Dwarf Gardenia 2013

Dwarf Gardenia May 23, 2013  This year I have planted 2 Dwarf Gardenias in my front yard where they can get plenty of sunshine.  They right now are loaded with blooms and have been continuously blooming for a month.  Pretty and sweet.  This plant grows to mature height of 3 feet with a 3 foot spread.   The white blooms can add a nice fragrance to any landscape.

Crook Neck Squash 2010

Crook Neck Squash

Planted March 26 th Crook Neck Squash

Picture taken April 19th shortly after I had watered.

Crook Neck Squash

OKRA-Cow horn 2010

It’s sure been a busy time for me since I last posted. My Garden has really kept me pretty busy. COW HORN OKRA pictured here. I will do my best at postings with updated photos soon.

4 19 2010 Photo

COW HORN OKRA

June 8, 2010 2 rows of Cow Horn Okra

May 12,2010

Compost Bed

Today I turned it or should I say stirred it up.  My worms are growing well and seem to be getting big and fat.  I have been putting all my leftover vegetables,  in together with soil and mulched leaves from my yard.  I have been mixing this for over a year now.  I started mine out with a small plastic round garden pond.  It seems to be working out great.  I also dumped in some fishing worms that my son and I had left over from  fishing.  Today I sprinkled a little gardening lime and mixed well.  They say this is what will help it to break down quicker and also that the worms love the sweet soil. eweh!!

I put wigglers in here during the summer months but this looks like an earthworm to me.

This here I think is a grubb, the kind that gets into your lawn and eats the roots of your grass up.  I am not sure though.  I will have to check into this.

Vegetable Garden

My 1st picked squash.  After 3 days of rain I walk out to my garden and see the squash plants under water only the leaves of the plant shining through. As I look closer at my squash plant beneath the sand with a steady stream of water flowing over it.  As I get closer I see peeping at me part of a submerged yellow squash burried beneath the watery sand.  Squash doesn’t take long to grow.  This one here is only about 3 to 4 days old. Squash matures very fast.  It can be harvested every other day.  This one squash could be steamed cooked in the microwave with butter and onions.   YUM YUM.