Malali watermelon! This is the biggest one. They are supposed to be about 10 lbs at maturity and I've dragged my bathroom scale out there a couple of times. LOL This one is about 7 pounds.
Starting FALL GARDEN 2011 in Zone 8
Danvers carrots and green onions. Haven't pulled a carrot yet. Onions are very good.
Everything looks just great Mindy. I have several tomatoes in containers, 6 in beds and I'll probably move the container ones to a bed as soon as the bed is ready. Got sidelined with a shoulder injury, but it's healing.
We're still in triple digits here but I think that's going to turn next week and the following weekend I can work the beds. There's a Master Gardener sale on Oct 22 that I'm kind of waiting for.....hope to get some herbs and maybe a cherry tom. I broke the one I had that was doing really well.....it's trying to re-root in a small container....HATE when I do that!
I'm smitten with the French Breakfast radishes. Did not have good results with the Watermelon radish last year. I'll do carrots, beets and lettuce, minimum. Oh, and a bed of garlic to go in soon.
Everything looks nice and very promising folks. Keep on gardening!
L to R, baby key lime trees, Maui purple pepper, "Wanda's" garlic.
Bell peppers. I painted the pots the colors the peppers will be....the brown pot is not in view.
Mary Washington asparagus. Started from seed, then I had it outside in a pot for many weeks and I finally transplanted all three. This is the only one that looks like it MIGHT survive this heat.
My Fava Beans are growing growing growing ...
Broccoli are also doing well !!
Kohlrabi are developing first set of true leaves
Outside: Swiss Chard is growing great.
I have started to thin it out. Last night we ate a bowl each of baby swiss chard and baby arugula ! Delish
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Outside: Baby Arugula, which I also started to thin out, just removing the larger leaves and use them in salads.
lettuce has germinated outside - direct seeded under the okra plants
Pak Choi, Bok Choi and Kales are growing fantaastic every day. I also pick a bowl a day of those greens.
Eggplants are still producing, but I will remove them in two weeks to replace them with Broccoli.
Broccoli are growing well outside ...
Here is the picture of my broccoli
Mindy,
Thanks for the updates! Did you use the Krylon Fusion spray paint for plastics on your pepper plant containers?
Btw,
Anyone besides me experiencing slower uploading speeds on this thread? It's gotten long, and the pics seem to be slowing it down.
Time to start a new thread...
Linda
Uh, ya'll know that Hurricane Ike replacement fence I've been whining about holding up my fall/winter raised beds progress?
Well. I can stop whining!!
This is one half of the yard.
More to come when it's all done.
I can stop whing about not being able to build the raised beds until my Hurricane Ike replacement fence goes up.
Here's the completed half of the new fence!
That space to the right of the tree is where my main bed will be.
d -- I started them indoors and they went way too crazy way too fast! I wish I'd thought to plant fava beans; I love them.
Mary -- Thank you so much. I'm sorry about your shoulder but glad to hear it's coming along. I have a bad left arm/shoulder so can sympathize. We'll see how the watermelon radishes do, this is my first time with them. I'll keep the French Breakfast in mind. I'll do lettuce, too, but keep those beets away from me. :-)
Gym -- Yes I did! They are black nursery pots and the Krylon for plastic worked beautifully. Some were labeled "glossy" and some weren't, but I really can't tell much of a difference.
Mindy
Quote from Mindyrecycles :
Mary Washington asparagus. Started from seed, then I had it outside in a pot for many weeks and I finally transplanted all three. This is the only one that looks like it MIGHT survive this heat.
Mindy ~ tell me about germinating these seed please?
Linda, wonderful about your fence. It'll be like a new lease on life for your garden -- no more exuberant puppies trampling through! Plus, you may be able to grow vine crops or flowers, adding chicken wire or netting as needed. Perhaps you can even hang a hanging planter or a shelf if you want, to take advantage of sunshine that hits the top of the fence but not the ground. Or prune tomatoes in your pajamas (although what tomatoes would be doing in your pajamas, I'll never know).
Lise, channeling Groucho this morning
Another view!
LiseP,
I took my breakfast on the bench under the crepe myrtle yesterday morning! So TOTALLY peaceful.
I can hardly even hear the dogs next door!
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I am back in town after two weeks.
A lot has changed in my vegetable garden.
My SWISS CHARD is groing great
ARUGULA is growing slowly. I have started to harvest the largest leaves. YUMMY !!
GARLIC is sprouting already
LETTUCE is growing under the Okra plants (soon to be removed)
BOC and PAC CHOI and KALES are growing fantastic !
BROCCOLI are huge already ! WOW !
Today I transplanted out FAVA BEANS
Monday I will plant more GARLIC (since the garlic company sent me my garlic order again by mistake) ... weee and also some RADISHES
Thursday I will transplant out more BROCCOLI (on flower days)
Saturday I will transplant out KOHLRABI (on leaf days)
PARSLEY is growing well
I just throw a bunch of seeds a while ago.
ARUGULA is also growing well
SWISS CHARD I have seeded in between my flower garden is growing well
The GARLIC from SAM's club is already up 8" ... while the garlic I bought from a garlic website is not ... yet
This is the LETTUCE I seeded at the base of the Okra plants.
Delish !
Soon I will trim down the okra plants.
PAC and BOC CHOI and KALES growing well
more KALE VATES (my favorite), LACINATO KALES
The WHITE ICICLE RADISHES I seeded last week are starting to germinate.
I know it might be a little late for radishes ... but I didn't have room before.
BROCCOLI growing fantastic !!
