Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – Week 23 of 52
See that first box? Green beans. So far, so good. I thought for sure nothing would grow in those first two garden boxes but the beans I planted are thriving.
As for the garden bed behind it… well that’s another story. I dug up the broccoli plants {they were so tiny} and replaced them with potatoes. Now, if I can’t get potatoes to grow in that garden box, then I’ll know for sure something in wrong with the soil.
The pallet gardens are looking good, but I’m still trying to figure out what I’ll put in them once I harvest the lettuce.
You probably can’t see it in the photo above but the pea teepees are covered with white flowers. Wahoo! Although we’ve already picked a few, we should be swimming in spring peas in another week or so.
The tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, Swiss chard and strawberries are all doing great in the greenhouse. Now I just need to get the rest of the pots planted and line the insides with them.
The potato towers are looking good. I also planted a few spuds along the backside of the greenhouse.
A view from the back deck. Yes, it’s still looks like a neon orange bomb went off.
Over the weekend the HH hauled in some more soil for my pumpkin patch. Or our future pumpkin patch I should say. I started a few pumpkin seeds in the greenhouse, but I need to direct sow the rest of them this week in order to have the pumpkins ready by around mid to late September.
Halloween may not be until the end of October, but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to decorate the front porch with pumpkins from September through November.
Ahh the raspberry patch. I keep telling myself this is going to be a bumper year for raspberries. Last year we didn’t get to many but the bees are everywhere this year.
Right now this is one of my favorite views of the garden. The containers are overflowing with herbs and the raspberry patch is full of green canes and the bees are buzzing around like crazy.
Now, if I could just get a few projects checked off my list, everything would be perfect.
How is your garden coming along? Do you still have a long list of things you want to plant?
~Mavis
Mary M says
We haven’t planted anything yet, but I REALLY want to. I’m hoping that because I’m in Oregon, and you’re in Washington, that means it’s not too late for me to get something in the ground. Specifically zucchini. Wish me luck.
Diane says
I’m building 2 new 4 X 8 raised beds in my community garden plot so I’m a bit behind. I will have to move a couple of buried herb pots to finish the second bed. Extra soil is piled high in the first bed since I had no where else to put it. Totally love my garden, but long for the day that I can have a backyard like the one Mavis has. Have starts that I seeded at home that are totally ready to be planted. Hoping that will keep me zooming to get the beds done. I will have to take it a bit easy today as I tweaked my right shoulder. Wishing everyone great success with their gardens.
Heidi says
Your garden is lush and beautiful. What is your secret? You don’t seem to have any pest or disease. I had to pull out my cucumbers and melons this morning because they became diseased in the last couple weeks. Any prevention tips you can share?
Kristen says
Just moved into a new home last year in May. Last year was NOT a good year around here for gardening. Slowly my garden is getting bigger and bigger. We have been very fortunate to get some pretty cheap/free materials for our yard. The last person to live here tore out a foundation or something and left concrete chunks just on the outer part of the property so i’ve been landscaping with that and also some very cheap lumber my husband got from work. One day my garden/yard will look like yours!
Gail J says
In March I planted tomatoes, lettuce, broccoli, green peppers, zucchini, red onions and snap peas. Everything grew like crazy and I was able to harvest the lettuce, some broccoli and some snap peas. The tomatoes are still green, and there are lots of them. Unfortunately, gophers got everything except the tomatoes, and I am expecting that to happen any day now. This was my first garden (and I am 73 years old) and I was really excited how it was going. But….I am not discouraged. I figured out I could outfox those critters next year by using large plastic planters (20 gal or so) and sinking them in the ground, or I may just leave them aboveground. I am working on collecting planters and gettin them ready for planting (got 2 half barrel size from a gardening friend) and by next March I will be ready to go. Hopefully I will have better luck next year.
Jesse says
Gail-
Congrats on trying the garden! I lost all of my potatoes to Voles this year and I am terrified that they will eat the tomatoes! I think your container idea is genius! You could even drill holes in the container, sink it and the plant would be just as able to get water from the ground!
Good luck!
Candice says
Why not try bush beans…yellow, purple, or green..in the pallets after the lettuce is finished. You could alternate rows with French marigolds which are easily grown from seed and keep away those pesky bean beetles. Bonus… it;s pretty and the beans are easily picked and ready for a final planting of spinach or fall lettuce.
Mindy says
I just picked the first two strawberries from the strawberry bed – yum! We hope to have fresh peas soon. The beans, carrots and radishes are up and some spinich is ready along with the rhubarb. The zucchini and cucumber are hanging in there and this weeks sun should send them on their way. I love your potato tower and would love to do one. Am I way too late to start one (I live about halfway between Olympia and the coast)?
Carla says
How exciting! Everything looks great! And I am stoked because I thought it was too late to plant pumpkin seeds!
Steve says
Once you have harvested the lettuce in the pallet garden, replace it with more lettuce. Get the lettuce “Summertime” it’s a small head lettuce that puts up with the heat in my Seattle garden. I gotten the seeds from Territorial Seed in the past.
Preppy Pink Crocodile says
I love these posts! Your garden is such a fantasy to my city self! But I’ve planted a community garden plot (which seems huge to me at all of 9′ x 24′) and it’s about 3/4 done being planted. Hoping to finish up in the next two evenings if the rain stays away.
We have a (or many??) woodchuck in our garden though. Do you or other readers have tips for getting rid of it? It’s an organic only garden so no chemicals are permitted.
KK
Judy says
Mavis is all looks so wonderful!! I have been meaning to ask you how much land you actually have because it seems like your lot is HUGE, you have a lot of plants going on! I can’t wait to see the pumpkin patch, Fall is my Favorite time of the year..loading up the porch with pumpkins..When I see them I smile..my hubby just shakes his head at how much Joy I get from Fall and its Decorating possibilities..LOL
Happy Gardening