One Hundred Dollars a Month

Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – Week 31 of 52

Check out the pumpkin vines coming out of the oak barrel alongside the potting bench. How cool is that? I’m going to have to train the vines to grow straight pretty soon because if I leave them where they are, the vines will get squashed when someone opens the gate.

Maybe I’m just weird, but I LOVE the look of pumpkin vines. Love, love, love them!

The pallet garden. The strawberries are spreading like mad, the beans and Swiss chard are thriving but the celery is not looking so hot. Last year I planted celery in a pallet garden and it did great, but the pallet was kept in a shaded area and I think that has made all the difference. Oh well, lesson learned.

The garden boxes as a whole are doing really well. Lucy the Puggle dog likes to inspect them daily looking for fallen treats. For the most part she does a really good job of staying out of the beds. Unless of course I need her to dig a hole. 😉

The beans tepees are looking good! The squash plants we planted at the base are getting nice and plump and pretty soon the vines will be cascading down the hill {my favorite part}.

Right now we have green tomatoes, cucumbers, and strawberries, peppers, basil and a lemon tree growing in the greenhouse. I’ll try and snap a few more pictures to give you a better view of how everything is doing. And yes, thank you Lucy for photo bombing yet another picture. 😉

The cabbage {and potato} patch is coming along.

Potato towers, check. So far everything is still green. Go HERE for my latest potato tower update.

A view from the backyard deck.

Ahh the pumpkin patch! If you look closely you’ll see pumpkin vines starting to creep onto the lawn. It makes the HH crazy, but I LOVE IT!

Sadly, the raspberries are on their way out. We are now only getting about 2 pints of raspberries a day. Boo! Why can’t raspberry season last all summer long? I need to look into getting some ever-bearing canes. Do you have a variety you can recommend?

And last but not least, ye’ old container herb garden. I think I’m going to move it. Yep. This fall when I have some extra time I think I’ll try and find a place for it closer to the main garden. I just keep forgetting to water those stinkin’  containers. Thankfully, herbs are pretty forgiving.

Well, that’s what’s happening in our backyard garden, what’s going on in yours?

Anything exciting?

~Mavis

This years garden is being sponsored by the awesome folks at Botanical Interests Seed Company. You can check out their website HERE, order their new 2013 Garden Seed Catalog HERE, or visit my online boyfriend Ryan’s blog HERE.

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