Garden Pics
Well, I promised you all some pics and here they are. Now I want to see yours!
This is my corner "herb & flower" garden. The durn peach tree's in the way so you can't see everything. I just cut down some tall Plains Coreopsis and the Tansy, so about all you can see is the Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate and the Butterfly Bush. That's a bird feeder 'way in the back, made out of a couple different lamps and one of those stove-top circle grills. 'Way in the back is my neighbor's Gawd-Awful "privacy screen" that I'm trying to hide by growing Privet hedge.
This is the compost bin that's starting to fall down. I took all the stuff out of it and planted Rattlesnake beans in half of it and Black Soybeans in the other half. On the other side of the bin, I'm just stacking things we're going to have to feed into the shredder. To the right is the grape arbor, on which are growing some of Insuk's Wang Kong (which look for all the world like Scarlet Runner to me), a few surviving seedless grapevines and one bushel basket gourd plant.
This is the view from the northeast corner of the house. That's a bird house hanging there in the foreground on the left. I think my lens might be dirty or something as I have spots. I was taking that picture into the sun so maybe that's part of it. That's the durn plum tree in the way. There's the new concrete-block raised bed with Moon and Stars growing in the north end. At a distance you can see some tomato cages, those are the tomatoes that are planted at ground level.
This is the back of my house and the porch in the background. You can see how close the fruit trees are to the house. My peppers are struggling in their silver trashcan planters but they are at least doing better than they used to do in the garden because the house shades them in the afternoon. See my milk jugs? I use them for all kinds of stuff. Right now I fill them with bath water and use them to water flowers. I was pumping the bath water out with the pump, but wrangling the hose around for no more water than that was just more work than putting the water in milk jugs.
Here's another view of the grape arbor with my biggest bushel basket gourd hanging from it. The vine is just loaded with little ones and it's all only one vine! If something attacks it, I'm sunk. In the background you can see the sidewalk where people walk in the park. I plant my hollyhocks out there. I had sunflowers there but somebody cut off the best head before the seed had a chance to develop. There's also privet hedge and lilac bushes out there along the fence.
This is from the south edge of the yard. That's my other neighbor's shed in the background. This is where I grew all those cabbages. There's Warsaw Buff Pie Pumpkin growing there now. I have one pumpkin that's about softball size. There are a few small tomato plants in there and down at the far end I've planted some beets for this fall and covered lightly with hay. In the corner in the foreground, that's what's left of the carrots and there are a couple of "Mammoth" Red Rock cabbage still in there. The next bed over still has the stalks from the sunflowers that I've already harvested, and one's making little sunflowers now. There are some hot peppers growing in that bed, along with beans at each end where the stock-panel arches are. There's asparagus in that bed, too, and a marigold plant or two, a couple of small tomato plants and a volunteer sweet-potato vine. In the background are the PVC pipe tomato cages. I didn't take a closer pic of them because those tomatoes are all dying and I've already torn some of them out.
This is another view of the herb/flower garden. You can see the moonflower volunteers and the morning glories. In the back is the south end of the back porch, where red honeysuckle grows. The hummers love it but I have trouble keeping it wet enough there to keep the flowers going, as I discovered there's concrete about ten inches under the ground there. WHAT were the previous owners THINKING?
These are my baby quince trees Cydonia Oblongata. The cans and wires there are to keep out the neighbor's cats.
This is the first water storage tank. It holds 225 gallons. When it's full, we put the lid on and the downspout back into the drain pipe, where any additional water goes out the back yard and out to the park. This is a sprayer tank bought at Atwood's. When we water the garden from it, we have a small pump that drops down into the top hole that forces the water out through a hose. I tried gravity and it just didn't work for me.
Here's the other tank I bought most recently. It held 300 gallons and I was really happy about that. However, after the last rain that filled it up, it rolled over. Since the lid was on, gravity sucked it into this predicament. The plastic is so heavy we cannot get it back into its original shape so we're trying to decide what to do next. I was really bummed out to discover that this had happened. It was in the shape of a barrel laying on it's side, but apparently it's not stable enough to stay in place without a heavy frame around it. I guess I'll have to buy another mushroom-shaped one and junk this one.
OK, I got us started! Now get out your cameras!
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Okiedawn OK Zone 7
14 years agolast modified: 9 years agoelkwc
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Comments (20)Thanks so much everyone. I really appreciate your kind comments. I-like-to-grow: Yes, I did make the hosta leaf stepping stones. Here is where I purchased the mold: http://www.moldcreations.com/Hosta-leaf-concrete-or-plaster-mold-1250-p/1250.htm I would love to create more beds in the back, but those very large trees you see are all maples. The hostas planted around the fence are all in spin-out bags. Those can be expensive....lol I wish I could just dig a hole wherever I wanted to plant one and stick it in the ground. I can on the side of the garage, but not in the back. Thanks again!...See MoreMore pics from my gardens (pic heavy)
Comments (24)I know what you mean about staying away from the hosta forum when my hostas are still hiding. It usually just make me even more sad to see hostas up and about when I know mine are usually at least a month behind. I think I suffer from hosta depression during the winter;) Atlantis has been a very fast growing hosta for me. It's in the Abba Dabba family, which for the most part are fast growing. Jen...See MoreOK Garden Forum's Garden Pics
Comments (3)LOL Owie.. that was hilarious. My husband and son are the coke drinkers *sigh. I take a few sips of coke and put the open can in the fridge. That one squash plant is in bad shape now.. as well as a few others around it in succession. It's spreading. I just wonder if it's in the soil or spread by bugs.. *sigh...See MoreGarden pics and my new gardening book
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14 years agolast modified: 9 years agosoonergrandmom
14 years agolast modified: 9 years agoWell I took several pictures but decided I would only share two. The "street" bed just had a culvert put in about two feet from it so it could use some attention. A huge dog that someone dropped off here decided to sleep in the street bed cannas, the front bed hosta, and the side bed daylillies. They are still trying to recover. One picture is of my fall garden (half planted) and the other is the "plant nursery". It has a couple of new beds, and a LOT of plants that just don't have a home yet. This bed is kind of tucked behind the bunkhouse and I'm glad you can't see it from the street. LOL
After this week the veggie garden will have the addition of a raised bed which will be in the very back part of this picture. I plan to fit it with a hoop so it can be covered for winter greens, and available for the early spring in the event we have our normal spring rains.
This was supposed to be the "year of the yard" but I got a very late start since so much had to be dug up for the new storm shelter/safe room. They moved a lot of dirt in order to reroute the water. Yesterday they trimmed everything off of two cedar trees and will take the trunks down tomorrow. They were on my back lot line, but not the area that is fenced garden.
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Ambrosia on the trellis and two varieties of sweet potatoes next to them. I have picked about 20 melons in the last two weeks. I've got about 25-30 more out there on in various stages of development. I've seen some on here talk about having trouble with melons. I think Ambrosia will make you look like you know what you're doing. Give it a try.
My tomatoes were planted late after all of the May rain. They're just now producing heavily.
My garden about 3 weeks ago.
Picking onions with my helper.christopherb
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Macmex
14 years agolast modified: 9 years agoOur gardens are anything but picturesque. But here's a picture of a squash I'm trialing this summer. It's a winter squash from NC (Appalachians), called Old Timey Cornfield Pumpkin. According to Rodger Winn, the GW member who sent me the seed, this one has been around for ages and is traditionally planted on the edges of cornfields. It produces fruit of all shapes. So far I've observed round, oblong (like a watermelon), papaya shaped, ridged and smooth skinned fruit. I planted about 8 plants. As you can tell from the pictures, this one is taking over. It's even crowding out my cherry tomatoes and pole beans! Still, this is a "feel good crop" for me. No pests have bothered it and without irrigation it hasn't even wilted (not even once) through our summer heat.
front view
view from the backIn the second photo you can see our hardy banana tree. Jerreth uses the leaves for tamale wrappers.
George
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