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
Sunday, August 11, 2013
The “east” beds…
From most recent to spring…
SO.. this area has been the home to critters as long as I remember. Ari and Kobie would race here to hunt! Why did I think that changed! The area has a raised bed made with concrete blocks for a tomato plant and I thought for carrots but they never got planted. There is also a pallet box where peppers are planted.. red and yellow and purple.. oh my!! I started out with 2 trellis put together thinking I could also use it to cover the bed in case of an insect, bird or hail event. After the dogs nearly demolished the bed I reevaluated and decided to attach plastic fencing to the trellis and create a barrier hoping the dogs (although Jake is shown checking it out!) would get the picture which I think they have. I rebuilt the concrete bed adding more blocks, added more dirt to both beds and then topped off with straw. We’ll see! We were being watched by a cardinal in August!
To see the carnage, click here!l
And here…
Progress through June and July….
May 30th – planted..
