It's GROWING!

The warm weather we're having is making the garden GROW! Everything has added 6, 8, maybe even 12 inches of height since last weekend. If you watched the video I did last weekend you might remember the little volunteer 8-Ball zucchini I showed ... well, I picked it this morning and it weighed 1.5 pounds! I know what we're having for dinner! And there are more on the way! Yay!

Here are some more photos to share, all taken this morning.

So far, the troughs are doing ok as planters. We'll see how the plants hold up when the weather warms up even more...

Beans have come up in the new garden. Yellow and Green bush beans. YUM!

This is the volunteer 8-Ball zucchini plant. It came up right on the very edge of one of the raised beds. I thought about moving it when it was small, but just left it alone. It is so very healthy!

The cucumbers in the center of this bed are doing a great job of climbing the trellis. And the kale is getting so BIG!

Some of the tomato plants ... they're growing like mad!

The plants around the outside edge are Armenian cucumbers -- supposed to make cucumbers that grow up to 36" long. Woweee!! The plants in the center are average slicing cucumbers. I wasn't sure the larger ones would come up, so I planted others. Then, most of them came up. We'll see how they do!

Butternut, another 8-Ball, and a Patty Pan on the far end... They really fill up this bed!

The sunflowers along the chicken yard are getting tall, too! And I saw a hummingbird on one of the feeders! They nest in the trees around the edge of the yard. Cute little buggers.

Hope you enjoy the day! Promises to be beautiful here today, though a bit too warm. 90. Phwew...

Comments

[Shala]

Joe got a packet of Armenian cucumber seeds and some sort of giant tomato plant seeds as well with a book order. We don't have a garden plot. I wonder if I could put the seeds in largish pots and put them up against the metal shed. It would be fairly easy to string a trellis up it. hmmmmm

[Shellie Daniel]

Your garden looks fabulous! All your hard work is paying off.

[Deborah]

Lovely... I am totally impressed by your gardens... Your whole farm actually. Thanks for sharing. I am feeling jealous though... it is freezing here in Rochester, NY and when I walked the dog this morning, there were flurries... SNOW at the end of April! UGH! So happy there is sun and warm temperatures somewhere out there! Send some our way? Looking ofrward to seeing some of the babies that must be on the way!

[Sherri D.]

What a difference even a few days can make! Things continue to look great! Enjoy the fruits of your labor!!

[Carol Dee]

Your garden looks great. We are so far behind, The peas and potatoes are coming up and we are ready toput in beans, cukes, zucs,tomato wnad peppers soon.
Hugs....

[Ann Lind]

So glad to see your garden is doing well this year. It is a lot of work and such a disappointment if it doesn't produce. We haven't even got ours tilled yet, and it is still to cold to plant here. We are just about the same as Newport weather wise. TFS Ann Lind

[Sally]

Your garden looks lovely, so green. I hope the heat holds off and most of those veggies can be harvested. Something was missing in your pictures though, didn't see any chickens, and would really like to.

[D K Wight]

You should save a bunch of the seeds from that volunteer 8 ball plant. It is obviously a geneticly superior plant. for it to be so vigorous. It's raining all day here at home, but the aspen leaves are coming out! The turkeys are having relations in the front yard now, it's pretty sexy in train wreck sort of way. Your little produce stand will be popular...Love, Dad.... Make a cute sign with some chickens on it tending the garden, maybe the polish girls, what a hoot that would be.

[Jennifer Woodward]

I can't even imagine 90 degrees today. Well....not here, anyway. But wow, wow, WOW! Your garden is fantastic! Yes indeed! A huge difference in just one week. I love watching your garden's progress and growth! AMAZING!