Vegetable garden is growing...

Garden is growing
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Here's my nicely caged vegetable garden with sunflowers. The tomatoes have really gone through a growth spurt. The extra fending is going to come in handy to hold them up. The pumpkin, squash and melon plants took a beating with the heavy rains but they seem to be rebounding well. The beets are coming up slowly and i planted more seeds to fill in some of the space. The peppers are holding their own. And out of all the bean seeds that i put in, i have one plant!... so i reseeded. I don't know if a mouse found the seeds or what is going on.

Veggie Garden Notes

The tomato, cabbage and pepper plants seem to be doing pretty well. They have survived their earlier trauma and are starting to grow nicely. I mulched the tomato patch with newspaper and grass clippings. The pumpkin, squash and melon plants are progressing nicely as are the sunflowers on the outside of the fence. The beets are coming along very slowly and i'm disappointed that only one bean plant came up!... Last night i planted more beans and i didn't notice any of the older seeds, so i'm thinking that something ate them.

Daisies and Snaps...

4. The other view
Originally uploaded by pjslomer

hold each other up in a grand fashion... along with the california poppies and dianthus.

Recently there was a knock at the back door and my gardening protege Aubrianna stood there with a pot of sunflowers that she had planted just for me! How delightful to have a youngster who loves gardening... and those sunflowers are about three times the size of the ones i planted. Thank you Boo!