Yet again, I had a few busy weeks and then a minor surgery (and I asked my doctor/surgeon specifically about gardening...yes, he considers it "strenuous" and a no-no after surgery. Fiiiiiiine!)
So this left my garden plot partner doing - well, basically all of the work. Not just all of the work on any given week, but almost all of the initial work that comes with getting a garden going in the spring - turning over beds, clean-up, mulching, netting, in addition to the normal weeding and planting.
I went there one day and was so amazed at how great it looks! So excited for this year!!
The garden, about 3 weeks ago:
Strawberries and blueberries!!
Raspberries (the moldy, "dead" ones) and the grape vine climbing lovely...
The beans in our little "cage" which is actually a no longer needed construction plan rack we rescued from the trash pile at work!
 |
| Lettuce doing SO well |
(100% NOT my idea...nor my doing!)
And then there's the "ghetto potato towers", as garden plot partner refers to them...
We had a heck of a time keeping them watered, so this will hold the water in (the benefit of towers is having multiple layers of potatoes upwards instead of taking up a whole bed).
She just pulled up a few that hadn't sprouted and re-planted some sprouting ones, so here's hoping!
Bok choi coming up and peanuts planted!
Starting to sprout, but forgot to shed it's cap - haha!!
And then there was that unfortunate business with the weather where we got down to 34 or something. Everything did fine except the squash...they were NOT so much a fan...
Thankfully, though, within a few days they'd bounced back beautifully:
My little tomatoes are coming slowly, but surely.
The seedlings my friend grew are already twice the size of mine, but shhhh, who's keeping track (I am!)
The garden last week:
 |
| Itty bitty carrots starting and garlic looking great. Lettuce is still abundant! |
 |
| Tomatoes! I actually veeeeery carefully switched the cages so the taller ones were on the plants my friend grew that are twice the size of mine. Min are coming along slowly, though! |
 |
| Blueberries changing color! |
 |
| And wow did the bok choi take off! I pulled a bunch out and still there's more... hoping it's not bitter since it already bloomed :-/ |
 |
| Usin' what we got! Partner came up with this ingenious trellising system for the vining stuff. (The peas seen on the right are reaching for the sky) |
 |
| Squash are blooming! |
 |
| Beans also taking off beautifully; no blossoms yet, though. |
Well, things are looking great, so I just think we're going to have a fabulous year! (Be positive - no accidents - be positive!)
No comments:
Post a Comment