Friday, July 10, 2009

Mid July Update

Wow, what a difference two whole days of heat, sun and no rain can make. The ground actually looks dry - I'd forgotten what dry soil looks like!

For those of you in the upper eastern states - hang in there, it's on its way. I'm outside blowing the good weather in your direction. Man, my lips are tired! :(

An update on how well the tomato bale experiment is doing: Fantastic!

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Thank God I haven't seen hide nor hair of the blight. ~fingers crossed~ Pays a bit to start your own seed in this instance. I think I only have one close neighbor that gardens and he grows his own also.
:)
Bonnie Plants first said they accepted that they were to blame, now this:

Dennis Thomas, Bonnie Plants general manager, insists there never was any evidence of blight at any of the company's 61 growing stations nationwide and that his company did not ship out any infected plants. "None whatsoever," he said. "The last inspections we've had in
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and in West Virginia today, showed negative."

One of those things that makes you go, hmmmm...

On to happier stuff.

I only got one plant from the strawberry petunia seed (stupid weather!) but what a bloom it is!
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Things that are finally taking off:

Popcorn
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Potato (don't mind the weeds. potato is a DH thing, not a me thing, so unless he weeds them...)
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Peppers (looking better!)
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Onions are looking good.
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Carrots have gone bonkers!
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Yellow and green bush beans are finally flowering. Interesting how you can easily tell which row are which.
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We had the first cabbage salad of the year yesterday. Yum! Was fabulous. I honestly should have let it go a few more days, but well, you know...
The cauliflower is almost ready and huge.
Half a gallon of peas in the freezer so far.

I guess that's it for the veg, so on to what few flowers I have that the freaking slugs didn't eat.

The view from my living room last week.
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The honey bees are swarming the borage now that the sun has returned.
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The bee balm is finally open for the hummers. They've been cleaning out the feeders in a day!
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I lurve gloriosa daisies.
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The lavender is looking beautiful.
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Lilies are so fab they almost glow.
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and last but not least, the coolest visitors of all to my flower beds-
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Hope everyone's gardens are growing like gangbusters!
Happy gardening.
:)

(wow, I actually titled the post as June instead of July - talk about a Freudian slip - I'm still subconsciously waiting on some nice june weather! lol)

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