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  1. FarrahJobling

    FarrahJobling FarrahJobling

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    If you could build a garden with only 3 plants, which ones would you grow?


    This was one of this week's table topic questions....I would pick:

    Tomatoes
    Basil
    Chives

    What would you pick?
     
  2. jk703

    jk703 CEO of Anything and Everything, Everywhere

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    Vegetables only?
    Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Rosemary.... :) Or Squash....
     
  3. Angela Toucan

    Angela Toucan I keep looking for THAT wardrobe

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    Rosemary, sage and chives.
    My first garden was planted with those from a dear old ladies' garden. She dug them up for me, and brought them round and showed me what to do. She died the day after TJ was born, having spent every day since I delivered a stillborn praying for God to give me a living child. It was like she had finished her task ...
     
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  4. FarrahJobling

    FarrahJobling FarrahJobling

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    Any plants
     
  5. FarrahJobling

    FarrahJobling FarrahJobling

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    ((((Hugs)))). What a moving story
     
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  6. chastml

    chastml Shock me, Sinead O'Rebellion

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    Ummm... this is kinda funny because the only plants in my garden are squash, tomato, and strawberry. I've tried other plants, but these are the only ones I seem to be able to grow.
     
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  7. Pachimac

    Pachimac Give me all the cliché Christmas movies

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    I'm horrible about keeping plants alive, but succulents are good so far - so cactus, star jasmine, and Japanese boxwood - as those are the plants that I have kept alive so far!
     
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  8. gonewiththewind

    gonewiththewind I choose joy.

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    If I could only have three plants to build a garden . . . hmmmm . . . I'd pick hydrangeas, azaleas, and zinnias.
     
  9. Cherylndesigns

    Cherylndesigns All glasses should be bigger than 1.5 oz

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    Ferns, Hydrangeas and Day Lillys - I have all 3 of them in my garden.
     
  10. LivyBug

    LivyBug I should be considered yarned and dangerous.

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    I'll stick with fruit-bearing: strawberries, cantaloupe, and grapes!
     
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  11. amien1

    amien1 I do enjoy a good exclamation point!

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    Can I choose to get rid of the deer that eat my entire garden!?!? ;) Our deer don't know what they aren't supposed to not like- they literally eat everything except onions. SO- to answer the question- I do Spinach, Tomatoes & Basil in pots on the patio away from the deer! ;)
     
  12. StefanieS

    StefanieS Think it over, think it under

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    Pumpkin, tomatoes, basil.

    Great question too.
     
  13. janedee

    janedee Is a craft project ever really finished?

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    Lavender, roses and lilacs
     
  14. Iowan

    Iowan Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa

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    My chives have been on a road trip. My mom, who lived in Omaha, dug up a couple clumps of chives, among other plants, from her garden which I planted in my garden in Newton, Iowa (170 miles). We moved to our house in the country so I took the chives with me (5 miles), We sold that house (knowing we were relocating to the Pacific Northwest) and lived in an apartment for a year where the chives languished in an outdoor storage unit (4 miles). Next, we traveled halfway across the country, and of course, brought the chives with us and planted them at our house in Kent, Wa (1,788 miles). Nine years later, we moved to Seattle and the trusty chives are here and growing strong (21 miles). Those chives, accenting many meals and 40+ years later, have had a 2000 mile road trip.

    So added to the aforementioned chives, I would have basil and tomatoes.
     
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  15. dotcomkari

    dotcomkari The Deaf Superstar

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    Potatoes... green beans and maybe pineapples (although they dont grow well In Wisconsin but this is make believe land right?)
     
  16. jaye

    jaye My other car is a Zamboni!

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    Cucumbers, raspberries and cherry tomatoes
     
  17. Scrapping with Liz

    Scrapping with Liz Crafts for days.

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    Hmmm: squash (love fresh squash), basil and raspberries. I can grow squash and basil...haven't tried raspberries yet. I did plant some blueberry bushes this year and we have a few blueberries.
     
  18. IntenseMagic

    IntenseMagic Some grannies cuss a lot. I'm some grannies.

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    Oh gosh, this is tough!!
    I think I would choose day lilies, tomatoes, and peppers of some kind.
     
  19. A-M

    A-M Not a lot of hustle in my hustle anymore

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    to tell the truth... I would NOT be doing the planting because anything I try to grow dies!

    I love roses...... so...... 1. red rose bush, 2. lemon tree ( as I have lemon juice every morning), 3. stevia ( use that in our morning smoothies)
     
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  20. bcgal00

    bcgal00 Say, "birdseed!"

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    I have big bushes in my garden (rhodies, azaleas, roses, hydrangeas, lavender) but have always wanted a veggie garden. I would love to grow:
    1. tomatoes
    2. squash
    3. beans
     

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