Well…. I picked my first PEACH from my tree! Been eating a few blueberries and raspberries but no blackberries so far. There are only a few strawberries but at least the plants now have a home and I look forward to more. There are bunches and bunches of grapes. Have picked 5 or 6 eggplant and a few more cucumbers. A billion tomatoes will ripen real soon... probably during this next heat spell. I've had a few peppers and 2 carrots are growing (the tomatoes pushed them out.. have to find another place for them). The squash, melons and watermelons have suffered because I'm a procrastinator but there is still hope. Most of the apples are rotting on the tree (gotta figure that out) but the pear tree is amazing I'm looking forward to rhubarb next year and will figure out a way to get to the cherries before the birds do! Pretty darn cool, huh?
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Friday, July 5, 2013
Planting carrots and lettuce
You know those carrot and lettuce seeds are so small I thought how am I ever going to plant them?? Then it came to me!! The ice cube trays with holes fit perfectly into the window box and the muffin baking pan is perfectly sized for a square foot area. No, I didn’t leave them there.. I put the seeds into the sections, laid it on the ground and pushed the seed into the hole and then pushed it farther down with the end of a spoon! Creative, huh?? We’ll see how it comes out!
Sunday, June 23, 2013
I’m confident…
Monday, January 14, 2013
Lettuce in rain gutters
Hmmm…. I think the first one that the water can drain from the top on all the way down is a good idea. Another idea I thought of was to take a fence panel and attach it to the house on the deck. Then make a pull up blind of sorts with plastic to lower when it needs to be covered and it will act as a temporary greenhouse.
I’m starting to like the idea of hanging them like the second on the right. It would involve plant hangers and potentially be more creative than permanently attaching them…. and if it didn’t work.. I could hang flowers on the hangers.
