End of Season post

Haha. Look how far we got with those "mad gardening skills". Yea.

At the very least, I learned some things. And, relearned some things.
The squash got really out of control.
The yellow peppers never actually turned yellow.
The melon and gourds did not make it before the frost. (Plant earlier.)
The squirrels ravaged our tomato plants. (And I was worried we had too many. As a matter of fact, not one damn tomato made it into the kitchen. Of course, I did eat a few before going inside.)
The squirrels ravaged the sunflowers and other wildflowers.
"Yolanda", the cilantro plant, made it twice as long as the one I had last year.
The carrots did alright. Pulled a bushel(?) yesterday. They look good, but they're all vertically stunted. I think they need spread out more when itty bitty seedlings.

Things that rocked:
a homemade rainwater bucket
humongous zucchini
sun exposure at just the right times
permanent water hose with sprinkle things in it



Things that didn't rock:
"organic" doesn't always taste better
mosquitos LOVE squash
too much rain
not enough rain
too much wind
all animals not made of stone

~karrie

Peppers, Squash, Melon

This little guy is our first yellow pepper coming in. I should have used my thumb to eye it, but it's no larger than the thumb from knuckle to tip.


This is Zuch, our resident zuchini, starting to bloom.


And, our watermelon. Yum! Three sprouts all peeking out.



More to come later in the week.
~karrie

Rads!

Don't worry. There's a whole row of these guys. I just wanted you to see how cute they are up close.

~karrie

Bean Sprouts!!!

After only FIVE days, we have sprouts all the way down the line and they're over an inch high already. I'm psyched.



~karrie

a name for one of our plants

I have some exciting pics coming as soon as my camera is re-charged. Details to come soon.

In the meantime, I checked on one of the perennials we potted (top shelf in pic from previous post).
It's name is Saxifrage or "Purple Rose". I'm including a picture of what it will look like when we get some more blooms (and what it looked like when we bought it). After some quick researching, I found out that we have to prune the blooms that have died in order to promote further flowering. It's a learning experience, but now I know. Here's a pic:


~karrie

garden pics - 4

Flower Gerbera Daisy pot by Christi, a Welcome turtle (Summer's) and... another gnome (Summer's).

Front of house flower bed...and gnome.


Cool tree in front yard...and gnome.


~karrie

garden pics - 3

This is me looking ridiculous and way-to-excited about the rain bucket and farmer's market thermometer that Christi somehow glued to the garage.

Yes, folks. I'm actually doing something outside that requires work.


This isn't part of the garden, but, as promised, it is another gnome Summer snuck into the yard.


Summer says this one isn't a gnome (it's a mushroom), so it doesn't count as her alotted gnome dispursement throughout our property. We said she could have two (one in front, one in back). Let's see how many more there are....


No gnomes here, but these are the roses from our house in Plymouth that belonged to Christi's mother and, before that, Christi's grandmother. There are three total; the one in the middle came with the house.


~karrie