Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Vegetable garden
I planted a small vegetable garden in the backyard. I positioned it so that it would get watered when the sprinkler came on. Other days I watered it with the outside hose. Everything grew pretty well. However, the romaine lettuce that I planted grew beautifully but was very bitter. We ended up pulling it out and throwing it away. Does anyone have any ideas as to why it was so bitter? Did the sprinkler(reclaimed water) have anything to do with it? The tomatoes tasted great!
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Re: Vegetable garden
I heard that vegetable gardens were not allowed. :dontknow: I confess I didn't know and had a melon patch my 1st year and the melons were YUCK! Maybe because of the sandy soil? Container gardens are OK. I am sticking with flowers and buying veggies.
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Re: Vegetable garden
We too had heard that (theoretically) vegetable gardens are not allowed other than in pots, but we've seen at least one spectacular vegetable garden, beautifully laid out, with obviously happy gardeners harvesting their crops and no complaints about the quality of the produce....
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Re: Vegetable garden
The soil, if you want to call it that, in TV is not good. To plant a veggie garden it is best to buy soil and composting material and plant your veggies in that mixture. I also heard that lime added to the soil makes the veggies taste better. I haven't tried a garden yet but that is what I would do. HB |
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Re: Vegetable garden
We would love to plant vegetables in The Villages, but we too were told that it was not allowed (at least not south of Rt. 466). A woman I played golf with said one of here neighbors was turned in for having tomato plants, and had to pull them up. Maybe it just depends on whether or not your neighbors want to turn you in. Sidney, just curious, what village did you see the nice veggie garden in??
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