Picture Thread

I wanted to start a picture thread where we can post pictures of our garden and the progress throughout the season.

I would love to see what everyone is doing. For now, I have some seedling pictures. These are actually from a few weeks ago, and everything is bigger and I also started cukes, basil, nasties, and some other herbs and flowers.

Tomatoes & peppers

Chard, kale, spinach, & lettuce

Thyme, romanesco (fractal broccoli !), and onions

...& my baby chicks, Enya, Ke$ha, and Tesla.

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 13, 2011 at 11:14pm

A little progress yesterday. I got parts of my raised bed cleared out and filled it up with Zinnia, Foxglove, a little Alyssum, Tithonia.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 13, 2011 at 11:17pm

Here's what I cleared out, in part. It's called "Painter's Pallet." I originally got some off eBay. It prefers dappled shade but doesn't seem to suffer in sun. Very aggressive-- if you're looking to fill up some space with something about knee high, this is your plant. It's gotta go . . .

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 13, 2011 at 11:19pm

Hosta "Blue Mammoth" flanked by Hosta "Golden Waffles" on either side.

I picked up all 3 as babies on a bike trip in Wisconsin.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on June 14, 2011 at 6:58am

Beautiful grouping.

H3N3 said:

Hosta "Blue Mammoth" flanked by Hosta "Golden Waffles" on either side.

I picked up all 3 as babies on a bike trip in Wisconsin.

Permalink Reply by igz on June 14, 2011 at 8:23am

the ones i have to offer are sprouts, no taller than 4 inches at the moment.

H3N3 said:

Sunflowers have deep tap roots and don't transplant well. Some chance they'll recover if you manage to get a big enough dirt clump.

I have Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) to pass along and no room for anything else large, but thanks.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 14, 2011 at 8:41am

Blue and yellow has always been my "favorite color."

When I was little I would alternate blue and yellow Legos . . .

Anne Alt said:

Beautiful grouping.

H3N3 said:

Hosta "Blue Mammoth" flanked by Hosta "Golden Waffles" on either side.

I picked up all 3 as babies on a bike trip in Wisconsin.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 16, 2011 at 11:50pm

5 out of 6 germinated- yeah.

H3N3 said:

I've learned not to start cukes indoors because

a) they almost always die the first time the sun hits them

b) they grow fast anyways

I've also learned to resist the temptation to use up seed packets (well, for the most part) and save seeds for next year-- so I had exactly 6 seeds to work with. Let's hear it for decent germination rates.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 16, 2011 at 11:59pm

This is my favorite Hosta. I started it from seed in 2003. Pod parent Brigham Blue. I probably had 20-30 at one point but this was the only one that had the traits I wanted. It was larger-- i split it into 3 in spring of 2010.

This is where my peppers (and eggplant) are at right now. The window boxes are full of volunteer petunias I salvaged out of the boxes that now have the celosia:

Celosia-- started indoors-- 4 varieties, should be interesting. Planted out 2 days ago.

This is where my tomatoes are at-- planted out maybe 2 weeks ago-- just starting to get their legs (and starting to grow very fast):

Permalink Reply by Allison M. down Ogden 7.9 mi on June 17, 2011 at 10:19am

chickens are finally outside....soo happy!

Permalink Reply by Duppie on June 18, 2011 at 9:10pm

Finally got around to take some pictures.

Our herb garden. Basil, cilantro, garlic, thyme, oregano, rosemary, mint, chives, and garlic chives.

Three vegetable beds. Bottom left: Pole beans, peas, onions, and garlic. Top left: pattipan squash, lettuces (gone), radishes, spinach (gone), soon more radish, cilantro, and parsley.