Meanwhile, the beans are all up in the raised bed. Soon I will thin them out and add the trellis.
The Black Prince tomatoes are beginning to blush.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Cukes
The sugar snap peas have been removed, and 10 cucumber seedlings have been planted.
Meanwhile, the beans are all up in the raised bed. Soon I will thin them out and add the trellis.
The Black Prince tomatoes are beginning to blush.
Meanwhile, the beans are all up in the raised bed. Soon I will thin them out and add the trellis.
The Black Prince tomatoes are beginning to blush.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Garden Friend
Glad to see a Green Lynx spider back in the garden. This young one was hanging out on my sage plant a few days ago.
We just got some much-needed rain. It's been hotter and dryer the past few weeks. Even the native plants were drooping.
The sugar snap peas are indeed done. They have such a short season. There are a few overdeveloped beans I plan to pick and dry for seed next year. The cucumber seedlings are about ready to be planted, so it was all very good timing.
We just got some much-needed rain. It's been hotter and dryer the past few weeks. Even the native plants were drooping.
The sugar snap peas are indeed done. They have such a short season. There are a few overdeveloped beans I plan to pick and dry for seed next year. The cucumber seedlings are about ready to be planted, so it was all very good timing.
Friday, April 29, 2016
In Bloom
Besides all the veggie things going on, many of the other plants in the yard are in bloom.
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| More volunteer violas in the lawn. |
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| Calendula |
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| Lots of blooms developing on the Coral Honeysuckle. |
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| Oakleaf Hydrangea |
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| Even the lavender is blooming. |
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Beans
I ripped out, prepped (added a bag of compost), and planted the last raised bed area today. Three sqft areas are sown with Dragon Tongue Beans, and the other six sqft are 3 rows of Thai Purple Podded Yard Long Beans. Once they start coming up, I'll add straw for mulch and add trellises.
The potatoes have not bloomed and are looking wilty some days. I moved them to get a little more sun and have been watering them better. Hopefully that will help.
The sugar snap peas are about done. I will probably remove them and transplant the cucumber seedlings next week. I did get a few meals out of the peas. I would plant them again next year.
Recent Harvest:
I'm excited about the coriander seeds. The plant bloomed constantly for the past few months, and I hated to pull it up today to have room for the beans, but it had quite a few seeds to save for either planting this winter or grinding as spice.
The potatoes have not bloomed and are looking wilty some days. I moved them to get a little more sun and have been watering them better. Hopefully that will help.
The sugar snap peas are about done. I will probably remove them and transplant the cucumber seedlings next week. I did get a few meals out of the peas. I would plant them again next year.
Recent Harvest:
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| Sugar Snap Peas, Thymes, Sage, Mints (drying now) |
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| Coriander Seeds (drying now) |
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Moving Ahead + Critters
I still haven't prepped the last raised bed area for beans, but everything else is moving along. Just look at the tomatoes!
The two Jaune Flamme tomato plants look far behind compared to all of these, but I did finally stake them today.
The first Calendula is in bloom with a few more blooms to follow. They take forever to open... almost a week from this stage:
To this stage:
With those and all the zinnias in bloom, the tomato planters look very cheerful.
One of the eggplants is also putting out blooms. So they're doing better than any of the eggplants I tried last year, haha!
Meanwhile, there are more and more critters appearing in the garden. So far, most are beneficial (or harmless anyway), like several ladybugs. This Fir Tussock Moth (Orgyia detrita) must have fallen from the oak tree above the potato plant.
And this crane fly was resting on one of the tomato plants. The crane fly larvae feed on decaying-organic matter, so are beneficial to the garden. The adults don't eat or do anything but mate.
And it looks like a female hummingbird has returned to the yard.
She flew from the feeder bottle over to the tomato blooms today but was pretty confused by them, I think. I'm not sure tomato blooms have much to offer a hummingbird. Hopefully she'll find the pentas or try the coral honeysuckle on another visit.
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| Black Prince |
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| Cherokee Purple |
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| Black Cherry |
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| Berkley Pink Tye Dye |
The two Jaune Flamme tomato plants look far behind compared to all of these, but I did finally stake them today.
The first Calendula is in bloom with a few more blooms to follow. They take forever to open... almost a week from this stage:
To this stage:
With those and all the zinnias in bloom, the tomato planters look very cheerful.
One of the eggplants is also putting out blooms. So they're doing better than any of the eggplants I tried last year, haha!
Meanwhile, there are more and more critters appearing in the garden. So far, most are beneficial (or harmless anyway), like several ladybugs. This Fir Tussock Moth (Orgyia detrita) must have fallen from the oak tree above the potato plant.
And this crane fly was resting on one of the tomato plants. The crane fly larvae feed on decaying-organic matter, so are beneficial to the garden. The adults don't eat or do anything but mate.
And it looks like a female hummingbird has returned to the yard.
She flew from the feeder bottle over to the tomato blooms today but was pretty confused by them, I think. I'm not sure tomato blooms have much to offer a hummingbird. Hopefully she'll find the pentas or try the coral honeysuckle on another visit.
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