This is the Garden for Spring 2012. For last years' Garden page click here
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Plants coming up, unfortunately weeds starting to come up too ... |
Weeded out small plants, need to get some weeding done |
Have two rows of yellow tomatoes, one row of Early Girl and two rows of Better Boys |
Zuchinni coming up, only a few seeds sprouted, should plant more ... |
The raspberries are starting to invade |
First weeding, mid May ... |
It's now May, no horror stories of Winter other that the snowstorm we got in October which felled half of my huge maple tree in back. Other than that, no real snow, the ponds didn't even fully freeze this winter, first time I've ever seen that ...
Someone told me to plant marigolds near the beans to keep the bugs away, first seedlings got eaten pretty good by them.
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Snow Peas almost ready |
A better view of the tomatoes |
Squash getting bigger |
Tomatoes growing quick |
Raspberries taking over |
New raspberry growth, it spreads all on it's own |
Weeds taking over again |
Roma tomatoes in window boxes |
Basil in the pot |
My buddy Li, the turtle ... |
A random plant growing in the pot, it's about five feet tall, now ... |
It's now June 6th, it was incredibly hot for a few weeks, now it's been raining for a few weeks and the last few days have been feeling like late winter, early spring, Brrr ... Plant are coming up good, but I still have some space to fill, need to plant something like carrots right away
Chives and parsley, chives started coming up in February, now they're quite tall and flowering
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Squash getting bigger |
You can see my empty spot ... need more plants, too late for seed, might try some seedlings
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Cucumbers growing good |
Beans doing better |
Soon the tomatoes will have to be tied |
Alright, now it is July. The plants are doing well, zuchinni is busting out, the tomatoes are getting tall
Basil and Rosemary doing well
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Zuchinni is growing well, need to weed a bit |
Tomatoes at about four feet, cucumbers doing well |
Sammy the tomato thief, eating green tomatoes |
Raspberries getting even bigger |
Can see some fruit |
Side view of growth, small boxes dying out |
First picking of the season |
Lots of ripe raspberries |
Wild flowers randomly growing |
Got the kid picking fruit |
Karma chillin' in the shade |
It's the end of July, beginning of August, went on vacation and it didn't rain once in the week we were gone, the cucumbers pretty much died out, but tomatoes and zuchinni are doing well. I have some peppers and will try to plant something in the cucumber's spot
another picking of zuchinni and beans, have to find some new recipes
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First picking of tomatoes, July 28th |