A magicians 1st garden. With Pics! UPDATE 7/30

[The Magician]

The beds now look like this. Notice the Cukes are gone? Well they all were bitter to the point that I could not eat them even after peeling. Plus a ground hog did a number on the base stems.

So I pulled the cukes, and moved some peppers that were not setting fruit cause I think they were not getting enough sun under the cukes.

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Cuke grave yard.

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This is what it looks like now. I planted my fall crop of lettuce blends in the open spot today. 45 days to grow it said on the package so it will be nice having fresh salads.

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My bean plants are getting hit hard

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But the are still making beans! And theres a ton of them.

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Chili peppers are rocking, the Habeneros just started to fruit.

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The bell peppers (all diff colors) that were not buried in the cukes are doing great. I transplanted the other ones today so hopefully the will catch up and are not in too much shock. Notice them drooping on the left, hopefully in a few days they will enjoy the new sun spot and come back.

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Weird shape on this one.
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Heres some maters. I am going to have a ton of maters from just 6 plants.

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Here is this afternoons harvest.

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[SOB]

Looking great! You should be proud of your first year success so far!

[DownriverGardener]

looks great! I love your setup next to a lake. Cheers.

[mhannum]

Great photos and nice garden!

Sorry about the groundhog, though... ugh, they are buggers.

[The Magician]

Great photos and nice garden!

Sorry about the groundhog, though... ugh, they are buggers.

Its okay I got him!

[greenstubbs]

Cucks go bitter from lack of H2O during the fruiting process, as well as leaving them on the vine for a day or 3 to long. Looks a little crowded as mentioned, but healthy crops are there. Reap from your bounties, and learn from your loses.

[PunkRotten]

Very nice house and garden. Any fish in that lake?

[The Magician]

Very nice house and garden. Any fish in that lake?

Yes it is a very good , not great fishing lake. I water from the lake and fertilized each bed with fish scraps when I first put the dirt in.

[dsyukon]

Nice neat setup ! Some awesome looking plants !

Five Stars !

[DDMcKenna]

Big jump, 23 months between posts. I wonder how the garden is this year?

Cute kid, amazing garden, but in the very first photo posted,
I looked at that rake and wondered if it was laying there with the points turned up?

[mattie g]

The OP hasn't been back in two years, so something g tells me you won't get an answer.

The rake was pointed down, by the way.

[sunflower13]

Now my curiosity is piqued. Did he continue to garden or did he stop? Will we ever know ?

[mattie g]

Now my curiosity is piqued. Did he continue to garden or did he stop? Will we ever know ?

Seems he disappreared in a puff of smoke.