Yall, I don't know what to say, the garden is so beautiful and ripe. Mother nature has been watering like a rock star and the garden gives me eye-gasms. The garden is overdue for weeding, but the weeds don't grow as well when the plants create a canopy shading the ground below. I have installed two rain barrels and am pleasantly surprised as one of the 60 gallon barrels filled up after just two days of rain! I use the rain water to feed my potted plants and I have yet to run out of water. If you have ever thought about using rain barrels, just do it because you won't regret it. I made mine for roughly 35 dollars a piece including the spicket, fitting, and rain barrel from craigslist. Pests are at a minimum outside of a few slugs and I'm harvesting zucchini, squash, ground cherries, beets, Swiss chard, Kale, bell peppers, lettuce, and herbs every few days. Hope you enjoy the photos!
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| Eggplant |
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| Almost ready to be eaten! |
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Every morning before work I step out to feed the chickens
and appreciate the gift of nature. |
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| Rain Barrel - Cost $35 - free water! |
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| Squash Blossom which the honeybees love every year. |
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| Golden Zucchini |
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| Cabbage |
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| Sadly, I often want to leave them as they are and not eat them. |
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| Look at how many of them there are! Yum! |
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| Smooth German Kale Flowering |
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| Personal Favorite - Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce |
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| Gourds |
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| Ground Cheeries |
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Most of the plants have been staked for added support in the
case of high winds. |
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| So far, there have been very few pests! A few slugs... |
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| The corn towers at close to 11ft |
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| Eggplant flower |
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Put tomato cages around the corn to
keep them upright |
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| speechless.... |
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| Leaks are doing well |
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| Lavender showing its beautiful flowers |
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| I love how they track the sun. Simply stunning and amazing. |
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| Thyme |
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| Happy Herb Garden |
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| Loot - Buttercrunch Lettuce |
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| Gargantuan Beets! |
