Voila! Weeds gone. Not that it looks very impressive (don't really want to put a lot of money into beautifying a rental) but at least it doesn't look condemned! :)
Those bees are doing their jobs- baby limes are growing!
And adolescent mystery fruit too! A friend of ours said she thinks it might be an apple tree, which would be pretty awesome.
Three lettuce varieties are coming up well, particularly the Californian mix in the front row (imagine that). ;) Thanks for the seeds, Mark & Daisy!
Tomatoes are in transitory pots before planting in the ground, and the green & red peppers are still in pods since their germination took longer. A couple basil plants that are still shrimpy are in the pods too. Unfortunately a wind storm blew the pods around the yard so a few seedlings died and our peppers are all mixed up. No biggie, I guess- we'll make do with what we've got!
The zucchini started off very well, but about half have died off in the last week or two and a row of watermelon to the right of these are almost extinct despite being quite healthy during and post-transplant. :( A few days of 90-96 degree weather this week might have been a bit harsh for them and we're still experimenting with our soil/watering schedule. Might be they just don't do well here too- it's a learning process, but in the meantime we're rooting for these survivors!
Hooray for the onions! Oh yeah- notice the drip system/sprinklers. Patrick did a lot of work around the yard hooking up & customizing that for our garden prep and maintenance too.
Gold star for the green bean bushes. Two of the plants were bent over by the wind storm, but one repaired itself by depositing a band of nutrients or some sort of plant stem material around the busted part and is standing up again. The little one on the back left is a black bean bush- we've got a few but they didn't take off as well so we're still a little anxious about them.Other members of the garden include one jalapeno plant (our last surviving plant from the Missouri move) and even more exciting- 2 varieties of hops! The problem with those is they can take up to 2 months to emerge from the soil, so it'll be a while before we know if there's any chances of success.
Also worth mentioning even though it's not a garden item, is Patrick built a work bench to store some of our tools and so we have a table to work on in the garage. Good work, hun!Unfortunately those pesky weeds and creatures threatening our harvest will make it impossible to simply take it easy now, but the worst is over, thank goodness!
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i looked at the "before" picts b4 checking out the "after" & thought 'not so bad' (before). now seeing the after picts, i see how very much nicer everything looks. exceptional job! . . . long time since gardened, seem to remember that melons required tremendous amounts of water ? ? ?
nice bench, too.
Everything was impressive from the plants to the workbench. Very good work! It is exciting to see a garden grow, but as I remember it, so much work. Glad you are young and spry and interested in trying new things.
Great work guys! Looks great!
Maybe the heat streak shocked it, but you may be right too, Dad. It's been raining the last few days and the plants seem to be enjoying it, or at least holding up fine to it. It's a good gauge to help us figure out a watering schedule.
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