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Is it possible to have a vegetable garden out there year round with the climate out there?
Posted : March 24, 2008 5:30 pm
Yes.
Posted : March 24, 2008 5:33 pm
It's hard to find fresh veggies here per the heat, but fruits are in abundance.
Posted : March 25, 2008 11:28 am
On the west end of STX there are farm stands like the one at "Jackson Farm" on Centerline which sell all types of vegetables and fruits. The UVI campus has a farm store with veges and fresh tilapia, they are open Tuesday thru Friday from 9 till 4. Anally farm has some fruits and veges at times and if you check out the farm at "Creque Dam Farm" they have organics, all grown up there. Here is a link for that farm but you need to check the dates they are open....... Directions are available at http://www.visfi.org.
Posted : March 26, 2008 1:09 pm
still learning all about theese goodies on our paradise wow, great info danielB,
Posted : March 26, 2008 4:17 pm
I recently had the great pleasure of purchasing veggies from Mrs. Jackson at the Jackson Farms stand. They won Ag Farmer of the year and I had vowed to buy from them on my next trip. I bought cukes, squash, tomatoes, pumpkin. Made a delic squash/pumkin soup...yummy!
Definitely worth the trip!
Posted : March 26, 2008 6:53 pm
Where is the Jackson Farms stand? What's it near?
Posted : March 28, 2008 11:35 am
I don't want to assume that the most popular fruits and vegetables are the ones which grow best in the VI. With that said, does anyone know which do well?
In an ideal world, I'd love to grow my own Lettuce, Tomatoes, Bell Peppers, Jalapeno or Pimento Peppers, Squash, and Basil for veggies. For fruits, I'd love to grow Watermelons, Cantaloupes, and any kind of berries.)
Posted : March 28, 2008 2:23 pm
Mangos, mangos, mangos! They are all over STX in the summer, and I noticed my tree is already heavily laden with young fruit.
Posted : March 28, 2008 6:32 pm
I, too, am interested in the vegetable garden "growability"! Here, in the Pacific Northwest, we have a very short growing season and I am trying something new this year. I bought a book called "The Mittleider Gardening Course" from http://www.foodforeveryone.org/ which claims to "show you the techniques for vegetable gardening success no matter how you garden or where you live." The organization just returned home from Africa where they were teaching people to garden. It might be worth a look-see!
Posted : March 28, 2008 6:40 pm
You have to watch out the iguanas & trashy birds don't eat your garden.
Posted : March 28, 2008 6:48 pm
My cats keep the rabbits out of mine now, and the fence keeps the deer out. Any STT resources for training kitties to chase iguanas? 🙂
Posted : March 28, 2008 7:03 pm
This is so exciting to me as I have said before, one of my dreams is to have some sheep and/or goats and a bigger garden once on STX. I appreciate the book tip and I will be hooking up with Tammy to help me get going with the gardening once on island!
We have dogs, so I don't think the iguanas will be a problem. Once on island, I am hoping to convert my indoor cats to outdoors so that will help with the birds.
Tamara
Posted : March 28, 2008 7:12 pm
Some of those iguanas are BIG.
Posted : March 28, 2008 9:40 pm
Tamara, you'd probally want to keep your cats indoors if they are declawed, they really need to be able to climb a tree to get away from whatever is trying to get them, we learned that one the hard way when we first got here
Posted : March 28, 2008 10:44 pm
A newbie here on STT with our garden experience so far....we planted tomatoes, arugula, sweet peppers, hot peppers and celery so far....the arugula is going MAD!!! Just delicious! LOVE it! Tomatoes are on the vine with a ways to go (but they look great), sweet peppers and hot peppers doing well...just planted the celery so we will see. Also have an herb garden with island oregano, rosemary, chives, cilantro, and basil. All doing fine (cilantro has already gone to flower, basil too...even with no rain things grow like CRAZY around here!! My hubby did alot of amendments to the soil here back in late 2007 to get it prepped...it paid off (at least I think so; he thinks he needs to do more next time...he is just spoiled because we had such awesome soil back in NC).
BTW, Danieljude is a great resource on all things plants, IMO...
Keep you posted!
pilatesgal318
Posted : March 28, 2008 10:47 pm
Well our cats aren't declawed, and they did start out as indoor/outdoor until we got a puppy that harassed the hell out of them! Now, they meet inside on the cats' terms...LOL. I just fantasize about having all the windows and doors open for the trade winds when we are home (who knows maybe we'll have indoor chickens, too...LOL!).
The garden sounds fabulous pilatesgal!
Tamara
Posted : March 28, 2008 10:59 pm
this is so inspiring. i've wanted a garden for so long but never contemplated the garden in permanent summer! what a wonderful blessing!
Posted : March 29, 2008 3:59 am
what type and size fence would you recommend to keep the local herbivores out of your vegetable garden?
Posted : April 2, 2008 2:56 pm
Chicken wire.
Posted : April 2, 2008 6:12 pm
that sounds easy enough. cheap too! 🙂 thanks
Posted : April 2, 2008 7:29 pm
