Showing posts with label Watermelon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Watermelon. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

June Garden Update

Here are some photos I took in the last two weeks.

Photo Below: Bed 1 the cherry tomatoes are getting so tall that I will need a step ladder to pick them off the top. The arch is about 7 feet tall and the vines are two to three feet above that.



Photo Below: Bush tomatoes... I can't wait until these are ripe.



Photo Below: View of beds 2 and 3



Photos Below: The watermelons in bed two are getting bigger. They are the size of a golf ball maybe even a little bigger.





Photos Below: The antique marigold and the cilantro in the right corner of bed 3 is shading the basil. I pulled the cilantro since it has bolted and moved the marigold.



There that's better....



Photo Below: Marigold moved to potato bed two since is was empty.



Photos Below: The basil is much happier....



...when it's not over 90 degrees. I had to cover them with shade cloth for a few days.



Photos Below: The bell peppers are really starting to take off now that the weather has warmed up.



I did, however pull the runt bell pepper. I'll be planting some lettuce in it's place.



Photo Below: Bed 2



Photos Below: In bed 4 I pulled out all the lettuce and reseeded with carrots...



...and used Granny's trick of covering them to keep from drying out.



Photos Below: The onions seem to be putting on some size.






Photos Below: The garlic has died back...



They are not very big... I'll wait to pull the second square to see if they get any bigger.



Photo Below: Bush beans ready to pick.



Photo Below: I pulled out the round zucchini. I wasn't getting much of a harvest from them for the space. I have reseeded the empty squares with lettuce. This area is a bit shaded from the bush beans.



Photos Below: I pulled out the potatoes in bed 1...



very low yield but very good.



Photo Below: The snap peas cannot decide if they want to die off or put out new growth. I'm just going to let them be and see what they do.



Photo Below: Strawberry bed is growing very well and is starting to put out runners.



Photos Below: The Pumpkin on a stick is doing very well and it looks like I will have mini pumpkins on a stick this Fall. I was not sure if this plant was going to be true to seed when I saved the seeds from an arrangement that was given to me last Fall.



Photos Below: Pumpkin on a Stick






Photo Below: View from my living room



Hope you enjoyed the photos.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

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.