Monday, May 30, 2011

Welcome to the Jungle - UPDATE


Well the second leg of our garden updates wasn't expected to take this long, especially since I bought my plants over a week ago.  We were movin right along, got the roto tilling done when the rains came.  It seems like its been raining everyday for the past two weeks.  I had to wait two weeks before that because the soil was too wet to just till it over, let alone put plants in the ground.  Yesturday I'm proud to say, I got the plants and seeds in the ground.  Now we just keep our fingers crossed and wait.  The only thing I have left to get in the ground are my herbs and seed potatoes.


Here's a little list of the plants and varieties I'm attempting to grow and how I've got them laid out in the garden.
  • Beans  - Burpee's tenderpod 
  • Beets - Detroit dark red 
  • Broccoli - Premium crop
  • Carrot - Kaleidoscope mix 
  • Corn - Sweet corn
  • Cucumbers - Chicago pickling
  • Eggplant - Fairy tale, Ghostbuster
  • Peppers - Golden summer, Jalapeno, Purple beauty, Red beauty
  • Spinach - Baby leaf hybrid
  • Squash - Table ace acorn squash
  • Tomatoes - Brandywine, Caspian pink(2), Costoluto Genovese, German Johnson, Pineapple, Mr. Stripey, White, Yellow pear
Click here to see the mapped layout.

Stay tuned for projects to come:
Plant markers 
Path through garden from recycled bricks
Berry garden
Raised bed herb garden
Concrete stepping stones
FLOWERS!
and more

Garden on!
Anita

5 comments:

  1. good start! looking forward to seeing more
    KAT

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  2. Your garden sounds fantastic! Grow baby grow!! And I can't wait to see what you use for plant markers... I seriously need some inspiration to make something for my garden. Cheers to fresh veggies soon!

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  3. Great video! Thanks so much for sharing in the DIY Project Parade! I'm including a link back in tomorrow's highlights. :)

    Roeshel

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  4. I just posted about my garden. It does not have as much variety but it's still a small start. We had the same problem here with all the rain. Finally, sunshine and planting. Good luck with yours.

    Ruth

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  5. This is all foreign to me but it is something I have on my bucket list to do and learn. I will have to get myself one of those great hats though first. :)
    Love that you included a video. Love your babies. Too cute.
    Thanks for linking up to Motivated Monday at BeColorful.
    Pam

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