Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Gardening

We got a very brief shower this morning. It went south and east of us.

My gardening chores seem to be the same. I spend between 2 and 3 hours each morning weeding, hoeing, watering, spraying for Japanese Beetles both in the yard, and garden and orchard.

For some reason they still aren't bothering the blackberries. I have let some very tall weeds grow up in the patch and am slowly trying to cut them down so I can get to the berries to pick when they ripen.

I watered the corn patch heavily yesterday morning; immediately very strong winds developed and blew over the center of the patch. I hope it will straighten up on its own. We tossed two bales of hay over the fence on that east end of the garden and I will place it as mulch this morning.

The onions, garlic and potatoes are very close to harvest time. I have already pulled several onions and have them laying in an open shed on a rack of sorts to dry. I am still new to growing garlic and have to check and see if I cut off the stalk immediately of the hard neck variety I grow before letting it cure.

Flowers are looking a little scrappy because of no rain and the heat.....which is returning with a vengeance this weekend.

The Kitchen Window Bed is well watered! I left the hose on all night. I haven't done that in a very long time.

My new Indian Giver daylily is already blooming and I am just thrilled. Something about the white edges really appeal to me. I have it in a bed with Hyperion(yellow) and that will be the only colors besides the white of the hydrangea and viburnum. I vow not to stick in some other color!

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and here is the entire bed; it looks tiny now but wait until it fills in the 3-foot space!
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This jumped out at me when I was checking the garden. What on earth happened to this one seed? They are all planted at the same time.

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The kids are dropping by on their way home from Florida. I asked for some good southern tomatoes....and have promised them BLT's if they bring them.

9 comments:

  1. Good morning! Your flowers always make me want to get out and work in mine, I could be out there all day and not run out of weeds to pull! Our daughter and her family will be here this week for vacation so I'm planning menus...the BLT's will be a big hit, thanks for the idea!

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  2. Enjoyed your photos and I love the new lily with the white edging. BLT's sound so good! I haven't had that in a while. I'll be glad when the tomatoes are ripe. Have a great day.

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  3. I've been enjoying BLTs for my past couple of breakfasts. Still store-bought tomatoes, though. Can't wait until my own big up and get ripe. Love love love that purple w/white ruffle day lily. Really an eye-catcher. No rain here, either and heating up to boot. :-/

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  4. Love the Indian Summer daylily, the colors are spectacular!
    I don't miss all the yard work you're doing...but your yard does look wonderful! K

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  5. You must be so excited about the kids coming...let alone juicy red tomatoes...I can't wait for a good tomato sandwich! Our gardens do take so much work, Glenda. In my next place, I've decided, I'm scaling back!...:)JP

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  6. BLTs are my favorite sandwich. When I get the craving I have them every day for a week and then no more for months. :)

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  7. P.S. I'd sure make a point to save the seeds from that precocious bean plant. Those genes got gumption!

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  8. Your garden looks so wonderful. Sorry about the flattened corn. Hopefully it will manage to straighten itself back out.

    Oh, THAT bean is the one whose mother read books to it every day when it was a little kid! ;-)

    BLT's sound great! I'll be over for lunch!!

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  9. Everything looks really good. If the daylily is the one from me you might want to change the name to -INDIAN GIVER- its registered name.

    Enjoy the tomatoes!

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