Thought I'd put up a few pics & notes of things for this year's garden-to-be...
 
Heirloom seed - no Mansanto here!

 
An especially neat looking heirloom variety of cauliflower.

 
New raised bed on the south facing wall.  Not done yet (obviously).

 
Mortgage Lifter tomato seedlings.  Started indoors, coming out to enjoy some unusually warm January afternoon sunshine.

 
I'm looking into Groundnut this spring - anybody ever had them or grown them?  I had never even heard of it until a few days ago.
 
Supposedly a real good source of protein.  Link is here...
http://www.sandmountainherbs.com/ground_nut.html

I wouldn't expect that.  I'll put down a liner & some rocks underneath that slope drainage out to the side & keep dirt from touching tile.  The tile also has drainage between the stones, not grout, so any water that does make it through somehow should be able to go into the ground just fine.  Finally, I guess if somehow some dirt does manage to stain the tile beyond repair, as I never plan to remove the bed, it probably doesn't matter anyway.  
 
Anybody else have any pics, plans, questions, discussions for a garden this year?

here in England, ground nuts are what you Yanks call PEANUTS. They are known mainly for the oil they produce.  
 
Wow, purple cauliflower. How cool! I love purple anything.  
 
Oh, and we call EGGPLANT  Aubergines, also a favourite and also purple, and Zucchini is called gourgettes.
 
When we get established in Thailand, I will have more to say, as there is a climate that permits 3 or 4 crops a year.
 
 
 
 
 

Quote from KingZ0mbie on May 25^th, 2011, 4:58pm:

 
Raisin is the french word for grapes

Quote from LADY.KATHRYN on Jul 23^rd, 2011, 11:08am:

 
 
Have ya ever thought about growing a brain?...I'm sure that would be purple too

Well I should post some of my 2011 garden pics, and I will, but I'm already planning 2012, so it gets hard to think about the past vs. plan for the future.
 
Things that worked out great: tomatoes, zucchini, turnips, spinach, lettuce, radish, chives, greenbeans (shitload), peas, onions (shitload)
 
So so: cucumbers - grew like crazy, but first frost in August killed 'em dead.
 
Not so good: corn, eggplant
 
Still to be determined: groundnut, cauliflower (darn quail ate a lot of it - #*%@!#%)
 
Perrenials still maturing: gooseberry, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, grapes
 
Big ass fruit/nut trees still maturing: hazelnut, apple, pecan, nectarine
 
Needless to say, won't do corn again - too much space too little gain.
 
I'm going a little more exotic for this year's cold weather plantings: celery, radduchio, kale.  Also looking to add stevia to the mix - want to grow our own sweetnener.

Although worse happened to the neighbor next door