How does your garden grow?

Answer 1

From Sunny South Africa.

Mine has always been a garden in progress (22 years). I bought my two acre lot separated from our local nature reserve by a stream because I wanted to live in the bush. I have a lovely indigenous garden that is divided into three systems i.e. natural grassland, riverine forest, and the "pretty" part of the garden.
I still remember removing tons of alien vegetation i.e. Bugweed, Triffid and Lantana to get to the indigenous flora that was hidden from view. You just have to see it now (Spring) full of the most magnificent flowers that you can imagine. I must confess I still appreciate Mother Nature's landscaping to my efforts. SHE is good.

I am a serious conservationist, vegetarian and animal lover so everything has been done to encourage nature to come back into my garden ... with great success. The moles do their own thing, the monkeys have free reign, the buck eat my prized plants .. what the hell, I can replace what they eat and they were there first, so I just live with it.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts fellows.

Answer 2

With silver bells, and cockle shells,
and pretty maids all in a row.

Seriously though, some people should be given the death penalty for cruel and unusual punishment to plants.

Even more seriously, though, the natural evolution of plant types on a bare patch of soil follows a natural progression. Weeds grow rapidly and naturally first, then eventually their presence tends to discourage their viability, and the next wave of plant types starts to take hold, eventually culminating in a wonderful grove of trees

I'm still at stage one...

Answer 3

This was one of my best years ever! Tomatoes thrived on the south side of the house, even got a bonus cantaloupe vine which produced fruit. I am still picking cucumbers, carrots, all kinds of peppers, and eggplant. Not bad for the midwest, where frost is looming overhead!
On a whim, I planted some beets and a zucchini late, we'll see what happens there.
Thanks for asking!

Answer 4

4AM and 24 degrees with a ten mph wind. I've got sprinklers going and I sprayed surficant on every thing I could reach. Still going to be the proverbial hard freeze way past a frost. Oh well such is life. It was a very good year, can't wait to get started on next year. RScott

Answer 5

My garden of weeds grows quickly and with ease.

Answer 6

Mine doesn't because it hasn't rained for 2 years. Now it is summer again and all I see is blue sky and sun. Even the borehole is dry. Grrr.....

Answer 7

I have marigolds all in a row ,pretty as a picture ,thank you very much .

Answer 8

with silver bells and cockle shells.

Answer 9

sunlight, water, and soil

Answer 10

Upwards. ;-)