Sunday, August 29, 2010
Late Summer Garden 2010
Every single bean and every single cucumber/pickle sprouted! How exciting will it be if we get a huge crop at the end of summer?! I've got bush beans, picklebush, and bush cucs here all together. I hate to thin so we'll just have to see how these guys live together!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
first harvest
Today is a very important day for my garden experiment... we harvested our first spinach crop tonight :~). I couldn't believe it when my first harvest filled an entire salad bowl and I probably could have picked a few more. Unfortunately, the entire harvest came from the right side plot. The left side is struggling, hopefully some relief from the hot, hot spring we've had will kick them into gear.
Here's the spinach post-harvest:
Our very first strawberry finally turned red this weekend! Check out Carson's little green snake. It's his plan to keep the birds away from our berries... so far, so good.
Also check out red strawberry #2! Not too shabby. The pot is full of ripening fruit; can't wait for our first strawberry harvest!
Update on the rest of the garden...
The broccoli is finally looking healthy and strong. I was worried for a while, especially when all of the leaves were turning green and dying on the bottom. But I think we are finally past the worst and hope to see some bunches soon!
I'm now worried about the herb box. Still haven't relocated it to my back deck and I'm worried it's just getting too dry in the hot sun.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
green thumb
Carson and Tryston got pumpkins and watermelons in their Easter baskets. After planting the seeds in the windowsill for several weeks, the pumpkins are finally ready to hit the dirt!
Carson is all suited up and ready to garden...
We decided to plant them along the side of the house. We're hoping to "train" the vines to travel along the outside of the landscaping.
Now, if only those watermelons would catch up...
Carson is all suited up and ready to garden...
We decided to plant them along the side of the house. We're hoping to "train" the vines to travel along the outside of the landscaping.
Now, if only those watermelons would catch up...
Saturday, April 3, 2010
broccoli!
Today, we added broccoli to our little vegetable family. Four plants now grace the back section of the yard with room for some hot weather plants next to them. Carson planted the two on the right and I did the two on the left :)
Along with the broccoli, I finally got started on my herb box. My ultimate plan is to put the box off the side of my deck. I think the sunlight will be enough back there. For now, the herb box will hang out in the back yard until we can get some new mounting brackets. We have Rosemary, Basil, and Onion Chives, mmmm.
Along with the broccoli, I finally got started on my herb box. My ultimate plan is to put the box off the side of my deck. I think the sunlight will be enough back there. For now, the herb box will hang out in the back yard until we can get some new mounting brackets. We have Rosemary, Basil, and Onion Chives, mmmm.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
spring has sprung!
It seems funny to me that after all the years I spent complaining about all of the digging, weeding, watering, picking, cleaning, blanching, freezing, canning, and "building burms" in my daddy's garden; I am now putting all of those hard learned skills to use in my own vegatable garden. Matthew has been a good sport about letting me "borrow" his backyard for my little science experiment. He even worked up the soil for me to get me started.
My first learning curve is that this area of North Carolina is all red clay. I didn't want to invest in amending the entire area or in a raised bed since this is a rental house. Therefore, we are taking a gamble on ammending each planting site and feeding weekly. We'll see how that goes.
First up: spinach. I really wanted to plant bib lettuce (boston lettuce) but we couldn't find it anywhere so I settled for spinach. We put in 34 plants which ended up being much more than I probably needed. We had to plant on both sides of the patio when I had only intended to plant the left side.
Next: strawberries! Matthew happened to have a strawberry pot and we put it to good use. We put a fairly mature plant in each opening and two in the top. With a few blossoms already blooming, we're hopeful for a good crop.
The best revelation from the day's work was how Carson loves to help me in the garden. He's turned out to be my little garden buddy and I'm looking forward to lot's of fun time out back with Squiggle Monster!
At the end of the day, we were all exhausted and sore but very proud of our accomplishments.
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