Summertime lovin'

Category: My first Gardening experiences | Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 3:25 pm

So its officially summer. Hurricane season started on the first and the last day of school is Thursday. They are predicting an active season. Ha they always say that. So we run around stupid and scared. The weather is always unpredictable id rather worry when and if the time comes. This ain't my first rodeo! Hehehe. So the weather is annoying me, I want to get these marigolds in the ground around the pineapple plants. I'm going to try and see how well they do there and maybe it will liven it up.

6/2 Marigold babies going in the ground soon! ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

My green and wax beans are in a battle along with a squash and an okra and a few tomato babies from spider mites. I treated them with neem oil and I hope this doesn't ruin the bean plants, they are looking pretty bad. Lost a lot of foilage. So I have my fingers crossed cause I already lost the last of my pumpkin plants this week.

6/2 Green and Wax beans, Cherry tomato sprouts, 1 Okra and 1 Squash ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

The romaine lettice is doing outstanding. But I'm not going to lie at the slightest chance of rain I bring them in or stash them outa harms way! I think they are growing in the perfect spot for them. Its shady yet some sun rays shoot right through.

6/2 Romaine lettuce doing so great! :) ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

The celery expeirement is working out real well. The carrot one failed, I just got a holy carrot top with no greenery, I bet if I would have tried with soil instead of sand it would have worked.

Store bought Celerys babies 6/2 ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

So I also have garlic from the fridge, I've known about this since last year, I did it then too. I've just never harvested it. Last year it rotted from the rain. This years looks real good too.

6/1 Garlic (yep outa fridge) ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

My flowers all seem to be doing ok. I'm a bit worried they won't survive the summer heat. I finally figured out how to get seeds out of the african daisy. The petunias are still a problem, I don't see any seeds in these pods. I've left some on the plant and I've put a bag around one. I've tried numerous things to find this mystery pod and yep nothing! The sweet williams pods are easier to find and watch, I got that part, I even think I have some seeds. They kinda look like crushed red pepper.

6/2 Morning glories, Marigolds, African Daisy, Mini Roses Leeks, Celosia and Okr ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

My leeks have some sort of onion at the base, hhmmm do I leave that? I was just going to trim and use as needed and not do anything else with it. The oregano is growing but not as well as last years. I think its the container, but its not dying so I'm good with it staying where its at.

6/2 Mini rose bloom ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

6/1 Mini Roses, Cosmos, and Squash ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

6/2 Sweet Williams :) ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

Daylily 6/2 ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

6/3 Zinnias and Oregano ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

6/2 Sunset ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

The chili pepper plants are doing great, but my poor morning glories are having some trouble. I 1 over planted in the pots, yeah rookie mistake ok, and 2 blight or something is making the leaves yellow. I just treated them and thinned them a bit so hope to see improvement. If not its a pot upgrade, which I really don't want to do. I like them how they are, but its not about me I know!

6/2 My cozy spot right next to my awesome petunias! ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

6/2 Growing slow and steady! ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

Morning Glories 6/2 and Cherry tomato sprout ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

6/2 Cosmos and Wheat ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

6/2 Wheat, okra, peppers and mint ( photo / image / picture from Mrs. Galeassi's Garden )

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toni wrote on Tue Jun 04, 2013 3:47 pm:

Everything is looking great in your garden.
I lived in West Palm Beach from June 1973 through July 1977 and I don't remember ever having hurricane warnings. So maybe this year will be as quiet as those years.
Pretty much the only thing I liked about living in South Florida lo those many years ago, was the full time growing season.
We were renting so no in ground plants but the front porch and every window was filled with potted plants.

eileen wrote on Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:06 pm:

I hope the neem oil does the trick for you and that your plants start to put out new growth soon.
I think those marigolds will look good between the pineapple plants and add nice splashes of colour to the bed.
Your experiment with the celery has certaily worked well hasn't it? Pity about the carrot though. I'd try again as I've had carrot tops sprouting for me.
What an amazing sunset by the way. I'm a sucker for sunrises and sunsets.
Everything else looks so good and I've really enjoyed looking at all your photographs.