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I know this has never been a topic in remembered history, so why not talk about it?
Do you, or have you, grow food from your garden?
I'm growing tomatoes out of mine. Watering instructions seem to be unclear. It's either too much water or too little. Can't really find a happy medium.
In addition, please say which kinds of fruits/vegetables you've grown.
I'm not trolling, so please don't send this thread into the void. I would like further discussion.
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I am a village kid now studying in a big city (relatively speaking). At home (where I currently dont spend much time), we grow vegetables and keep chicken for eggs and sometimes meat (we also had rabbits since I remember, but we stopped raising them last year).
As to the vegetables, we have a lot of tomatoes and capsicum, some lettuce, cabbage, lettuce, potatoes, smaller quantities of corn, beans, onions garlic and much else. We also have some fruit trees, such as apples, pears, plums (which are then turned into delicious alcoholic beverage  ), peaches, cherries. We also have some bushes, Hippophae, raspberries, blueberries, currants. And nuts, walnut and hazelnut.
My father enjoys garden so he is also experimenting with more exotic fruit, such as kiwi (with mild success) and each year, he also tries other things.
Although we are by far not self sufficient (e.g. we dont have to buy tomatoes when it grows but other times in year we do have to, also we have only small amount of potatoes so we still buy them, I think we dont have to buy garlic but we do buy onions sometimes, we almost never buy eggs, except for when baking for big occasions etc.)
As to myself, I like spending some time in garden (and in nature, in general... but not much time!! ), helping, but I am by far not so enthusiastic as my father is.
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For about 6 years, now, we've grown heirloom tomatoes--anywhere from 13 to 19 plants. We do this for ourselves, and we share with our neighbors, as well. Blacks, reds, yellows, greens.
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Just not browns, right? 
I guess you guys live in areas where it is not controlled by snowy weather.
Do you sell what you grow? Could be profitable!
I'm looking for planting advice, except I've only started to grow on my apartment's balcony!
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(Jul 04, 2017, 13:14 pm)RobertX Wrote: Just not browns, right?
I guess you guys live in areas where it is not controlled by snowy weather.
Do you sell what you grow? Could be profitable!
I'm looking for planting advice, except I've only started to grow on my apartment's balcony!
We eat the produce, or give away the surplus to our neighbors. If you want to make money, consider owning a small nation.
The area we live in really only has a growing season from June through September, though in good years May be included in that, as well. This wasn't a good year. We had an unusually warm winter, then a cool, cloudy and wet spring. But we still get a decent crop at worst, and a very abundant crop, at best.
The different colors actually yield different flavors. Have you tasted good heirloom tomatoes? Red have an acidic tang, while yellows are sweet. Blacks are salty, and greens are even sweeter than yellows, with more firmness.
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My dad does. He has planted lemon, papaya and beetroot in our garden. The taste of freshly plucked lemon from a tree is very different than what we are used to. My dad does gardening out of hobby and he really take cares of his plants more than anything else.
He's planning to grow banana and apple tree too. Lets see.
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(Jul 04, 2017, 13:14 pm)RobertX Wrote: Just not browns, right?
I guess you guys live in areas where it is not controlled by snowy weather.
Do you sell what you grow? Could be profitable!
I'm looking for planting advice, except I've only started to grow on my apartment's balcony!
As to the weather / climate, ours is very similar to what Philidor says, except planting is sooner (depends on crops). And we are not selling either, if there is surplus (happens with eggs and nuts, sometimes vegetables) we share it with family.
I have noticed you have watering problems We water quite a lot (especially tomatoes and cucumbers). But my guess is you can water less at first and increase the amount depending on how leafs look, if they start rolling a bit you need more water (but you probably figured that out).
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