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@CareBears wrote:@mousiegirl Have you posted any of your fall decorating pictures yet, I do not want to miss those, I have finally taken pictures of all mine, just have not found the time to post yet.
@CareBears@ No. but it will be this week. I will @ you. 
Please do post yours.
@lucymo wrote:@mousiegirl OMG, those all look great. I'll show the pics to DH tonight, he loves peppers. I'll take the Yukons, I'm a meat and potatoes person.
How many pots do you think you have for flowers and veggies? I love the outdoors too and watching plants grow. I sure enjoyed looking at the pictures. Thanks for tagging me as otherwise I might miss out seeing them.
@lucymo 66 pots for tomatoes, eggplant, bush beans, zucchini, tomatillos, peppers, and basil, in addition to two very large, wide and tall boxes which DH built. Strawberries, potatoes, bush beans and zucchini are grown in wide large growing bags, the other veges either grown in grow bags, clay pots, or enormous black nursery pots.. Pole beans and cucumbers are grown on bean poles.
All perennials are grown in the ground. I do grow six pots of Cottage Farms white sunpatients on the deck, two gardenia trees, and several pots of begonias, white with pink blush and yellow centers. Of course, I still have tons waiting to be put into the ground as we are still working on three beds.
We finished planting the roses in the cottage garden, now for the Irises, daylilies, phlox, and a few more perennials. Also finished the driveway bed with white roses and white agapanthus, this I divided from clumps in the back all grown from one plant and divided over an over, still have plenty in pots to plant elsewhere, and along the front walk white/green paniculata hydrangeas with the long cone shaped flowers, and an edging of tiny white flowered ground cover, which will be planted when they are strong and big enough, as I just separated them from large clumps growing in the back garden, and potted them, so they are sitting on the front walk bed growing. I noticed that squirrels got into some while looking for a place to hide their nuts, so covered them yesterday with wire. My driveway theme is white and green, in case you didn't notice, lol.
I grew the white roses, agapanthus, as i mentioned, and hydrangeas in pots for several years so that by the time we planted, they were mature enough to make a statement. When I bought the hydrangeas and roses, I had every intention of getting them in the ground within one year, didn't happen, so they grew and grew.
@Danky wrote:@possummink-----so nice to run into an old friend from "back in the day."
Your garden is beautiful, also. I have the space but not the inclination until I see pix like your's and @mousiegirl's. The good news, for me, is the feeling
of wanting my own garden will pass by the time spring arrives ! 😀😀😀
@Danky But Spring is the time to plant, plant, plant! All heat loving veges and fruit should be planted in the Spring, and after being cooped up in the house for months, I am then raring to go, lol.
@mousiegirl wrote:
@lucymo wrote:@mousiegirl OMG, those all look great. I'll show the pics to DH tonight, he loves peppers. I'll take the Yukons, I'm a meat and potatoes person.
How many pots do you think you have for flowers and veggies? I love the outdoors too and watching plants grow. I sure enjoyed looking at the pictures. Thanks for tagging me as otherwise I might miss out seeing them.
@lucymo 66 pots for tomatoes, eggplant, bush beans, zucchini, tomatillos, peppers, and basil, in addition to two very large, wide and tall boxes which DH built. Strawberries, potatoes, bush beans and zucchini are grown in wide large growing bags, the other veges either grown in grow bags, clay pots, or enormous black nursery pots.. Pole beans and cucumbers are grown on bean poles.
All perennials are grown in the ground. I do grow six pots of Cottage Farms white sunpatients on the deck, two gardenia trees, and several pots of begonias, white with pink blush and yellow centers. Of course, I still have tons waiting to be put into the ground as we are still working on three beds.
We finished planting the roses in the cottage garden, now for the Irises, daylilies, phlox, and a few more perennials. Also finished the driveway bed with white roses and white agapanthus, this I divided from clumps in the back all grown from one plant and divided over an over, still have plenty in pots to plant elsewhere, and along the front walk white/green paniculata hydrangeas with the long cone shaped flowers, and an edging of tiny white flowered ground cover, which will be planted when they are strong and big enough, as I just separated them from large clumps growing in the back garden, and potted them, so they are sitting on the front walk bed growing. I noticed that squirrels got into some while looking for a place to hide their nuts, so covered them yesterday with wire. My driveway theme is white and green, in case you didn't notice, lol.
I grew the white roses, agapanthus, as i mentioned, and hydrangeas in pots for several years so that by the time we planted, they were mature enough to make a statement. When I bought the hydrangeas and roses, I had every intention of getting them in the ground within one year, didn't happen, so they grew and grew.
@mousiegirl I would love your place with all of the gardens and plants. I don't have as many as I used to have but still love to do what I can. It's a great hard work stress reliever and the results are beautiful and some are delicious too. We ate so much fried Okra this summer with fresh tomatoes and corn bread. Love it.
You need to share a picture of your front walk . It sounds so pretty.
Do you have to water all the pots individually or use a type of spray system? Our pots dry so fast in summer and especially after they are root bound in the pots.
@lucymo wrote:
@mousiegirl wrote:
@lucymo wrote:@mousiegirl OMG, those all look great. I'll show the pics to DH tonight, he loves peppers. I'll take the Yukons, I'm a meat and potatoes person.
How many pots do you think you have for flowers and veggies? I love the outdoors too and watching plants grow. I sure enjoyed looking at the pictures. Thanks for tagging me as otherwise I might miss out seeing them.
@lucymo 66 pots for tomatoes, eggplant, bush beans, zucchini, tomatillos, peppers, and basil, in addition to two very large, wide and tall boxes which DH built. Strawberries, potatoes, bush beans and zucchini are grown in wide large growing bags, the other veges either grown in grow bags, clay pots, or enormous black nursery pots.. Pole beans and cucumbers are grown on bean poles.
All perennials are grown in the ground. I do grow six pots of Cottage Farms white sunpatients on the deck, two gardenia trees, and several pots of begonias, white with pink blush and yellow centers. Of course, I still have tons waiting to be put into the ground as we are still working on three beds.
We finished planting the roses in the cottage garden, now for the Irises, daylilies, phlox, and a few more perennials. Also finished the driveway bed with white roses and white agapanthus, this I divided from clumps in the back all grown from one plant and divided over an over, still have plenty in pots to plant elsewhere, and along the front walk white/green paniculata hydrangeas with the long cone shaped flowers, and an edging of tiny white flowered ground cover, which will be planted when they are strong and big enough, as I just separated them from large clumps growing in the back garden, and potted them, so they are sitting on the front walk bed growing. I noticed that squirrels got into some while looking for a place to hide their nuts, so covered them yesterday with wire. My driveway theme is white and green, in case you didn't notice, lol.
I grew the white roses, agapanthus, as i mentioned, and hydrangeas in pots for several years so that by the time we planted, they were mature enough to make a statement. When I bought the hydrangeas and roses, I had every intention of getting them in the ground within one year, didn't happen, so they grew and grew.
@mousiegirl I would love your place with all of the gardens and plants. I don't have as many as I used to have but still love to do what I can. It's a great hard work stress reliever and the results are beautiful and some are delicious too. We ate so much fried Okra this summer with fresh tomatoes and corn bread. Love it.
You need to share a picture of your front walk . It sounds so pretty.
Do you have to water all the pots individually or use a type of spray system? Our pots dry so fast in summer and especially after they are root bound in the pots.
@lucymo Yes, I hand water the pots, and use sprinklers in the beds. I like okra, as my Dad was a chef and from the South, so he would put it in tomato stews.
Hi Danky, It's good to hear from an old friend. I post almost everyday on the Cafe thread, the Bird Nest and Widows threads. + the Positive thoughts thread.
I don't do as much gardening as I did years back when my back was in fairly good shape. I usually had about 135-150 tomato plants, several varieties, plus eggplant, okra, stringbeans, field peas, all summer squashes, sweet corn, cauliflower, spinach, beets, asparagus, radishes, peppers, sweet and hot, parsley, basil, potatoes, horseradish, rhubarb, cucumbers,etc. and several kinds of berries. I still have black raspberries and raise habaneros and jalapenos. I also have my 25 or so banana plants, which I need to start digging to bring in the basement for the winter.
We had a little produce stand out by the road and my children and mom sold the excess tomatoes and other veggies. Good old days. 
My younger brother has an awesome garden too, at his home right across the Mississippi in IL. He raises a lot of what I listed above, plus crowder peas, lima beans, sweet potatoes, and a few other veggies that I don't or didn't.
I spend too much of the summer in Florida at my son's to do much gardening. I already have Patty Pan squash seeds for next spring though. It's my favorite squash and I can never find the white ones anywhere in stores or in farmer's markets. I love sweet basil leaves put right on top of pizza slices
When working outside in the gardens be they flower or vegetable, I feel so at peace. It's great therapy, good time for thinking and just enjoying nature and God's creation. I just wish I could do like I used to. Containers aren't quite the same as running the tractor through the dirt and laying out the garden plan.
Have an awesome rest of your week and take good care. 
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