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Category: My first Gardening experiences | Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:25 pm

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Hello my prettys! I totally lost summer. I missed out on all my stewbies post and haven't updated my blog in quite some time. I haven't harrassed anyone with my million question forums. Where has the time gone? Where have I been you ask? Well I got swallowed by summer it seems! One minute I'm having a good time on garden stew and playing in my garden, enjoying the kids home for summer and then it happend! My very new part time job at the craft store picked up and I taught a kids summer craft class for 7 weeks. And had a blast but it became very time consuming because I had to learn the crafts before I taught them, so I had homework that my wonderful kids helped me with.

It got so hot out, I'm talking 100% humidity and 90*+ temps. That my garden took a bit of a beating. I lost all squash, green bean and pumpin plants. Which squash and pumpkin always have been my problem children. Green beans was my best crop last year and this year was lost from spider mites, but that you probably already knew. And then we had a month of straight rain. Some plants had fungus and blight. But I've been keeping my plants on a neem oil treatment. I'm still winning my white fly battle but they aren't quitters that's for sure. My romaine lettuce was a great crop and now I have 5 more sprouts in there place. I just should have started them sooner so the gap wouldn't be so big between harvest. I lost all my fairy garden plants, I couldn't understand why at first till I caught my kitty messing with them. So the only one that survived is the kalenchoe. I took it out temperarely, its on the patio table under shade. My huge pot of marigolds got rust and I finally pulled them. My african daisy is on its last leg and the seeds I have from it won't germinate. My rose bush is still kicking butt and so are the sweet williams. The english ivy is doing well by the trellis but I have to tie it up. Does it not climb by its self? Hmmm forum time... haha. My Daylillies are still doing well but no sign of a second summer bloom. I have 3 okra plants getting close to flowering and 1 pepper plant that is flowering. My mint and oregano are still growing well. I planted cotton and no sprouts still. I have mamoth sunflowers growing from the seeds of my mothersday plant that up and died a week after mothersday. And I have shasta daisy and astors and columbine sproutlings that I hope survive the heat to be my fall plants. I also lost 1 cherry tomato plant but I planted some of its seeds and now have 4 cherry tomato plants. And the first cherry tomato plant I bought for my husband actually came back to life and sprouted new greenery. I was really shocked to be honest, glad I didn't pull it when I thought it died. A lot of my lowes clearance plants are still doing great. Just can't seem to remember all the names! :\ hehe

So that's what's going on in the garden. And here's just a couple pictures.


Aug 12th front walkway ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )






Aug 12th Right side Patio ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )






Aug 12th Left side Patio ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

The kids go back to school on the 20th and hopefully life slows down a bit. I hope my Aunt who is really ill with cancer gets better this has been weighing heavy on my heart. And my cousin her son can feel relief, I'm worried about him. I have been making him a lot of stuff trying to take his mind off things. I hope to get to spend more time with my favorite gardening community and catch up on what's happening in your gardens. My goal for my fall garden is to get some florida fall plants and add some more perinials to my collection. Now that the summer kids classes are over my boss said the floral designer can teach me faux floral arrangements. She is a wonderful designer and lady so I can't wait to learn from her. I'm so happy to be able to write this and get back into the swing of things. Don't let summer pass you by! Xoxo, Laura Galeassi






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Frank wrote on Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:22 pm:

Sounds like your garden took quite the beating Mrs. G. Still you seem to be on top of it now.
Also naughty kitty.

Sending my positive, best wishes to your aunt and cousin.

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