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We made it to the weekend!  Can I get a hell yeah, Stone Cold Steve Austin style?   source We're fast approaching mid month and for those who celebrate Easter, make sure you've got your game plan together and are shopping the sales!  We lucked out with some Honeybaked Ham rewards somehow and I placed my order months ago and we'll have that for $9.  I always pick up stuff on sale as the year goes on so I don't need a bunch of ingredients at once.  We saw Stowe got another dump of snow just as we were lamenting it fading away two days earlier. I know.  Don't nobody here wanna see dat but it still warms the cockles of our otherwise charcoal hearts.  It makes me want to watch our little slideshow from Christmas again.   We tried our little outdoor table and I'll be damned if that project also didn't crap the bed in fantastical fashion.  It's almost like I can hear the deities giggle and go "watch this."  It wasn't unfixable but eno...
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Hump Day Poll: For My Gardeners





Given the state of things around these parts, I'm considering gardening to help out a little.  Obviously, I need to be super frugal and I've only truly grown herbs and some stuff in hydroponic Aerogardens which have sadly gone out of business this year so in about 6 months their parts/pods will be sparse.  (Though I'm sure I can use coconut coir for pods)  I've been looking stuff up as much as I can but I thought I'd check with my peeps and see if anyone has any tips for a new frugal gardener with zero room for much more than maybe a raised bed and a few containers.  I'm thinking some spinach, hopefully arugula, peppers and anything else you think would be helpful.  (I know for sure I'll need to make some nets because we have bastard squirrels and munks like we breed them.)

Any tips? Tricks?


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  1. The Mr.March 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM

    Squirrels and chipmunks are cute and all but when they're stealing your food it's war!

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  2. WoodsyMarch 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM

    Back when I did our gardens I had really good luck with the following in both containers and little beds: potatoes, carrots, green peppers and jalapenos, lettuce and spinach, cherry tomatoes, and green onions, and cukes (need stakes though). For herbs, it was cilantro, thyme, chives, basil and rosemary. I did try broccoli and cauliflower one year and got a nice head of each, but only one, so not sure if that was a success or not. Strawberry pots are another option. My mom did those on the deck years ago.

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  3. Paula CMarch 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM

    Tomatoes & cucumbers are usually winners for us. Potatoes are easy too. Peppers will keep producing for quite a while. We like onions too.

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  4. Momof3,Grandmaof4March 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM

    My hubs is the gardener in our house, he's had a lot of success with potato, carrots, beans, rutabaga, spaghetti squash, tomato, spinach and strawberries. All in containers or small beds. He had enough potato to last us until Christmas last year. And I live in Newfoundland which has a VERY short growing season!

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