It just keeps on growing
July 15, 2009 at 3:51 pm
The warm nights especially have everything in a growth spurt. It’s beginning to look like a jungle around here!
An apple of unknown variety.
In spite of the earlier rodent attack, the cantaloupes on the compost pile are making a come back. This one will be ready soon.
A view of the back garden, with hollyhocks and sunflowers.
These are Polish Linquisa paste tomatoes. Almost ready for makin’ sauce!
That roque squash plant turns out to be a Kabocha.
A yard long bean. They do love the heat.
Double Yield cucumbers from www.freedomseeds.com are bloomin up a storm
Huckleberries. I’ve never grown this before. They are loaded with fruit and while it is black it doesn’t seem to be ready to pick yet.
The front yard grain patch. In the front the small seeded sunflowers are beginning to bloom. In the back ground the bloody butcher corn, popping sorhgum and broom corn.
This is the raspberry bed that was overseeded to buckwheat. I discovered I probably planted the buckwheat too thick and with the heat it was taking a lot of water to keep it from wilting. So I pulled it up, picked off a few ripe seeds and laid it back down, along with the wild sunflowers, as mulch for the raspberries. We will probably have more buckwheat and sunflowers later on when the monsoon gets around to giving up some rain.
The moon & stars watermelon plants are taking off and outgrowing their little cages.
No Vacancy. The new rabbit condo is full with our 4 does in place. When the weather cools off I’ll build another like it for the 2 bucks, which will also give me space to hold fryers over if I need to.
The greywater filter tub, with canna lilly, elephant ears and kabocha squash.
The Jicama are really taking off now that it is really hot. I just don’t know why the leaves are scorching like this.
More ‘maters. These are the Imur Prior Beta, nice 1 ounce fruits.
The yellow peppers are Rio Grande, with a nice mild heat. There are some green bells hiding in the back ground.
An apple of unknown variety.In spite of the earlier rodent attack, the cantaloupes on the compost pile are making a come back. This one will be ready soon.A view of the back garden, with hollyhocks and sunflowers.These are Polish Linquisa paste tomatoes. Almost ready for makin’ sauce!That roque squash plant turns out to be a Kabocha.A yard long bean. They do love the heat.Double Yield cucumbers from www.freedomseeds.com are bloomin up a stormHuckleberries. I’ve never grown this before. They are loaded with fruit and while it is black it doesn’t seem to be ready to pick yet.The front yard grain patch. In the front the small seeded sunflowers are beginning to bloom. In the back ground the bloody butcher corn, popping sorhgum and broom corn.This is the raspberry bed that was overseeded to buckwheat. I discovered I probably planted the buckwheat too thick and with the heat it was taking a lot of water to keep it from wilting. So I pulled it up, picked off a few ripe seeds and laid it back down, along with the wild sunflowers, as mulch for the raspberries. We will probably have more buckwheat and sunflowers later on when the monsoon gets around to giving up some rain.The moon & stars watermelon plants are taking off and outgrowing their little cages.No Vacancy. The new rabbit condo is full with our 4 does in place. When the weather cools off I’ll build another like it for the 2 bucks, which will also give me space to hold fryers over if I need to.The greywater filter tub, with canna lilly, elephant ears and kabocha squash.The Jicama are really taking off now that it is really hot. I just don’t know why the leaves are scorching like this.More ‘maters. These are the Imur Prior Beta, nice 1 ounce fruits.The yellow peppers are Rio Grande, with a nice mild heat. There are some green bells hiding in the back ground.
The Maxi Golt peas were done for, so out they came, to be replaced by Burgandy okra and several inches of sawdust mulch
Some of the Sugar Snap peas come out and are placed by Double Yield cucumbers [thanks! www.freedomseeds.com] and Kentucky Wonder pole beans
Chires Baby Corn seedlings. These are the little baby corns in Chinese cooking, or left to mature they make popcorn.
The strawberry bed is interplanted with purple bush beans.
The Elephant Garlic is blooming. We got almost 5 pounds!
A spell of cool rainy weather gave the Blueshokker peas a new lease on life.
A Grimes Golden apple grows with Mammoth sunflowers, asparagus, Swiss chard, cosmos and nasturtiums.
Super Italian Paste tomatoes in large cages. Despite a wind storm knocking them over and breaking some branches, they are doing ok.
A Lemon Gem marigold. It really does smell and taste of citrus.
On the patio looking down the SW side of the house. The big green bushes in front are some of the potted potatoes.
This sad looking Red Currant tomato nealy drowned. It’s planted in an old ice chest and I didn’t realize the drain plug got closed up. But it’s making a come back and even delivered up our first taste of homegrown tomatoes.
Yard long bean seedlings in a planter by the house. They’ll grow up to shade the laundry room windows.
The trombocino squash is taking off.
On the patio tomatoes grow in old ice chests and peppers in the orange pots.
!st big red tomato, an Imur Prior Beta, it weighed 1 1/2 ounces and tasted delicious.
The Kabocha squash was rudely pruned by a pack rat
The buckwheat is blooming. mmmm buckwheat pancakes, coming up!
The chickens enjoy scratching in their new spot.
A wild sunflower with very tiny seeds volunteers in the raspberry bed.
The Baba raspberries are showing some color.
The new garden area: paths laid, beds made, planted with popping sorghum, quinoa and Bloody Butcher corn.
Potatoes in the ground out front aren’t as big and lush as the potted ones on the patio, but doing ok under 6 inches of sawdust mulch.
Bloody Butcher corn seedlings. The sticks along the edge of the bed are guides to keep small children on the path.
King of the Garden Lima beans are taking off up their trellis.
Pencil pod yellow wax beans await transplanting.
Poppies and wildflowers bloom along the driveway.
A strong smelling sage blooms
WOW! look at those melons taking off.
Yippee! A baby watermelon
The Baby Blue Hubbards are blooming. That compost pile is still hot, 138 degrees!
More wild flowers, poppies, a corn flower and a baby apple along the drive way
A bee buzzes a bright red poppy full of pollen.
Here is the area where the chickens have been for a few months now. Finally moved them.
Here you can see the new beds beginning to take shape along with the paths.
Three little farmer girls thresh the wheat,
The younger two pooped out pretty quick, but Miracle persevered.
Here Miracle and Harmony winnow the wheat in front of a small fan. The nice breeze we had earlier of course died as soon as we were ready for this part.