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 From  Jean

Garden Update August 2018

Well another month passes and we are starting the harvest season in the garden.
The first harvest is pictured for the first of August.

 The potatoes and rhubarb are coming along and the bush beans have taken off like rockets.

Beets and radish second harvest have just been started and this week I'm going to try to wrangle rose propagation.

Have a wonderful August

Oh yes the hot house is coming along nice in the rebuild.

WE also bought a 20 dollars grafted plum tree.

Garden update 2018 july Greenhouse

Revamping the old greenhouse to have a real base and walls not falling over.
So hubby has also started on the new greenhouse July 2018
Sort of 3 sides are level and on the ground. It's a good start.

Back box garden update July 2018

These are the other boxes all the same size except the front 3 .

The little boxes are for aspargrass ,horseradish and strawberries.

The rocks are set part way up and then i need to finish the borders in stones.

Well my hubby does. I water weed ,feed and harvest.

He does the rest and has thrown his back out again.

So besides being 100 degrees he needs to rest for a few weeks.

This yard will take a few years to do between the two of us.

So here's the other boxes.

Lemon cucumbers and a ghost pepper in the one box and red Pontiac potatoes in the other.

Still another 40 feet to go but I will have fresh vegies this year and tons to share

Garden Update july 2018

Well we have finished the next large box and 3 smaller boxes.

They are built with cinder blocks re-bar and tamped with sandy soil and sealer inside the stones to hold them in place.

The tomatoes have  gone wild .

They are out of control and filled with lots of green tomatoes 

Also in this box .

There is 1 zucchini two cucumbers and an artichoke at at the end in the first box.

Box size 14 x 4 feet 

The other box has bush beans beets and that wondering large plant is a type of accorn squash.

It's turned hot here in the Salem valley and things have taken off  in full speed.

Yesterday i brought in 2 good size zucchini squash and there are 10 more on my 1 plant.

Pictures as of this am .

June 16 2018 Garden Update

Rock is going in and the finish work should start soon.
The next big 12 x 4 foot stone box is going in sometime this week.

Vegatable garden build update.

Were back again to update the vegetable garden build.
There are a few more stone boxes built and land cleared.
The big boxes are 12 x 5 feet in size and the small box is 4 x 3 feet.
Hubby has put tons of work into these with building and re-bar enforcing.
All so my butt can sit and garden.

Rosemary June 2018

This is the rosemary and pineapple sage plants both bought in tiny 4 inch pots 3 weeks ago. Still unsure where to put them this year.
Rosemary

Botanical Name
Rosmarinus officinalis

Plant Type Herb
Sun Exposure Full Sun
Soil Type Loamy, Sandy
Flower Color Blue
Hardiness Zones 6, 7, 8, 9
For a head start, plant the seeds or cuttings indoors 8 to 10 weeks before the last spring frost. See your local frost dates.
Plant the seeds/cuttings in well-drained soil. For best growth, the soil should be around 70ºF.
Be sure to give your plants enough room to grow. Rosemary grows to about 4 feet tall and spreads about 4 feet as well.
In the garden, plant near beans, cabbage, carrots, and sage. Learn more about companion planting with herbs.
Both are in 2 gallon pots now.

The tomatoes 2018

These are my two tomatoes for this year 2018
They are 3 weeks in the dirt now and were 4 inch pots when I bought them.
I have one each twined together.
They pollinate each other and we get big super sweet tomatoes.

Early Girl Tomato
Light: Full sun
Fruit size: 6 to 8 oz
Matures: 50 days after planting
Spacing: 36 inches apart
Plant size: 6 to 8 feet
Plant type: Indeterminate


Big Boy Tomato
Light: Full sun
Fruit size: 16 to 32 oz
Matures: 78 days after planting
Plant size: 6 to 10 feet
Spacing: 36 inches apart
Plant type: Indeterminate

Blue Poppy

Blue Poppy care and growing

I just got seeds for this and I am going to attempt to grow this year.

Pineapple Sage FIRST PLANT I BOUGHT THIS SEASON

INFO FROM THE  HERB GARDENER

Pineapple sage (Salvia elegans) is an underrated herb in the garden.  It doesn't need much attention,  but has a lot to offer.  It will grow up to five feet tall, and its bright leaves are a delicate shade of green all summer long.  It produces slender, trumpet shaped red flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds, too. 

 really DOES smell LIKE pineapple-  Info on growing

PINEAPPLE SAGE 

my pineapple sage and rosemary plants June 1 2018

Start of The Garden Bones

Sorry were so late with this update .

Been working away on the 1/2 acre garden.

In past posts you can see where we took out tons of old dead or diseased  plants and trees. Now the fun rebuilding is starting to take shape.

Planters are being built in the back and rocks and stones are starting to go in .

Here are the current photos of work in progress.

This is how we look just a few weeks ago.

I hopwe we can set the foundation work and bones of the garden this year.

Of course work is always slow with me.

Health conditions are a bitch to work around.