Bed 2 Slide Show

Bed 2 harvest so far this year...

Cucumbers 32 pounds
Watermelon 2 pounds
Corn complete bust...a big fat zero... Just not enough sun.





Currently planted in bed 2

Cucumbers: They are just about ready to pull out. I have a few cucumbers that are ripening and a few new flowers. I'll let them go until November since I don't have any plans to plant anything in those 5 squares.

Cauliflower: Six Squares, one each. Not sure I will have enough sun to get them to maturity.

Garlic: Two squares, a total of 24 garlic. I know I could have gotten 36 in there.

Onions: Two squares.

Carrots: Three squares.

I still have a few empty squares to fill. More onions maybe?

I'm back!

I'm back from my scrapbooking retreat. I had a great time but I'm glad to be home and back out into the garden. Here are a few photos from the retreat and then we will get to the garden photos.

This is the room we were in. Like I said in my last post there were about 30 women there. Most everyone was doing traditional scrapbooking and a few of us were doing digital.



Photo Below: Digital scrapping.

~Garden Update~

Before I left on Friday I gave everything a good watering and harvested some raspberries and lettuce.





Sweet Husband, Son and Son's Girlfriend did a great job taking care of my garden while I was gone. They even picked some more raspberries and weighed them for me before they ate them.

It's a amazing to me how fast things grow when you are gone for a few days.

Photo Below: These strawberries are just about ready for picking.



Photo Below: I hand pollenated three female pumpkin flowers last week. When I got home I was happy to see they are growing.



Photo Below: I was hand watering the corn on Friday and did not see this...



So far there are two ears of corn each on six of my stocks. Today the wind picked up and I gave them a little wiggle. I could see the pollen falling on to the silks. I hope I get good even pollenation.



Photo Below: The pole beans mixed with the sugar snap peas.



Photo Below: Spaghetti squash is getting big. There are five more just a bit smaller than this one.



Photo Below: Bush beans are doing great. They are blooming and I have a few beans that are about 2 to 3 inches long.



Photo Below: One of the two red baby bell peppers. They haven't started turing color yet.



Photo Blow: The English cucumber has two more inches to go and I will be able to harvest.



Photo Below: The baby cucumbers put on a lot of growth while I was gone. When looking at this photo full size I counted 10 cucumbers.



Photo Below: Cherry tomatoes are doing really well.



Photo Below: Finally a tomato on the container bush tomato plant.



Photo Below: Bush bean blooms.



Photos Below: Here are some updated photos from the roof...






Photo Below: Looking down on top of the tomato bed.




And this next photo is for Granny over at Annie's Kitchen Garden. She once asked me if I really get up on the roof to take photos...

~June 1st Harvest~

Raspberries



One of the round zucchini was ready to pick today.





Well today was the day to dig into potato bed 2. If you remember from one of my posts the potato greens were not looking so well. I didn't have high hopes of getting much of anything. I also thought the beds might be infested with wire worms since I have seen them in bed 2 which is right in front of the potato beds. Well I'm happy to report I was able to harvest some small taters. I didn't find any pest's in the bed. Check out the next few photos for my harvest...











I was going to pull potatoes in bed 1 in a few weeks but now I think I might wait until July to see if I can get a bigger harvest. I will try potatoes again next year for sure.


Photo below: Potato bed 1. Not looking so good but I'm hoping for gold under there. We'll find out in about a month.



Photo Below: The red norland cleaned up real good.



Todays harvest weighed in at...
Zucchini 1 pound
Red Norland Potato 1 pound 6 oz's
Bintje Potato 12 oz's
Raspberries 4.8 oz's
Sugar Snap Peas 1.2 oz's

Photo Below: Tonight's dinner and dessert...



mmm mmm good!

Some Photos

I just wanted to share a few photos I took when I got home this afternoon.

Photo Below: The raspberries are just about ready for picking.



Photo Below: Looks like I'll be picking corn by the 4th of July. I'm hoping!




Photo Below: Round Zucchini



Photo Below: Spaghetti Squash



Photo Below: This photo is for Granny over at Annie's Kitchen Garden.
Attacked by something and have become all wilty and spindly and floppy.
I'll be pulling potatoes in a few weeks and these beds will get some summer color.



Photo Below: New home for the Hosta's. I think they will be much happier in the carport and out of the hot sun.

Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow.

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Watering Day

Now that most of the hard work is done I don't have a lot to do. I did get the compost turned on Saturday and I spent most of this morning watering and fertilizing everything.

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.