Here in the frozen far north I ts time to plan the garden.  (Actually we're not really that far north but it's stupid cold in Canada because of ocean currents or something)

I find planning my garden scratches the same itch as building a character.  Planning what to plant, spacings, companion planting, looking through seed catalogs is like poring through the PHB looking at classes, races, skill trees and feats. And God help you if you end up digging through the splat books.  The online forums are great for looking up builds for either characters or gardens.  

So naturally with all the similarities I have to ask, if my garden was a character what would it be?

I'm thinking a half-orc Barbarian.  I say this because I am growing some monster vegetable's.  16 foot sunflower's, 30 pound squash, a bunch of pumpkins, including the Adlantic giant which can get up to 1700 pounds.  Those are the big hits that barbs can do.  We use mulch to avoid weeding and no chemical fertilizers or pesticides.  So no spells or armor.  We have a good amount of garlic it's actully our main crop by serving and have a good crop of kitchen greens, peppers, carrots, beats, you know garden stuff.  So he's wolf totem (helps the party) with a good variety of skills and high wisdom.  (He might also be Drow instead of half-orc, since we as always choose a red or purple variety of we can.).

If it was Amber he would have a lot in strength, but we won't know if he's first until we see how big those pumpkins get.  

Any other gardeners out there?  It must be harvest time in Uraguay.

Those are dire sunflowers! What's the heftiest pumpkin you've grown?

You are right about the pre-planning / pre-campaign of creating a garden vs. creating a character (or campaign). There's definitely crossover.

Didn't weigh it but over 50 pounds. We grew some squash as big last year too.  

We have a second garden this year much bigger than the first so we are trying some new and ridiculous vegetable's.  Like the dire sunflower's.  We'll see how it goes.

I live in Calgary, so we get winter cold interspersed with warm periods from Chinook winds. Currently it's a balmy -18 Celsius (0F). As for gardening, based on our tomato and bell pepper harvest, our garden is definitely a bard. Lots of bright colors. Next year I want to make a pasta sauce from the yellow tomatoes and some peppers and maybe get some squid ink pasta to serve it on to emphasize the color contrast.

I'm not a gardener, but it's pretty much ALWAYS harvest time in Uruguay. There's produce the year round.

Mine would be Batman wizard. A lot of everything, some of it haphazardly planted, some of it very orderly. I normally do tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, cucumbers, sunflowers. I rotate in some other things as I desire. Last year it was purple potatoes. A smattering of herbs here and there. I have perennial plots of rhubarb, strawberries, and oregano. Often zucchini.

I should move.  I miss summer.  

My sister lives in Calgary.  She had rosemary that did very well.  

Raleel what city do you live in.  I'm hoping Canadian, so far we have two gardener both Canadian, with 3 we can call it a trend.

Quote from: Headless;1022740I should move.  I miss summer.  

My sister lives in Calgary.  She had rosemary that did very well.  

Raleel what city do you live in.  I'm hoping Canadian, so far we have two gardener both Canadian, with 3 we can call it a trend.

Washington state, about 4 or so hours from the border. actually approximately the same latitude as Montreal.

The pressure to have a garden reduces when you have a farmer's market every week two doors from your house.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1022985The pressure to have a garden reduces when you have a farmer's market every week two doors from your house.

I find that having a couple close means that I tune what I have in my garden. Some things are just not worth planting.

This last year, though, I broke my rule and planted potatoes.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1022985The pressure to have a garden reduces when you have a farmer's market every week two doors from your house.

In a well functioning market economy each of us should do what we enjoy or are good at.  I like growing garlic, thats why I do it.

Actully now I am picturing you running a weekly game, one of your players arrived with a carton of eggs, one a pouch of tabbaco, a basket overflowing with tomatoes, an eggplant.

Quote from: Headless;1023348In a well functioning market economy each of us should do what we enjoy or are good at.  I like growing garlic, thats why I do it.

Actully now I am picturing you running a weekly game, one of your players arrived with a carton of eggs, one a pouch of tabbaco, a basket overflowing with tomatoes, an eggplant.

Nah. People bring drinks, sometimes little snacks, and then we have our pick of like, 70 local restaurants full of good food. I live in a neighborhood now nicknamed "Montevideo's Soho".

Any one else have a problem with sugar at their table?  One of my groups brings. Skittles, star bursts, jelly beans.  About the healthiest thing at the table is chocolate.  Its a problem.

Game day is definitely anyone on a diet's 'cheat day.' The candy, pop, and fatty-carb snack food ratio is high. In both my groups, I am 1 of 2 not-significantly-overweight people, and there's a reason for that.

My "garden" is only "the herbs that I grow in plant pots", so I guess it should be a Wizard;)!