The madness begins

We have been gone for 8 days and of coarse everything went crazy while we were gone.


We had to replace the red plastic in this bed because it disintegrated and the weeds just took over. We also lost a number of pepper plants to the heat.


The Three sisters in this bed are coming along nicely much better than last year. The transplanted mystery squash is taking over and will need to be trimmed back so it does not overtake the entire bed.


The tomatoes in this bed exploded while we were gone. It was imposable to replace the plastic in this bed without removing the cages and that would have destroyed the plants. The weeds are enjoying this error and are winning the battle. Between the heat and weeds we lost a number of our hot pepper plants.


The beets are doing much better this year but most of the brassicas are bolting from the heat.

Lettuce

Lettuce that the woodchuck did not get.

Chinese red meat radish

Chinese red meat radish from Beakers creek seeds

Adding trellises

Added the new cucumber trellises and planted cucumber seeds


We ran out of tomato cages so we built this trellis to hang strings to train the tomato's

Second round of radishes

Second round of radishes.

Garadge bed 6-12-11

The Sunflowers are over a foot tall and last years carrots are starting to flower

Peas have reached the top of the trellis

Attack of the caterpillars

The dill is covered with these caterpillars. I believe they will be black swallow tale butterflies but for not they are getting relocated.

Cucumber trellises

New cucumber trellises

First round of peas

First round of peas. They defiantly do better if you plant on ST Patrick's day

Radishes

First picking of the radishes

Herb garden

This year we have dedicated a spot in the back of the house to a Herb garden.

Planting day

Planting the transplants. It was unseasonably hot and we had to shad the plants (and us) form the sun so they did not wilt and die before we could water them.

Beds

Beds cleaned out. Cabbage from last yeare was moved so we can let it go to seed.

Peas

Peas are coming up. We actually planted them on time this year

Hardening off

Hardening off the greenhouse plants

Cold frame update 4-19-11

The cabbage is coming along nicely. There have been a few slugs appearing in the cold frame so beer traps and rock salt have been put inside the frame. A remote thermometer has also been added.

The plan

 

 

The plan for the garden layout. Athough it will probably go awry

These are screen capures from the kitchen garden aid. Its a great free program

http://sourceforge.net/projects/kitchengarden/