Well, apparently I'm having a rough spring in the garden because I still have a couple of things to do (mainly, plant out our pallet beds). However, after pulling together several loose ends today, I'm feeling pretty good about it all! Here's a little update, in pictures...
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| I finally got out squash bed in! Fingers crossed for bountiful harvests! |
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| Tomatillo blossoms! |
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| Luffa blossom! This poor luffa has gotten incredibly battered by the wind over the past couple of weeks, but I'm finding hope in the few flowers that are powering through! |
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| Yellow Taxi tomatoes! Yes, there is a benefit to starting your seeds inside in February! |
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| An itty bitty Roma tomato. |
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| We lost one of our Honey Suckles last winter, but the two that survived smell and look absolutely divine! |
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| A few of the Lemon Cucumbers that will climb up our huge teepee. |
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| Bush Beans! |
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| Onions (and straw sprouts from a bad batch of straw used as mulch) |
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| Black from Tula tomato |
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| Broccoli and Pac Choy |
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| Cabbage |
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| Echinacea |
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| Baby strawberries!!! |
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| Sunflowers and cucumbers. |
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| Pie Pumpkins |
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| Three Sisters bed; Corn, Beans & Squash |
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| We're determined to add some more color to the garden this year so we've invested in a few annual flowers. They won't produce any fruits but their beauty will be worth every penny. |
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| Potatoes! I finally got the potatoes into their buckets. Five buckets to be exact. |
How are things going...er...growing in your garden?
xoxo,
M
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The garden is looking great. I was just reading about growing luffa. I want to try it! Have you grown it before?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dawn! We tried to grow luffa last year but it died back pretty much as soon as I transplanted it. So, this year I started it earlier and, even though it's a little battered form the wind, it's still growing pretty well. Time will tell but I am very hopeful! How cool would it be to harvest our very own luffa sponges?!
Deletelooking good! i planted my sunflowers with cukes too and now the big leaves are shading the cukes! i've been cutting off the sunflower leaves - what would you do?
ReplyDeleteOh man...Yeah, I guess those huge leave *would* shade the cukes! I think you're probably right to trim back some of the leaves. Ours are planted in a way that the sun comes in at the perfect angle to hit the cukes and the sunflowers...for now ;-) Time will tell! Can't wait to see how your experience goes!
DeleteEverything looks so good! I just planted our tomatillos in containers this year. I planted one in a container last year and it grew very well but didn't put out any fruit (it flowered) and I think it's because I only had one. Hopefully I'll be getting them this year. :)
ReplyDeleteOh yes! There's nothing like a tomatillo straight from the garden! I'm glad you're trying again! Now, I have to ask...were you surprised by how large the plants get??? I had no idea they could get as big as they do!
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