Well, I am getting tired of the landlord damaging my raised bed frame when he mows the yard. So I have dug up and killed the grass in a 3 inch strip around the bed. Lets see if that stops the damage or I may end up needing a new frame after only one year.
On happier news, we have our first tomato forming! Looks like a single black berry on the bush too. More than we expected for the first year that's for sure. I got the support beams put in for the cukes, just need some twine or something to use to get it climbing up them. I've taken to breaking up the soil and digging the cuttup weeds into the soil instead of just pulling them and moving them away. Not sure if that will help anything at all.
The raspberry bush looks straight dead but I hold out hope that greenery will come up next spring. In the mean time I added epsom salt to the garden areas and have been watering roughly every 3 days with good results. Much better than last year so far. Fingers are crossed for good returns on all this effort.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Growth comes with the heat
The tomatoes we put in first are now over 2 feet tall and flowering, thats good. Our golden grape tomatoes are blooming as well. We have a new cane on the blackberries, and some of the onions are up now. All this and today it hit 101 degrees acording to some online weather sources, others said 97. Not sure which to believe but either way it was hot!
The Cucumbers are showing promise, the romas are almost a foot tall now, and the peppers are looking fairly well too. The raspberry bush got shocked and sits looking brown and dead but we will leave it until this time next year. I think that is giving it a good amount of time to recover.
The garden this year is a good deal smaller than I had hoped for but it will have to do. I feel its too late to put in anything else and have a chance of anything beyond greenery. All the rain we had last month really put a stop to breaking ground and planting. Its alright though. Next year the beds that are going now will not be that hard to prep so we will be faster to expand. Here's to a good growing season, a great harvest and a hopeful next year!
The Cucumbers are showing promise, the romas are almost a foot tall now, and the peppers are looking fairly well too. The raspberry bush got shocked and sits looking brown and dead but we will leave it until this time next year. I think that is giving it a good amount of time to recover.
The garden this year is a good deal smaller than I had hoped for but it will have to do. I feel its too late to put in anything else and have a chance of anything beyond greenery. All the rain we had last month really put a stop to breaking ground and planting. Its alright though. Next year the beds that are going now will not be that hard to prep so we will be faster to expand. Here's to a good growing season, a great harvest and a hopeful next year!
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