Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Gardening Adventures - Week 10

Just a quick update on my gardening progress...

We have BEANS!!! Yes, there are purple beans on my little plants, and they are beautiful :)



I also have the beginnings of soybeans...



Some flowers starting up on my pumpkin plants...


And my onions, hanging in there nicely...


While the broccoli just keeps on growing, slowly but surely...


And here's someone else enjoying our garden...


I honestly can't believe I'm growing things right now...

Monday, May 30, 2011

Gardening Adventures - Week 9

I know, it's been too long since I've been on here. My garden is still growing, albeit rather slowly.

I transplanted my broccoli, jalapenos, and onions. My onions are doing ok, but like everything else, growth is slow.



Most of my broccoli died, but I have three little sprouts that hung on for dear life, and they are getting more leaves and growing a bit, but are still just sprouts. I'm still hopeful.



The peppers...they seem to be stuck, not growing but not dying. Not sure what to think about that.



My corn is still growing, but not near harvest yet.



My carrots I thinned a little, and they are doing great.



The pumpkins are still slow growing, but steady.



My soybeans finally have teeny, tiny buds on them and may flower this week.





The best of all are the purple beans, which have lovely flowers coming out now and are by far the healthiest things in the garden (besides the weeds).




I also found purslane growing in both front and back yards, which makes me happy (I'm on a bit of an edible weed kick lately).

Oh, and the craziest part: the rose bushes we tore out of the ground to make room for the garden.

We tore them out and shoved them (in pieces) behind the a/c unit, and it has apparently re-planted itself there and is thriving! I guess life really does find a way :)

Monday, April 18, 2011

Gardening Fun - Week 3

Oh my goodness, look what's growing...



Purple Beans!


And soybeans...




And FINALLY my pumpkins...





It seems like it took forever, but they're finally sprouting.


And in the front yard, my corn...





...and carrots...





This is the clump o' seeds that Talon planted, lol...


And my indoor babies are still doing well.

Red onions...



Jalapenos...



and broccoli...I don't know how I'm going to keep the broccoli in the container for three more weeks!



But there it is :) I can't believe I'm making things grow! Stay tuned for next week's updates...

Monday, April 11, 2011

Gardening Fun - Week 2

I'm growing things! No, it's not a tumor. It's a garden! Look 8^o

Peppers...(there IS a little shoot there, I promise)



Onions...



And Broccoli!!!



I am pleased :)

Monday, April 4, 2011

How does your garden grow...

Hopefully, quite well. I've gotten all my planting done for the Spring, with the help of Leonidas and his cousins, Talon and Persephine. I had to get a little creative with placement, since we don't have a lot of room.

Here is my front yard, where our roses are blooming quite nicely. I had to sneak the hyssop in the back, between them. There are three tiny hyssop plants growing back there, I promise.















This is the unlikely spot for my corn and carrots...















Yes, that little spot right there. Hey, it could work.


So here is the front yard, in all it's potential glory...


And, of course, we had to use up what tiny little space there was in the back yard as well.



I think the clothesline shadow really makes this picture shine, don't you?



Now here is the other side of the yard...complete with the beautiful "weeds" that I will NOT be getting rid of. I like weeds. :)


This will eventually become Cinderella pumpkins, purple beans, and soybeans...



So there it is...my lovely, tornado-just-hit-but-I-still-love-it back yard...my potential future food source!




And let's not forget the broccoli, jalapenos, and red onions which I started inside.


And thus starts my gardening adventure. I DO have some compost that's been composting all year...need to get that over here soon (ahem, Mother, who owns a van with compost-toting capabilities and keeps forgetting to bring it over when she visits...). I just hope I can manage to remember that they're all out there instead of forgetting to water them and letting them die like I usually do. :/