In my quest to get rid of all grass(which I have a rational hatred for) I have decided to expand this thing and make it into a full herb garden. When i first bought the house there was grass and a dead tree there. Little did I know I was going to get really into gardening, so I just built this shoddy bed and threw plants in randomly.
I expanded it out the back, dug up the holly in the middle and put in under a window on the side of the house, moved whatever the other two bushes are back(some kind of elderbush) and added herbs in the middle. Rasberries and blueberries on both sides, and I am digging up the grass all around the outside and planting blue liriope.
Now it is basically done, just need to finish mulching and graveling. And possibly plant one more raspberry in the back left corner.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Too hot
Well the weather has been atrocious. Things are growing a little bit slower, but still going well overall.
Squash peppers and tomatoes are starting to produce. I am still managing to get a little bit of broccoli, as long as I pick the florets when they are very small before they flower. In the process of eating the cabbages as well. The cooler weather crops are holding up to the heat surprisingly well.
Green zebra tomatoes. All the tomatoes are doing well, except for poor Mr. Stripey who contracted some sort of wilt. RIP Mr Stripey!
Cabbages. Before they were eaten. Left the bases and stems to try and grow some cabbage sprouts, may be too hot for that though.
My favorite squash, Crookneck squash.
Baby peppers forming. I don't remember which one this is, Mexibell I think.
Snap peas in the foreground, the trellis's in the background are for winter squash to grow up on. Hopefully.
Pole beans! They have been loving the heat.
Watermelon and some bizarre failed attempt at a trellis for it. The trellis is just too small.
Baby swiss chard. Growing slow in the heat, but not bolting :)
Snap peas are delicious. One of my favorite things in the garden.
Speaking of the winter squash, here are some of the seedlings. Late to the party but finally sprouting. I have about 7 hills of winter squash seedlings going.
Last, but certainly not least the beginnings of some royal beans. Yay for purple beans.
All in all it is going fairly well. The cauliflower never produced a head, they're gone. Kohlrabis have all been eaten, radishes are almost all eaten and cabbages will be gone soon as well. May start a little bit of corn but that is about it for planting between now and the end of July. I may start another row of beans or swiss chard before then. I built an herb garden in my front yard, will update that next.
Squash peppers and tomatoes are starting to produce. I am still managing to get a little bit of broccoli, as long as I pick the florets when they are very small before they flower. In the process of eating the cabbages as well. The cooler weather crops are holding up to the heat surprisingly well.
Green zebra tomatoes. All the tomatoes are doing well, except for poor Mr. Stripey who contracted some sort of wilt. RIP Mr Stripey!
Cabbages. Before they were eaten. Left the bases and stems to try and grow some cabbage sprouts, may be too hot for that though.
My favorite squash, Crookneck squash.
Baby peppers forming. I don't remember which one this is, Mexibell I think.
Snap peas in the foreground, the trellis's in the background are for winter squash to grow up on. Hopefully.
Pole beans! They have been loving the heat.
Watermelon and some bizarre failed attempt at a trellis for it. The trellis is just too small.
Baby swiss chard. Growing slow in the heat, but not bolting :)
Snap peas are delicious. One of my favorite things in the garden.
Speaking of the winter squash, here are some of the seedlings. Late to the party but finally sprouting. I have about 7 hills of winter squash seedlings going.
Last, but certainly not least the beginnings of some royal beans. Yay for purple beans.
All in all it is going fairly well. The cauliflower never produced a head, they're gone. Kohlrabis have all been eaten, radishes are almost all eaten and cabbages will be gone soon as well. May start a little bit of corn but that is about it for planting between now and the end of July. I may start another row of beans or swiss chard before then. I built an herb garden in my front yard, will update that next.
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