June 21 Pictures

[bogydave]

Great pictures
All your plants look great.
My beets are ahead of yours. But thats about it.
How long is your growing season? Here typically done by the end of Aug.

[gardenvt]

Your garden looks wonderful. I am curious about the temps you are experiencing now.

I'm a nut about labeling everything or mapping it out. I have no clue what happened to my tomatoes this year but none of the labels match the tomatoes. I also labeled the pots but I don't recall checking that when planting.

So, the mystery in my garden this year is 18 varieties of tomatoes (22 plants). I left the labels in the pots as planted knowing I would move them around later. My husband was surprised when I told him which of the cherry types is Sweetie last night. It has a very distinct shape so I am ready to move those labels. This will certainly be interesting as I try to name all of the black varieties.

As for the beets, I think the red veined leaves are the beets.

[jal_ut]

I just put up a sign: "No Bad Bugs Allowed!"

[Zapatay]

I think we've seen photos of bird houses around the garden area - Do you still have them?

Speaking of signs - We planted veggies in the front yard. Last year deer ate them. My 5 year old wanted to put up a sign that said "Deer Go Away" and she was confident they wouldn't do anything to the plants.

[jal_ut]

Your garden looks wonderful. I am curious about the temps you are experiencing now.

Yesterday it got up to 82°. The corn is really starting to grow now. It will likely make the traditional "Knee high by the 4th of July" status. It is getting watered at present. I must go shut off the water in a few minutes.

I think we've seen photos of bird houses around the garden area - Do you still have them?

Yes, several bird houses. We feed the birds year round. There is a lot of birds around the yard. I am sure the birds help hold down the insect population.

[Lex]

Now THAT is a garden. Thanks for the awesome pictures!

How in the heck do you keep your garden so free of weeds? I'm experimenting with mulching with leaves, to great success. If I had any bare soil like you have, it'd be covered with weeds in a few days.

Those seeds you sent me are doing great, jal! I have a nice little row of onions (gonna harvest them as green -- can't wait!), a row of beets tat are valiantly struggling against insect damage, and one very happy grey watermelon plant that I didn't know I wasn't supposed to start indoors and transplant. Thanks for the great seeds.

[jal_ut]

How in the heck do you keep your garden so free of weeds?

Another poster asked what I did about bugs.

I just train the bugs to eat the weeds.


Glad things are growing good for you.

[jal_ut]

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[jal_ut]

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Rainbow over my garden this evening.

[applestar]

Gorgeous! And th 2nd faint hues of the double rainbow to the left.
It really looks like there should be a pot of gold just over those mountains.

[shadowsmom]

The photo looks like a painting, it's so perfect! Beautiful view.

[jal_ut]

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Spinach

[applestar]

...what you found at the end of the rainbow?