Looking over the list of seeds I planted back in May, I'm shocked at how different a season can turn out! The weather, once again, threw us for a loop. We had excessive amounts of rain. Even in the raised beds, the little root feet of my baby plants let go of their mineral and rotted cow pooh enriched soil to float.
The onions rotted, parsnips never grew, either did the beans, carrots were swimmers. We did get a few radishes. Two kale plants and one broccoli survived the chickens.
Two tomato plants grown in an Earth Box did beautiful as well as three eggplants in an Earth box. They are just late in maturing. One tomato plant grown in a large container has produced several large green tomatoes. I hope they get ripe! We've harvested from the Earth Box tomato plants.
Two zucchini plants produced a total of 5 zucchini. About 20 beets were harvested from the porch and 4 window boxes of lettuce are still producing.
Swiss chard took a hard hit from the rain too and the plants haven't grown to full size.
Watermelon was eaten by the chickens.
HERBS:
I grew 3 kinds of basil and they really started to grow about a month ago. The oregano and thyme are just now about 3 inches high. I've transplanted them into Dollar Tree buckets that I drilled drainage holes into.
The cat mint grew really nice. I'm planting it all around the yard because it's supposed to repel flea beetles. Also harvesting seed from basil, cat mint and dill.
Just a few seedlings of cilantro. It took a couple months to germinate! Wow. It might have enough time to grow. I can cover it to lengthen the season and then bring it in the house when it gets too cold.
Gutter garden and Earth Boxes made all the difference. I bought the Earth Boxes for $23.00 each at Big Lots 2 years ago and they sold out. I don't want to spend $50.00 on them.
It was so much easier 20 years ago when I had all the sun necessary shining on my garden. I hope that the changes we are making now will last 20 years!
The onions rotted, parsnips never grew, either did the beans, carrots were swimmers. We did get a few radishes. Two kale plants and one broccoli survived the chickens.
Two tomato plants grown in an Earth Box did beautiful as well as three eggplants in an Earth box. They are just late in maturing. One tomato plant grown in a large container has produced several large green tomatoes. I hope they get ripe! We've harvested from the Earth Box tomato plants.
Two zucchini plants produced a total of 5 zucchini. About 20 beets were harvested from the porch and 4 window boxes of lettuce are still producing.
Swiss chard took a hard hit from the rain too and the plants haven't grown to full size.
Watermelon was eaten by the chickens.
HERBS:
I grew 3 kinds of basil and they really started to grow about a month ago. The oregano and thyme are just now about 3 inches high. I've transplanted them into Dollar Tree buckets that I drilled drainage holes into.
The cat mint grew really nice. I'm planting it all around the yard because it's supposed to repel flea beetles. Also harvesting seed from basil, cat mint and dill.
Just a few seedlings of cilantro. It took a couple months to germinate! Wow. It might have enough time to grow. I can cover it to lengthen the season and then bring it in the house when it gets too cold.
Gutter garden and Earth Boxes made all the difference. I bought the Earth Boxes for $23.00 each at Big Lots 2 years ago and they sold out. I don't want to spend $50.00 on them.
It was so much easier 20 years ago when I had all the sun necessary shining on my garden. I hope that the changes we are making now will last 20 years!
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