. Some try by planting it in a pot them putting the pot in the fridge at night. Seems crazy to me but........

You have seen pics of my garden and believe me plants will grow. I just cannot grow food except for pineapples which I have stopped planting.  If  the humidity doesn't kill it then  the grasshoppers will eat it.  Anyway I really hate putting my hands in the dirt. Occasionally. I will really try but it is a thankless task as I do  not have an affinity with the earth.

Gert

[Itsnotartitsdinner]

We have two in our yard. They take about 18 months to fruit. We took another three up to the community garden recently.

[Itsnotartitsdinner]

DH got a load of dirt in the weekend for our garden bed. The kids chose flowers for it. Echinaceas, marigolds and gerberas etc. I planted out the veggie garden with lettuces, parsley and lime basil. Smells delicious.