Comments on: Best Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs to Grow for Beginners

By: jbt

jbt — Thu, 03 May 2012 01:08:22 +0000

i am planning to start a garden towards the beggining of july end of june i am useing this site so we can make it succesful wish me luck

By: Fern

Fern — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:16:43 +0000

Everything should be OK except the watermelon. Almost all varieties of watermelons are too vigorous to grow in pots.

By: Daniele

Daniele — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:20:02 +0000

Hello I am starting a garden this year for the first time and I am so afraid I will kill everything and waste time and money . I started with seeds and they are ready to be placed in the ground now. but I really prefer to put them in large pots to place on my large front porch instead of making a garden in my yard which is bug infested I live in the county outside of Houston TX where its hot and bug crazy here . So I think it would be better to take care of on the porch My question is I have cilantro , carrots, jalapenos, collard greens , okra, spanish onions, beef tomato’s, watermelon, basil, and garlic will these plants grow ok in large pots ? or do they need to go in the ground instead ?

By: Cristie

Cristie — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:27:07 +0000

Hi everyone. Well I just planted my container garden about a week ago. Its my first time ever growing anything at all. I am extremely excited about it. Out of the 9 containers 7 are already going crazy. And today I planted a couple more. But now I’m starting to freak out that I may have bitten off more than I can chew.

The problem is I don’t know what the next step is, or when to take it. When do I transfer them from the pots. And how do I do this? Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

I have: green and red peppers. Cilantro, parsley, basil, squash, corn, carrots, lettuce, tomato, strawberries, spinach, chives, green onion, dill and snow peas. And I still want to plant others. But first I need to figure these out. Yikes!

By: Fern

Fern — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:25:55 +0000

Hi Tiana! I think carrots or strawberries would be a good choice. They’re easy and most kids like eating them. There are little carrots that are shaped like balls (called ‘Round Romeo’) instead of the usual shape, kids might think they’re funny.

By: Tiana

Tiana — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:55:54 +0000

Was wondering what fruit n veggies r easy to plant with my kids. I have long narrow planter across my backyard. But unfortunately I dn’t have the green thumb.

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:45:47 +0000

Hi there,
I have a gardening question. Last year I experimented with planting tomatoes, parsley and sweet basil. I live in Atlanta, GA and I own a home with lots of overgrown trees so my sunlight is limited and in certain places that I would prefer to not grow a garden … however, I used my outdoor back deck last year to plant my tomatoes and herbs in pots and I didn’t do too badly. I do get some afternoon good sun so I’m thinking this year of planting a raised garden bed along side the house on the same side as my deck, but up along the house leading up to the deck. I know that perrenials and flowers seem to do ok in that area so thought I’d try gardening there. My question is, with a raised garden of around 1 foot high, would I need to dig up the clay and mix the soil that I will be putting in the bed with it? The soil that I plan to use is nature’s helper, manure and plant food fertilizer. I plan to plant tomatoes again to see how well they do there, also some of the herbs and will experiment with lettuce, cucumbers, etc … so many things I want to try but without adequate lighting, will try with the greener stuff first. Thank you so much for your blog. Diane

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By: Dechoe

Dechoe — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 03:52:41 +0000

Hi Fern,
I live in Los Angeles – and have a balcony with not too much sunlight. What are some good vegetables, fruits, herbs that would grow successfully? And also how would lime/lemon trees do?

Thanks so much! This is a great site!

Dech

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