Thursday, June 16, 2011

Garden Progress (with photos!)

My good camera died a slow, pathetic death.  The following are taken with my iPhone, so please bear with me!

 Snap Peas, with Kale in front that you can't quite see yet.


 Broccoli and Red Cabbage


 4 types of Summer Squash, Onions and Cauliflower.


 Spinach, Turnips, Kohlrabi, Red Cabbage, Radishes and Lettuce


 Carrots and more Radishes


 Impromptu Willow Trellis with Sweet Peas


 The Potato experiment!


 The new Herb Garden


And last but not least, what's left of my bush beans.

I discovered the little visitor that was decimating my beans was none other than the cutworm.  This is all that is left of the 80+ bean plants I had in here.  The survivors are now protected by some bottomless plastic cups, sunk about 2 inches into the soil.  I killed approximately 40 cutworms today, and although I'm sure I didn't get them all, this should solve the problem.  Fortunately, I have more little bean seedlings available, thanks to my Mom's garden, so all is not lost.

Bean Killer

SOMETHING is in my garden, enjoying all of my bush bean seedlings.  Half of them have been chopped off, right at the soil level.  Anyone local have this problem, or a solution to this problem?  At this rate, I won't have any green beans at all this year!  :(

Saturday, June 11, 2011

The garden is in and growing!!

This years inventory:
Carrots
Broccoli
Cabbage
Spinach
Turnips
Kohlrabi
Radish
Lettuce
Bush Beans
Summer Squash (4 types)
Cauliflower
Onion
Sweet Peas
Potatoes
Large Herb Garden
Snap Peas
Kale
Tomatoes (2 types)
Cucumber
Rhubarb

All the seeds have officially sprouted, and everything looks happy and healthy. What's growing in your garden?