Just a note about my garden:

It's a third of the way through June and my tomatoes are huge and beginning to set fruit.

The basil and green peppers are coming along too.

I just wish the chiggers and deer ticks weren't so fierce this year.

Thanks for visiting with me.

Kathi

This Year's Garden

I'm going for permanence this year with regards to my garden.

I planted three baby honeyberry bushes. I don't plan to see any fruit from them for at least a couple of years. Same thing with the raspberry canes that went in alongside one fence line.

Otherwise, I only have my asparagus patch and the two circle gardens. I'm growing tomatoes, green peppers and some spinach. They look so empty at the moment, but I know how everything will grow and fill it all in.

I don't need to can anything this year, but will probably put up some tomatoes - just plain for throwing in stews or tacos.

Thanks for visiting with me,

Kathi

Transplanted Tomatoes

I'm happy to say that the tomatoes I transplanted a week and a half ago made the trip safely.  I can't say that they are thriving yet, but they don't look as sad and there are finally some small tomatoes on the vine.  Phew!  I wasn't sure that I would have any crop at all this year.

It does look like I'll have spaghetti squash to spare and the cucumbers are turning out plenty of little cukes.  I've already made a couple of jars of refrigerator pickles and given more away.

Short and sweet today.

Thanks for visiting with me.

Kathi

Potted Crops

The last couple of years have been difficult for gardening.  Last year, it quit raining in June and, even with daily watering, the crops sort of withered and died by the end of July.  I have to admit that it was wonderful not to have to pull weeds for the entire season, but I also didn't get the excellent home-grown veggies that make the whole process worth it.

This year I studied up on container gardening.  Crops in Pots and You Grow, Girl were my favorite books on the subject.  I carefully started heirloom tomatoes and several other kinds of seed in egg cartons.  They all made it to the big pot stage.  But the rain never quit and it was cloudy and coolish for a long time.  Nothing grew with a bang.  The plants all just crept along. 

Lately, in between downpours and vicious storms, we've had enough heat that I expected my "babies" to grow.  Still nothing spectacular.  Finally, I decided to dig them into the garden.  Either it will kill them or they will grow better.  This morning, most of my container garden became regular garden.  I'll let you know how it turns out.

As I was working a shovel gently under as much of the soil as possible so as to do the least damage to the roots, I realized that every pot was soaked.  The plants had all been standing in water.  Perhaps that had something to do with their general health.  I'm sure hoping for some home-grown tomatoes this year.

Thanks for visiting with me.

Kathi