Getting there

The garden is doing great. I'm so excited. There are zucchini coming, beans, broccoli just about ready to be picked. The tomatoes are starting to get blossoms. The peppers, I'm not sure about, they are still pretty small. Only time will tell what will happen with them.

I love watering the garden every day. I hand water so I can see how much water the plants are getting and I don't waste the water on the pathways and other areas. Weeds are here and there. Weeding is not my favorite part, but I'm keeping up with it okay.

One challenge for me has been the pathways. I would like to put down landscape fabric, then mulch. I've run out of steam at this point to tackle this though. I remind myself that this is year one and we've come a LONG way. :)

Lars' cantaloupe is growing big, but I don't see evidence of fruit or anything that will be fruit. It is a mystery...hope something edible happens.

 

Broccoli...

Beans...

Spinach, onion, lettuce...

Tomatoes (and peppers in front)...

Corn...

Next will be harvesting and canning or freezing.

Guests, intruders, and friends

Not sure how it happened, but there are plants that have escaped their area and are staying with the neighbors. There are squash plants in my onions and a couple sunflowers in my tomatoes...anyway I think they are sunflowers! And there are ladybugs and deer visiting. Thankfully, the deer haven't eaten anything yet. I hope the ladybugs are eating all they want, because they are suppose to be very good for the garden, eating unwanted pests.

Here's a cute little ladybug on a tomato plant. I've seen them on the potatoes too. Yay!

Here are some deer tracks from last night...going right through the tomatoes! I am not a gambler, but I sure feel like I am really taking my chances because we don't have a fence up yet!! We have some materials, now hubby needs to get it up.