Hello to all my gardening friends! Sorry its been so long since I've posted. I was gone for three weeks to visit my family in Michigan. I returned home to some hugely overgrown yellow squash and cucumbers and many, many green beans. Today I went out to pick some beans for dinner tonight and as I moved the leaves, I found this nice cucumber! I was very surprised....most of my cucumbers are pretty small and somewhat deformed (curved, like pickles or oddly shaped). Anyway, I love having veggies to go out and pick every few days.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
~Progress~
Friday, July 13, 2007
Mommy's Helper
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Cucumbers & Beans
I admit, I'm getting impatient waiting for my vegetables plants to produce. Today I just noticed these little vines coming off the main plant. Does this mean cucumbers are on their way? (hoping, hoping) My bean plants are getting full and a few of the vines have made their way to the top of my tepee....I'm slightly afraid they are going to attach themselves to my fence, so I keep redirecting the vines back to the pole. I have much more of an appreciation for the fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk!
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
What IS that?
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Today in My Garden
How Exciting! Are those little squashettes? They are so small its still hard to tell whether those are the squashes or leaf buds.
Grand Bell Peppers
Have you ever seen them look like this? I'm kind of wondering because every time I see pictures of bell pepper plants, the leaves are totally different.aaa
Monday, July 2, 2007
Lessons of a 1st Year Gardener
This is my very first year of gardening and I am just LOVING it! I have made plenty of mistakes and have learned many lessons along the way and I am sure there is a whole lot more to learn.
Lesson #1: Do not attempt to grow cauliflower. My great friend and more experienced gardener Melissa tried cauliflower last year with weak results....I don't know what made me cocky enough to think that mine would be any better. In all the reading I have done since I bought my initial stash of seedlings, everyone says that cauliflower is one of the hardest vegetables to grow. It is very picky. If the conditions aren't just perfect, the crop will most likely fail. Well, I planted in April and by June the plants either just died on their own or were eaten by ants. So, next year, I'm not even going to attempt to grow cauliflower.
Lesson #2: Spiders are your friends. I'll be honest, I really don't like spiders. I even cringe a little watching my son's Charlotte's Web movie (although I admit the movie has helped me accept spiders for who they are). However, in the garden, spiders help keep away (meaning, they eat) all the other little insects that might otherwise attack my plants. I have noticed many spiders in and around my plants and after an initial surprise, I try to see them as my little security guards, keeping other insects away.
Lesson #1: Do not attempt to grow cauliflower. My great friend and more experienced gardener Melissa tried cauliflower last year with weak results....I don't know what made me cocky enough to think that mine would be any better. In all the reading I have done since I bought my initial stash of seedlings, everyone says that cauliflower is one of the hardest vegetables to grow. It is very picky. If the conditions aren't just perfect, the crop will most likely fail. Well, I planted in April and by June the plants either just died on their own or were eaten by ants. So, next year, I'm not even going to attempt to grow cauliflower.
Lesson #2: Spiders are your friends. I'll be honest, I really don't like spiders. I even cringe a little watching my son's Charlotte's Web movie (although I admit the movie has helped me accept spiders for who they are). However, in the garden, spiders help keep away (meaning, they eat) all the other little insects that might otherwise attack my plants. I have noticed many spiders in and around my plants and after an initial surprise, I try to see them as my little security guards, keeping other insects away.
Lesson #3: Lettuce is fast and fun. I have had so much fun growing lettuce. It is so easy and it grows so fast. I've had to learn to be patient with all my other vegetables, but lettuce grows very quickly and will go from seed to harvest-ready in just 6 to 8 weeks.
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