I hope everyone has a year full of life.
First bloom.
Taters.
They're sprouting!
March update #1
Jalapenos, Poblanos, basil and cauliflower (large plot) planted. Also, the tomatoes that I planed before may be coming up, assuming these are the sprouts you see in the photos.
Large plot was overgrown with weeds. Now it isn't. Achievement unlocked! Plot cleared!
State of the Garden (February)
I found my old camera and took some proper photos. Here you go. Betcha never saw celery in its natural habitat -- you know, out of the grocery store.
Also shown here are arugula (one flowering and lots of others), two types of lettuce, swiss & rainbow chard, bluebonnets (not yet bloomed), cilantro (a little wild), rosemary, and my greenhouse which I cleaned up for Spring.
Spring time
Spring time is here! Well, as far as I am concerned. My garden is still alive and the weather is beautiful. Time to plant!
Here are the tomatoes I saved from last crop. I did this last season as well and they all came up and produced fruit. Awesome!
I will try to take more pictures this year as the garden develops with a better camera (just pulled it out of the closet 'cause I am sick of this broken camera phone), but this will have to do for now.
I also planted potatoes and transplanted some extra lettuce plants to give away. Maybe I'll do more blow by blows in the future if I can remember. It is fun to look back like a little scrapbook.
Good luck on whatever you plant whether in gardening or life.
State of the Garden (January)
Sorry for the quality of photos. The camera on my phone is a little wonky.
Most the "bushes" you see are arugula. Arugula is a peppery lettuce that is super low in oxalates and quite tasty for making salads. The little green sprouts in the front are lettuce.
My second pumpkin patch. The other one died. This one is doing better, but I think I have some sort of mold that I am not sure how to treat. I am happy it at least got this far to see some actual pumpkins developing.
I planted cilantro a couple of years ago that went crazy. Now every year I get cilantro everywhere in my yard. I primarily use mine in detox shakes, but of course cilantro has lots of uses.
The left is a small lettuce patch. The right is my immortal Jalapeno tree. Well, hopefully immortal. He's sort of just hanging on right now.
These are the first tomatoes I have raised from seed. It is nice to have fresh tomatoes in winter.
State of the Garden (August)
This is a quick and dirty post to get the ball rolling on this. I apologize for the poor photos -- I need more practice with the phone, or I need to pull out my old camera with an actual view finder and actual focus that works.
This will be the first post in the Gardening section. As we are in the height of summer with weeks of 100 degree weather, the garden is in a woeful state. However, there are still signs of life and I would like to keep a record here as things evolve.
If you're hoping for some professional garden advice, this isn't the place for it. This is just the adventures of a novice that other novices might appreciate.
Excuse the weeds. They're hard to keep up with.
An overview of the main area (state as of August) -->
Below -- I planted a patch of pumpkins about a month ago that all came up (first photo) and were doing great (they looked huge like squash plants, but don't have a photo of it), but I believe a combination of the dire heat and a relentless assault by ants (they were everywhere) looking for water -- and well ... it doesn't look good. But I never give up on my plants.
The first rule of gardening -- in my opinion -- is love. I've seen almost dead plants recover. We'll see if they can hang on.
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