Hey Everyone...or Both of You

[Geezerette]

I'm Numero Tres. Will this someday be as presitgious as being the third Apple employee?

I wanted to help jumpstart this forum. I'm in Collin County, Texas. What I call my "farm" is a couple of raised 1' x 6' x 17" planters and a handful of pots. I'm actually a sorry excuse for a gardener. Last year's "crop" was pretty unimpressive. But I will try again this year. I've been at it for a good 15 years. I'm pretty much giving up on all but Spring/Summer veggies. It was too hot for a fall crop although I am growing some spinach right now. The other things withered away under the sun. It's January 8 and it's cloudy and we're still 79 degrees, over 20 degrees above normal.

I may just start some tomato seeds now. Maybe I can repeat the miracle of several years ago when I had a 16-ounce tomato.

 

[Mike]

Welcome aboard @Geezerette! Glad to have you (re)join! Whether it's a single raised bed or a 5-acre plot, it's still a garden! How's your spinach doing? We tried to grow a little in the fall of 2024 but the rabbits, and/or other critters, at it all up way before we could get any off it. We figured then it's gotta either go in a raised bed, or we just ain't doing it!

Will this someday be as presitgious as being the third Apple employee?

I mean, one can dream, right? Might have to settle being compared to the newest hire at Tractor Supply.

I'm actually a sorry excuse for a gardener.

That makes two of us but I dang sure give it my best!

Maybe I can repeat the miracle of several years ago when I had a 16-ounce tomato.

Got any photos of that still laying around? I'd love to see what that behemoth looked like! I haven't had much good luck with tomatoes since I started my first garden. Always have really nice plants and lackluster amounts, and quality, tomatoes. I'm assuming my fertilizer mix is off. Come blooming season this year I plan to switch it up a bit, but we'll see how that goes.