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Category: Michele's Garden | Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:52 pm

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We were all up early and out in the yard before 8am. It has been 2 weeks since the weather has been decent enough to mow and weed hack. Last weekend we were away, so 2 weeks of growth awaited us in the garden and yard. The grass was deep but we managed to get it all mowed down and my husband used the weed waker and got around all the perennial beds, the veggie patch , fence line and everything in between. We worked for over 4 hours on getting this major project done. During this time I was also able to get down on my hands and knees and get really filthy. The flower beds all needed major weeding and the asparagus in the garden patch had become inundated with weeds. I pulled all the weeds in the asparagus and around the melons and peppers and spread poultry manure all over the place. THAT STUFF STINKS! but i am told is works really great. It appears that out of the 8 crowns of asparagus that I planted last summer only 4 have come back and made stalks. I will see how things progress next year and then decide to replant to try again.


Here is a picture of the sunflowers that are growing in the asparagus patch. before this pic was taken there was nothing but weeds under the sunflowers and they were about 3 feet tall!



Here are the flower beds on the driveway side of the house.





I think this is coneflower.



The potatoes are growing wonderfully, 2 weeks ago we put tire layer #2 on and today we put tire layer #3.





Last weekend I got another tomato plant at our family reunion. This one my gram cork started. It is a cherry. It got a new home in a double stack of tires. It replaced a plant that got broken in some bad rain we had the other day.



I put Epsom salt around the peppers and tomatoes today. the peppers are doing so well I can't image they will do better, but I have been told they will. Here is picture of one of my sweet bells.





My husband built me this arbor last summer. Originally i had transplanted some grape vines from my grandpa's grape arbor in CT but they didn't take. So I decided to plant morning glories after seeing them up a flag pole this fall. They are starting to climb and by the end of summer into fall they should cover the whole arbor.





After lunch I decided it was time to build my new compost bin. The owner of the garage in town brought me up some tires the other night and 4 of them are perfect! They are racing tires and are very deep. So I put some plastic on the bottom, piles up the tires and cut some more plastic for the top to keep animals out and heat in. Hopefully this will work. We put it int he corner of the garden that isn't being used. It will also be easy to move if it needs moving in the future.



Here are a few different views of the garden from a distance.

this is the front view from the arbor.



side view from the blueberry bushes:



Logan and I had a treat this morning. Raspberries are ripe. there was about 6 , I had 2 and Logan had 4. Most should be ready in the next few days. Logan also got to eat the first 2 peas out of the garden.


We ate it!



Here is Logan next to my tallest sunflower. He is about 40 inches tall to give you prospective. In the second picture he is next 2 one of my lemon boy tomato plants.





The tomato plant that gave me my first tomato of the season is about to give me 2 more. I am restraining myself and want to keep them on the vine a few more days. It is hot and sunny and they should ripen very nicely.





Here are just a few blooms that found today.

2nd Clematis blooming:



Close up of morning glory:



Bea Balm getting ready to burst open:



Sunflower getting ready to open:



I mowed the new lawn for the first time and it looks very good. After lunch we spread some more seed to fill in the naked and thin bits. I think it looks very good for our first attempt at sowing grass seed.



After lunch and a nice hour inside away from the heat, we went back out and Logan got to put some water in his pool and splash around for a bit. Logan worked very hard this morning using his wheel barrow and wagon to take the weeds out of the yard and into the woods. He is a very hard worker and deserved to splash around a bit.



We are all exhausted but it is so worth the hard work when you see the final results. Hopefully the weather will be more cooperative and we can stay on top of the mowing etc. WE had nearly 3 weeks of rain everyday and that makes for difficult mowing.

I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!




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gardengater wrote on Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:35 pm:

Gardenmama;
Everything looks neat and tidy and thriving. Congratulations. Logan sure looks cool and happy in the pool. I would have joined him!

gardengater

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Sjoerd wrote on Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:02 am:

You know 'mama...you have a very nice looking house and property.
Your gardens are looking really good.
I think that you should het a super spud harvest from those plants. Do you water and feed them sometimes?

Say, you know that bloom you thought was a coneflower?-- I believe that it is in fact an Eryngium. I grow these every year and they are quite liked by the bees. Thry are lovely things that vaguely look like a thistle and are a sort of purply-blue with a silverish tint.
I could be wrong on this, but I hope that it is one of these, because I think that you will like it quite alot.

The flowers and toms are looking VERY good too. Those toms just make my mouth water.

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dooley wrote on Sun Jul 13, 2008 3:21 am:

I really like your house and your yard and garden and flowers and...can I come and live with you? My yard and garden are a mess and I can't seem to get caught up with anything. First it's too dry and now we're getting the rain we needed so badly but it does make it hard to work outside. dooley

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Droopy wrote on Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:52 am:

You're really being rewarded for all your hard work outside. Everything looks lovely. Good luck with the compost bin trial, hope it works for you.

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BJ wrote on Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:09 pm:

I agree with everyone and you are being truly rewarded for all your hard work. Just beautiful! I'm new at gardening and have 2 questions. How does Epsom salts help and what is the purpose of the tires?
BJ

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