Tuesday, August 12, 2008

What is in the Garden?

What I'm growing this year:

(Disclaimer: Just bought a house in Independence in May and the back yard was totally barren and stripped of all topsoil so progress is slow. Hopefully with a few years of composting and me accepting how this yard wants to work I'll get better results)

Annuals;
Peas -
A good crop so far, trellised well on PVC and jute. I'm trying to save some seeds for next year so we'll see how that goes.
Corn -
So far so good. Corn is wind pollinated so you are best off with square or rectangle patches.
Tomatoes -
Early Girl, Roma, and some Roma hybrid. The Early Girls are doing well and I just picked the first fruit, though they are on the smaller side. The Roma are stocky but very productive, it should be in the 90's the rest of the week so we'll see how they do (the hot sunny days ripen them). The Roma hybrids are very susceptible to blossom end rot - oh well.
Pumpkins -
A variety of seeds that were mixed together - so far 4 or 5 baseball sized pumpkins on the vine. I think there would be more if it were not for the evil Satan's Ladybug (Cucumber Beetle).
Watermelon -
Sad, sad little watermelon plants. They have not grown more than a few inches since sprouting. All around bad luck. Old seeds, too much shade from the pumpkins etc has left them in the lurch.
Yellow Zucchini -
Onions -
Garlic -

Perennials;
Salal -
Oregon Grape -
Marionberry -
Raspberry -
Native Blackberry -
Blueberries -
Nectarine -
Cherry -
Apple -

Native Strawberry -
Mint -
Oregano -
Thyme -
Rosemary -
Hyssop -

Various evergreens for Yule trees
A few shade and ornamental plants (Maples, etc)

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