Planting Day 2011

Well, it seems I completely neglected to blog about my garden last year...oops. To catch you up, I have rounded out my main garden that used to be a rectangle and created two smaller gardens on either side of it, a flower and an herb garden respectively.

This year, in the round veggie garden I planted:

• Cucumbers
  
• Cantaloupe
  
• Romain Lettuce
• Carrots
• Sweet Onions
• Radishes
• Watermelon
• Cauliflower
• Peas
• Blue Lake Beans
• Strawberries
• Broccoli

(Starting at the row located at 5:00 and going clockwise- cantaloupe, lettuce, carrots, onions/radishes, watermelon, cauliflower, peas/beans, strawberries, broccoli, and cucumbers)

In the side herb garden, I have:

• Mugwort
• Hyssop
• Sage
• Thyme
• Cilantro

And more is to come- as I am sure you can see by the vast hole to the left in the picture below. I will be adding basil, oregano, and rosemary.(From right to left: Mugwort, Hyssop, Sage, Thyme, and Cilantro-just planted)

This year I am also trying something new- the Topsy Turvy tomato grower since my tomatoes always get too heavy for the vine and end up snapping before they are ripe, even with all the staking and supports... :-(

So here is a picture of my beautiful little Early Girl tomato.
And last but not least, a picture of my cherry tomato plant- yum yum :-)


And For anyone wondering why my herb garden soil is red while the garden soil is black, I added compost to the veggie garden. I don't add it to the herb garden though because, let's face it, herbs are just tasty weeds and they can grow in nearly anything :-)

The casualties of an early storm

We had a fierce storm rip through our area and uproot many of my poor plants :-( Below is a video of the carnage...

My blooming garden!!!! :-)

I am so excited, my squash is blooming and my corn is crazy-tall!!! Plus my bean plants have tiny little pods growing and they are so darn cute :-) I have also included a picture of my beautiful tomato plant- it is doing really well since I transplanted it from its pot but I have to keep it covered with netting or else little animals chew its leaves.

Because I'm sure you're all dying to know...

The plants are growing... shocking and unexpected news, I know hahaha ;-)

Anyhoo, here is a video of the main garden and then snapshots of the small and big tomato plants- it is crazy how large they have gotten. I had to plant the big tomato plant into the ground today because its leaves were turning yellow from lack of room! In the picture of the "little" tomato plant (second from the top) you can see the original pot it came in just to the right! :-)

Little somethings...

Ok, I have little somethings at work in my garden (and for all of you out there who don't speak "weirdo," little somethings means little spirits or fairies or something like that). I went out to my garden several days ago and I found my budding squash seeds rearranged- not dug up and eaten, not dug up and taken away, rearranged. As in taken from their current resting spot and placed in another (re-planted). I found it odd but passed it off as birds or some other creature finding the seeds not to their liking and dropping them. So I placed my bird netting over the garden...
Well...yesterday I went out and discovered the same thing (except now my seedlings have grown more and don't resemble seeds so there is no reason for little animals to mistake them as such). A few squash plants were uprooted and placed (they looked placed, not scattered) elsewhere in the garden. I looked all over for signs of hoof prints, rodent tunnel openings/mounds, and bird prints...nothing.
I know it isn't any of the human in habitants here because mom would never do anything like that and rob was in Portland both times...
Hummmmm.... the mystery continues...

My little sprouts! :-)

I know, long time- no blog...What can I say, I've been enjoying the wonderful Oregon summer weather :-) So anyhoo, here is some video of my beautiful little sprouts! :-)

My tomatoes :-)

Here are my pretty tomatoes too! It is amazing when I begin counting up all the produce that is grown on mom and rob's property- the garden (corn, beans, butternut squash), tomatoes (2 kinds), blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, apples, and pears!