Every morning I go out to see what new menace is trying to eat my veggies! I’ve battled the squash bugs (hand pick and squish), some little red spidery looking things, some other white spidery looking bug and of course trying to keep the various squash from succumbing to powdery mildew. Even with all that – everything is growing beautifully and looking healthy. Here have a look…
These are the first tomatoes to ripen.
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Time to pick the corn. Next year I want to grow popcorn.
My containers are filling in so nicely.
The first pumpkin.
Lots and lots of zucchini! It’s amazing how they grow. One day you look and there’s a tiny one and two days later it’s gigantic!
There’s a Blue Hubbard Squash forming at the end of the vine. In the back there you can see where we’re setting the posts for the garden expansion.
Potatoes….
and more potatoes. I didn’t have any empty beds so they’re growing in a grow bag and an old garbage can. I’m using a mix of compost and straw this year. Hopefully there will be lots of taters.
There are four kinds of peppers growing. They’ve loved all this hot weather.
Tomatillos next to my lemon tree.
Look how big the sunflowers are! All the flowers I planted in between the veggies are blooming! Everything looks so pretty.
The herbs that I cook with are on my deck – close to the kitchen.
As well as this container that has various salad greens.
So that’s how my garden is growing this week!
Manuela,
Your garden is doing so very nicely.
I love that you have incorporated flowers among the veggies.
That is how the Amish do it around here too
so it makes me feel right at home!
Wow, your garden looks terrific and is so varied! We only grow tomatoes, jalapenos, and herbs. Check out my recipe for Fire Roasted Garden Salsa if you need a great recipe to use up some of your harvest!
Your garden looks great! We harvested potatoes over the weekend. I love to grow them and then dig them up. I remember my Dad grew popcorn in our garden when I was growing up. I need to give that a try too! The heat is about to end my lettuce and spinach so the plan is to pull it out and get some cucumbers and peppers planted in their place.
YOu have a beautiful garden! Don’t you love going out and seeing what you an have that it perfectly ripe for dinner?
Your tomatoes are makinhg me hungry!
Yvonne
Wow Manuela! I’m impressed. Everything is growing beautifully. I have never heard of growing potatoes like that Fantastic! I didn’t have tomatoes this year. They succumbed to that white powdery mildew stuff you mentioned. Didn’t have it the year before but the weather this year was different. Now it is just hot, hot, hot and dusty off and on. Bleh! Hope you have a great week. Tammy
Everything does look pretty! I just love to see other people’s vegetable gardens.
Your garden is fantastic! It is growing beautifully!
Looking at your garden pictures, I have garden envy right now..you are so far ahead in the growing season then we are! I used to grow corn, but it became a battle with the squirrels here, and they were winning. We also have so much shade now there is barely enough to grow tomatoes, that slows growth down too..oh well..I keep trying..can’t keep my hands out of the dirt!
Love your pictures…
I’m so jealous! We are getting ready to move so no garden for me this year. I love the support you have for your hubbard squash. It looks like it would work well for pumpkins, too. Enjoy your veggies and flowers, your garden is wonderful!
My garden is still in its’ infancy, except for the herbs which are amazing this year. Although my rosemary died, I wonder if it was all that wet weather? I should be able to replace it soon.
My garden is so influenced by yours, from when we built the raised bed a few years ago to growing flowers in with the veggies this year. I can see the marigolds from my kitchen window (they are at the end of the raised beds) and they make me smile. They are so cheerful.
The zinnias are struggling, once again I don’t think they liked being drowned after planting. 🙂
LOVE seeing garden pictures… more ideas to swipe… I mean try.
Oh, Manuela, I envy you that first bite of a ripe tomato grown in your own garden!
Your garden is fantastic!
I’m away again, working, this year – so no vegetable garden for us. But next year is another story.
xo
Claudia
Your garden is really doing well. Some good eating ahead. 😀
Amazing!!! We’re just buying plants today! Lots of late snow- the resorts just up the canyon from me are going to stay open til at least the 4th of July!!!! And tons of rain at our house. And…we’re late ourselves, but that’s our crazy life right now! Happy eating!!!
Wow! That’s amazing – skiing till the 4th of July! We haven’t had any rain in over 14 days. Maybe Wednesday!
Your garden looks wonderful! I can’t believe how far along everything is. Looks good, and will taste good too!
Hugs,
Donna
What a lovely garden you have… everything is growing and stretching and producing so nicely! Good work, Manuela!
Your garden looks great! And the variety of things you’re growing is very inspirational. I need to rig up some kind of shade to get my salad greens going again, as heat totally did them in.
Wow…your garden is doing wonderful! We are still having cool & wet weather in the Northwest, so the plants are not doing as well as they should. Praying for some warmth & sunshine soon! 🙂
Thanks for sharing photos of your beautiful gardens!
Blessings!
~Nadine
How pretty ! You are wayyyy ahead of us in the season! We are still planting! It is still in the 50s at night… nothing does very well when it is 90s during the day and 50s at night! LOL Especially me!
Everything looks beautiful! How fun to see your pumpkin and I can’t wait for my first zucchini:@)
Your garden looks great! I’m amazed your already getting so many things out of it! We had so much rain this year that ours got out late, but we are getting lots of squash and 1 tomato. Your looks healthy and wonderful!
Manuela~
Your garden looks so wonderful! Ours is just about finished. We are getting the last bit of Tomatoes and okra and maybe a few more squash. I have a few cantaloupe still on the vine… I hope they make it. The grasshoppers are the worst here, this year!
happy gardening, Pat
Your garden is so beautiful, I so wish I had a place to grow something like that. I have planted tomatoes. My son and his wife planted their garden just last week, see how far behind our growing season is? It will begin to frost in September, so there are many things that we can’t grow here.
Hugs, Cindy
Oh goodness I needed a pepper tonight…all your veggies are looking so yummy! I have a few things growing that I plan on sharing latter on in the week. Enhjoy your goodness Manuela!
Beautiful gardens! We are getting kind of a late start with most of our garden since we had lots of rain this spring. But the heat has made things take off very well.
The second thing that drew me to your blog was your wonderful backyard gardening.
(The first was the toile, of course…)
Pumpkins? Already… wow… mine haven’t even broke the soil…
Amazing! That’s some harvest. I’m looking into growing my own vegetable container garden. Thanks for sharing.
All your vegetables look beautiful and yummy!
You’re gonna be eating good at your house! Oh, I can almost smell that corn being grilled.
Brenda
Wow, your veggies are really growing! Ours are just now coming up. Our season had a late start with cool, wet weather. I’m enjoying your garden.
jody
I just found your blog and am your newest follower. Your garden is so inspiring and fab! Thanks for creating such a wonderful blog full of ideas.
Oh look how things are growing in your garden. It is so cold here, things are moving slow. Seeing yours inspires me xoxo Clarice