nice surprises and one unhappy thing

I haven't really spent much time in the garden the past 2 days, so I was pleasantly surpised by a few things in the garden...

some calendula started growing from the seeds i planted last weekend...


also, some german chamomile started sprouting all over the pots i sprinkled the seeds on


THIS was the biggest surpise for me...over a month ago (more like getting close to two months), i decided i wanted to plant sweet potatoes because they are really good for the birds and also rather expensive. i couldnt find any sweet potato plants or "slips" so i just went to a grocery store, bought a large sweet potato and planted the whole thing in the ground. NOTHING happened and i actually was thinking about digging it out this weekend, until i saw THIS (today) growing out of that area i planted the potato in...


wow...although i am, again, off in the planting time of this plant. i believe it is supposed to be planted in late summer and to be harvested in the spring, or something like that. anyways, we'll see what this brings. it has a really lovely dark reddish foliage...


the very first jalapeno flower i photographed in this blog is now showing a small jalapeno fruit growing!


some sugar snap peas are also growing from the first flowers i previously photographed




this is not much of surprise, but being in the zucchini jungle is always cool...


i also noticed that im growing at least 2 different kinds of zucchini - one is a lighter green speckled with white... (there are two of these plants)


the other zucchini is a darker green (no white speckles). (i have one of these) and i have another zucchini plant that has only small buds on it - i can't tell the color of it yet.


the first plantings of blue lake bush beans. these were planted just over a month ago. i will be planting them in the ground either this weekend or next.


these are the blue lake bush beans i planted 2 weeks after the first planting. they are just about to emerge...


my carrot seedlings..it must've been about 3 weeks to a month ago since i planted these seeds. they say the hardest thing about carrots is the germination. so far, i have 10! yay! i think its about time i planted more seeds.


my echinaechea (sp?) is starting to bloom. i bought this pretty thing last weekend.


well, this is one of 3 unhappy pepper plants. im thinking it has something to do with how much water im giving them. i think this weekend, im going to look for some kind of organic slow release fertilizer (10-10-10 or so) for this plant and others, as well as maybe cutting back on the water...just in case im giving too much.


that's it! sunday as usual, i will post the overview of the entire garden.