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July 13th, 09Lot's of things are happening now that we've had some sun and regular rain. The male wren is still out there singing up a storm and I think I saw the female and little ones in one of our shrubs the other day. The garden is producing lots of snap and snow peas and the scarlet runner beans have hundreds (maybe more) of beautiful flowers. The tomatoes have flowers too finally. They are a little bit late I think. I need to thin my carrots and have learned that the place i put my beets this year is the wrong spot. Not enough sun at all but once the peas are finished I'll yank them out and give the beets more direct sunshine. The gourds are my shining glory. I am loving watching them grow 2-3 inches per day. We were keeping our eye on the biggest vine which was creeping up the chain link fence so it was easy to tell how much it had grown each day. It is now growing side vines and in another week I'll cut the main vine and encourage more female flowers from the side vines. I am looking forward to being the fertilizer fairy with a paintbrush when there are both male and female flowers out there. So far there are just male buds on tiny stems. 
Potatoes, Zuchs and Herbs ( photo / image / picture from jillh's Garden ) 
Main garden ( photo / image / picture from jillh's Garden ) 
Sweet Pea Vine ( photo / image / picture from jillh's Garden ) 
The biggest gourd vine, making the bend. ( photo / image / picture from jillh's Garden ) 
Smaller gourds, catching up. ( photo / image / picture from jillh's Garden ) This blog entry has been viewed 314 times
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Everything is looking really good. Amazing what rain can do for the plants and animals and humans.
Your garden has certainly comes on in leaps and bounds now Jill. Your gourds are amazing so let's hope you get some female flowers on them soon. Login or register to leave a comment. |
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