Sugar snap peas on the left, loose leaf lettuce in the center, shelling peas on the right, kale, far right. This picture taken mid March.
The peas have gone nuts. They have outgrown the supports I had for them, so I have had to improvise using bamboo, the trellis in back which is for the scarlet runner beans, a tomato cage and plant stakes. I hope this will do until the peas finish producing.One thing I did learn, do not plant lettuce in between two rows of peas, as it is very difficult to harvest without breaking the pea plants.
The strawberries are fabulous this year. This is just one small planter box of strawberries, plus there is a 9 x 2 foot bed, two recycled tires, and a large pot, all full of plants loaded with berries. I am covering them with bird netting as I won't share *grin*
I am surprised the tomatoes are doing so well due to the cooler temperatures. I started them out inside their Walls 'O' Water but as they grew larger I had to remove their nice warm protection.
The tomatoes are now cozy inside their three sided plastic surround. Once again I improvised using metal plant stakes, bamboo, plastic sheeting and wooden clothes pins to construct the surround.
The summer squash is looking healthy and growing as it should. I am well pleased with my garden this year and feel I have learned a lot about growing veggies these past few years.
13 comments:
Very nice veggie garden...lettuce does need an area all it's own doesn't it?
Yes Darla it does, I learned a lesson here. I thought the peas would provide a little shade,and did not think about them growing so tall. Well, next year I will do it another way. *grin*
And that's the beauty of the garden, isn't it? You learn and improvise and learn some more and improve. Your garden looks fabulous. The cool weather does have it's benefits, doesn't it?
Yes Grace, the cool weather sure does have it's benefits, and I love to learn new things about gardening, even if I learn from the mistakes I make.
Wow, your peas are incredible! It has been an excellent season for snow peas :) I like your idea of creating a surround for warm weather veggies to keep them warm. My squash looks very sad compared to yours.
I love the idea of using old tires for beds. I was driving home this evening and saw brightly painted tires in yellow, blue, green and pink on a playground. It was actually quite pretty. Between you and the playground, I may have to set out a few tire beds!
Your garden is looking great.
We're hoping for some warmer weather, at least some sunshine for an extended length of time would be nice.
Like the surround for the veggies.
Does the stone keep the weeds out?
Gotta talk hubby into growing more than tomatoes,peppers and herbs.
Your beds look great and so do the veggies.
Patsi, the stone doesn't keep all the weeds out,but the few which do manage to grow are very easily pulled out.
It is looking good at your place! In Oklahoma, we also had a very long cool spring, but we are making up for that now.~~Dee
Those peas look so good! The rain is certainly a great thing.
I used the wall o waters on my tomatoes too, I still have them inside, although they are starting to peak out the top. I also have some growing in a hoophouse, and I am hopeful that I will actually get some tomatoes this year. Yours look good!
I see lots of people grow strawberries. I tried them many years go when I first started gardening, and lost so many to critters, I stopped trying. Maybe I should give it another go. I can rig some kind of protection, I think.
Your garden is looking yummy, mine is a quite slow this time of year but the huge quantity of tomatoes will soon be on me.
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