We are eating our first watermelon from the garden today! YUMMY!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Eating from the Garden
This week we picked and ate:
Peas
Sugar Pod Peas
Stawberries (from the strawberry farm)
Cherries
Raspberries
Carrots
Baby Red Potatoes
Onions
A few small green peppers
Cucumbers
YUM!
Peas
Sugar Pod Peas
Stawberries (from the strawberry farm)
Cherries
Raspberries
Carrots
Baby Red Potatoes
Onions
A few small green peppers
Cucumbers
YUM!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Garden update
Sneak Peek into our Garden...June 13.
Onions: (I had John stand next to them so you can tell how tall they are)
Lettuce:
SugarPod Peas: Blooming...but no pods yet, even though they were planted at the same time as the peas with pods...but it won't be long!
Cabbage:
Carrots:
First Planting of Peas...YEAH pods on them!
Second Planting of Peas:
Our Row of tomatoes:
Romas!
Tomatillo Plant:
Big Tomatillo:
Potatoes (Red):
Sqaush
Peppers: Yeah I know the pictures sideways...tip your head a little ;)
Beans:
Rows of corn:
Cucumbers:
Blackberries in blossom: I love these pretty things!
Blackberries:
Onions: (I had John stand next to them so you can tell how tall they are)
Lettuce:
SugarPod Peas: Blooming...but no pods yet, even though they were planted at the same time as the peas with pods...but it won't be long!
Cabbage:
Carrots:
First Planting of Peas...YEAH pods on them!
Second Planting of Peas:
Our Row of tomatoes:
Romas!
Tomatillo Plant:
Big Tomatillo:
Potatoes (Red):
Sqaush
Peppers: Yeah I know the pictures sideways...tip your head a little ;)
Beans:
Rows of corn:
Cucumbers:
Blackberries in blossom: I love these pretty things!
Blackberries:
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Garden update
Watermelon:
Cabbage:
Carrots:
More Carrots: (planted the same time)
Peas:
Second planting of Peas:
Potatoes:
Squash:
Onions:
*No cantaloupe yet...still only 1 broccoli plant.
Cabbage:
Carrots:
More Carrots: (planted the same time)
Peas:
Second planting of Peas:
Potatoes:
Squash:
Onions:
*No cantaloupe yet...still only 1 broccoli plant.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Counting
4 of our previous transplanted tomatoes didn't make it.
A count of what we have planted:
Butternut squash: 13 hills
Zucchini: 6 hills
Summer Squash: 5 hills
Yellow Peppers: 2
Green Peppers: 25
Tomatoes: 41 (yeah...that's not a typo)
Tomatillos: 5
A count of what we have planted:
Butternut squash: 13 hills
Zucchini: 6 hills
Summer Squash: 5 hills
Yellow Peppers: 2
Green Peppers: 25
Tomatoes: 41 (yeah...that's not a typo)
Tomatillos: 5
More planting
Yesterday:
We planted:
2 more rows of peas
Replanted Broccoli
Butternut
Zucchini
Summer Squash
Transplanted tomoatoes
Transplanted Peppers
Planted a few more radishes and salad blend.
Friday Dad planted corn:
Top: Early corn (72 day) Yellow (quarter of the way down)
Middle: Candy corn
Last: Argent White
Next Friday we will be picking up thornless Rasp. starts for our own house...YEAH!
In 10 to 14 days we will be planting more corn and the beans.
We planted:
2 more rows of peas
Replanted Broccoli
Butternut
Zucchini
Summer Squash
Transplanted tomoatoes
Transplanted Peppers
Planted a few more radishes and salad blend.
Friday Dad planted corn:
Top: Early corn (72 day) Yellow (quarter of the way down)
Middle: Candy corn
Last: Argent White
Next Friday we will be picking up thornless Rasp. starts for our own house...YEAH!
In 10 to 14 days we will be planting more corn and the beans.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Garden report
Onions are up...a few
Peas are starting to come up.
Lettuce you can see...came up a few days ago.
Haven't seen any carrots yet.
Maybe cabbage...maybe weeds...we'll see.
Haven't seen broccoli yet.
It's coming, but it's just been way to cold.
Sounds like the tomatoes may have frozen, too. :(
Peas are starting to come up.
Lettuce you can see...came up a few days ago.
Haven't seen any carrots yet.
Maybe cabbage...maybe weeds...we'll see.
Haven't seen broccoli yet.
It's coming, but it's just been way to cold.
Sounds like the tomatoes may have frozen, too. :(
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Spring Planting
We've had a really cold spring and so we are about a month behind planting...but we finally got started on Friday.
April 17 We planted:
100 Red Onions (1.59 a bag of 100 G.Seed Store)
400 Yellow Onions
We would have planted some sweet onions, but they were not available this year.
Chard-4 feet
Lettuce-salad blend-12 feet
Broccoli (new this year-15 feet
Cabbage (new this year)-8 feet
Early Frosty Peas-2 long rows
Sugar Pod Peas-3/4 short row
Radishes-mixed in with some of the lettuce
Carrots-2 varieties...Nantes and a new one that is round like radishes.-1 long row
Red potatoes
The ground was pretty moist from all the snow and rain we've been getting, so we rotatilled the ground, sprinkles fertilizer where the rows were marked to go, furrowed a row, planted seeds, buried and packed down with a rake.
Onions:
We were able to plant about 100 in a small row. We planted them 3-4 inches deep and 3 inches apart.
We leave 30 in between rows to allow for easy rotatilling and because we have a huge garden space, so we can allow for walkways.
Chard...I don't like the stuff, but my dad does. It plants like lettuce.
Lettuce...1/2 inch deep, fairly thick seed
Carrots...1/2 inch deep, fairly thick seed
Peas...1 inch deep, seed 1 to 1 1/2 inches apart
Broccoli...1 inch deep, seed 1 to 1 1/2 inches apart
Cabbage...1 inch deep, seed 1 to 1 1/2 inches apart
Potatoes Cut potato seed so that one good eye is on each part. Plant 4 inches deep, 1 foot apart.
April 17 We planted:
100 Red Onions (1.59 a bag of 100 G.Seed Store)
400 Yellow Onions
We would have planted some sweet onions, but they were not available this year.
Chard-4 feet
Lettuce-salad blend-12 feet
Broccoli (new this year-15 feet
Cabbage (new this year)-8 feet
Early Frosty Peas-2 long rows
Sugar Pod Peas-3/4 short row
Radishes-mixed in with some of the lettuce
Carrots-2 varieties...Nantes and a new one that is round like radishes.-1 long row
Red potatoes
The ground was pretty moist from all the snow and rain we've been getting, so we rotatilled the ground, sprinkles fertilizer where the rows were marked to go, furrowed a row, planted seeds, buried and packed down with a rake.
Onions:
We were able to plant about 100 in a small row. We planted them 3-4 inches deep and 3 inches apart.
We leave 30 in between rows to allow for easy rotatilling and because we have a huge garden space, so we can allow for walkways.
Chard...I don't like the stuff, but my dad does. It plants like lettuce.
Lettuce...1/2 inch deep, fairly thick seed
Carrots...1/2 inch deep, fairly thick seed
Peas...1 inch deep, seed 1 to 1 1/2 inches apart
Broccoli...1 inch deep, seed 1 to 1 1/2 inches apart
Cabbage...1 inch deep, seed 1 to 1 1/2 inches apart
Potatoes Cut potato seed so that one good eye is on each part. Plant 4 inches deep, 1 foot apart.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Update on my Tomato and Pepper Starts
A picture of our tomato starts taken last Sunday (April 12)
and one had a blossom!
And my peppers aren't as big, but they are doing well.
My mom's spare bedroom looks like it has been an awesome place to do some starts! Thanks mom!
and one had a blossom!
And my peppers aren't as big, but they are doing well.
My mom's spare bedroom looks like it has been an awesome place to do some starts! Thanks mom!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Artichokes
I have never grown or eaten a fresh artichoke, so it's another new experience. I planted 4 seeds in a milk jug on March 26. I think I added too much water so I took off the plastic wrap 2 days ago to let some of the water evaporate.
Herbs
I planted my parsley on March 26 in some recycled containers. I am planting cilantro in a pot that I have today. I added some compost that I got as a free sample at the Home and Garden show to the used soil in the pots, so we will see how that works.
Raspberry Starts
I have this fantastic neighbor a few doors down that has offered me lots of flower starts. She was also kind enougt to offer Raspberry starts. I picked them up on the 28th of March. I got half of them planted in the ground that night, but didn't have time to finish getting the spot ready...then the weather turned really nasty for a week, so I didn't get the other half planted until this Monday, April 6. I kept them in John's fishing cooler for a pot with a little dirt and lots of water in the hot tub room. They started turning a little green in there so the second half of my row looks a little ahead of the first half, but that's ok. I'll let you know how they progress.
Starting Tomatoes and Peppers
I started these seeds the first weekend in February.
Varieties I planted: Rutgers tomatoes, Fireball tomatoes, Roma tomatoes and bell peppers
(I got the seeds on sale for 11 cents an envelope in January at Kings)
I bought special starter soil and a seed starter box. I also tried an egg carton. My mom tried milk jugs with the tops cut off. Next time I won't spend much. The recycled milk jugs worked awesome and the big bag of soil from Costco worked great, too.
I had planned to use the hot tub room to store the plants, but John was redoing the electrical work, so it wasn't a warm enough place this year...so my mom let me keep them out at her house in her spare bedroom. Once the seeds took off and got tall, she transplanted them (she's awesome like that) into cut off milk jugs, burying the plants up to the leaves. They look awesome now...I need to take a picture and add it to my blog.
Varieties I planted: Rutgers tomatoes, Fireball tomatoes, Roma tomatoes and bell peppers
(I got the seeds on sale for 11 cents an envelope in January at Kings)
I bought special starter soil and a seed starter box. I also tried an egg carton. My mom tried milk jugs with the tops cut off. Next time I won't spend much. The recycled milk jugs worked awesome and the big bag of soil from Costco worked great, too.
I had planned to use the hot tub room to store the plants, but John was redoing the electrical work, so it wasn't a warm enough place this year...so my mom let me keep them out at her house in her spare bedroom. Once the seeds took off and got tall, she transplanted them (she's awesome like that) into cut off milk jugs, burying the plants up to the leaves. They look awesome now...I need to take a picture and add it to my blog.
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