Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – Week 27 of 52
Right before I left for 9 days I sprinkled 2 bottles of Sluggo around the garden and crossed my fingers that the teenager I put in charge of taking care of my garden would be able to handle the job.
Well not only did she do a great job of keeping the gardens watered, but there was one not one plant causality to be found. Which is more than I can say for the last time I put the Handsome Husband in charge of watering.
I came home to zucchini plants growing along the fence and a pallet garden full of strawberries, chard, celery, beans and zucchini that was thriving.
The garden boxes were well taken care of too.
Artichokes, rhubarb, and gladiolus.
While we were away the temps in the Seattle/Tacoma area were in the 80’s and the tomatoes and cucumbers really benefited from the heat. I’ll post some close up pictures later this week so you can see.
And holy cow man! Check out the cabbage and potatoes we have growing along side the greenhouse. Not to shabby if you ask me!
The potato towers and the spuds we have growing along side the greenhouse are looking pretty good as well.
A view from the back deck.
The kale and the Swiss chard we planted in front of the chicken coop is finally starting to take off. I didn’t water it as much as I should have in the beginning because of where the coop is located {it’s kind of a pain to drag the hose all the way over there everyday}. But the little vegetable patch is starting to bounce back and provide a bunch of greens for the hens to munch on.
Wahooo! Check out the pumpkin patch. When I was mounding up little hills to plant pumpkin seeds I snuck a seed potato at the bottom of each hill. Since potatoes and pumpkins grow well together I figured, hey, why not?
I’ve never tried this before so I’m curious to see how many potatoes we get.
The raspberry patch. We picked our first pint of 2013 raspberries this morning.
And last but not least, the container herb garden. I need to get our there and harvest so herbs before they all go to seed!
Well that’s a quick look at my garden, how is yours coming along?
~Mavis
This years garden is being sponsored by the awesome folks at Botanical Interests Seed Company. You can check out their website HERE, order their new 2013 Garden Seed Catalog HERE, or visit my boyfriend Ryan’s blog HERE.
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