Yard and Garden Pics

Wednesday I mowed the lawn for the first time this year.  I also got out and about the yard with the camera.  For keeping a photo record's sake, a tour of the back yard and garden flora... and some more rocks.

The reason I have a project tomorrow.

Planting Today*

Kate got some planting done in the garden today.  Now in the west garden, below the garlic that was planted last fall, are 4 rows of newly planted seeds.  From the top, peas are planted zigzag along the pea trellis, then rows of radishes, green onions and lettuce.  There is still room along the bottom for future plantings of two tomato plants, two basil plants, and a parsley plant.  She covered the whole thing in netting to minimize the inevitable bird and squirrel mischief.








In the east garden there are no new plantings, but the top row of raspberry plants are spreading out and the middle row, a different kind of raspberry, is coming back as well.  They make me nervous, these raspberry plants.  I do hear how they like to spread so I hope we did not create a monster.  Most of the strawberry plants in the bottom third of this side have come back.  My wife has charged me with building a better, taller squirrel- and bird-proof cover.  I'll need more chicken wire, but I should have the wood for this small project.


*Edit 4/21:  I was reminded by my wife that I forgot the row of cilantro, just above the peas.

Early Garden Clean-Up

Kate spent some time cleaning up the gardens today.  The soil was too wet for planting, but one step closer.  Also we've had our first flower for a couple days now.  And third, the tree.  Sigh.  The tree will be (expensively) brought down very soon.

Spring 2015

A first look at the gardens, taken Saturday.  The weather has improved dramatically over the past week.

Catching Up Before Winter

I had been without a computer for a bit so here are the last pics of the garden and yard for the year.

First, the lemon pepper plant being harvested before removal for winter.

And the burning bush peaking.

The garden and yard all prepped for winter.

Finally, the garden as it looks right now. We just came off 10 straight days of below freezing temperatures. Today and tomorrow are supposed to be wet and warmer, temporarily.

Barring anything unforeseen, this blog will be shut down until spring. Let's hope for an easy winter!

Fall Chores, Day 2

Again we took advantage of the nice weather to get the yard and gardens ready for winter, you can read more at the regular site.


Kate planted the garlic in the west garden, in rows above the monster lemon pepper plant (I'm thinking of a pictorial side story on that).  She also spread leaf mulch throughout the flower beds and hay to the garden. 

The first pictures here are of the garden and I will dump a few more pics from today after the break.

Compost Completion

Just pictures from today, blew all the leaves out of the garden and added fresh dirt from the compost bin.

Just Later

All has been the same with the garden, just later in the fall.  The only things producing still are the lemon peppers (prolifically) and maybe a jalapeno or two.  We have had the threat of frost, and some temps close to freezing overnight, but I don't think we've had that 'hard' frost yet.

Sticks with Strings

Last weekend we finished the raspberry support system.

Sticks

These are the posts for Kate's raspberries that I mocked up last weekend.  They will be finished to Kate's satisfaction soon with final screws placed and support line hung.  There is much replanting to do all around the yard today or tomorrow.  In the background is one very bushy lemon pepper plant, with a smaller jalapeno plant swallowed up in front of it here.