What’s going on in your garden (2026)?

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Should it go in a pot, or box???

It will take a few years so just cut it back reach season if your winter doesn't kill it (it is hardy).

It's often grown for ground cover.

 

[Barriehie]

It will take a few years so just cut it back reach season if your winter doesn't kill it (it is hardy).

It's often grown for ground cover.

Okay thanks. I was just reading that it'll survive here if properly overwintered.

 

[Barriehie]

I got my lemongrass today. It'll survive I'm sure but really!!!

 

[Herbaceous]

I finally got all my veggies (peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, and pumpkin) in the ground. I am exhausted and too lazy to go outside and take a photo, but it’s done.

I’ve got a mesh umbrella thingy over the squash and peppers, and a floating row cover over the tomatoes. I am hoping it deters the skunks enough that they decide to go dig somewhere else. I have a real problem with them coming along and tearing up my tomato plants looking for grubs (they like to dig in freshly disturbed soil).

 

[Barriehie]

I finally got all my veggies (peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, and pumpkin) in the ground. I am exhausted and too lazy to go outside and take a photo, but it’s done.

I’ve got a mesh umbrella thingy over the squash and peppers, and a floating row cover over the tomatoes. I am hoping it deters the skunks enough that they decide to go dig somewhere else. I have a real problem with them coming along and tearing up my tomato plants looking for grubs (they like to dig in freshly disturbed soil).

I've got trellis type things for my cucumbers to theoretically grow up and shade the squash. Right now they're all growing the wrong way. Have to sort that this weekend.

 

[karadekoolaid]

I am hoping it deters the skunks enough

Adopt a wolverine. That should keep them at bay.

 

[badjak]

I suddenly got this idea that I should use my mosquito net to keep out insects as the mozzies have gone for now
But its proably better to buy a dedicated net

 

[ZCook]

Cardamom (never tried that before, but worth giving it a try)

You're tropical zone, but fam grows that in subtropical Spain - grows great.

 

[ZCook]

I got my round three tomato plants in along with my sage. I've never grown sage before I had to look it up.

Sage will grow just about anywhere temperate. Will grow into a large (very beautiful) small shrub over time. Lovely stuff. Would give it its own space tho, somewhere away from a seasonal veg patch that gets razed and replanted every year.

A small dedicated herb garden area is a nice thing to do - allows perennial plants to get established and flourish away from the annuals. Your lemon grass would probably do well there too. It grows into big grass clumps. Very decorative.

 

[Barriehie]

Sage will grow just about anywhere temperate. Will grow into a large (very beautiful) small shrub over time. Lovely stuff. Would give it its own space tho, somewhere away from a seasonal veg patch that gets razed and replanted every year.

Oops. I've got an herb box I need to get legs on... Read somewhere too that it shouldn't be planted close to cucumbers, affects their flavor.

A small dedicated herb garden area is a nice thing to do - allows perennial plants to get established and flourish away from the annuals. Your lemon grass would probably do well there too. It grows into big grass clumps. Very decorative.

Have to see if mine survived after being dumped upside down in transit.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Your lemon grass would probably do well there too. It grows into big grass clumps. Very decorative.

I'll be very surprised if it lasts through winter. I can't get it to survive the tame winters we get here, despite my lemon tree surviving and thriving.

 

[Barriehie]

I'll be very surprised if it lasts through winter. I can't get it to survive the tame winters we get here, despite my lemon tree surviving and thriving.

I'm going to put it in a big pot so I can bring it in.

 

[Barriehie]

My garlic is cured and I ended up a tad short of 3 lbs.

I pulled out the bulbs with the largest cloves to plant this fall.

Leaving me these until next year's harvest.

 

[ZCook]

I'll be very surprised if it lasts through winter. I can't get it to survive the tame winters we get here, despite my lemon tree surviving and thriving.

That's interesting. The Spanish garden is classic Med - very slight altitude but never frost. They grow all the Med stuff including citrus, avocados, olives, figs, grapes, pomegranates, almonds etc - and the lemon grass clump which has been there for years. Perhaps you get a touch of frost?

 

[Barriehie]

We get a bit more than a touch of frost. Minus mid-teens °F isn't uncommon.