Ron and I split the gardening duties. While we both help each other out with whatever is needed, and frequently our duties cross, there's still a fairly noticeable divide. I'm the flower and houseplant person, both inside and outside. I tend to all the houseplants, make sure the plants and flowers in the garden and in the porch pots are flourishing. Ron takes care of the yard, grass, bushes, and trees, but his special love is the vegetable garden! He LOVES that garden, and I must say, he tends it well. I'm not entirely sure what all is planted there, even though I helped plant everything. And it's not a very large plot, nowhere near as expansive as many of your vegetable gardens, Still, I thought you'd like a glimpse of how well it's doing. Ron sure is proud of it!! I'm pretty sure this is the zucchini. It just exploded this last couple weeks! This monster is horseradish! A couple different views of the rest, though I didn't get pics of the tomato plants in similar tubs to the horseradish on either end of the enclosure. There are beans and peas climbing that trellis, squash, red and green peppers, cucumbers, leeks....I think there might be a couple other things too, but I can't remember. Ron credits how well everything is growing to our huge compost enclosure out back. It sure is rich....I plant up all the porch pots using it, and they're flourishing too!
Ron is doing a great job on his veggie patch and everything looks so healthy. I see he's using marigolds to ward of the bugs and rabbits. We do that too and also plant nasturtiums as they help to protect the veg as well. After all we're growing them for US not all the bugs in the neighbourhood right?!!
Eileen thanks! Yes, the marigolds are what he puts in the garden every year to ward off the bugs and critters. I hadn’t heard that nasturtiums have a similar function! I’ll mention that to him, maybe we’ll dig a few in there as well!
Those pics show really good-looking plants and space. You guys must be quite pleased with your efforts, right? Good touch with those marigolds. The nastur's. are a good idea if you have brassica's planted there as the smell of the nastr's fools them, as they actually seem to prefer the nastur's. I selected some pretty ones for myself to enjoy. I have used this technique several times and had good results--just like is supposed to happen. I planted my nastur's ~1½ - 2m from my brassica's. Additionally, one can eat the flowers on salads, for example.
Mart yes, I'm pretty sure that's squash. Oh....wait. Cucumbers run like that too don't they? Well, it's either squash or cucumber, because we planted both.
Ronni, some cucumbers are climbers or runners and some are supposed to be bush. I think I always get the climbers. I prefer the pickling type cukes, but also have slicers this year. My biggest mistake this season was to trim lower branches from a tomato plant without using my kneeling bench. Cut the plant off instead. So off to buy a replacement. I stuck the chopped off plant in a container of water, assuming it will sprout roots and I will have yet another Black Krim tomato!
Delightful sight Ronni, thanks for sharing! Just shows what a little dedication will show later. @Simple Gardening - Guys, in about a month and a half, your patch too will also look similar to Ronni's. Notice the marigolds?
Ok, what does one DO with horseradish? A friend gave me a small root last year, and this year it is two feet tall and as wide. What do I do with this thing?
When it goes dormant in the fall dig it up, cut the root tips off and plant them in the soil. Then cut off the top where the leaf growth begins. The tuber that’s left can then be ground up. Fresh horseradish as a garnish, make sauce with it or other dishes (many recipes on the net.
