Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Blueberries!!!

I got a pretty good handful of blueberries today!  They are so sweet!  Check them out!

Hurray!  Cheers!

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Hot Hot Hot!

It's been really hot here in VT and at my house, we are on a spring, so we run out of water easily.  So that means when the weather doesn't bless the garden with rain, it doesn't get watered.  I ended up getting some water from the river next to the house to help it get through the heat!

Here are some pictures!
Scallions mixed in with some weeds! I pulled them after the picture!
My pumpkins above are doing well!
Below are some new radishes I started! They are coming up nicely.
A new flower on the nasturtium!
Tomatoes are still very small but they are getting much bushier!
Peppers...
Cucumbers above are starting to flourish!
The lettuce in my container is doing very well.  The lettuce indoors is not doing well.
This tomato plant didn't make it.  Something dug it up!  So I'm going to grow some herbs in this container instead. 
Peas are doing well!  I think they are so pretty!
And the start of my bean stalks! 
The blueberries are starting to ripen and really pull the bush down.  
I picked ~10 blueberries that were ripened already! woot woot!

ta ta for now!

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Scorcher in Vermont

It's been unbearably hot these past 4 days in Vermont; but my garden is blooming because of it.  I picked 7 snap peas yesterday night which is double what I picked a week ago!  And the tomato plants have started to take off with all the sun they are getting!  I'm feeling a lot better about them now.  And I planted some more radishes to take up space, beans and morning glories. 
My wonderful boyfriend climbed up a ladder in our garage and got down the plant cages for me (I couldn't reach them on the shelf) and now the garden looks lovely! I just have to keep up with the weeds.  Using the horse manure sort of backfired on me in that domain.  It's wonderful for the plants, but it's also fantastic for weeds!  I have lots of dandelions (the bane of my existence) and clover growing.  But now it's become manageable. 
I'll post some pictures of the progress tonight! 

Toodle Loo for now!  Stay cool!