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Here's me. I was taking pictures yesterday for my Facebook, My Space and Classmates profiles that I just got around to creating - I know I'm probably behind the rest of the world in doing this! :lol:

GPN- I sent you a PM - Thanks so much! hiker125- Yes, they are silver laced wyandottes. I can't tell how loud they're going to be yet, because they're still young. My australorps are pretty quiet and my orpington is pretty noisy. Of course they all make noise especially when they start...

Kim, I usually eat them when they're black, but I was able to let one ripen to red. I couldn't tell the difference in flavor because I cut them up and mixed them together when I cooked them. GPN, I bought the peppers as plants so I'll have to wait until I can dry some of the fruits before I...

Sorry it took so long to get back to you - I've been on vacation. Visited the San Francisco Bay Area where I'm originally from. I didn't plant the lemon balm - it does grow wherever it likes! The acorn squash is called Acorn Table Queen Bush and the black peppers are called Black Hungarian...

Great use of materials you had lying around! I would be concerned about predators though. I've heard that raccoons can reach right through chicken wire and get a hold of chickens. Do you have any wire you could attach to the openings of the playhouse that has smaller holes? I forget what...

Thanks Journey, Lesa, Hoodat and Judy Wildgarden (my Mom :)) I love Nasturtiums. They are easy to grow and they add nice touches of color. The bees like them too and you can eat them! I think I'll try more flowers next year. Borage flowers look pretty. The white and black chickens are...

Thanks everyone! I haven't seen many bugs around. Some leafhoppers, earwigs, slugs, snails and black spotted yellow beetles - I think those are cucumber beetles? We have a ton of garden spiders that must take out a lot of them and I let the chickens in there every once in a while. I've seen...

I love seeing pictures of everyone's gardens so I thought I'd post some of mine. I think I could have fit more stuff in the garden. What do you think? The garden area is about 15 x 25. Some of the corn is almost ready I think Swiss chard is growing! Lemon Cucumber Nasturtium...

Here I thought I was being all helpful and stuff, thinking that the cucumbers must have been mislabeled or something! :lol: I didn't know regular cucumbers did that! I would trust Lesa's response as this is my first time growing cucumbers and my pickling cucumbers are just starting to grow...

Wow, they turned out beautiful!

Maybe you got lemon cucumbers instead of the one's you were expecting? I have some of these planted but they haven't started making cucumbers yet. Here's a link to a picture of them to see if this is what yours look like: http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/vegetables/lemon_cucumber.htm

I planted painted lady beans around my corn stalks about a week ago and they have sprouted. Yesterday I planted blue morning glory, cosmos and zinnia seeds in a long brick planter that the chickens had previously killed everything in. This time I put plastic netting on top of the soil...

It looks like what we have growing all over our vegetable garden. Look up wonderberry. It is in the nightshade family and supposedly the berries are edible once ripe, but poisonous when unripe. I think people mainly use the berries to make jam. I'm scared to try them though in case I've...

I'm located in Eugene, Oregon. I think it's zone 8B. Thanks Hoodat and bcallaha, I tested my soil where the corn is growing and it showed there was no nitrogen. I'll try a different fertilizer with higher nitrogen. The corn is starting to grow tassels, even the shorter stalks. I'm going to...

Those are cute carrots. How big around do they get? They would definitely be easier to dig up than longer carrots.

This is my first year with an actual veggie garden. My previous experience has been growing herbs and tomatoes in pots. This year I fenced off a section of the yard from the chickens, dogs and cats and I've planted peas, beans, tomatoes, corn, radish, carrots, spinach, lettuce, peppers...