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I think this will become my replacement addiction- it's so bad already! I love being out in the garden digging, weeding, composting, etc. i wake up thinking about plants and go to sleep thinking about plants. :). Any other gardeners out there?? Here's a few shots of my garden from this morning

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Maybe we need a hobbies forum? :).

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Here are some of mine! I need to get photos of my veggies too.

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Yay, gardeners! I was beginning to think I was alone in my gardening insanity on VST. :) Gardening is relaxing and also can be such a good workout! Where does everyone garden?

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Here are some of mine! I need to get photos of my veggies too.

Cool garden! Let's see...okra- by you growing okra and the size of your grass blades, I'm deducing you're a southern gardener? I'm in the Pacific Northwest, where ferns grow a mile a minute and most tomatoes don't have the time or the heat to do squat.

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Cool garden! Let's see...okra- by you growing okra and the size of your grass blades' date=' I'm deducing you're a southern gardener? I'm in the Pacific Northwest, where ferns grow a mile a minute and most tomatoes don't have the time or the heat to do squat.[/quote']

Yes, I'm in Arkansas. Grass grows inches daily here lol. So here are my veggies. I have okra, tomatoes big boys and golden yellow, squash and cucumbers. My baby watermelon and cantaloupe.

I'm growing the melons and cucumbers on the trellis.

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So cool! I wish I could grow melons! I think watermelon is one of my favorite fruits. I also want to grow oranges, lemons, limes and passion fruit...oh well! Gardeners always want to grow what they can't grow in their zone- zone envy. I'm sure other gardeners would love to grow apples and cherries, etc. LoL! I'm working furiously on my garden because in late August I'm having members of my garden club coming to look at it. I'm getting sleeved on July 2nd and I'm on 15 lbs or less lifting restriction for 6 weeks...so not much heavy duty stuff I can do in the garden. Eeeep! I guess it will just be what it is when folks come over, but I don't know what possessed me to think I'd be feeling 100%. We'll just see how I do....fingers crossed!

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Have you all been sleeved? I just got my date of August 5!

I really wanted it to be sooner but I'm also excited that now I can eat all my homegrown veggies! It's so much more rewarding and satisfying when you grow from seeds!

I'll also be learning to can foods, that might be interesting!!

If any of you can, do you have any Tomato recipes you like?

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I'm in AR too and I absolutely LOVE my garden!! It is the way I relieve my stress from working with the public everyday. I live to till! Crazy I know. Anyway, I'm getting sleeved Monday and I look forward to getting some of this weight off so I can really enjoy my garden!!

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Hooray for all the gardeners! I'm almost three weeks out now and I can't wait until I feel more comfortable gardening in my knees...and maybe feel less sore!

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I love gardening too. Live in a condo but enjoy flower boxes and container gardening. Very relaxing.

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I love gardening too. Live in a condo but enjoy flower boxes and container gardening. Very relaxing.

That's great that you can keep plants alive in a condo! I used to think I had a black thumb because I killed every plant I got when I lived in an apartment. I'd forget to Water them.

:). Now that I have help from rain, I'm doing better!

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Try succulents. Almost impossible to kill them. I love my little patio and porch gardens. Also have a collection of wind chimes and pinwheels.

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