Gardening Away!

The gardening is being done in full force now. I have updated the sidebar to show our progress. We spent the holiday weekend getting most of the garden in. It feels good to have it this far! We are already making plans and changes for next year!
Here is a pic of the garden at the north end. I tried to get in most of the garden so everyone can see how big it is.


Here is the tomato area.

There are 25 Romas. Romas are perfect for sauces and soups. That's my main use for tomatoes. I will also be canning ketchup and salsa with these. I bought 16 plants from the local greenhouse. Only 9 of mine survived out of the 30 that I started from seed. Not too happy about that.

Here's some sweet corn that has come up. I planted 120'of Golden Bantam this year.


Planted 4 jalapeno pepper plants for salsa making.


This is the contraption I made to keep the birds from pecking away at my seeds. I took some tomato cages and tied some old cd's to them. I used those ones that companies send me to sign up for AOL, etc. I don't use them anyways, might as well do me some good! And it's working so far!


Peas starting to bloom. These are Early Frosty variety. I filled one of my raised beds with them. Done square foot method.


The onion and pea bed. All done square foot method.


The bush bean and carrot bed. Beans are Contender. Carrots are Danvers Half Long. Done square foot method. There are 3 green pepper plants in the front.


The tater tires. The middle one didn't get put in as early as the other two. That's why it doesn't have the second tire on it.


Planted 3 blueberry bushes this year. They were from last years crop, so they are fruiting this year for us. Yay!!


Mixed lettuce varieties and some Cherry Belle radishes. Not much here. but dh won't eat radishes and is not a big fan of lettuce. So no need to do much of these.

Now, just praying for some rain!! This hard clay is starting to crack from the lack of moisture.
I will post more pics later, gotta make some supper!