
This is just my opinion but the most important vegetables to grow are ones you like that you can easily preserve.
People are going crazy over beans right now, so I'm growing alot of those. Also peas. And I want to grow alot of tomatoes because their acidity makes them easy to can in jars. I'm not growing corn because it is cheap to buy from local farmers. I am not growing squash because it attracts too many pests, and again, can be bought from other growers. I am also not likely to grow melons this year since last year's crop did so poorly. I do have some leftover seeds tho, so I may throw them down somewhere and see what happens.
I am also growing lots of different pepper varieties because they do well in the summer heat here and also we got a dehydrator for Christmas so we can easily dry alot of peppers.
I expect the strawberries to do well this year, and the blueberry bushes are getting big. If we can keep the weeds out of the blackberry bushes, those will do well too. And as always, there are elderberry bushes everywhere. Should be making jam this year.
Im also growing some root vegetables and things like cabbage that tolerate cold. I'm starting my tomatoes and peppers in hot boxes from seed.
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check out that smoke ring. It tasted really good. I smothered it with Maulls BBQ sauce which is Local to St. Louis and one of the best I ever had.....
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I was recently separated from my wife of 33 years and it's complicated. Anyway I rented a room about 15 minutes away and I see my kids about once a week. I see the people who own the house I live in once in a while but other than that I stay in my room where I do my cooking, wash dishes in the shower, read, color, and sleep. I get out at least once a day. I grocery shop and I attend 2 meetings...


The only thing to worry about is birds and rabbits eating your greens. So have a fence or grow it in window boxes. When you start the seed, you may want to lay a board over it for about a week until the seeds sprout. That way birds don't eat it. And if you notice some holes in the leaves you can sprinkle it with an organic pesticide powder or other bug deterrent.
I recently read that peppermint plants and sprayed peppermint oil on broken plants help mask the smell from hungry bugs. I haven't tried it.
Can you answer a question? When I buy tomato plants already started and they have small tomatoes on them, why do they drop off after I transplant them?
I need to buy an Elderberry Bush.