Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2009 17:43:16 GMT -5
Since I like looking at pics of other people's gardens, I thought I would share a couple of mine. These were taken earlier this week, after a frenzy of weeding. I can only weed for so long before I get really depressed, knowing that by tomorrow there will be even more to pull.
In the picture below, the lane on the left has pie pumpkins near the bottom and snap peas at the top. The patch at the center right has carrots (and weeds -- hard to weed carrots until they get a bit taller), the patch above the carrots are tomatoes. Against the far fence are some slow-growing potatoes and garlic. The yellow flowers to the far right are rutabagas going to seed their second year.
In the second picture, you can see part of the carrot (and 1/4 rutabaga) patch to the left. The section near the bottom of the pic has peppers, one pumpkin, and brussels sprouts that are mostly covered by a floating row cover. The upper half of the pic shows my lush potato patch, and beyond that a bit of my green bean patch that you can't see because the potatoes are so thick. Also, I got my beans in late so they are only now just popping out of the ground.
If you look at the potato patch, you can see the difference that chicken litter can make. We spread chicken litter late last fall over some of the garden beds, and it covered the left part of the (now) potato patch. So, the potatoes on the left have litter, and the potatoes on the right do not.
Also, this is the first year I've tried floating row covers. For the last few years I've been getting inundated with those green cabbage worms all over my cabbages and sprouts. This year I thought I'd give the covers a try. So far, I'm sold! No worms. And really healthy looking plants underneath. But the sprouts are getting so big I have to take the covers off of them now. Hope the worms don't show up suddenly.
We've got another area of corn and more tomatoes that didn't make it into the pictures. I spend about six hours a week in the garden pulling weeds, mainly Canada thistle. And I still don't get it all. (As you can see.) The walkway with the hose draped over it was constructed using cardboard and straw mulch. The thistle grows right through it. Next year I'm using all steel for mulch. Try to grow through that, you nasty spikey weed...
Happy gardening!
In the picture below, the lane on the left has pie pumpkins near the bottom and snap peas at the top. The patch at the center right has carrots (and weeds -- hard to weed carrots until they get a bit taller), the patch above the carrots are tomatoes. Against the far fence are some slow-growing potatoes and garlic. The yellow flowers to the far right are rutabagas going to seed their second year.
In the second picture, you can see part of the carrot (and 1/4 rutabaga) patch to the left. The section near the bottom of the pic has peppers, one pumpkin, and brussels sprouts that are mostly covered by a floating row cover. The upper half of the pic shows my lush potato patch, and beyond that a bit of my green bean patch that you can't see because the potatoes are so thick. Also, I got my beans in late so they are only now just popping out of the ground.
If you look at the potato patch, you can see the difference that chicken litter can make. We spread chicken litter late last fall over some of the garden beds, and it covered the left part of the (now) potato patch. So, the potatoes on the left have litter, and the potatoes on the right do not.
Also, this is the first year I've tried floating row covers. For the last few years I've been getting inundated with those green cabbage worms all over my cabbages and sprouts. This year I thought I'd give the covers a try. So far, I'm sold! No worms. And really healthy looking plants underneath. But the sprouts are getting so big I have to take the covers off of them now. Hope the worms don't show up suddenly.
We've got another area of corn and more tomatoes that didn't make it into the pictures. I spend about six hours a week in the garden pulling weeds, mainly Canada thistle. And I still don't get it all. (As you can see.) The walkway with the hose draped over it was constructed using cardboard and straw mulch. The thistle grows right through it. Next year I'm using all steel for mulch. Try to grow through that, you nasty spikey weed...
Happy gardening!
