Garden 2008

[Sundae]

Apparantly you've never tasted aspergers until you've eaten it within 30 minutes of being harvested.

So I've never tasted it!

I will take a picture of my garden to impress you all. Ahem, my plastic planter with a small catnip plant I mean. Bet even that dies

[Cicero]

Started the garden yesterday!! We are sharing the plot with the woman who lives downstairs....For now I am just watching, but will be expected to be doing the weeding this year! The third row from the back will be lettuce which is the only thing I'm really interested in that my husband decided on. I'm not a big fan of beets and there are 2 rows of it!! (the two rows in the back) I will be adding some photos from the apple orchard because the blooms are pretty!! (I guess I'll be eating lots of apples this year)

I liked my husband's new method of irrigation as he got the water to snake through the entirety rather then just disperse in rows. We do ground water irrigation out here so it's important to figure it out before the acequia runs through it. The acequia can be powerful so you have to figure it out as much as possible because the force of the water can destroy what you have planted.

[Cicero]

Like Apples?!?

[Sundae]

Lovely blossom - everyone keep us updated on the gardens please!

Catnip update - the seeds I bought have done 100% of nothing so far.
The seedling that came though the post settled in well. I took it home and the boys seemed quite ambivilant, unless I plucked or broke a leaf in some way, then they went mad for the smell on my fingers.

So I put it outside. Within a day it had been knocked over, the compost strewn about the yard and the plant looking quite sickly in the middle. Obviously discovered by neighbourhood thug cats.

So it's back inside for a while (repotted). I'm thinking of taking it back to the work yard as the fox there might discourage any cat activity. Then I can just harvest it for my boys as and when it gets big enough not to miss a few leaves.

I told you I'd kill it.

[skysidhe]

lol @ you watching, cic

Make lot's of apple pie! yum-o

I want to see a plastic covered catnip plant SG. At least we can pretend spring is comming. Even if it dies.

I too have a small plot available across town @ my sisters house. We'll see.

[xoxoxoBruce]

If you're going to be successful, you need a target, a goal. Here's one.

[skysidhe]

umm those look like body snatcher pods
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lol You sound like my friend...where as I would stop to make a salad.

[busterb]

My 1st use of plastic. Boy the ants love it.

[footfootfoot]

Zippy, You ain't got any pineapple planted! WTF? We've got another 25 days till last frost... My sparrowgusts have been dented by a woodchuck. I set a trap, but he left.

[zippyt]

We have had some small sparrowgusts ( Quick Saute with butter YUMMMMMMMY !!!!),
and last nite we had Fresh Lettuce from the garden , Killer
Carol said that the lettuce we had paid for the seeds ,
More to come !!
I need to get some pics

[zippyt]

Ok a quick up date ,
Main garden doing OK ,

Cabbage be Cabbage'n

Squash and Zuk land doin fine ,

Baby squish ,

Baby Zuk ,

Lettus and Pea Land ,

And Yes the lettuce is young and fresh ,

Thats it for now .

[footfootfoot]

Oh man you are a month and a day ahead of us. dawg.

[kerosene]

Wow, you guys have great looking gardens, already!

Here is has been too cold to do much planting. Until a couple of weeks ago we were still seeing snow. So, the weekend before last, we started our garden. Ours is nowhere near as nice as some of yours, but I thought I would share, anyway.

This is out back outside our backyard fence. mac_tire thought it would be nice to have some sweet corn, so this is what I call "DB's corn patch." It is going to need continual weeding, but it seems like it is going to do well.


On the left is the path on the side of the house...and right up against the house is...nothing yet. I might put some flowers in there or something.


DB is watering our cucumer seeds and just to the left are dill seeds and a few strawberry plants.


We bought tomato plants this year instead of growing them from seeds. We will see how they fare.


You can't completely tell, but there are 9 watermelon piles there.


I am not sure why I put this one in, but it's me.


Anyway, now, we are seeing things sprout a bit. The stuff planted on the side of the house might do really well, actually. The soil around here is mostly clay, but whoever lived here before had gardened there, because it was full of rich topsoil when we dug out the weeds.

[Sundae]

You won't get the cultural reference but what the hell - you're even cuter than Felicity Kendal!

Why not get a wildflower (esp butterfly/ bee friendly) mix for your spare bed. Your veggies are going to keep you busy, so a bed you don't have to tend which will end up a riot of shapes, textures and colours woul dbe a welcome relief. The mixed seeds sold for this purpose in the UK are traditional hedgerow/ country flowers which need little tending. I know you're in a very different clime, but you probably have something similar? Ah - thinking of your location, maybe a succulent garden would fare better.

Love to all the gardeners - keep em coming.

[kerosene]

The wildflower idea is fantastic. It might help keep the weeds away, too. Perhaps I will try that.