Sunday, March 24, 2013

Thursday, March 21, 2013

This is War!!

This is war!!!   Watered garden today only to have a section of a gopher tunnel collapse.  I am not taking prisoners!!  I have instead set a cruel, heartless trap. I shall win this battle!!




Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Happy First day of spring 2013

The summer garden, a work in progress!! Actually it is always a work in progress.  I try to do as much as I can every day before it gets too hot.  I did have a little help building the raised beds in the last couple years but everything else I do. I dig, I rake, I plant, I weed, I water.  The smartest thing I have ever done is to splurge on a tiller this year. I can do in minutes what it used to take hours to do.

I currently have EIGHTEEN tomato plants in and if my seedlings survive I will have about 15 more.  Crazy you say?   Yep, yep I am. I have always wanted a pressure canner and finally got one for Christmas this year so I can finally can vegetables and such without having to pickle them or make jams and jellies.

Knock on wood and really hoping for some success in garden this year!

The view from the deck into the garden.....
Yes that is a scarey looking dead tree (mesquite) on top left, would love to get that thing out of here.  Any takers?  Instead of BYOB it is BYOchainsaw!

 View from the steps looking into the garden. The very front center will be okra, slightly behind that bed and to the left is corn...........


On each side of the front steps is normally my flower beds but both beds are currently full of onions....

Around the side of the deck are some sugar snap peas....

First three raised beds.  Bed #1 tomatoes, bed #2 beans and swiss chard, bed #3 tomatoes.....



Side bed, eggplant in front, few leaf lettuce, couple tomatoes, basil and oregano


The pergola which is still a work in progress is currently my garden center.  Grapes are on each corner, hopefully we can  lay pretty brick this year.

About 15 more tomatoes to plant if I don't kill them first.....


 View into the oldest section of garden. Squash, cucumbers, pepper plants, kale, kohlrabi......
 

My redneck trellis....

Kohlrabi .....


Eight Jalapenos, Eight Habanero, and Two Bells......
 

  My monster swiss chard plant.....

And finally, my pretty spot.....  (disregard ugly fence in back please).......