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Yeah, Peppers for the first time our peppers are fairing well. If you look closely you can see a pepper one of many.
Watermelons,no melons yet but they are starting now and this baby is twice the size as it is right here and these pictures were taken just a few days ago.
This all that is left of our cucumbers at least we are possibly going to have a few.
Cantaloupe,tons of flowers but no melons yet but soon.
Look at how pretty those pole beans look! I got these in the ground late so I'm please with them so far.
And lets not forget the bush beans they are doing great and they are flowering!!! Again these were planted late.
Cabbage!!! I took this picture and then went down later and the tops of all of them were gone!
Oh what a pretty sight! Look at those pretty tomatoes! We have a great amount of tomatoes! What a blessing! I'm overall happy with our garden this year. We got a late start to begin with and with the drought and hot temps I do believe it's coming around nicely. We are looking forward to a wonderful harvest this year!
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WOOHOOO I have tomatoes!!! Ok here's the story...... The rabbits have been giving me fits,it's been awful,the ripped off the netting I had in place,how you ask, well they got their sneaky little paws or whatever it is that they have caught in it and in their attempt to get unstuck pulled the corner back so reveal and delicious dinner right for the taking. But first oh they had to work up a big appetite by chewing a hole in the fensing we put up all that work they ate up all of our cucumber plants. |
Then started on the cantaloupe,oy! Now mind you the heat and dry conditions have already reaked havic on the soil and plants. They ignored the liquid fense that we put on it and followed the directions to a T. Still they just had to have a taste of our plants! Oh no not just a nibble but a whole row! I can just see it now they probably had a little party right there in our garden with the cucumber plants as the main course and the cantaloupe as the appetizer,oh what fun they must have had frolicking around,to bad I had to end it!!! The following day I went down to check things out, you know how us gardeners do, and to my horror I seen the rampage on our poor helpless little plants. I stood there thinking what on earth can I do to keep these things out. Then it dawned on me..... I remember being told by someone (sorry can't remember who) to put a radio in the garden and play it all night long. So I ran to the nearest dollar store and picked up two cheap radios and a huge pack of batteries. Brought them home and put the batteries in them,tuned them in and put them in a freezer bag(water proof) then took them to the garden. I turned them on thinking well lets just see if this is true,nothing else has worked out very well for us. The next morning I ran to the garden and what before my wondering eyes should appear!!!! All of the plants standing alone,not a leave was disturned,not a rabbit in sight! I dance a happy dance,and prayed with all my might! THANK YOU! So for all that read this take this to heart, if you are having the troubles we have been having (or were) don't fall apart, just get a cheap radio and sing them to sleep!!! LOL Ok so I got out of hand there... but it is true all happend like that. The radios are working great and we are starting to see progress finally! The watermelon plant has 7 buds on it that I noticed today and everything is tripple in size,lots of weeds though but that will be taken care of as soon as this heat passes or this weekend which ever comes first. Posted in Garden Adventures
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I went down to the garden and gave it a good watering yesterday morning and then went to go and check on it a few hours later. And well I noticed that half of our cucumber plants down to the stems and weren't just a few hours later. Some how a rabbit had gotten into the garden and ate them. So today John and I went to a green house around here that we frequent and bought some organic stuff called liquid fence it stinks something awful but they guarantee it works and also some organic fertilizer. John and I just finished up working in there. I watered it all down really well and praying to the Lord that all goes well and we have a good harvest. The garden is so ,so dry as many are,I'm going to be watering it morning and evening to try to keep the roots from drying out. It's just so hot during the days and the soil dries out so quickly. If this works as well as they say it does then next season we will start out using this stuff. Time will tell! |
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I only have a couple of pictures so far. These are of my wonderful husband and children digging up the garden for me for my mother's day gift. I was tickled about this because I didn't think we were going to put a garden out this year because we didn't have the money to get a tiller. You won't see Jason in the pictures because at the time I took them he took off and went to get a drink or something. I personally think he was hiding out.
Carissa had a great time taking out the large clumps to be broken up and the root bits. She really felt like a "big girl" that day!
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Well Jason and I worked in the garden for a while this morning,did some weeding although I must say that there really wasn't much in the way of weeds, I guess it's because it's been so dry lately. One discouraging thing We planted a row of bush green beans too close to the fence and something at most of them,but while in the garage I found 1 1/2 packages of beans sooooo I went ahead and planted them this morning. I know it's late in the season but I'm going to give it a shot. I didn't plant them very deep so we will see how this goes. In total there is 2 1/2 rows of bush beans and one of pole beans. Then Brandon and I cleaned out a flower garden that we have by the house and dug it up and planted lettuce in there. This way I can keep a close eye on them. The strawberries are doing so wonderful,I'm tempted to transplant them into another flower garden we have here by the house,but I'm not sure if I'm going to do that yet. The tomatoes are growing strong and we have a few more blooms on them,the cabbage I was surprised when I was down working around them because the plants that I thought we long gone are making a come back. They now have new leaves growing on them,TTL. The banana and bell peppers are still holding their own, I'm really hoping for peppers this year as I have never had any kind of luck with bell peppers,banana peppers yes but bell nope. It would be such a blessing to have a great pepper harvest this year. The watermelon and cantaloupe are growing very well although no blooms yet but there's still time. And finally the cucumbers are doing great,right now it looks like we are in for a really good cucumber harvest. Oh and I didn't plant corn this year,not for lack of willingness but for lack of room. There is always next year for that. I'm going to try to post frequent updates on our gardens this year. Maybe I can use them as a guide for next year as to what to do and what not to do again!!! God Bless, |