Family backyard picnic! So to give an idea of how my garden is working, this yard is rented, so the obvious awesome sunny spots could not be dug up. My ground planting sneakily runs along the front of the garage and a bit of the fence, and the rest is in planters. If I could have, I would have had six big planters filled with goodness, but we didn't have the budget for it. Boo hoo.
Transplanted the tomatoes last night, and today in the hot sun they look a little droopy, but I'm not too worried. BUT, look at these two plants... they were both started from the same "rainbow" seeds, and the one on the left looks so different, almost pepper-ish. An imposter? If so, I'd still better be able to eat it's stuff. OR ELSE.
My "fun salad" planter. There's a Tiny Tim tomato plant, a basil plant, and a cucumber plant. So far they seem to have lots to talk about, hopefully they don't start freaking out about needing "space" and stuff. Veggie plant drama, sheesh!
Cantaloupe in the sunroom – seem to be happy, although I'm wondering if I should have separated the two plants... hrmm...
Watermelon in the sunroom – also seem content, happily they didn't mind the transplant too much. Fingers crossed!!! I want ma meluns!
Thinned out the strawberries and they are since looking much better. We've been pinching off the flower buds but get to leave them alone come June. Then we get berries! Eventually!
Kay, all these plants are growing, but they all look kind of sad (and my set-up is kind of chaotic). I might pull the beans right out and give the peas more room. I'll wait a week and decide... don't tell the beans.
Planted tomatoes in the herb planter last night, and the middle one is a jalepeno pepper plant that we bought. So far they all seem happy. This is my favorite planter. If a storm comes this is the one I'll save first.
Waaahhh! My squash are pissed. I think it's a drainage problem... the planter is on a slight tilt, so they might be a bit soggy. Honestly I don't know. I'll fiddle with leveling and drainage, then work on nutrients and stuff, but argh! I dooonnn't knooooowwww!!!
Pumpkins were looking great until yesterday when it got super hot. They're on the high end of the tilted planter, so I think they're getting gypped when it comes to water. Also I mounded them a bit much, so I'm positive it's a water thing. Maybe?
Zucchini are loving their partial shade. Found some aphids lounging on them today, and totally sicced a few ladybugs on the little jerks. They were like "oh NOOOOO!" and the ladybugs were all "YOM YOM YOM!!" It was an ugly scene.
Dill is looking perky and satisfied in it's weediness.
Corn and sunflowers are definitely the least respected plants of my gardening. The corn is doing okay, but the sunflowers look to be in plant agony. In my defense, I needed the sunny spots for the tomatoes, and I couldn't dig up the middle of the yard, AND what have sunflowers ever done for me!?! Besides make tasty seeds and look pretty? NOTHIN. Anyway the tomatoes took priority.
The cucumbers haven't decided how they feel yet. Some days they look okay, and some they look a bit sick. Vera stepped on one but it seems to be pulling through. I think these babies need some compost fertilizin' treatment. Hurry up compost! Geez!
Radishes having a show-down with the grass. Who will win? Radishes will. Because I won't rip them out of the ground. Behind them are some lettuce mix sprouts, but because it's a mix I can't tell what are weeds... right now I'm going by the rows, anything that strays from the row gets plucked.
Lessons learned: I don't know how to water plants and I'm blaming everything on not having compost.
