Sunscreen, Buddha and planning.
Pulling.
Columbine covered in pollen. (Pass the Benedryl, please.)
Azalea.
Rhododendron.
Sunflowers--just peeking through.
Peas, please.
Fringe tree. (Love it!)
Tomato plant side shoot.
Tomato plant side shoot no more--pull them! (It helps, trust me.)
Square foot herb garden.
Your garden is beautiful! I can tell all the hard work you have put into it. Your SFG looks great, grids and all(I still havn't put the grids in mine, I guess I'm a rebel,lol). You planted all my favorite herbs.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about you but I find it excruciating cutting those tomato suckers off. I know it needs to be done but it just feels wrong:)
Beautiful! I have some peas that have sprouted, but that and swiss chard are all I have planted outside. I have tomato and pepper seeds started indoors. Your garden looks great! I think we own the same Buddha statue; mine lives in my front flowerbed. I love him.
ReplyDeleteHi veganhomemaker! Thanks so much! I am a wee-bit of a SFG rebel in my veggie patch, too--string and sticks outline most of it--too much work and too costly to do a whole long row of that blocking off stuff. Maybe I'll regret it as the summer wears on. I agree with you on the poor side shoots on the tomatoes, it totally feels wrong and this will be the first year I actually do that--pulling off stuff! I worry for them!
ReplyDeleteHi Bonnie! Thank you so much! I just put up the "trellis net" for my peas today as a matter of fact (which was an hour long project because that net stuff is like untangling a ball of yarn)! They are fast little things, aren't they? I admire your seed-startingness--I am too ADD for that--it's enough to get my seeds in the ground already! We have three Buddhas in our yard! We, too, love the Buddha!
ReplyDeleteSome day, some day, I will be able to do this. It looks like so much fun! I like your hat by the way!
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are so beautiful and inspiring! I love reading about your garden!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! We don't have much going on in ours yet, but a few greens have finally sprouted :) I do have some tomatoes and peppers to transplant eventually, too and am very excited because it will be the first year I started them from seed! Not sure if I've mentioned to you, but I am becoming more and more anxious to move out of town. My most recent dream is for us to build our own house.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous garden!
ReplyDeleteHow do you know what to pull off the tomato, I did this last year but I think I did it wrong because it got all bumpy like it caught a disease. I love your herb garden, I notice that you are growing marigolds...is that to keep the bugs away? I wish I could have a long growing season...it snowed here yesterday!
Hi Noelle! Thanks so much, I love my hat (BTW, it's available at Target!)
ReplyDeleteHi Mihl! I am geographically challenged so I have no idea what the world has to offer you--but it sounds cold--how much summer do you get? You have four seasons, right?
Hi Laura! When you get out to Portland, you will be amazed at how gorgeous it is! I hope you post photos on your Lunch Notes blog--we sure will miss you!
Hi Cassie! How wonderful to build your own home. I have a dear friend who lives in the most amazing custom built home--it is to die for--she cherishes it. I cherish my very old home that someone, at some point built--70 years ago. Come live in St. Louis--come visit my garden!
Hi Kirsten! Thank you! And yes--the marigolds are planted throughout my garden and they do help with non-friendly bugs. Also, basil and several other herbs are great companions for veggies--definitely basil with tomatoes. I should do a post on this for folks. I totally do NOT know how to pull or what to pull, I followed the directions in my book: The Vegetable Gardener's Bible--he said to do so. We shall see--I am just praying for no "tomato horn worms!" I cannot believe you had snow--your garden your dad helped you with is so wonderful--I can't wait to see how it grows!