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If you got your garden exactly how you wanted it, would you leave it alone and sit and watch the flowers grow or would you keep changing it?

Been out working on the garden alllll day... heavy work moving stuff, digging etc...I've reduced one border and made the lawn wider then replanting the plants, looks great :)  And I was telling myself.. that this is it.. the garden's really getting how I want it, with a new fish pond and lots of changes.. but then I wondered....  would I really be able to just leave it as it is? Or will I always be tweaking this and changing that? Isn't that the thing with gardens, they are constantly evolving...

I sorta got the impression American's aren't into gardening quite as much as we Brits are - is that true?

Posted - April 13, 2017
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  • 6988
    What the Brits seem to miss out on are tomatoes. I saw a large Brit seed catalog lately, they only had a few tomato varieties available. Perhaps the growing season is too short or not hot enough? Anyway, in the U.S., we use lots of tomatoes for many popular foods like pizza, salads, Italian and Mexican dishes, ETC. This post was edited by B.H.Wilson at April 13, 2017 3:22 PM MDT
      April 13, 2017 3:21 PM MDT
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  • 6477

    Many to grow tomatoes here.. I used to...so no problem with growing season as such but they do do better in a greenhouse..   We use lots of tomatoes too... but they are so much easier to just buy lol... I think re variety.. generally speaking they all taste pretty similar, or as near to as dammit.. so why have loads of varieties :P  IN fairness tho we do have a fair few varieties.. depends on what catalogue you saw. I think fewer people have time to grow tomatoes now... and seeds are pretty expensive here.. I've grown yellow cherry toms, red cherry toms, gardeners delight ( which is one of the most popular) plum toms and beefsteak toms... let me see if I can find you a better catalogue

      April 13, 2017 3:46 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    Here you go.... Thompson and Morgan.. a company I have used in the past successfully.. they seem to have a fair few tom seed varieties...

    http://www.thompson-morgan.com/vegetables/vegetable-seeds/tomato-seeds?sortBy=bestsellers&page=all&source=google&gclid=CJqdz960otMCFWUq0wodnoMHxg
      April 13, 2017 3:50 PM MDT
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  • 6988
    Thanx for the reply. Right now, I have 16 varieties of little tomato plants growing in the window tray thingys. This equals 100 plants. Names include Big Zac, Black Brandywine, Mariana's Peace, Abe Lincoln, and Dixie Golden Giant. There are many thousands of varieties, and I can tell you that it is fun trying many different types. There is even a tomato called "Peach", with fuzz. I grew some one year! 
      April 13, 2017 4:02 PM MDT
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  • 2327
    Yard work is pretty simple and basic in the US. It's mostly just about a mowed lawn. And a lot of people like to have the mowers that ride, to make it easier. But in fairness, yards are generally larger in the U.S. 

      April 13, 2017 5:46 PM MDT
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  • 124
    My garden is in it's second year, everything is growing really well.  I have to tweak my garden because some plants do not like being in the sun, even though websites advise to put them in full sunlight. I've extended my borders too many times to count, every time I go to the garden centre I buy something else.  I also grew some flowers from seed this year, I had 140 cells planted on my window ledge.  I hope to just enjoy my garden after I have planted the artichokes, sunflowers and fennel.  Then of course all I'll need to do is give it a water, pull any leaves off that need removing, deadhead,  keep the borders weed and leaf free, mow the lawn and rake the grass, and give the plants nitrogen and iron when needed O_o It's a good way of catching the sun, I'm not a fan of lying in it, but I don't mind pottering around the garden.
      April 14, 2017 4:35 AM MDT
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