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Here's a nice overview of the wilderness that is the garden. We just enjoyed another rain so the zucchini are feeling awfully droopy. But you can see how very large they are. They are also way too close together, but I can't tear them out. I figure the damn things will choke out the weak ones and only the strong will survive. I'm not sure why, but right now all I hear in my head is that stupid "Eye of the Tiger" song. Must be all the Nyquil I've been drinking lately (super nasty cold).
Cucumbers. The picture is rotated totally the incorrect way, but I didn't notice it until after I'd already posted it. So, deal.
I made Paul stand in the middle for perspective purposes. He whined like a mucho biatch. But then did it and even gave me a smile. Hehe. Wuss.
Portofino (yellow squash). I have four of them growing, but don't have a clue if I'm supposed to harvest them. Here's the thing though. They are green. They're supposed to be yellow to eat them. I wonder if they turn yellow and then I harvest? Or if I harvest and then they turn yellow? Why can't this be easier?
Here's the tomatoes with their super awesome support bamboo things. Florida weave baby. I weaved and then I woved and then I weaved some more. Then the tomatoes were happy and supported. I'm a nerd.
Check out the corn! Sweet. It's sweet corn. I'm not sure where the "knee high by the 4th of July" nonsense came from, but these guys didn't get that memo. Paul is totally loving being Vanna for the garden. He was making me giggle.
Here's the other side of the zucchini. They are so perky and fabulous. And so far, not really many squash bugs. I did have to pluck out a couple of the little bastards, but I killed them and they never got to send the smoke signals to the other bugs. Haha! Sweet revenge!
Umm....so where's my damn Brussels sprouts? I want some. I hate these stupid plants. 90 days until germination is too long. I think these should be the most expensive vegetables on the planet because it takes more patience than I have to grow these evil, stupid plants.
See above for the broccoli and cabbage. I feel the same way about the Brussels sprouts as the broccoli and cabbage. Although these guys aren't really supposed to take as long as the bloody sprout things. So, I probably just won't get any broccoli or cabbage. They should have been in the ground forever ago and I couldn't because Max decimated my plants. Curse you, Max.
The strawberries are out of control. I have to get in there and massacre the daughter plants. I finally did some research and found out that I should have been cutting them up. Aw well, I can't be perfect.Love,
B
1 comment:
the mulch nag. i hate to weed. you want shredded bark. you either put it on garden and pull it back to put in babies or until seeds come up
OR put it around as they grow.
2nd method is called "french intensive" gardening where the plants are very very very close together so they crowd out the weeds.
this works for me with lettuce.
ha! we're sick of the gardening work but still sharing our ideas.
i'd better go cut some collards. they don't know it's cold yet.
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