Anyone garden?

[playfelt]

Most previous attempts to garden here have been for the sole purpose of feeding the neighbourhood wild rabbit population or at least that is what they seemed to think. We loved watching them in the yard but they really did wreck havoc on the plants. I know covering with chicken wire, etc is an option but my goal was not to keep the kids from the gardens but to enjoy them. Going to try it again and hope to have a few things they don't like. I love eating yellow and green beans raw so plan to grow them but as bush beans not the trailing vine kind. Carrots were a disaster thanks to the bunnies. Will try to do pumpkin for the kids, maybe try gourds or something interesting. I have another area that has my rhubarb some of which I will move over to the area since it grows fast and big and fills in nicely and you can never have too much to put down for the winter. Will have a couple tomato plants but will get those either as small plants or through the plantcycle group here in Ottawa that trades plants, seeds, and has a ton of advice (it is a yahoo group and there are groups in other areas I think too).

[mamaof4]

Most previous attempts to garden here have been for the sole purpose of feeding the neighbourhood wild rabbit population or at least that is what they seemed to think. We loved watching them in the yard but they really did wreck havoc on the plants. I know covering with chicken wire, etc is an option but my goal was not to keep the kids from the gardens but to enjoy them. Going to try it again and hope to have a few things they don't like. I love eating yellow and green beans raw so plan to grow them but as bush beans not the trailing vine kind. Carrots were a disaster thanks to the bunnies. Will try to do pumpkin for the kids, maybe try gourds or something interesting. I have another area that has my rhubarb some of which I will move over to the area since it grows fast and big and fills in nicely and you can never have too much to put down for the winter. Will have a couple tomato plants but will get those either as small plants or through the plantcycle group here in Ottawa that trades plants, seeds, and has a ton of advice (it is a yahoo group and there are groups in other areas I think too).

lol yep- that seems to be my problem with gardening.

I try every year- starting each season with the determination that THIS WILL BE THE YEAR--- and it lasts until mid July and then it goes to pot.

I have really liked blue stone perennials though, until the dog dug them up