Flowers and Veggies

And We’re Back / Snow In May

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:27:57 +0000

So this site hasn’t had much activity. I’m going to try it again. Last summer was just too hectic. I barely had time for any gardening.

So now the site is on Wordpress after a very quick migration from Seredipity.

I’m very glad I didn’t move the new plants that I’m going from seed, into the new hot house that I set up. I can’t remember the last time it snowed here in May.

Recent Flower Bed Pictures

admin — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:34:53 +0000

Here are some recent pictures of the front flower bed.

New Plants Moving Outside

admin — Mon, 07 May 2007 21:01:11 +0000

It’s getting close to planting and filling up the gardens. Here’s a recent shot of the plants before they made it out to the small little green house.

Here is the little outdoor plant house half full. It’s not too big but with some additional boards and milk crates, it gets the job done.

The weather has been causing some problems this year. It seem to be either 40 degrees or 70+ degrees and some plants have not been holding up to well.

The Power Of Rain

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:46:39 +0000

We had a lot of rain the last few days and it looks like it has done wonders for the front flower bed.

The water also helped the grass seed patch up the dirt spot in the front yard.

Week Five Plant Growing News

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:48:57 +0000

Here is a quick shot of the plants in the fifth week of growing. Any plant that climbs is really doing well. The mellon plants have starting growing alot in the past week.

Things are Turning Green and Growing

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:22:29 +0000

Things outside are finally starting to turn green and come back to life. The chives in the herb garden are back from the winter.

The daffodils and tulips are also popping back up in the front yard flower garden.

Growing Plants From Seeds isn’t that hard

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:26:26 +0000

We’ve been growing flowers and vegetables from seed for
the past three years. Each year seems to be better. We try to keep
costs down and don’t use things like grow lights or fancy seed starting
kits. We normally go with Burpee seeds. Here is what is mostly being
grown. I’ve picked up a few other packets of peppers and cucumbers
that Burpee.com didn’t have in stock.

56747A Filet Bean French Filet
51086A Bush Bean Blue Lake 274
53017A Broccoli Raab (Heirloom
60186A Celery Tall Utah 52-70
61333A Cucumber Picklebush (Bu
53793A Cucumber Pickalot Hybrid
50104A Cucumber Bush Champion
60370A Mesclun - Classic Mix
60095A Mesclun Sweet Salad Mix
60301A Watermelon Bush Sugar B
62679A Watermelon Crimson Swee
52498A Hot Pepper Ancho (Pobl
54585A Hot Pepper Long Slim Re
52951A Hot Pepper Large Cherry
54171A Hot Pepper Big Thai Hyb
62687A Hot Pepper Jalapeno - 1
54197A Sweet Pepper Early Cris
62364A Zucchini Burpee Hybrid
54643A Pumpkin Ghost Rider - 1
56020A Costa Rican Sweet Peppe
51888A Sweet Pepper Chinese Gi
51409A Chamomile, German - 1 P
53751A Basil, Genovese - 1 Pkt
39015A Free Seeds with $25 ord
38135A Watermelon Heaven Calif
37296A High Scent Sweet Pea -
42861A Tricolor Daisy Chrysant
47084A Celosia Pink Candle -
41490A Victoriana Mix Dahlia -
36962A Gazania Daybreak Pink -
32870A Gomphrena QIS Series -
39818A Impatiens Wild Thing Hy
36079A Impatiens Summer Romanc
34843A Marigold Sunset Giants
33332A Marigold Snowball Hybri
43273A Zinnia Giant-Flowered S
61408A Lavender Lady - 1 Pkt.
36055A Lavender - Provence Blu
61564A Thyme, Common - 1 Pkt.

Here is a picture of the growing status after the first week.
The zucchini was just starting to pop out.

Below is a picture from yesterday. It’s the third week.
Cuccumbers are coming in good now and some of the
flowers are starting to get some height.