Things are Growing On May 23, 2009

Things are Growing On

May 23, 2009 at 3:08 pm

The heat wave has been broken by unusually cool and cloudy weather and even some rain. The garden is loving it.
Miracle’s sunflower has really grown the last 2 weeks. Compare this pic with the one from May 11th
One of my little plant nurseries. These are different kinds of beans & corn sprouting in 2″ soil blocks. I have to keep them covered with a row cover to keep the birds from eating them. The 3 yr old wants to know why I put the plants to bed & cover them with a blanket.
Looking through the arch. The poppies are almost done along the fence and will be replaced by mixed sunflowers.
The hairy vetch [purple flowers] is almost as tall as the dwarf peach tree.
The buckwheat is growing fast, it is even beginning to flower.
The tub, in the back, Kabocha squash, in front a canna and some daylillies sprouting.
Green tomatoes!
A Trombocino squash starts to take off. It’s growing in a 19 gallon tub.
Potted potatoes are blooming.
More seedlings, top row some herb cuttings and some sorrel. On the bottom shelf are the basil plants that have overwintered in the house.
Basella or Malabar spinach seedlings.
New Zealand spinach seedlings.
Popping sorghum seedlings in the kitchen window. I had to put them in  the house to keep the birds from pulling them up, but now there is a mouse munching on them!
Also in the kitchen window, sweet potatoe cuttings rooting in a jar, lima beans sprouting in pots. The green in the background are the tomatoe plants out on the patio.