We harvested 2 bunches of cooking bananas yesterday almost 100 pounds. Cooking bananas on Guam aren't as starchy as plantains but not as sweet as regular banana's. I tend to use them for smoothies and for baking. People on Guam will cook them in coconut milk for a dessert. When Banana tree's finish their fruit bunch they are done. You then cut the tree down. Other trees pop up in it's place. Banana's grow like mint a long root with shoots that pop up. So you tend to have a banana grove with trees in various ages and states of growth. The banana also forms a large flower blossom. You can cut the blossom off that will help the fruit grow bigger and you can eat the shoots in the blossom their great in stir fry. We hang our banana's from a metal pole on rope in our spare bathroom.

I have a question about the Hortisketch program. I am not seeing a way to change the plant spacing in the program. Is that impossible or am I just missing it? All the spacing seems to be for the traditional row planting type garden, but I am doing a square-foot type garden. Trying to figure out if I can change the settings anywhere. According to the program, I can only grow 5 tomato plants and 8 pepper plants in one of my 4x16 beds. Last year I grew 24 tomato plants, onions, and a bunch of greens in one and 24 tomato plants, garlic, and bush beans in another, LOL. So I know it is possible to do, but I am just wanting to know if it is possible to sketch it out in the program. :)

Some seeds I've gotten started so far. Lettuce, kale and onions. Sadly my cabbage isn't looking great, not sure what is going on with them. :( Oh well, I'll try getting a few more started this week! I also have trays of various flowers, peas and more onions that I just sowed last week. So excited to see everything starting to grow! :)

Planting pepper seeds today inside! I’m so excited.

Hello. I'm going start gardening again after health problems forced me to stop, I'm going do some contatiner gardening for the first time. If anyone has any tips. i would appreciate it.

Starting seeds in house

Starting seeds early indoors

Today marks the first day, my wife and I begin our first garden together 💪. Spent nearly $250 on seeds, soil, and seed trays LOL. Talk about jumping in head first!!!

Hello Gardeners! I am a Nature Specialists taking on a new adventure managing a 1-acre Nature Center on the grounds of an elementary school in Southern California 10b. Half acre is California Native plants representing 4 ecosystems represented in our State. The other half is an established/semi established fruit orchard, aviary and reptile refuge, aquaponics system and hands on learning garden (planters and in ground). I will have my hands full but up for the challenge! Would love to connect with this community for encouragement and support, especially if you are in a similar setting!