Took a quick tour this morning. Gave everyone a nice soak with the hose to help soak in the fertilizer. Overall things are looking better. It seems some plants that started out galloping are definitely at a walk now, suspect that the early heat did that. This week the temps have been more normal, so maybe they can start growing again after this short rest.
I have planted watermelon in 2 different spots, twice now... nothing! Not sure if seeds were bad or someone ate them, so got new seeds & started them indoors today. I WANT WATERMELON! Also many of my melons are just.... small leaves, doing nothing. I have to remember IT'S an experiment this year & my learning curve is pretty high on those. So below are a lot of pics of beds that I hadn't really been showing you much of - just to give a clue as to how they look right now & hopefully in a month - they will be big & green!
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| Jenny 5/6 - Cantaloupe, pumpkin, watermelon, & zucchini.... |
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| Harry 5/6 - Spag squash, Cantaloupe, eggplants, watermelons & tomatoes... |
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| Peter 5/6 The cukes in the back row are sure small, but so are the zucchini &squash :( |
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| Amy 5/6 beans looking a bit better, tomatoes near in front of them aren't much better - other side of tomatoes doing ok |
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| Oscar - Cantaloupe & squash in front, not doing well. Will I ever get cantaloupes??? Tomatoes doing ok. |
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| Herbs - going ok |
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| Julia - 5/6 - Beans on left recovering - sugar snap peas in front ugh & black eyed peas on right doing pretty well. The tomatoes & peppers are slow. |
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| Chimney - lettuce - we'll see.... |
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| Rachel - my hardest hit beans :( Doing some experiment here - will fill you in next month with how it went. Tomatoes, ok. |
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| Not bad herbs here |
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| Robin has a nice acorn squash going |
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| Mint in the bog growing nicely! |
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| If you look closely you can see 6 purple lilies! This will be cleaned out soon |
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| Robin - still struggling - cantaloupe, melon & pumpkin in back - bush cuke on left front, zucchini in center & acorn squash on right. Looks better than my new beds, but this is a bed that's 4 years old. |
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| Rick - our star - same age as Robin. Only difference really is he got 1 bag Mel's mix & 1 bag turkey manure this year - Those are some HAPPY plants! They are all big & deep green & yep you've been seeing the zucchini & squash from here. There are onions & scallions on the right.... |
So that's what they look like right now. The best thing my "inspector" Cleco got to inspect this week didn't come from my garden, but from my daughter. I thought I'd share the wonderful roses she sent me for Mother's Day. My photo really doesn't do them justice.
