How does your.garden grow?

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My lemon tree bears tiny fruits, but I like it that way. I also bought chillis.
 
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Sounds great! Do you grow in containers? On the deck? IN the garden itself?
 
Being January I don’t really have anything now, but I will have marigolds in the summer that I grow by seed. Below is a photo of last year’s crop. (The only edit I did to the photo was a little blemish.)

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So far, my garden consists of
  1. A lemon tree. Produces delicious but sour fruit.
  2. 5 pineapple plants. Currently awaiting another crop of pineapples
  3. Mint. Grows freely. I use it as needed.
 
I have what I call a black thumb as far as keeping a plant alive. But I moved to the country so hopefully this summer that will change.

Plans are to plant some wildflowers on a strip of land to bring bees back. Want to plant spinach, basil, peppers, onions, brussel sprouts, cabbage, etc. The front part of our house looks like a limp noodle, so gonna plant some flowers. Replace the ugly bushes in front with hydrangeas.

We have a chicken coop too thats 100 years old. Gonna clean it out and clean up the area. Paint it white.

I have ideas for buying goats…but I don’t think that’ll happen this summer.

Yeah, I’ll be busy.
 
My favorite plant in the garden at the moment is the Honeysuckle…this one has a stong delicious scent,especially when I walk out onto the veranda at night .
 
My “garden” includes six potted plants: two orchids, an Italian basil, a dwarf umbrella tree, a tree rhododendron, and a palm bush (no way could you ever call it a tree). Despite my best efforts the rhododendron is nearly dead from a bug infestation, but everything else is hanging in there. 😊
 
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Where do you live? In my area honeysuckle is an invasive species.
 
I live in Victoria Australia.
Fell in love with Honeysuckle growing wild in the hedgerows in Ireland ,so I just had to grow it here 🙂
Where are you from,may I ask ?
 
Chicago area USA. And I learned the marigolds from an older man that was very kind to me.
 
Interesting and true story:

Rhododendrons are INVASIVE in Ireland. They hire college students int he summers to eradicate them/ I’ve often thought, given the high price of them elsewhere, that Joe and I could start up a nursery and sell them to great profit all over the world. Rhodo’s are $80 per gallon container here!!!
 
That’s one of the plants that depend on the environment. When I lived in Oregon, they were all over the place. Heading to Mt. Hood, there’s even a town called Rhodedendron. In southern Ca, I couldn’t really grow them well.
 
My yard has pots (containers). When the cold weather leaves and Spring arrives, those pots will have plants and seeds growing in them.
 
That was very good of him 🙂
In Spring I planted Chia seeds to see what would happen,I kept thinking…those square stems look like a salvia.The plants are almost as tall as I am, and I just read they have blue flowers-a bonus !I wonder if I’ll get much seed off them?
 
Zerg said:
My lemon tree bears tiny fruits, but I like it that way. I also bought chillis.
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I know peppers are often ideal in a more arid climate. Too much rain and they grow nice and big but they are watery and not potent at all.

I have no idea if lemons & limes work the same way in terms of acidity. I love them both. I’m living in Las Cruces, where chills and pecans are grown by the billions. I’m assuming lemons could grow here too but not sure.
 
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I love my wall of bougainvillea. Also have many petunias, a lemon tree, a lime tree, lots of herbs, etc. Bougainvillea covers wall at the side of property and at the back. We are on a mountain, so space is limited for gardening.

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