Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – Week 24 of 52~Mavis
The weather was in the 70’s this past week and the garden totally benefited from it. The beans in the box at the bottom of the photo above are doing great and the beet seeds I planted last week are just beginning to pop up between the rows of beans.
Lucy the puggle dog is seen inspecting the cabbage. One of the plants decided to bolt so I think I’ll feed it to the chickens.
Check out the pea teepees. The Girl and I have plans too pick peas and strawberries today. I don’t know how many there are, but I’m hoping for atleast a couple of pounds. Are you picking peas yet?
We picked up some pots on the way home yesterday for the greenhouse. Hopefully next time I share greenhouse photos there will be more pots in there to show you.
The potato towers are doing better than expected! We also how potatoes growing out of the wood pallet compost bin and along side the greenhouse.
A view from the back deck.
The pumpkin patch has finally been planted! Yee-Haw! It feels good to be finally done. Usually I like to plant our pumpkins on June 1st but this year we got off to a late start. Oh well, at least we are finished and now the neighbors can stop staring at my in bathrobe making little hills of dirt at all hours of the day. It’s done!
The overgrown raspberry patch. I keep telling myself I need to get in there and create some sort of raspberry trellis but I think it’s too late now. I’ll have to leave that chore until the end of the summer when all of the raspberry plants have died back.
Here is a view from the kitchen window.
And last but not least, the container herb garden and 2 of our rhubarb plants.
That is what is happening in our backyard today, what’s happening in yours? Are you picking peas and strawberries yet? Harvesting any Swiss chard?
Mavis wants to know.
This years garden is being sponsored by the awesome folks at Botanical Interests Seed Company. You can check out their website HERE, order their new 2013 Garden Seed Catalog HERE, or visit my boyfriend Ryan’s blog HERE.
Karen Coghlan says
I live in Arizona as I write the temperature is 99 to 100 degrees its 2:00pm but we are forecast to get to 106. It has been over 100 for the past week, my zucchini is looking badly, and until yesterday they were wilting very badly during the heat. I got an order of shade cloth and have them temporarily covered them, planning to make it semi permanent. None of my seeds that I have been waiting for are germinating. I learned that heat may be the reason.
I am searching to help for growing in the heat.
Karen Coghaln
Sakura says
Check out The Prudent Homemaker blog and website. Brandy lives in North Las Vegas and she grows fruits and veggies all year long. I’m sure she’ll have some suggestions on her site that will be able to help you.
Karen Coghlan says
Thank you for the tip, I found the sites now I just need to read through them.
April says
I am in AZ and follow Arizona Edible Gardener or Desert Gardeners on FB for help with desert heat gardening….Phx area
Karen Coghlan says
I will have to search for that. Thanks April for mentioning this.
Karen
Karen Coghlan says
I guess I failed to mention that my Okra, Basil and Swiss Chard are doing well. Also since covering the Cucumber and Zucchini with 50% shade and a medium weight row cover they are starting to recover, and the cucumber is getting big fast, I have only had them covered for the past two days, I am already seeing them improve. Thank goodness.
lindasue says
The squirrels seem to get to my peas before I can.so very disappointed.
Penelope says
We picked 4 lbs of strawberries, very tiny, but they taste good. Oh and one artichoke. Nothing much else is doing anything. Our weather jumped from 45’s to 70’s and wet for a couple weeks and then jumped to 90’s. We are a good 10-15 degrees above normal right now. A sprinkler head didn’t work so I lost half my plants in one dry windy day.
Things are fixed up and I have a few new plants to put in, and I put a few more seeds in, but I haven’t seen any germination yet. So far a rocky start. But things should get better.
Sakura says
I didn’t plant peas this year, but my mom did. They are ready to be picked also. I usually purchase my peas at the downtown farmers market for a fair price. My swiss chard from last year bolted pretty fast because of our weird weather here, so I decided to pull them and start over. I have about 8 plants that have leaves on them, and about 12 more planting I’m hoping will start showing soon. Our strawberries are starting to turn red, and there’s a bunch. I’m hoping to pick enough to make 7 jars of jam this week. I still have to get my long beans in the ground, it’s just hard to work in the garden when it’s 93° outside. tuesday it should cool down to the mid 80’s. I have a question about raspberry plants, can I plant and grow them in a space that is about 20″ wide by 6 to 8 feet long? I have some space next to my house that just gets full of weeds that I would love to put something in. It gets sun from morning until around 1 pm, then it’s shady. I know it’s too late for the plants to fruit this year, but if anyone has suggestions or thinks it will work let me know. Thanks.
Penelope says
I have a neighbor that did this. The space is more like 2 feet wide and 40 ft long and it seems to work. I think we are generally in your area too. I have another neighbor that put them in a narrow flower bed on the side of their house and they seem to grow really well. I’m guessing you should do fine. Good luck!
Mary Ann says
The weather has been so weird this year here in So Cal. It’s warm for a bit and then overcast and drizzly. My garden was going gangbusters, but all of a sudden I have powdery mildew everywhere. It’s heartbreaking! I’ve been cutting stuff back so much that the plants are stopping production, so I’m trying to start more seeds to hopefully extend the season.
Still, I’ve been harvesting green beans, jalapenos, broccoli, zucchini, carrots, strawberries, beets, radishes, green onions, and the first of the tomatoes have ripened.
I want to keep the garden organic and resorted to using Organicide which is also supposed to be a fungicide, but it’s not helping the powdery mildew. Anyone have any suggestions?
Vicki says
Not gardening this year – living vicariously through reading yours and other gardening blogs (thanks so much for allowing me to get a garden fix every day). I have a question, though. I went back and started reading your blog from the very beginning (I know, I know – you didn’t recommend that). You talked about planting blueberries, but I haven’t seen anything about blueberries recently. Do you still have your plants?
Molly R. Moody says
I love the pictures of your garden. If your neighbors don’t like seeing you in a bathrobe just go out in pajamas and house slippers. I see people dressed like that in the grocery store, Walmart, McDonald’s, and when I’m riding the bus. No one seems to bat an eye at people going out in their pajamas anymore.
Margery says
I have been getting snow peas for a month. They are just about done, as we are getting really close to the 90s here in Georgia, the Deep South. Most of my Swiss chard has bolted. I have one bunch in a shady area that hasn’t, and I am planning to make Swiss chard quiche. My neighbor just gave me 2 dozen eggs from her hens! We are harvesting small zucchini. I’m keeping my fingers crossed against the squash vine borers, and checking my plants everyday. We have also harvested 2 jalapeños.
Blueberries are starting to ripen. Baby cucumbers, baby watermelon, and baby banana peppers are out there. Flowers adorn the green beans, so it won’t be long!