June 26th Update

The every expanding melon patch, I swear Jimmy Hoffa is under there. The square footage of this patch is literally nearing the same as my living room.

Green peppers forming on numerous plants

Gourd plants in need of weeding

Itty bitty Cherry Tomatoes
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Rainy weather is called for this week. This past weekend there was just the right amount here. Others in area though are complaining that their potatoes are rotting in the ground with all the rain. I dug what was left of mine out this past weekend, before the rain hit.

Tater Crop

This is a pic of some of the taters I have been able to get from the garden. Sooooooo good with a bit of butter and salt and pepper!

June 5, 2007 Update

I dug up a few of my potatoes over the weekend. They tasted wonderful!



Tomatoes are beginning to bloom, but the plants are not too large...yet.



Cotton is slowly growing.



Things are still coming up.



Buds on one of the melon plants. They are LOADED!



Something has eaten the tops off of the Sunflowers. They look as if they have been gnawed.



Bloom on another of the melon plants.



This gives you the idea of the size of one of the melon patches. The small item on the lower left is the seed package to label the area.

May 31st Update

I was out in the garden a couple of days ago and took the pics seen below. When I went out tonight I was mulching with hay to keep the weeding down and hold in some moisture. BUT, even though that was my goal and I did accomplish it, I was more amazed at the amount of growth since these images were taken.

The melon plants are twice the size as the ones seen here. Tomatoes, melons, and green beans are blooming or about to bloom. I overheard someone say they had already been eating some of their potatoes so I imagine mine are about there as well.










Lots of green!

April 29th Update

Cotton is breaking through the ground everywhere! Along with the Sunflowers, and Pumpkins :0)



Tomato's are now out, only planted two, a cherry and a 'Big Boy". The Green Peppers are also in the ground, as of last night.



These little wild flowers are popping up everywhere in the yard, we need to mow, but I hate the idea of cutting these beauties down.

It's Raining Men!~

Yesterday and today has been extremely wet. But, the clouds parted long enough today for me to venture out and take a few more pics of the garden are. This time, all the moisture seems to be a good thing!



OK, technically these are still inside on my kitchen window, but let say they are 'garden material' anyway.

My pepper plants are much like men in general. Stick with me folks.... Rough, with a few 'leaves' missing, but with a woman's loving care they will hopefully bring forth good offspring.

Something has been munching on the leaves. We have an abundance of Mayflies, but the man in the house, claims it can not be them. That they only eat nectar. No idea what else it could be...... anyone have ideas?



Cherry Tomato waiting for the ran to stop so I can put her into the ground.



Potatoes are coming up in droves!



If I recall the order my pictures were taken in, these are green-bean plants coming up. A sure sign that the first ones I planted are a lost cause, as these are the latest ones added.



Seen coming up in the Watermelon/ Cantaloupe/ Pumpkin area.



Spinach folks!



One more view of the potatoes for good measure :0)

We Got Taters!

Tonight I pulled the mulch off of the plants to see what damage had been done by the past few weeks. As a reminder I had gorgeous potatoes and a few green beans coming up and the freezing temps killed them all off. Or so I thought.....



Tater. A bit brown still but see the green! IT LIVES!



The green beans though were no where in sight. So a few more were planted. Also planted tonight were; Watermelon, Cantaloupe, and Sunflowers. Not a large number of any one, but enough to get it going....weather permitting.



The view from my front step on the way back into the house. Weird how cameras never can truly capture a sunset.

Freezing Temps Prep

The latest crop? Plastics.

Good use of plastic cups and 2-liter bottles.



This sad green bean, I expect, will not make it. I uncovered it to take this pic, and it appears that it has already gotten too cold. Since they are calling for 17 degrees tonight and similar lows the next, I placed extra mulch around things and made sure everything was relatively secure.



Some of the potatoes, that were covered with mulch only, did not appear well. This is not one of them. Sorry, I took a pic of the dark green damaged leaves of a plant but it was too blurry to share. In my defense the wind is blowing pretty strong and I did not want to stay out there too long. Least my own limbs turn dark green and fall off.



Closer view of my mini greenhouse affect. FYI Al Gore loves me :0)