Like Lacey said in the previous post, it has been a very challenging year for gardeners.  I had big plans of having a small garden that had some of everything we grow in it then recording short videos of every thing we did in the garden.  Unfortunately, I broke my leg and that didn’t really happen.  So like Lacey said, there is always next year.

Also I need to apologize to all of you who posted comments that went unanswered until now.  There were a couple of settings wrong on the website that did not notify me of the comments.  Please accept my sincere apology in the delay.  I think we have it all fixed now.

Hope your garden was better than ours and here’s to next years effort!

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Lacey’s Garden

Basically all I can say is my garden was a total flop this year.  Between busy-ness and traveling and the dog, the only things to survive were the sunflowers and zinnias.  The tomatoes did okay but certainly not a bumper crop.  I will share some pictures from my very pitiful garden, and as a gardener is always the optimist, start planning for a better year next year.

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I finally managed to have a chat with my neighbor down the street whom I call the Tomato Guru.  He is a fount of information and his tomatoes are always the best in this area!  The video runs about 4 1/2 minutes long but it is worth watching.  Yall have a good 4th!

Interview with Tomato Guru

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This is my absolute favorite time of year…when it is well and truly summer.  Time for swimsuits and running through the sprinklers and for me, time for the sunflowers to bloom.  I watch expectantly every June for the first sign of color on my sunflowers.  For when they bloom, I know summer is really here and the squash and tomatoes will ripen very soon. 

Today has been a rainy summery day.  A nice summer rain is so purifying.  It cleans everything, and even though, it is blah and gray today, I know that tomorrow everything will be shiny green and so crisp and clean looking after the washing the rain gives. 

I have pictures of my first sunflowers and a few other things from my garden.  Hope you enjoy seeing my garden as much as I enjoy sharing it with you.  Happy gardening!

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corn peppers

squash tomatillos

watermelons zucchini

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A couple of quick videos of Charley’s garden and picking squash.

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clematis raised bed 1 potatoes and onions hydrangea All Blue Potatoes garlic and tomatoes red cabbage and red clover yellow squash raised bed 1 Black Krim baby tomato Compost piles I finally got everything planted and it is all looking pretty good.  I even have little tomatoes and little squash already.  I planted garlic for the first time last fall and it is all looking great!  I am very excited about harvesting it.  The flowers are blooming and the bees are buzzing.  It has been a perfect spring around here – not too hot, not too cold, not too much rain – I am so grateful!  I keep having nightmares of the floods last year about this time.  The worse thing in my garden this year is my new lab puppy, Luke!  He stays out of the garden until I am out there and then he starts running in circles around me smooshing everything in his path.  He also starts eating the strawberries when I start picking them.  Despite Luke, everything is taking off.  Enjoy the photos and happy gardening in your own garden. 

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 DSC02815Finally! 

Everything finally got dry enough that I could plant my potatoes.  I think I sat on the potatoes for 2 weeks before I was able to get to the garden when it was still dry.  It seemed during those 2 weeks that every time it was dry enough to plant, I had other commitments, and then it would rain. So it all worked out last week and the potatoes are now in the ground.  I planted

baby spinach and lettuces, too.  This weekend was spent trying to find places to plant my flower seeds – zinnias, mostly, and some marigolds, cosmos, a little cilantro, cockscomb and scarlet poppies.  I’m finding that I am a compulsive seed buyer, and saver, and between the two, I have seeds enough for five acres while living on a 1/4 acre!  I keep hinting to my very patient husband that maybe we could plant corn and okra and the rest of my flowers in the front yard.  He hasn’t directly said no, so maybe…

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Charley is thinking about going fishing this afternoon.  Since it rained yesterday, the ground is too wet to plow.  As soon as the ground dries out enough for long enough, we are going to get some veggies planted.  In the mean time, here are some pictures of Charley’s Veggies that we might get to plant. 

squash-crookneck  charleys-veggies-hot-banana-pepper

charleys-veggies-rosa-bianca-eggplant  charleys-veggies-tomatoes

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I keep trying to get out to the garden to work, but the weather has cooperated only sporadically.  I managed to plant some cabbage and onions a couple of weeks ago.  So far so good, if they dont rot from all the rain and snow!  I have my potatoes sliced and waiting for some dry weather to get them in the ground.  This year I am planting All Blue, French Fingerling and Red Gold.  The girls have already noticed the different colors these offer, so I am very excited about growing them. 

Life is busy as usual.  I am working very hard on a new community garden here in Claremore.  We won some grants, but are still waiting for the actual money to appear!  Once we get the financing we are on our way to a very beautiful and exciting gardening adventure.  To learn more you can check out my other blog at www.bluestarrcommunitygarden.com.  (And, no, starr is not mispelled.  Here in Claremore it has two r`s in reference to a name.)

Pray for warm, sunny weather, so we can actually get our gardens planted.  Happy Gardening!

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