What have you done today in the Garden?

Oh my DeepWoods! Can your friends & family even recognize you?

I had a very productive day in the garden, finally! We've had house guests for the past several days & prior to that my husband was in the hospital for a week (he is fine, scheduled surgery). So between visiting my husband at the hospital & then entertaining relatives I was rushed off my feet.

The vegie garden got a bit ahead of me, but things are coming up nicely: peas, lettuce, bok choi, arugula, strawberries, ASPARAGUS!!!, potatoes, leeks, Swiss chard, ksle, etc.
We've had 8 dinners of asparagus.

This afternoon I also had some time to weed the garden at home & get my herbs in pots on the back stoop.

Want to see what I've found so far this year in the home garden?

Our son spent hours as a boy playing with his friends with various plastic critters...hours upon hours. Every summer I find another 3 or more in the garden beds. Brings back happy memories for me.

Here are some more shots of the home garden. A lot is coming into bloom, but you can also tell that I need to do loads more weeding & thinning out.

 

That bamboo trellis is great! I don't have bamboo, but I do have lots of cedar, and I think that with a bit of work and frequently looking at your post, I can do a couple of natural looking trellises!
I keep finding matchbook cars from the previous owner's children. "Pick up your toys" obviously wasn't one of the parental mandates!

 

MG I always thought it was one of mine, but clearly I wasn't so effective.
BTW, I just use zip ties to make trellises.

 

I just ordered 35 bags of mulch at the local garden center.... For PICK-UP! In my CAR! lol. Should be fun.

 

I think you may need to make a couple of trips? unless you have a really big car?

 

Yeah, that didn't work out Carolyn.... but on Tuesday when I get back in town, I'll use the garden center truck to bring it to my house. I must have been dreaming this morning
when I thought of using my car.....

 

daisyb's, wouldn't it be cheaper to have a truck load delivered?

 

Today was onion day! As if the barn wasn't fragrant enough with the drying garlic and the hens, I pulled onions and have them hanging to dry. "Heady aroma" doesn't begin to describe it!

 

Fertilized with a little weakened Miracle Gro, some Bone Meal, Espom salts and a 5-5-5 granular blend.

Sowed some onions.

 

Yesterday was my daughter's birthday. We spent it together going apartment hunting. Nice dsy.

In the morning though, I had time to pot up the herbs and dahlias that inhabit our back stoop for the summer. My husband has become a great cook....he makes liberal use of fresh herbs. It is a lot cheaper to grow them than buy them. Plus it gives me an excuse to grow more plants!



UnfortunatEly I have a lot more to plant still. These are perennials needing homes somewhere.

And more! Although most of these I will be giving away:

Finally, these are butternut squash, I think. I found them growing in the compost pile. I'll plant them in the community garden. I may be surprised later on the season to discover I have planted cucumbers!

 

cuke and squash have different smells. cukes smell fresh and clean and squash not quite do... maybe a little less fragrant and a bit "musty"? nor do they look like cukes to me.... at least not the ones I grow. They do look more like squash leaves.

 

Oh Cayuga--I really enjoyed seeing you piccies of your home garden. I especially liked the variety of plants that you have. The Forget-me-nots stole my heart, though.

 

Carolyn, thank you. I will do a sniff test when the rain clears here.

Sjoerd, thank you! Yes forget me nots are indeed unforgettable!

I hope to do more this year cleaning up the gardens.