mary mary quite contrary
how does your garden grow…
I actually took these
photos a couple of weeks ago…
it is looking even bigger now
plus, thanks to a good friend,
I was able to add 4 more deck tomato plants.
The cucumber plants are actually
way bigger now.
Next year, I would like to try to
make something cute
that will also keep them up a bit
but now, I am just trying to “train”
them to grow around the bamboo.
Sadly, my string bean plants
were eaten in infancy
by some heartless monster…
or possibly slugs?
I don’t know.
But I am going to try replanting some…
I do have a couple that might give me
few string beans
but
I WANT A LOT!
heehee.
This is the path I take
countless times a day
to water the garden
(the hose won’t reach
AND it leaks
so I have to use a watering can)
and to check on its progress
multiple times a day…
At some point,
I would like to put a real path
in here
with some cute stones
but not sure that
is going to happen this summer.
Good intentions though.
That counts, I think.
Heehee.
wordless wednesday
the year i planted a garden...
i haven't talked about the garden
for a while...
well...unless you count that time that i
said
that i was completely sick of it
and didn't want to deal with it
anymore.
heh.
anyway.
it seemed to have flourished even without my help.
back when i still loved the garden
i made these little signs for it
but totally didn't get a chance to
post any photos of them
(probably because i spent every damn day
making 16 thousand trips back and forth
watering the damn garden)
(next year, i'm using a hose.)
and now we are coming to the end
of the garden season...
i am going to update my little planning book
with what worked well for me
and what i will do different next year
(maybe not go SO heavy on the tomatoes...)
but i am really happy with how it went
this summer.
i want to try to do some fall bulb planting too
of flowers for next year...
i am really, really excited to see the little flower garden
i started this year
bloom on it's own next year...
yeah. i kinda like this gardening thing.
i bet i'll like it WAY better next year
with a working hose.
:)
waiting is so hard...
everything is growing...
but
just
not
fast
enough.
there are so many tomatoes,
but none of them are red!
there are oodles of cucumber flowers
and quite a few pickle sized cucumbers
but not big enough to eat yet...
the corn is officially taller than me.
there are strawberries
that haven't turned red yet...
teeny tiny green peppers...
i know i shouldn't complain...
i've had string beans at least 4 times
(enough for one person each time)
BUT I WANT THE DAMN TOMATOES.
i did get a handful of raspberries though
and that was pretty sweet
well
except the ones that were sour...
:)