It’s been another crazy week here in Mavisland planting seeds, weeding and clearing land. The main vegetable garden is coming along nicely and so far so good. The cucumber seeds I planted a few weeks ago are popping through the soil and I am on the look out for the zucchini I planted last week.
Weeding carrots though…. It’s not the funnest thing to do.
Take a look at those beans!
And the Swiss chard, turnips and beets! So far everything I have planted is doing well. I’m looking forward to giving the vegetable garden a more manicured look {with wood chips and proper borders} this fall when the growing season winds down. Right now though I’m just trying to get portions of the lawn dug up and a few of the wooded areas cleared so I can get seeds in the ground.
Harriet’s babies.
The mammoth sunflowers I planted along the back of the house are really taking off. I should probably thin them out or transplant the extras, but I’m just not sure where to put them.
Then again, maybe relocating a few sunflower seedlings near the purple martin house might be a good idea for a bit of color. Did you know purple martins eat mosquitoes? Yes, yes they do and they eat wasps as well. Giddy up! Maybe we need to become a purple martin sanctuary. 😉
Mystery Plant #1 – Dames Rocket
We have this growing all over the place and I thought this was a weed, but apparently not. Anyone know what this is?
Mystery Plant #2 – Some sort of Peony.
Not so mystery plant: Comfrey. And we have loads of it. Apparently it makes a good organic fertilizer tea.
And last but not least… I bought a 12 pack of Irish Spring soap because my buddy Heather told me to. Although I haven’t seen a deer yet {knock on wood} and several people on my road have vegetable plots in the front of their properties with only a 3 foot fence, if even that {to keep bunnies out?} I thought it might be a good idea to hang up some bars around our vegetable garden plot.
I know I am totally taking my chances this summer with our garden, but honestly, we are not going to make an investment to do anything else to protect our property from wildlife this year. Just getting a garden installed and keeping up with the yard is hard enough. The people who lived here before us had a nice sized vegetable garden and it was left unprotected, and after seeing the neighbors veggie plots out in the open, I am willing to gamble a little. Crazy as that may be.
Life, it’s a big adventure. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes you get to enjoy a freshly caught wild turkey for dinner in the middle of June. 😉
Keep Calm and Garden On I say!
Have a great Wednesday everyone,
~Mavis
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