Do you grow herbs in pots, or plow the back 40? See what almost 2000 Allrecipes members said!
2. How does your garden grow?
a. In raised beds in my yard 21%
b. In flat beds in my yard 51%
c. In containers/in a patio garden 26%
d. In a community garden patch 2%
3. What is the one food you always grow?
a. Beans/Peas 2%
b. Carrots 1%
c. Corn 1%
d. Cucumbers 2%
e. Herbs 17%
f. Peppers (hot or mild) 3%
g. Rhubarb 1%
h. Spinach/Lettuces 1%
i. Tomatoes 65%
j. Zucchini 3%
k. Other 4%
Answers included potatoes, strawberries, raspberries, melons and "All of the above, plus more!"
4. How do you plant your crops?
a. Seeds I start indoors 9%
b. Seeds I plant directly outdoors 12%
c. Starts from a nursery 43%
d. All of the above 36%
5. What do you like best about gardening?
a. Getting outdoors and working the land 16%
b. Growing my own food/being self-sufficient 18%
c. Jarring or canning what I grow 5%
d. Sharing vegetables with friends and neighbors 6%
e. Eating fresh-picked produce with the seasons 50%
f. Other 5%
Answers included having fresh herbs on hand for cooking, freshness and taste, and "the fun of planting a seed and watching it grow!"
6. What do like least about gardening?
a. Garden pests/weeds 58%
b. Disease 12%
c. Too much produce at once 9%
d. Demands on your time 8%
e. Snakes, bugs and creepy critters 13%
7. Where do you live?
a. Southwest 5%
b. South 15%
c. Midwest 30%
d. Pacific Northwest 7%
e. California 5%
f. Northeast 23%
g. Canada 8%
h. Other 7%
Gardeners hailed from the Mountain West, Texas, Alaska and Hawaii, as well as from around the world: the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, other European countries, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, Japan, and Mexico.
8. What describes you best?
a. I've always gardened. 59%
b. I'm a new gardener. 32%
c. I wish I could garden, but can't. 4%
d. I have a brown thumb! 5%
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