Harvest and Hot Mess

I ran out to the garden to do a quick harvest. What I found was while I’ve been busy running the garden was busy growing into a hot mess. 3 hours of puttering later the plants are somewhat tamed, two trellis’ have multiple plant baby action and I finally a basket from harvesting.

#photoadayjune 24 on my mind -2

Posted: 2012/06/24 | Author: Lola | Filed under: Gardening, Photo a Day | Tags: Garden, Gardening, raised bed gardening, Square Foot Gardening, trellis gardening, watermelon | Leave a comment

It’s hot. I wish this was much bigger.

The Garden so far: Early Summer

Posted: 2012/06/06 | Author: Lola | Filed under: Gardening | Tags: Begonia, Cut Flower Gardening, Daisy, Dill, Flower Gardening, Garden, Gardening, Gladiola, Lilly, Midwest Gardening, Mr Lincoln Rose, raised bed gardening, snap dragon, Square Foot Gardening, Sunflower, Tomatillo, trellis gardening, Zinnia | Leave a comment

Hello Lovies! Here are some pics of our garden so far this year. I’ll get more specific about varieties, if I haven’t already I honestly cannot remember, in a later post. Right now some crazy person decided she was going to write 10 posts in 10 days while working a full time job and picking back up training for running. I’m actually at the point where I almost have everything I want in the garden foundation wise. Shhh don’t tell Babu or he will start relaxing and I just cannot have that.

: Tomatillos ready for their new home

: Baby Tomatillo

: Lillies

: Daisy

: Lillies

: Yellow/Orange Snap Dragon

: Baby Roma Tomato

: Peas

: Coleus

: White planter flowers

: Begonia

: Caladium aka Elephant Ears

: More planter plants

: Freesia I think

: Baby Hydrangea

: PInk Lilly, these blooms fade super quickly

: Multi Snap Dragon

: This came in a pre-school fund raiser planter

: Baby Zinnia

: Daisy

: My new baby, brand new back bed

: Sunflower

: Yellow Snap Dragon

: White Snap Dragon

: Red Snap Dragon

: Allium

: This guy may win the first to bloom sunflower race

: Lilly

: Daisy

: Red Rose

: Dill flower

: Herbs, Chives, Dill, 3 kinds of Basil, Cilantro, 2 kinds of Parsley

: Red Rose

: Tomatillo

: Raised Bed #1, Peas, Garlic, Tomatoes, Peppers, slug salad was already harvested,

: Raised Bed #2, Strawberries, Red and White Onions, Tomato and Pepper

: Raised bed #3, Tomato, Peppers, Tomatillos

: Raised bed #4, peppers, 2 cucumbers, 2 water melons

: Gladiolas, Sunflowers, Russian Sage, Oregeno

: herb bed from the side

: Rose bush bed

: Baby Zinnia and White Snap Dragon

: Zinnia’s are not stepping up this year, I may have to supplement with some Dahlia’s

: Orange Lillies and Daisies

: My first successful bare root rose plant, A J&P Mr. Lincoln

: should be full of sunflowers and zinnias soon

: Day Lillies

: White Snap Dragon

: I still have no idea what plant this is, it bloom bi-annually

: Light butter yellow Lilly, it is almost cream

: Lillies

: Front bed and planter boxes

: Hostas

: Pink Begonia

: This was a nice first berry though

: First Berry crop, I’m already over it

Spring continues in the Garden

Posted: 2012/05/09 | Author: Lola | Filed under: Gardening | Tags: Cut Flower Gardening, Daisy, Flower Gardening, Garden, Gardening, iris, Iris sibirica, lettuce, Midwest Gardening, peas, peony, Plant, raised bed gardening, roses, Seed, snap dragon, Square Foot Gardening, Tomatillo, trellis gardening, Zephirine Drouhin Antique Climbing Rose, Zinnia | Leave a comment

I finally got it together enough to get some shots of the garden this Spring. It has been the best spring ever, I forgot how much I love spring because it seems we never actually get one. This year has been at lest 2 springs at once. The Peppers and Tomatoes I ordered from Gurney’s are on their way and I’ll get them in this weekend. We are going to buy Tomatillos from the Chilewoman.com and make the trip to Bloomington, IN to pick them up over Memorial Day weekend. For those of you local I have divided Siberian Iris and some leftover onion starts that may or may not be viable so you can just have them. Today I hope to get Sunflower and Zinnia seeds in while I am supposed to be nursing my foot, shhh, don’t tell Babu.

: Peony bud

: White Siberian Iris

: garden river

: At home in the mint

: Badger protecting the garden from those pesky birds

: Red rose

: First harvest of Dill

: iris bloom

: back porch snap dragons

: Peony buds are forming

: Lilly

: Lillies are already getting tall

: Peony Bud, amazing that all those petals are hiding in there

: Siberian Iris

: Peony bush

: Peony

: Red rose bush

: white snapdragon is almost a bush

: Lilly of the Valley, been in the family since great-great- grandmas garden.

: It’s only May 8th, they never even died! Snapdragons

: Maroon Pansy

: Snapdragons in the front bed with some pansies

: Plants ready to go in

: Bird nest and eggs

: Bird Eggs

: Peonies

: Peony and Roses in a vase

: The full moon over the weekend

: East side retaining wall herb bed, dill, basil, parsely, cilantro, chives,

: Zephirine Drouhin Antique Climbing Rose, just arrived

: Sunflowers do NOT like to be transplanted, but I have made it work before, fingers crossed.

: Newest raised bed, peas, beets, lettuce, garlic,

: I have 2 baby Beets, Ruby Queen I think

: Pea baby

: First crop of baby lettuce, as usual I was late getting it in

: Happy Strawberries

: Onions, Red Candy Apple, Copra Hybrid

: Turtle in the Oregano

: Russian Sage is recovering from the frost nicely

: Retaining wall bed East Front

: Retaining wall bed front west

: Mr. Lincoln Rose bare root transplant, fingers crossed

: Baby Zinnia reseeds, I still have to get my Zinnia’s in the ground

: Something really pissed off this dogwood bush over the winter 😦

: West side retaining wall bed

: Bottom edge of the newest bed

: free rain barrel from the town

: long view of the newest bed

: Spent double white peony bloom, freaky

: Daisy buds

: The lavender is a bit water logged I fear

Garden in Spring 2012

Posted: 2012/03/28 | Author: Lola | Filed under: Gardening | Tags: Annuals, cilantro, Cut Flower Gardening, Daffodil, Flower, Flower Gardening, Garden, Gardening, hyacinth, Midwest Gardening, Perennial plant, raised bed gardening, snap dragon, Square Foot Gardening, trellis gardening, Tulip | 1 Comment

Spring came early this year, it started on the 13th with some buds, annuals that didn’t ever die, and perennials pushing up, then it exploded. For the record I’m still holding my breath for the ice storm. Meanwhile Enjoy something that isn’t trash!