June 23rd, 2009
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It doesn’t look like much now, but once the pumpkins and gourds start growing, this will be a mass of vines.
A few potential obstacles that I am slightly concerned about:
- The bags of soil seem sub-par, rock solid already after baking in the sun yesterday. It’s Hyponex potting soil – I probably should have added some loose material – too late now.
- The soil beneath the landscape fabric is rocky for the front bags. Just how rocky, I’m not sure, but the pins were tough to push in. Again, too late now. Maybe pumpkins like rocky soil?
- I grew squash near this area last year, so the potential for vine borers increases. Last year, I had very few problems with these pests – but once you notice their presence, it’s too late.
- Jake and Buddy don’t seem to understand there is a newly planted bed here – they like to run through it.
June 21st, 2009
by Alan
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I had all sorts of plans these last 4 days. Not a one of them included this much rain. I’ve completed five of the ten cement piers for the deck, and I’d like to do 5 more, but there is a chance of “torrential rains” this evening. Albeit a slight chance. The storm that pushed through on Friday was outrageous with 70-85 mph winds. Some of our newly planted trees need staking now. The wind today seems to be blowing in the other direction so maybe that will help. Won’t much help the fallen hollyhocks though.
Still, the blooms are coming – you just have to look lower to the ground for them. And new blooms appear every day. This double poppy surprised me this morning. Nice, yes?
June 13th, 2009
by Alan
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It is fun to watch the growth in the garden. And it is especially fun to watch the peas take off. And it is even more fun to eat the peas. It has been such a long cool start to summer, the peas are going nuts. The tomatoes and peppers don’t much care for the cool weather, but they can wait a little bit.
I also fixed the damn mower today. Now if things would dry out a little, we could take back the lawn.
June 6th, 2009
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The clawfoot tub that we bathed in our first year here (to Al’s chagrin) is now a pond with goldfish, some sort of bottom feeder fish and a few water plants: water lily, water hyacinth, water lettuce and a bottom plant that is supposed to balance the pond and keep the water clean. The fish went in earlier this week, but we are just now starting to see them as they’ve been very shy. The great thing about this water garden is that there will be no weeds.
June 3rd, 2009
by Alan
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The garlic is growing rather well. It seems we did not plant enough. I can tell, and so can Peaches (the cat).
Just beyond the garlic is our first sugar snap pea blossom. It won’t be long now before we can eat some peas fresh from the garden.
