i've been a bit busy in the garden this weekend...i've pulled out all the weeds in the top garden (the spurge and the wild geranium). i originally wanted to see what it would look like since the foliage of each were pretty, but i thought well, if i didn't plant it, its gotta go! plus its taking away nutrients from the plants that i did plant. it in the green can it went!
i also planted the first succession of blue lake bush bean planting, fertilized the pepper plants with organic fertilizer and more compost, planted and re-planted flowers (non-edible) into one area, prepped the fall garden area with bricks and plants between the bricks (you'll see in a sec) and harvested peas and zucchini - again. okay, enough with aweing you on my hard work ;-)...lets get to the pics.
right garden...
this is the top of the right garden (near the almond tree). this has become my non-edible flowering area. i dug up the canna lily, that was lower down in the garden, as well as the chilean lily - that was dying near the canna lily - and planted it here. im hoping that the chilean lily will live till the forsynthia grows bigger so it gets some shade (i think it was dying from too much sun). the forsynthia and the wall flower stayed where they were. i added the echinachea to this area...i found that there were actually 2 plants in one pot so i separated them. how cool! i also added the lemon balm here. i know, its not really a flowering plant, but it needed to go in the ground somewhere and this was the only place i thought i could fit it (especially since i dont think it likes our full sun - it should get some shade from the wallflower and, later, the echinachea.
in front is the first line of bricks i set in the garden. this acts as a barrier between the areas i will be planting for the fall edibles. between the bricks here i planted (from left to right) german chamomile (these are still SUPER tiny, so i need to keep an eye on these), mint (not sure which kind..it only says "metha species", and greek oregano.
here is a better look of the new flower garden.
here is an overview of the bricks i set into the ground. each area will be planted with cool weather crops around august.
the tomato garden...growing well. i have a few tomatos already forming. all of the nasturtium seeds that i also planted here have sprouted! i also see a few calendula sprouting as well, but absolutely no german chamomile...i think they do best in pots to regulate watering and avoid covering the seeds (i had to mulch the bed to conserve water for the rest of the plants).
top garden...
look at this beauty...this is the japanese cucumber to the left of the zucchini jungle. i can't wait to see what this one tastes like.
can't have a garden entry without pictures of the zucchini jungle...
plum tree with the jungle in the back...
the seedlings...carrots, bush beans, sage, nasturtium, bell pepper..the big bushy one on the left is not a seedline..its italian oregano that is in a peat pot.
okay, i'm thinking this will be flowers, but i'm not sure...ugh, the sun really bleached out the color. sorry about that. maybe next week i can give you pics of it actually blooming...?
the soybean plants...really bushy and getting taller. very exciting.....
more japanese cucumber and sugar snap pea plants. these cucumber plants don't know if they want to go up or crawl away. i've "trained" them to crawl around the soybean plants and the pea plants or up, like the one in the back. i will have to keep an eye on them since i think i will have to start doing some trimming soon...
and then there is the other cucumber plant to the right of the sugar snap pea plant.
do you see the other cucumber "fruit" growing? :-) so far there are only two this big.
jalapeno plant, merlot grape and another soybean plant. the small jalapeno is still growing on the plant. im wondering if it will continue to grow, or stay that small since the plant itself is small. (i do believe it grew a bit during the last week).
african daisies and the concord grape plant.
the sweet potato plant. it also grew more foliage just below the large green growth. its soooo pretty. it has heart-shaped leaves that are dark green. i can see why some people grow sweet potato plants to be a ground cover. bonus that it's tubers are edible.
the watermelon plants. i've been giving these more water and it's has actually grown bigger...not much, but at least it isn't dying!
the almond tree...its getting really nice and bushy. i haven't trimmed this tree since i first planted it. i just want to see how it grows before i actually decide to shape it in any way.
left garden...
in this picture you can see 2 blue lake bush beans plants (out of 5) that i planted in the left garden. the rosemary is really coming along. the nasturtium has been scorched somewhat from the really hot weather we had on thursday and friday (friday it was 100F outside!)
upclose shot...
the rest of the garden...i refertilized the pepper plants in hopes that it will help it be happier. i also applied more compost. i'm keeping my fingers crossed!
the onions are really going crazy!
i've had to do some trimming on the sweet 100 tomato plants because they are really getting to close to the bell pepper plant and the hibiscus (actually i did the trim after taking this picture. so the tomato plant is now a bit farther away from the hibiscus than shown here.
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