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 Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:58 pm
A new home, a new space, a new garden!
We recently moved from our condo into a very lovely house, where there is actually quite a perfect patch for a garden that we've decided to utilize. This should prove to be a much less stressful gardening experience than having to commute to a friends(and not getting everything you grow because they ate it emo ) or trying to garden in the sparsely available space of a condo. (full sun is a lie! my plants cooked!)
So here's the update. Our new backyard has both a small lawn area with an Orange tree, a nice large patio area, and then a back corner of dirt that's in the perfect spot light wise. Earlier this week my husband had a rare two day's off in a row, so we got to work. (we have some beautiful healthy dirt this time!)
With the help of a garden claw, he tilled up the soil before going to work. The next day we purchased steer manure and mixed it it. I took some wood from a mystery scrap pile near our spot and lined it out. After a small break and going out to find some amazing deals on plants at a local super market(we seemed to have better luck with them last time), we came back and I did our rows. We got a crock neck squash and a zucchini squash planted, a partial row of sweet snap pea's, and a full row of carrots planted. We got these cool pre-seeded strips for the carrots so that the tiny seeds didn't go absolutely everywhere this time!
Here are some pictures:
My husband also discovered an adult version of building blocks in a pile of misc. stuff near the area and decided to have some fun with it. xd
We guess that we spent maybe 5-6 hours working on the garden in one way or another that day. I've been sick off and on since January so it felt amazing to me to be out in the sun, sweating and playing in the dirt!
We also have okra seeds, and some lettuce seeds we'd like to plant. We're also planning on tomatoes and bell peppers. I'm worried about having enough rows, so I'm thinking of adding a width-length one in the very front for the lettuce. I'm also debating if I'm going to start the seeds inside and then transplant them or not. I'm kind of gearing towards just putting them in the ground at this point.
I'll do another update likely later today, as it's finally stopped raining and is nice and sunny today so I can be out and work some more if I have the energy. I think I'm going to have to go and purchase another bag of steer manure or something for the front row. That or maybe some top soil since that area was used for my husbands decorative rock work and is now a slightly lower level.
Hope you all enjoy!
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:24 pm
I'm so disappointed! The pictures aren't working for me!
The garden sounds wonderful!
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:47 pm
sunsetsmile I'm so disappointed! The pictures aren't working for me! The garden sounds wonderful!
Sorry I was trying Picasa instead of my usual photobucket, so it didn't work.
I've got the pictures fixed and up on Photobucket now though!
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:16 pm
looks absolutely wonderful!!
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:15 pm
IT does look absolutely wonderful!!
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:18 pm
Thank you!
I didn't get much done in it today like I had originally hoped,
and I'm not sure exactly how tomorrow will fair as it's supposed to be something like 50% chance of rain.
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:10 am
That is a very nice setup! I like the rock feature, too. It makes the space very natural.
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Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:08 pm
Just a small update:
The day I made this post I also went out and did a little work. Cleaned up where the neighborhood cat had been, and did some little supports for our pea's.
The big thing, is that there is was a loooong old root underground and I finished pulling up what I could. When we first where turning the soil bits of it broke up and some of it had termites. Due to the termites, I felt it was best for me to dig up what I could to try and eliminate anymore and protect our home from infestation. Thankfully there weren't anymore signs of them. It's been raining off and on since that day so I haven't done anything more really.
Due to the termites, the pea supports are just temporary until I can get a proper metal one.
Pictures.
The Root - near by small scraps from the first day:
The Pea's:
Close up on the Squash mounds:
a sad tomato plant that we moved with us that is somehow making it. I planted this thing a year ago at the old place, where it did poorly. I finally gave up on it and ignored it, it grew leggy and then started to fruit finally, so we tried moving it with us. It was doing well after a few rains, but now it's being chewed on by something.
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Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:32 pm
First of your garden is very spiffy looking I wish I could do something like that, but every bit of soil plot I have except for the two I have been working on for last two years have been targets of some puff ball and slime fungus.
D: I'm not sure if its safe to grow food stuffs around them.
In anycase, pea plants are not at all fussy. 0w0 I had mine climbing the thin branches off of bamboo plants, their tendrils curl very easily around them and they spread wide like a little tree on them.
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:15 pm
Yes, thankfully pea plants aren't fussy at all. It's just my motherpreference about what to put up. Plus what is currently being used won't be stable enough for the long term.
Here's another small update:
I did a bit of work today since the weather has been good for it so far today. I added the row I want to be sure we have enough room for our Lettuce. After a talk with my mom, turns out there isn't enough room for Okra in my plot, that is - unless I don't want anything else. rolleyes
We grew it once when I was little and I had no memory of the size of it or anything. We have some idea's for spots in other places around the yard, such as along the fence line where she thinks it will do well. I also got potted some tomato plants we got started from a large tomato we had purchased and eaten. It's kind of one of those things my husband really wanted to try to see how it'd come out.
The new row:
(my husband made it look so easy to till up this soil with the claw lol )
The tomato starters:
Our little random grouping of tomato's:
The grape tomato plant we bought is doing well and is a bit taller already too, which makes me happy. 3nodding
Also, I discovered something is eating one of my squash plants scream NO ME GUSTA!
No real open signs of critters. I might ask my father to take a look at it to see if he can guess what it is. We've had some black aunts out there after I did all the work, so I'm suspicious it might be them. We don't have any spare money this week or I'd run out and by a bunch of marigolds and set up a flower perimeter. My husband gets paid friday though, and we shouldn't have any big bills that weeks so I should be able to manage it. Till then I have a "child and pet friendly" spray. AKA - soap water lol
I'll give it a spritz and see if it helps. We've had a lot of rain, so I actually haven't been actively watering because natures been taking care of it for me. There is a big ugly palm in the back corner of that area, so it may be harboring some garden eating critters.
On a non vegetable note, the wild flowers my husband planted in a little pot in hopes of keeping it in our room later have started blooming. 4laugh
anyways, hope you all enjoy my little update!
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:37 pm
biggrin ground or freshly crushed coffee beans do pretty well chasing away ants, they eat the grounds and will stay away from leaves, and..maybe get high off the caffeine.
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:47 pm
We had are having some rain today, and after being out to visit to his mom came home and said it looked like the "H" word.
Hail. gonk gonk gonk
We scrambled out in the rain and got things covered what all we could, mainly the delicate things like the fresh carrot sprouts, the budding tomato sprouts and the pea's.
No real pictures, I took some a few days ago and most of them managed to come out blurry.
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:31 pm
Beautiful. I wish I had that kind of room left for veggies. I love the stones around the palm, too. Really gives it a tropical look.
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:26 am
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:51 am
It looks wonderful! I wish I could grow palms here.....okay, I wish I could grow everything here.
I know what you mean about the gardening "zone." That's one of the most addictive things about gardening, for me. How anyone can tend a garden and not get hooked on 'that' alone is beyond me. I know some people absolutely hate to garden. Maybe they never take the time to just enjoy the moment.
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