We got a bit of rain this morning -- total surprise! So I decided to snap a few photos of the garden, which has been growing gangbusters! You might notice that I hadn't opened up the coop doors yet, either.
This is the "random" squash bed, which is doing great this year! You can probably even see some yellow squash in there that are just about ready for picking. Yay!
The bed in this photo with the long reaching vines coming out of it (front/center) is a bit of a surprise. The plants are actually producing what look like acorn squash, and not patty pan (scallop) squash. I guess the seeds in the packet were wrong, because I don't think I even have acorn squash seeds. Who knows.... maybe I do, and I just wrote down on my planting map incorrectly. That wouldn't surprise me, actually.... *grin* At least the plants are doing ok. I don't typically have good luck w/ acorn squash. The plants tend to wilt down in the heat, but so far they've been able to perk back up by morning. Here's hoping they continue to do well.
This is the bed I put in most recently. This bed didn't have the best growing results last year, so this year I really took time to replenish the soil with good, rich growing soil. So far, so good! Yesterday I put up the wire trellis for the cucumbers to grow on. It arches over and attaches to the top edge of the chicken yard, so it should be a nice support for the plants. I am happy to see that the zucchini plants at the front of the bed are coming along nicely. In the distance, you can see my bed of radish and spinach. Yum!!
This bed is mostly cucumbers, but there is a tomato on the other side of the trellis, and yellow squash on two corners. The tomato and squash were planted after seeing that the cucumbers weren't coming up well in those areas, so I made use of the space with other plants.
The new coop is proving the be a wonderful wind break for the garden, which makes me very happy! Having a larger area where I can grow taller plants (like tomato and giant squash plants), is awesome! We've already been enjoying harvest from the garden. That makes all the work putting the garden in worth it!
Your garden looks wonderful. What a lot of hard work...and it shows!
Posted by: Robin B. | June 10, 2014 at 07:36 AM
I am drooling over your garden pics....They look fabulous!
Posted by: Kristen Catalano | June 10, 2014 at 04:21 AM
Your garden is so green and healthy and your chicken coup looks so cute. Love the pic's.
Posted by: Rose Kerry | June 09, 2014 at 08:54 AM
It's great that you are already getting some goodies to sample from the garden! YUM...there is nothing better than home grown produce. What we get at the store is not even comparable...the taste is nowhere near the same. I get so frustrated trying to get good stuff at the supermarket! I wish I could go to the farmer's market like I used to. Growing up on a farm never leaves a person, and you should be so proud of your beautiful garden and the fruits of your labor! *HUGS*
Posted by: diane mcvey | June 09, 2014 at 07:20 AM
Payoff is a wonderful thing:) You put time, care and skill that grows each year with experience into everything you do and it all come out as ART:) You and Alan are such talented caretakers of all you have.
Posted by: Michele | June 09, 2014 at 05:40 AM
Everything is looking so good. Hope the rains continue to come and the intense heat holds off. Our garden looks great. Except for the WEEDS. I had not been out all week to check. And what was nice tidy rows last Sunday are a mass of green weeds. :( It rain all afternoon and eve Saturday so the ground was too wet to get in there and till or hoe. Hopefully Monday or Tuesday we can.
Posted by: carol dee | June 08, 2014 at 05:36 PM
The garden is looking great! I wish I lived close by so that I might sample all of that wonderful food! :-)
Posted by: Michelle W | June 08, 2014 at 05:30 PM