Fall Garden

What a hot mess my garden is.

Time

Like anything of value a garden takes time

and care.

It's not that I don't have time, it that I haven't allotted time to the garden.

This past summer I had incredible tomatoes.

Incredible!

We gave a bunch away as well as enjoyed our own stash.

I also had success with green beans and green peppers.

I planted squash but they seemed to be eaten by pests besfore I could even combat those pesky bugs,

but then again

time.

The garden didn't get much time.

With a new wind in my sails I am prepping my fall and winter garden.

Oh the joys of living in zone 9- a year round option to garden.

Within a week I hope to have in the ground:

broccoli

lettuce

beets

spinach

peas

and tomatoes

I also purchased some heirloom herb seeds and by mid-December plan to have those started in pots on the patio.

Speaking of heirloom seeds I purchase mine from Zziggysgal.

I have been pleased with the quality of the seeds and she sometimes throws in an extra gift!!

Bonus!  

Here's to a fall and winter full of dirty nails and tasty treats! 

-m

Spring Garden 2013!!

This all went in last week.
4 rows of sweet corn
3 eggplants
4 tomato
6 pepper plants

cucumbers and tomatoes have been also started from seed

i'd also like to grown grapes and strawberries.
Found a good growing grapes in Florida website and still need to investigate strawberries.

the corn has already sprouted and just needs to be thinned and perhaps a few of the "holes" filled in with some new seeds. More tomato plants need to be started and a 2nd large bed needs to be constructed.

I can't tel you how much I have loved being back outside in the garden.
Aubry does awesome with playing nicely around while I garden and she does really well staying out of the plants and garden all in itself.

Will keep you posted.

Fall 2012

OK so I am gearing up to garden again.
I miss the dirt.
Hopefully I can handle garden life with Aubry.
Hopefully I can get dirt under my nails
and feel the coolness of earth between my toes.
Tomorrow I tackle the task of weeding the big garden.
Wish me luck,
or come weed with me-
it's an open invite.

Vertical Pallet Garden

More pictures here

March 13 Update

I have been so lazy, or perhaps I just haven't scheduled the time, in my garden.
I weeded the big garden a few weeks back
and...
the smaller raised bed is going to be moved this spring so I am doing nothing to it.


I also have been struggling with life a little.
Getting bogged down with chores and not really doing anything for myself.
Not that life is all about me but there are things that are good for the soul, good for the self.


For me, dirt under my nails is good for the soul.


So today I planted cucumbers and thyme.
Two different types of cucumbers, one for eating and one for pickling
and thyme, not because I necessarily use it for cooking but more because, well, I have thyme seeds.


So for today that is that. Pictures soon to come, I hope.


Happy day
and happy planting for those who are planting!!

Challenge

So tell me I can't or won't do something and it motivates me to do it.
I think I've just learned that about myself.
I've been wanting garden again for a while now but time has gotten away from me; so this afternoon when I told my family I was wanting to get my gardening again, their joking comments have spurred me on.

So now I need to:
#1. weed and prep my garden, this may and most likely will require having soil delivered
#2. decide what I am going to plant and start the seeds

Prelim list of what I want to plant, I used this guide:
sweet potatoes
eggplant- prob not this year
carrots (in the ground by March)
cucumbers
tomatoes
pumpkins (March-April)- questionable due to the space they need
pole beans (I seem to always plant bush)
celery (look into soil)

update

I've been gardening still.

Harvest of zucchini, cucumbers, squash and beans.

Having the worst bug problem ever over in my new large garden and not really making the time to spend out there as I should.

Pictures to come.