Apples a plenty!

 

We have A LOT of apples. We might be giving some away if you're interested. :)

Black krim tomato progress

The black krims are taking off like mad, leaving the others bare and sad looking.
Next year I'm doing three of these if the tomatoes taste good! ;)

Too tart!

Well, the plums are not ready! Too tart! :)

Yup, it's a garden

Garden update.

Hose - it just POPPED the other day. Water shot up about 15 feet in the air and I was just blinking. "Um...what happened just now?"  Then...POP! another hole. New hose purchased. :)

The tomatoes are growing! Whoot!

Sweet potatoes - cute and growing. 

 Strawberries - They die a bit...and thrive a bit. We need a better system for them in the future. Some sort of netting and the like to keep things off them.

 The plums are doing their thing. It's an interesting process. They don't ripen all at the same time, so we're going to have to pick and eat for a while. What a shame. :::grin::::

 Apples - no black spots so far. It looks like the moth traps are doing their job. Fingers crossed!

Overall, the garden is great. We've eaten some items, we're learning and having fun. I think next year, we might get rid of 50% of the "grass" (AKA -dirt lawn) and plan more. I want MOOOOOOORRE!!! :)  We'll see. The grass is a mess, but the kids need a place to play. I'm sure we can work something out. We have some bushes that are dying, so they might go and the additional garden space might do there and in a 10x5 space in the grass area.

Little gardener! :)

May 29th Garden Update

The garden is coming along nicely. As we go along, certain things become easier to work out. We've even had a few meals with food picked from the garden which was a blast.

Here's a little garden update.

It looks like the apples are doing well. The moth traps seem to be working so far. I think we should get a few more to make sure they don't ravage our crop again this year.




The plums are ALL OVER the place. There will be enough to make some jam, have for snacks and pass out among friends.

The strawberries came back. Now we just need to keep the strawberry thief away.
  

For a little color, we have a gift from our neighbor. It's rather nice, actually. She was chopping some down in her front yard and just passed us the clippings. I popped 'em in the pot and they took off.

The tomatoes are grand. We just need to keep 'em watered and they see to be happy.

The sweet potato I planted sprouted out and looks really interesting. The leaves are green with purple trim. I can't wait to see if the potato will sprout other tomatoes.
 

We found out that we didn't plant the onions deep enough to give us onions proper, but we have chives. :)

 And the best part is having a place the kids can play and learn about nature. They have a great time playing out there and seeing the stuff grow. And, the best part about that is being able to EAT the project as they do it! :)

 AND BEES! 

:)

Garden ROBBERY!!!!

Some little buggers ROBBED us of our Strawberries!!!!!!!

So pissed. They were doing well and the kids would have loved picking and eating them. Sad.

Guess we need to invest in additional security measures for them. :(

More shots of the garden

Using the Canon instead of the iPhone makes a WORLD of difference! :)