A Walk in the Garden

We had a break in the rain today so I took a walk in the garden and took a few photos. I love how everything looks so green after a rain. You can click on the photos to enlarge them.

Enjoy

Spinach

Avocado 

Basil in the greenhouse

Turnips and Broccoli

Bed 3

Blueberries

Cucumbers in the greenhouse

Passiflora  mixed in with the Hardenbergia Violacea

Passiflora

Alyssum

Nectarine

Oregano

Raspberries

Sugar Snap Peas

Carrots

Lots and Lots of photos

So sorry for being MIA. Here is a photo update....

It's been four years and no sign of fruit on the banana.
The reason for this is there may be too many pups in the pot.
Time to cut the apron strings on two of the smaller pups.

Now mom might have the energy to bear fruit. 

So far no leaf curl on the nectarine.

The bees have been out in force.

Lemons

Mint

Lettuce

Cucumbers

Lettuce

Hungarian peppers

Carrots

Lettuce and carrots

Pole beans

Onions

Bush Beans

Broccoli

And more lettuce

Summer squash. The four in the back are vining or so said the package.

Harvested on Sunday for dinner

Carrots

Carrots harvested on Sunday for dinner this week.

Cucumber

Raspberries are showing some color

Snow peas

Spring onions

Lots of great things going on over at the Haven Garden. I'll be there this Saturday. We are getting great support from local businesses... big name businesses... I'll post more when I get the OK. Other things going on... I'm working on getting my teacher certification to teach Square Foot Gardening. Seems to be a lot of interest but no classes in the area. Wish me luck!

Sunday in the Garden Part 2 (Picture Post)

Where has the time gone? I thought I better get Part 2 posted before another weekend passed. This post is just some photos I took last Sunday. As always click on the photos for a larger view.

These are the carrots I started in the greenhouse and transplanted into bed 2

 The carrot stocks look really healthy.

It won't be too much longer and I will be harvesting carrots.

Looking good!

I'm growing German Chamomile and Stevia for the first time this year. I picked a leaf off the Stevia to try and wow is it sweet. It tastes just like sugar. I'm going to dry a few leaves and grind them into powder and see how it tastes in my oatmeal.

The raspberries are starting to flower. I think my yield this year will be lower. I didn't have very many new canes come up. I think I should transplant them into a wider container to give them more room to spread out.

Strawberries are coming in.

I planted half a square in bed 4 with pole beans about 3 or 4 weeks ago and they are just coming up. This tells me it's a good time to plant the rest of the row. 

Oregano seedlings.

Nectarine blooms. I didn't get around to spraying my tree. Last year it had a mild case of leaf curl. Chances are it will get it again.

Lettuce in bed 4. I will be able to start harvesting this weekend.

Looks like we might have a new neighbor. I don't know what kind of bird this is but they are so very cute. The pair of them were building a nest in my morning glory. I'm sure they thought this would be the perfect place until the rain stopped and I started gardening. They were a little upset with me every time I walked past the area. Not sure if they are going to stick around. I haven't see them in two days.

This Saturday I will be in the Haven garden with 6 or more teens that need to get their community service hours in before school lets out for the summer. It's a good thing the temperature will come down a bit for the weekend. It gets darned hot in that garden. It was 82 today and tomorrow should reach 80. Come Saturday it will drop to 65 for the weekend perfect for gardening at Haven.