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Vegetable Garden Tour 2014

By Manuela Williams

Hi everyone! I have a picture filled vegetable garden tour for you today. I took tons of photos since this will probably be my last year of gardening here since we will be listing our house in a few weeks. I thought I’d share a few with you. This is very bittersweet…I’m ready to move but I’d like to take my yard with me 🙂

Vegetable garden tour

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I didn’t plant as much as I usually do since I think we won’t really be around to harvest much of it.  I also got a late start because I had some other things to finish up (like my deck). So the garden is not as far a long as it normally would be this time of year.

A Cultivated Nest Raised Bed Vegetable Garden

My Vegetable Garden

growing cantaloupe in a raised bed

I’m getting lots of cantaloupes this year! You never know what will do well 🙂 Still no zucchini! I always laugh when people say that zucchini is the easiest thing to grow!

tomatoes planted in a raised bed with marigolds and basil

I’m not growing many tomatoes this year so I put them all in this bed with some marigolds, basil and micro greens (at the other end). The tomatoes in the front are romas. If you want to know how I plant my tomatoes you can check out my post here.

potting area in vegetable garden

I moved my potting bench into the garden when I did a back door area makeover. My daughter and I built this paver patio one summer.

container garden

I planted a few things in pots so I could take some veggies with me.

potting bench with a sink

My husband built me this potting bench out of salvaged wood ( link here).  It’s really wonderful – so large and it has a sink! There’s a bucket underneath the sink to catch water – which is great not only when rinsing vegetables but also when it rains.

growing eggplant in a raised bed

I only planted this one eggplant this year.

banana peppers companion planted with eggplant

peppers companion planted with eggplant

I have lots of different peppers. Which I companion planted with eggplant and cucumber in one raised bed.

bean teepee

The beginning of a bean teepee. This first planting didn’t grow so these are ones I replanted a few weeks back. There’s a pumpkin plant in that bed as well.

I also have a  herb bed. I grow my most used herbs in a container on my deck (link here) so they’re easy to get when I’m cooking . The bed in the garden has mint, dill, thyme, and lemon balm.

There’s also one bed devoted to greens – swiss chard, 2 types of kale and some lettuce.

compost area in the vegetable garden

The compost area.

vegetable garden seating area

A seating area. You can see more of that in this post (link here)

And there are  lots of flowers!

teacup birdfeeder in clump of zinnias

I like to just let the flowers that pop up stay where they are.

carrots gone to seed make pretty "flowers"

That white puffy flower is actually a carrot that popped up outside this bed gone to seed. So pretty!

flowers in the vegetable garden

I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the garden. I’m going to be doing a video tour of the garden in a week or so that I’ll post to YouTube but I’ll let you all know when that is ready.

Have a great weekend!

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Filed Under: In the garden Tagged With: backyard vegetable garden, raised beds, Vegetable Garden Tour

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Comments

  1. Marti says

    July 18, 2014 at 7:54 pm

    Nice garden! I didn’t think we’d be here to harvest our garden, but looks like we’ll finish out the season.

    What are your upside down clay pots on sticks?

    • Manuela Williams says

      July 18, 2014 at 10:03 pm

      So I don’t poke my eye out when I bend over into a bed! The sticks are supports for the vegetables.

  2. Glenda says

    July 18, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    You have accomplished a lot, and looks and sounds like a nice variety of veggies to harvest even tho you scaled back due to the anticipated move. Lots of pretty flowers!
    Enjoy your weekend!

  3. Stacey says

    July 18, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    Your garden and yard area is so pretty. You are really going to enjoy all the fruits of your labor. Is your house on the market right now? Seems like I remember you saying you were going to do that again soon.

  4. Ry niv says

    July 18, 2014 at 11:01 pm

    My Basil leaves look burned – how often do you water your basil ? I have it in a pot on my deck

    Thanks and very nice garden

  5. Deb @ Frugal Little Bungalow says

    July 19, 2014 at 8:08 am

    I always love to visit your garden! It’s amazing! 🙂

  6. Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions says

    July 19, 2014 at 9:46 am

    It’s good to take pictures, too, Manuela, so you can look back at your garden once you have moved. I’m sure it will be sad for you to leave it behind. I had mixed feelings ~ I loved our gardens but the maintenance was getting to me working full-time.

    • Manuela Williams says

      July 19, 2014 at 10:29 am

      Yep, I took loads of pictures! We’re going to start looking for a new place in a week or so and I keep going back and forth on the yard size. I think smaller house but big yard would be good then I think, no both need to be smaller since I want to start spending my time doing other things besides yardwork and housework! Decision decisions 🙂

  7. Angie says

    July 19, 2014 at 11:43 am

    What a shame to leave it all behind! But I sure understand. My husband and I are in the process of trying to decide whether it’s time to move for the same reasons. We’ve been here almost 20 years, and there are so many memories. But also a lot of work. I love your blog and all your great ideas

  8. Betty says

    July 19, 2014 at 12:17 pm

    Your garden is so beautiful. I know you will have one just as nice at your new home.

  9. Cindy says

    July 19, 2014 at 3:10 pm

    Very pretty garden! for some reason I love looking at vegetable gardens as we drive around, so thank you:)

  10. Theresa H. Roach says

    July 19, 2014 at 5:57 pm

    Magazine worthy:) Loved my tour of your garden! Enjoy your weekend dear Manuela, HUGS!

  11. Connie Teasley says

    July 19, 2014 at 6:06 pm

    Love your garden. Great job!

  12. Elaine says

    July 19, 2014 at 7:18 pm

    I love your garden. That’s how I wanted mine to look like. This year I only plated flowers. Next year I will plant vegetables again. What did you put under the mulch to keep the weeds down? I was going to put down gravel but I like the look of mulch better. Thanks for the inspirations.

    • Manuela Williams says

      July 19, 2014 at 8:00 pm

      Thank you Elaine! Originally I put down cardboard but that was when I first started the garden. So I’ve had several years of mulch to suppress the weeds. We had some trees chopped down and they chipped them on site which is what I used as mulch for a few years and it was great! I also used hay a few years when I couldn’t get wood chips. I still get weeds but there aren’t that many that I can’t pull a few every time I’m in the garden.

  13. Lena says

    July 19, 2014 at 11:01 pm

    Looks like your garden is doing great! I will be getting plenty of zucchinis in the next couple of weeks but no cantaloupes here, lol!

    • Manuela Williams says

      July 20, 2014 at 8:53 am

      LOL! Well I’ll trade you!

  14. Meadowsweet Cottage says

    July 20, 2014 at 11:22 am

    It’s me vs. the squash beetles for zucchini this year. So far I’m winning–picked my first zuke yesterday! I’m glad you found the time to plant so you can enjoy some fresh veggies and inspire some new owners–way to go!

    • Manuela Williams says

      July 20, 2014 at 3:52 pm

      Oh I had squash vine borers last month. Dug those little suckers out of my squash, pumpkin and melons. My squash still hasn’t recovered. Well I thought it best to show what you could do with the raised beds in case someone isn’t a gardener.

  15. Brenda Nuland says

    July 20, 2014 at 2:55 pm

    Friends were walking with us through our tiny raised bed garden, remarking how gorgeous it looks. I told them pretty much every idea there I stole from you! 🙂

    That late May frost/freeze we had is affective some gardens here. My tomatoes appeared to recover but then three of the four plants have struggled. I’ve hard some say their zucchini did not do well. I had to replant the bush beans but the vine beans flourished and they were planted at the same time. Go figure…

    Your garden is GORGEOUS.

    • Manuela Williams says

      July 20, 2014 at 3:50 pm

      🙂 YOUR garden is gorgeous! We were in triple digits for a while and it was too hot for my tomatoes. Of course, now we’re getting rainy days and they don’t like that either!

  16. Deanna says

    July 20, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    Your garden looks wonderful!

    It feels bittersweet to me too, that you’ll be moving. We like to see all the great projects and gardens at your home. I guess we’ll all be on the journey with you when you move!

  17. Pamela says

    July 21, 2014 at 2:24 am

    I’m loving it.

    I really like the cucumber vine trellis that appears to be hinged at the top. Did you make that? We really need something like that for our cucumbers.

    Have you found a new home yet? I hope its perfect for a new garden.

    I love your carrot plant all flowered out. I thought it was a Queen’s Anne Lace which I love. They’re a beautiful gift of nature.

    • Manuela Williams says

      July 21, 2014 at 8:18 am

      After searching everywhere for one, I found it at Lowe’s. They were they only ones that had a variety of trellises in different widths. I know, that carrot was a nice surprise. I’ve never let them go to seed before and they’re so pretty!
      No we haven’t found a new place yet. We are in our final week of getting our house ready to list next week. So next week we’ll start looking!

  18. Jonni says

    July 22, 2014 at 2:28 pm

    Wow, great tour!

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