In the Garden Today

An overview of the whole garden. I'm enjoying this so much, that I'm thinking of expanding next spring, maybe doubling the boxes. I'm currently in the process of laying the fabric and mulch. Only the pumpkin area is completed as of yet.

A La Roma II getting ready to ripen.

Better boy. It was the first to produce and looks like it might be the first to ripen. At this rate, I may have a ripe one by the end of the week!

Bush sugar baby. I'm hoping they produce.

Crimson sweet watermelon. I got these as a transplant to put where the sugar babies were, but then the sugar babies took off. I ended up digging a hole in the yard, but I'm not sure if they'll grow in the very clay soil. We'll see.

Baby cucumber. They sure show up fast.

The pumpkin is the garden bully. It's trying a hostile takeover.

My baby pumpkin. These have been rather easy to grow once they get more than a few leaves on them. I lost a few seedlings when I tried to grow some transplants, but the direct sown ones did much better.

The carrots are getting ready to be harvested. I've gotten a few of them. Will definitely be planting more.

My lettuce. I haven't really liked it much. Doesn't seem to keep well, but it may be my handling of it. I think I'll try some different varieties before I give up on lettuce entirely.

Cherry tomatoes. Looking good.

The corn is tasseling. Shouldn't be too long until we're eating corn on the cob!

A marigold I grew from seed.

The cannas have survived the transplanting. They're growing well and I hope we get blooms this year. These came from the same friend who gave us the lilies, and I believe they will bloom red.

Coleus. It got beaten pretty hard from a storm and I moved it to a more sheltered space. It's doubled in size since then.

My hanging begonias. They were looking a bit ragged, but then perked up all of a sudden. I'm not sure why, but I'm not gonna complain.

Daylily from the front yard. We didn't know if they would bloom or not. A friend divided hers and gave them to us, but they sat in bags for a couple of days before they were planted.

Today's Harvest

Today, I harvested four carrots, two cucumbers and a whole mess of green beans.

I haven't posted much lately, but I have been working on the garden. I'm in the process of laying landscape fabric and covering it with a wood bark mulch. Trying to mow around the boxes was not easy and it got overgrown rather quickly. I'll take some photos tomorrow.

My spinach is all bolted and the peas are gone, but the tomatoes are just starting to yellow up. I should have some ripe ones in the next week or so. The corn is tasseling and taller than my 7 year old daughter. The pumpkin vines are threatening to take over not just the garden, but the whole yard.

My First Harvest

Though not really much, I'm excited about my first harvest, because I've never grown anything before. I even had to look it up on the internet to figure out it was time to pick. Past time actually. I may have gotten way more if I'd known to pick quickly to get more blossoms. The dollar is to show size.

7 year old hands make great shellers.

After shelling.

Lettuce and spinach. The rabbit's done dug up most of my spinach plants. I'm putting out more for the fall rotation.