After the watering I walked around the yard and took lots of photos. Ready for a tour?
Photo Below: The nectarine tree is doing very well this year. Last year I only had four . I'm way ahead of that this year.
Photo Below: Nectarine
Photo Below: Todays harvest.
Photo Below: Found this guy this morning while I was watering the red leaf lettuce.
Photo Below: The cherry tomatoes are getting so tall.
Photo Below: Cherry tomato blooms
Photo Below: Bush tomatoes.
Photo Below: I had two leftover bush tomato plants that I didn't have any room for so I planted it in my sisters yard this moring. One of the plants has a little tomato on it.
Photo Below: Bed 2.
Photo Below: Bed 2 english cucumbers.
Photo Below: Bed 2 baby cucumber.
Photo Below: Bed 2 watermelon.
Photo Below: Bed 2 corn.
Photo Below: Strawberry bed.
Photo Below: Potato bed 1
Photo Below: Potato bed 2
Photo Below: Sugar snap peas
Photo Below: Bed 3 spinach
Photo Below: Bed 3 bell peppers
Photo Below: Bed 3 mini cantelope.
Photo Below: Bed 3 pumpkin.
Photo Below: Bed 4 spinach.
Photo Below: Bed 4 mini spaghetti squash.
Photo Below: I did some hand pollenating since I don't have very many bees in the garden yet.
Photo Below: Bed 4 heirloom cutting lettuce.
Photo Below: Raspberries
Photos Below: Chives
Photo Below: Ladybug with no spots.
Photo Below: Bumble bee on raspberries.
Photo Below: Lemon blossoms.
The next few photos are of random flowers in the garden.
Photo Below: View from the livingroom.
It's a good thing you found that worm, 'cause I bet it was fixin' to do some damage to your lettuce. Everything is doing very well!
ReplyDeleteWOW. That's all I have to say except...Liisa, you're the only person I know who can make a potato bed look beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGranny
Georgous as usual. Is your nectarine tree in the ground or in a container? I think my peach tree died over the winter in the container. No leaves are on it yet.
ReplyDeleteEC,
ReplyDeleteYeah I'm glad I found him too. It was very cool Sunday morning and he wasn't moving much just sitttin' there waiting for me.
Granny,
The photos make them look better than they really are. I have some broken stocks and something is eating the leaves... but not enough to worry about.
Cheryl,
Thank you! The nectarine is in a container. This is the first year I will have more than two or three pieces of fruit. I put it under the eve when we have frost and rain... I don't want it to get over watered. This is also the first year I gave it some food before the buds started to swell. Now I just need to learn how to prune it.
Liisa
The lettuce is lovely and so are the chives. Did you find out what kind of caterpillar you've got? I mean, ya know, besides the *hungry* kind? ;^)
ReplyDeleteHi Jenn,
ReplyDeleteThanks! No I haven't looked them up yet and I say "them" cause I found more in the same container. They were smaller (just little babies) and all green. I have seen three different butterflies hanging out in the garden the past two to three weekends so chances are they laid eggs when I wasn't watching and not to mention all the days I'm at work and can't shoo them away.
Liisa
Heehee - you should tell your boss you need to go home every day for lunch so you can guard your garden!
ReplyDeleteJenn,
ReplyDeleteHa... if I didn't work 35 to 40 mins from home I would come home everyday for lunch! :-)
When I do work from home it's really hard not to walk out into the garden.... I don't work from home every often just for that reason :-)
Liisa
It is quite amazing reading your blog (I got here from Annie's Kitchen Garden) and seeing the totally different stage of all your plants, so advanced compared to most of what I have at spring-time here in south west England. I do identify with the reason for you starting your blog, so similar to why I started mine (in addition I wanted to do something useful on wet days!)
ReplyDeleteHeskie,
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by. I'm so happy you are enjoying my blog. It's been a lot of fun watching my garden grow and sharing it with like minded people.
Liisa
I love the pics (even the veggie porn picture ;)
ReplyDeleteYou do have a knack for gardening. Can't wait until I can come over with my basket and pick what I want :) Loved the fresh cilantro in my tomato salsa!! Thanks!
Ok...now I have to go blog on my blog :)
ReplyDeleteHey Sis
ReplyDeleteHa! Veggie porn! :-)
Looking forward to reading your travel blog.
Liisa