Garden The Week of October 18

Here are some pictures of my garden this week.  You can see the tremendous growth that has occurred, especially with the potatoes, over the last few weeks.  We’ve had quite a bit of rain recently, which is a change from the months of no rain.

On the left, you have red potatoes, and on the right [...]

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Oregano

At a gardening enrichment meeting I took last year, our instructor told us to plant mint and oregano in pots.  Last week, I planted oregano in my small garden box.  This morning, I dug it up, potted it, and then planted the pot.

Looking at it now, you can’t tell that it’s buried in a pot.  [...]

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Garden October 3

Here is my small garden box this morning.  We have rosemary, lemon verbena, and cucumber in the top row.  Oregano, basil, and zucchini are in the middle row.  Strawberries and zucchini are in the bottom row.

I planted six zucchini seeds per hill/rectangle.  I was very surprised that all of them came up.  I was also [...]

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Hooray! It’s Garden Time!

Last weekend, I planted an entire box (raised square foot bed – 4 ft x 4 ft) of potatoes.  It was divided into 16 squares, so I put sweet potatoes in 4 squares and red potatoes in the rest.  They’re already starting to peek through the soil in a few squares.
This weekend, I celebrated a [...]

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My Garden – Mid May

I finally got around to propping up my tomato plant and a green bean plant.  They’d been flopping over and the tomato plant had been shadowing another bean plant.  As temporary stakes, I used broken sticks.

In the picture above, you can see a few romaine lettuce plants, green beans, tomatoes, squash, and marigolds.  Below is [...]

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Future Eats

I expect to eat green beans and additional tomatoes from my garden very soon.  I’ll probably pick these in the next few days.

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My First Tomato!

I picked the first ripe tomato from my garden today.  It had a sweet taste and was very nice with salt and pepper.

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May 10 Garden

I spent most of the morning in my garden and loved it.  I’ve recently pulled up my potatoes, and we’ve used them in two meals so far.  I had planted five plants, and most of the potatoes were small (new potato size).  I pulled up the plants, because they were starting to turn yellow, so [...]

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April Garden, Part 2

Here are some pictures of the snapdragons I planted in the fall, as well as more garden pics.

This is my perennial flower bed.  I have it furthest from the water hose, because the flowers don’t require as much water as my veggies.  I actually got these flowers on clearance at the end of last summer.  [...]

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April Garden, Part 1

Here are some pictures of my garden from April.  The marigolds are blooming and the potatoes, tomatoes, and squash are beginning to take over.

This is a red bell pepper.

The romaine lettuce has really taken off in this picture.  You also see green onions, strawberries, and potatoes.

I believe that this is a green bean plant coming [...]

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Garden Lettuce

I’ve been getting quite a bit of lettuce from my garden.  I prefer romaine, and I’ve attempted (twice) to plant more from seeds.  I know it’s more expensive, but I definitely prefer transplants to seeds.

Here is a shrimp salad I made with lettuce from my garden.

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Garden Flowers – March 9

Here are some pictures of the bulbs and snapdragons that I planted in the fall.  They’re blooming very nicely now.

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