A baby pumpkin. Didn't get much bigger!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
10.25.09
Finishing Path Numba Two today...
These zinnias didn't do so hot this summer, but have taken off now that the weather has mellowed. And the dianthus look AMAZING! That's a lavendar sort of squeezed in between the pinks and the orange zinnias. And there's another in the middle of the pic, and off to the left. Hope they'll bloom...
So MUCH color!!
Hard to see, but there are a ton of buds on this rose bush. I've NEVER seen this many. I'll get this one last riot of color before it goes to sleep for the winter. So lovely.
Intoxicating.
Technicolor!
Playing with a new style of garden stake. The others were pushed into the soil, standing only an inch or so over it. I like these because they stand about 2 feet tall, and can actually be SEEN. For this one, I wrapped the end into a wide coil and wound it into the ground. It's not a perfect solution. I almost think if I can just push them far enough in, they'll be anchored enough so that they don't lean and cut into the plants.
"GARLIC"
"ARUGULA"
I'm working on cleaning up this mint-and-strawberries mess. It's going to take some doing!
"RADISHES"
A Halloween-y button bouquet. Dark Opal Basil (the purply green leaves and purple bottle-brush flowers), yellow marigolds, orange marigolds, multi-colored marigolds (from seed)...
Happy Halloween!
Some cardboard I've been gathering, at the ready for when I need it...
Dug out 2"-4" for the path, then soaked it with boiling water to make sure any seeds that had made it onto the top got cooked and-HOW. Paid special attention to the blasted crape myrtle roots.
Covered "sterilized" path with weed cloth with the help of a few earth staples.
Here's the cardboard - just an extra layer of protection against the weeds, and for FREE! Sure, it'll eventually decompose, but then again, so will the Space Shuttle.
And now, adding the mulch. Five or 6 inches = 5 or 6 bags, and DONE!
Taa DAAAA! Much easier on the feet than pavers in the summer. Will also help keep the soil cooler in the summer. Provides drainage. If weeds do get started in it, they'll be super easy to pull. Eventually, when the mulch starts to break down and become more "soil-like", I can dig it out and add it to my compost bin (yet to be built) to break down completely, and can add more bark mulch to the path!
These zinnias didn't do so hot this summer, but have taken off now that the weather has mellowed. And the dianthus look AMAZING! That's a lavendar sort of squeezed in between the pinks and the orange zinnias. And there's another in the middle of the pic, and off to the left. Hope they'll bloom...
So MUCH color!!
Hard to see, but there are a ton of buds on this rose bush. I've NEVER seen this many. I'll get this one last riot of color before it goes to sleep for the winter. So lovely.
Intoxicating.
Technicolor!
Playing with a new style of garden stake. The others were pushed into the soil, standing only an inch or so over it. I like these because they stand about 2 feet tall, and can actually be SEEN. For this one, I wrapped the end into a wide coil and wound it into the ground. It's not a perfect solution. I almost think if I can just push them far enough in, they'll be anchored enough so that they don't lean and cut into the plants.
"GARLIC"
"ARUGULA"
I'm working on cleaning up this mint-and-strawberries mess. It's going to take some doing!
"RADISHES"
A Halloween-y button bouquet. Dark Opal Basil (the purply green leaves and purple bottle-brush flowers), yellow marigolds, orange marigolds, multi-colored marigolds (from seed)...
Happy Halloween!Saturday, October 24, 2009
10.24.09
Playing catch up on the blog. It’s late January, 2010, and I’m filling in captions and notes for draft entries for months past. Cheers!
This is a volunteer wax been plant. It just grew in one of the aisles. Thanks, Wax Bean Plant!!
So lush.
Electric!!
Look, ma! Blooming bleeding hearts!
Love this rose bush. Such an amazing color.
Sigh....
Can't get enough.
Baby squash, probably pumpkin, not sure what color.
More!
Mmmmm...
Thyme.
I call this a goldfish plant, but I could be wrong. It never photographs very well. It has these cute little goldfish-lookin' flowers all over it.
Marigolds dripping over the side. 
Some bright purple lettuce in there! And volunteer arugula!
A close-up of the volunteer bean bush. Royal Burgundy Bush Bean.
Chard and arugula and bush beans and lettuces and garlic...
This is a pumpkin plant - I think it's called "Jack-o-Lantern". It's the carving size...
My brassicas have taken off!
Wow!!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
10.10.09
Playing catch up on the blog. It’s late January, 2010, and I’m filling in captions and notes for draft entries for months past. Cheers!
Trying out brassicas! These are ALL from seed. Turnips in the bottom right corner. Kale just above it, some onions to the left of the turnips. Kohlrabi to the left of the onions. I forget the rest - probably some endive and broccoli.
I FINALLY got a brain and covered the central path in tarps to kill off the weeds. Oh, man, what a relief. Fingers crossed that I can get this paved in late winter/early spring 2010.
As I dig out topsoil to lay paths in the front yard, I've been moving that soil to the new bed in the back yard. Less grass = less to mow. But more flower beds = more places where the doggies get yelled at if they go and pee. There's a balance in there somewhere, I just KNOW it. The cardboard is not merely recycled, but it has been recycled TWICE. Yep. One of the work groups in my cubicle farm went to the local big box hardware store and asked for large appliance boxes. They used them to create a haunted pirate ship for Halloween. After scaring the bejeebers out of coworkers' kiddos, they gave me the cardboard, and now it's acting as a weed preventative. Yay!
Another angle. Man, just LOOK at that gorgeous fence! LOVE it.
Yep. Cardboard on soil.
So many bouquets!! This one has lemon basil in it for extra fragrance.
Trying out brassicas! These are ALL from seed. Turnips in the bottom right corner. Kale just above it, some onions to the left of the turnips. Kohlrabi to the left of the onions. I forget the rest - probably some endive and broccoli. 
I FINALLY got a brain and covered the central path in tarps to kill off the weeds. Oh, man, what a relief. Fingers crossed that I can get this paved in late winter/early spring 2010. 
As I dig out topsoil to lay paths in the front yard, I've been moving that soil to the new bed in the back yard. Less grass = less to mow. But more flower beds = more places where the doggies get yelled at if they go and pee. There's a balance in there somewhere, I just KNOW it. The cardboard is not merely recycled, but it has been recycled TWICE. Yep. One of the work groups in my cubicle farm went to the local big box hardware store and asked for large appliance boxes. They used them to create a haunted pirate ship for Halloween. After scaring the bejeebers out of coworkers' kiddos, they gave me the cardboard, and now it's acting as a weed preventative. Yay!
Another angle. Man, just LOOK at that gorgeous fence! LOVE it.
Yep. Cardboard on soil.
So many bouquets!! This one has lemon basil in it for extra fragrance.
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