Week 4, 2012

Lots of rain means lots of growth!

Here is the link to the third week's pictures.

First bed: Our bush beans are obviously NOT bush beans. Yesterday, Granny and I (K) had to buy some taller stakes because the beans were already at the top of the 4' ones. Some beans have already started climbing on the new 6' stakes! Also in this bed is our lettuce, which is ready to be picked, and sugar snap peas, which are blooming like crazy! We even have some peas almost ready to pick and eat!

Second bed: These squash, zucchini, and cucumbers are HUGE! And we finally have blooms :D

Yay! A squash bloom!

Third bed: Tons of blooms on the tomatoes and peppers. 

Fourth bed: A top view of our strawberry fortress. Not sure how visible they are, but we do have plenty of blooms and strawberries on the plants.

Fifth bed: More blooms and growth on the tomatoes and blooms on the peppers.

If the rain keeps up, we're going to have a jungle in our backyard soon!

Stay tuned for more updates!

Week 3, 2012

The plants have grown SO much over the past week!

Here is the link to the second week's pictures.

First bed: We've had to put Sevin on the plants because we found some kind of insect on the lettuce. Better to be safe than sorry!

Second bed: so much bigger than week 2. No bugs in this bed yet! Blooms are just starting to form in the middle of the squash plants. Hopefully they will come up sometime in the next few days!

Third bed: not many changes to these plants yet. Both tomato plants have plenty of blooms on them now.

Fourth bed: I forgot to say in Week 2's blog that the plants that are in the cage with the strawberries are sage plants. I (K) read that squirrels don't like sage so maybe that will help along with the sticks and the cage. So far, there have been no other intruders! Lots of blooms and baby strawberries growing though

Fifth bed: these 3 tomato plants have plenty of blooms on them also. I haven't had to water them much because the new soil is keeping pretty moist from the occasional rain showers.

Stay tuned for more updates!