My garden... (so far)

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I just LOVE when the lil "baby veggies" start popping out!!!

Here's a few from the ol garden this year...









I didn't take a pic of the lil corn ears... they have silk now and are WAY bigger than they were Sunday already. ;D

Kaza

[nan]

You've got the prettiest plants I have seen in ages! Looks like the dirt and weather are perfect for great gardens...that and you definitely have one of the greenest thumbs I have ever seen!!! I am living out my gardening dreams through you this year Kaza!

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What's your secret? I tried squash and made... baseballs? They were hard to cut and I couldn't get them very soft when I cooked them. I've always heard they were prolific but I didn't have very many... is it a climate thing? I didn't even try this year and I'm kicking myself after seeing your garden!

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secret? Didn't know I had one.

Manure and seeds. till the crap ,,,, (story of my life) lol ...plant the seeds, yank the weeds... and harvest. There.... secrets out.....?

Kaza

[nan]

Hmmmmmm....so if you have to put up with a lot of "crap" in your life....at least you get a good garden out of it!

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LOL Nan!! Good point!

Kaza

[nan]

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Here's my "weekly" pics. It's amazing how much it grows in just a week!!! Amazes me every year...

Beans, sweet peppers and zukes... (zukes were all late replants)



Zukes.... (have already picked a few)



Maters... (still no ripe ones!!)



Beets...(about to pick and pickle) yay!!



Pole beans....



Squash and corn...



Corn yummies on the way!!! (won't be long now!!)





It's gettin close now!!! I can hardly wait!!

Kaza

[nan]

Your corn is beautiful! What kind did you plant? I always plant Bodacious...but it doesn't do as well here as it did in Oklahoma! I will have to find out what grows well here! Did you buy plants for your peppers or plant seeds? Your peppers sure look healthy...ALL of your plants look healthy!

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The corn is my favorite... "Peaches and Cream". The Peppers are greenhouse plants, cuz the ones I started in the house got froze right after I planted them. They were those cool colored ones to! Boy! was I mad!!

I'm getting anxious to have goodies to eat outta there though!

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Corn is soooooo close now!!! ;D



Maters are full and promising a bountiful season...



2 rows of beets yet to pick...



Squash (with weeds in the foreground)



Most the carrots are in the freezer, wax beans have started ripening and getting frozen... Ohhhhhhhh!!!! I just LOVE this time of year!! ;D

Kaza

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I ran right out yesterday and snapped pics, but got company so am just getting around to resizing and posting them. Here's what the garden looks like now....

The baby asparagus:



Pole beans:



Brussel Sprouts and wax beans. (bare spot tween them is where the beets were)



Looking from the pole beans:



Squash patch:



`Maters:



Zukes, one lone cuke etc:



And here's some of the goodies that are out there:

wax beans:



baby watermelon:



Onion:



Jalapenos:



Baby peppers:



Pole beans:



Baby butternut squash...(trying to grow on the lawn lol)



Baby zukes:



Acorn squash:



Kaza

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Oh, Kaza, it's so beautiful, I'm in tears. Mine garden is totally gone now. The hail finally finished it. I might end up with a couple of pounds of scarred tomatoes, if they ripen, and possibly one or two yellow squashes, but everything else is leafless or dead and I don't think it has time to come back this summer. All that work for nothing. But that's how gardening is, isn't it? Maybe next year I'll get something. Right now I've just let the weeds have it. I don't even want to look out there now. But there's next year, and stupid me, I'll be planting seeds next spring.

At least you gotta give me credit for trying (or is that just stubborn?)!

~Lannie

[Kathy]

Kaza, that is probably the most beautiful garden I've ever seen.
My gosh girl, you've got not only a green thumb but a whole green hand.

I've never planted pole beans but those look so good, when I get a garden again, I'm going to give them a try.

You must spend a lot of time out there pampering those veggies, it shows!

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Thanks guys. Lannie, next year's garden will be awsome for you. If you are like me, you start planning it when harvesting this years, and then plan ALL winter long! lol Usually by Feb-March I have my seeds and have figured out what is going to be planted where.

Kathy, you won't be disapointed with pole beans. I usually plant Blue Lakes, but there are soo many types. They are easier to pick also.

Kaza

[nan]

Kaza...what are the demensions of your garden? I noticed that you do your rows shortways....how long are they? I really like the way you have your garden set up! You are so inspirational! and I am not teasin.....being serious here friend!

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Nan.... I know it's 30' wide and I'd guess about 100' long..? I did measure the width for the

rows, but never measured the length. Believe it or not, everything in there is stragigally

planted to help with bugs etc...

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ok, so my spell chekker's busted. hehe

I measured it... 30' by 120' ( I knew the rows were 30') lol

Kaza

[nan]

WOW...that is a nice size garden! Mine is eeeny.....only about 30 by 50. I would like to make it bigger...but hubby is trying to keep me from over doing it ........my gardens always seem to get larger over time! LOL! He(DH) generally fences the garden to keep me IN and not necessarily for keeping animals out! Our old house...back in OKlahoma had to grow enough veggies for our then larger family. It was 200 by 100...or half an acre give or take....it was a LOT to take care of even with the kids helping me! So.......30 by 50 will have to do me for awhile! After seeing your gorgeous garden though....I will have to hold myself back!