I am hoping to get a puppy soon and I am currently thinking about what to plant in my veg patch.
I will probably be growing sweet peas, edible peas, sweetcorn and tomatoes. Are these all safe to grow and what should I avoid in future ?
Also, are there any basket/tub plants to avoid ?

Thanks in advance.

section it off!!!!
My dogs are 8 aqnd 10 and help themselves to tomatoes on the vine, strawberrys and jumped into the veg patch and ate the plants!!!!
Nothing poisonous just not worth planting things aqnd the pup eating them :) :)
Lea :) :)

Yes, nothing will be safe with a pup around, although with one dog I kept a reasonable garden, now I have bare earth and grass and a few trees, some of even the trees they destroyed... when I move I will make sure I can have a veg garden and a few flowers... bit of a desert here at the moment!

> Yes, nothing will be safe with a pup around

LOL :) Tara managed to climb into the potato tubs and 'dig' the potatoes for me :) :)

Get a cage - we've just planted raspberry canes, and judging by the way my lot wolfed down half the plums and cherries last year, not to mention the acorns, all of which I know they should not be eating, we have ordered a nice big fruit cage!

> now I have bare earth and grass and a few trees,

How wonderful to know that there are other gardens like mine.  :-)

I'm busy building a raised Veg. bed - its 2' high so hope the pugs will not be tempted to jump up.

I caught one of my Aussies in the raised bed eating the strawberries ...

> I caught one of my Aussies in the raised bed eating the strawberries ...

Never mind raised beds- last year my sister has a half-barrel tub outside her front door with strawberry plants in. Or did.... She thought the slugs were getting the strawberries until I spotted Rue the rescue Malinois delicately sniffing each fruit and snaffling the ripe ones :)

anything too high for my lot would be impossible for me to reach :-( I need a big fence between them and any plants!

I have a fence round my veg plot. My 2 year old bitch jumps it on a daily basis so may have to get some trellis to go along the top (all 60' of it ;-) ) just to stop her. Oh the joys of having dogs and a veg plot.

Oh, and can anyone tell me what grass looks like? Haven't seen it in the back garden at all this year. Think I may have to slab it all :-(

I am lucky and have grass as the dogs aren't allowed in the garden, they have their own personal yard! But if they do escape into the garden my springer and Scottie will eat all the apples and help themselves to tomatoes and lettuce.
In the autumn when I blackberry pick both of them are very carefully doing their own picking and eating!

An absolute must to corden off your veggies with a pup or any pots really as digging is very satisfying to a youngster and then they bring you your plants roots and all, looking exceptionally pleased with themselves.

We have quite a lot of grass, albeit with lots of polka dot dead spots! I keep telling hubby it adds character, but he's not convinced.....

Now I have bare earth and grass and a few trees

LOL my hens and to a far lesser extent the dogs have spared no effort in helpfully redesigning ours, they obviously all subscribe to the same school of landscape design.

> We have quite a lot of grass, albeit with lots of polka dot dead spots! I keep telling hubby it adds character, but he's not convinced.....

Haha I like your way of putting it, polka dots are in! :)

I love gardening and we have grass , borders and a veg plot.

The veg plot is gated off , the fruit bush area ( new addition this year ) has a temp blockade at the moment with a more permenant solution in planning , then the borders are grass areas at the back and front are free access.

The borders are only walked or jumped on if they are eating a present one of the cats has left for them or I have accidentally thrown a ball for them.

We also have three espalier apple and peach trees which they have access to but we put barriers using pots in front to discourage the girls from self harvesting .

As for the lawns I am in recovery mode at the moment and have reseeded the wee patch areas and also have the dog rocks in their water bowls which tried for the first time last year and did notice a difference so going to do it for six months this time as only tried it for the beginning of the summer last year.

We 're lucky - we have soft fruit, fruit trees, veggie patch and raised beds all open to the dogs. The only thing that gets touched is the cherry tomatoes on the patio - and that is by Bramble as Tara doesn't take anything :) :) Strange because they both love fruit and veg. Bramble will always lie by my feet when I am preparing vegetables in the kitchen hoping for bits falling on the floor :)

Will my puppy that brings in stones and twigs from the garden steal the dog rocks from the water bowl if I try them, I wonder?