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Category: My greenhouse, high tunnel and garden project | Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:40 am

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Finally the garden is almost all in. Thanks much in part to kevin and adrian. We finished laying all of the plastic much and drip tape this week.
We started the week off picking strawberries, yum, but the mosquito's all but carry you away, I had to gain some weight just so they didn't, while we picked them.
We planted the cantelope, watermelon, more peppers and tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, pumpkins, some squash called Red Warty Thing, bean seeds and more corn.

Today we picked the first of the snow peas. Later this week it looks like the shelling peas ought to be ready.
But before that got done, I had to water the bedding plants. Sometimes I had to water them up to 4x a day due to the extreme heat, during the week (90*+). I have sold a lot of them so I am very thankful for that and that I don't have so many to water now.

Ollie still comes, but Caity is out of school now so she gets to do the babysitting (except for the dirty diapers, of course) So I don't have to carry him around while I water or plant. Which helps tremendously.

Here are a few pictures of the garden now that we are almost done planting it.



tomatoes, various varieties ( photo / image / picture from carolyn keiper's Garden )






Celebrity tomatoes across the road. ( photo / image / picture from carolyn keiper's Garden )






Peppers ( photo / image / picture from carolyn keiper's Garden )






Corn ( photo / image / picture from carolyn keiper's Garden )






Honeoye strawberries ( photo / image / picture from carolyn keiper's Garden )






corn, first planting ( photo / image / picture from carolyn keiper's Garden )






corn ( photo / image / picture from carolyn keiper's Garden )






Red Raspberries ( photo / image / picture from carolyn keiper's Garden )






Red Raspberries ( photo / image / picture from carolyn keiper's Garden )






( photo / image / picture from carolyn keiper's Garden )






4th of july tomatoes ( photo / image / picture from carolyn keiper's Garden )






cabbage in the high tunnel ( photo / image / picture from carolyn keiper's Garden )






graffitti cauliflower ( photo / image / picture from carolyn keiper's Garden )



There are a few more things I haven't put in yet so I'll post you a few more pictures later. Every night come dark I'm ready for bed. Not nearly as much time for the stew as before. Sorry, I hope I don't miss too much while I am out side working in the garden.

Last evening though,a friend came over and we made concrete bird baths out of rhubarb leaves, so far so good. They are really big. as soon as they are done I'll seal them and take a few pictures.
Well thats all for now, I'm tired and off to bed. Thanks for stopping by to see whats going on here.



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Sjoerd wrote on Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:34 am:

Everything is looking tip-top there, Carolyn. I can see that you have an enormous amount of work to do.

It was a real pleasure to see your spread there and some of your crops.

Hope that you will continue to have a good harvesting season.

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