Planted the watermelon and cantaloupe in the sunroom finally! I've got a fan at the bottom of the stairs for circulation, and once the plants start sprawling I'll add trellises for them to climb up.
Black ladybug with white spots!! I'm totally intrigued by these little lovelies, because I can't find out anything about them on the internet. I sent some pics to the University, just for fun.
Pretty pretty bug.
The sunflowers look pretty sad, and in hindsight I wouldn't have started them in peat pellets (could've just planted them from seed on the spot). Hopefully they straighten up. Also in here is some corn, and further from the camera to the right are some cucumber plants (I'll add little teepees for them once they start sprawling, so they grow up rather than out).
Zucchini, and at the very end (can't really see them) is dill.
Squash and Pumpkins in one of the planter boxes. On the other side of this box will be yellow wax beans. Once the pumpkins and squash vines get long I'll let them lead down to the ground, so the box won't be overcrowded.
Other planter box. Eventually the tomatoes will be transplanted in here too. On each end of this is thyme, and along the sides I've planted basil.
A lot of our tomatoes will be in smaller planters (we can only fit about four in the big planter), and I'm doing another cucumber in a separate planter (I want a good pickle batch!!), as well as some more herbs.
Hopefully everything likes where it is... I'm still really new at knowing what soil is good soil, and how much to feed them... I was really disappointed that our compost was screwed up by the previous tenants; I've been correcting it almost daily, just adding green, stirring it, making sure it's got a bit of moisture. Because we didn't have compost and we don't have a car for big emergency garden loads, we're using an organic plant food that mixes into the soil, and *eep* miracle grow. Kind of contradictory to have organic and chemical fertilizers, I know... but I was soooo anxious to get stuff in and I reeeaaally want everything to come up and produce well. We'll see how it goes. Live 'n' learn!!!
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