Garden is still doing well! We have two eggplants now! I have gotten a TON of yummy green beans and cucumbers...And some peppers, which are taking FOREVER to grow!!! Also some very pretty squash flowers have emerged on the butternut squash plants!
I still have yet to get a nice big juicy red tomato! They have all be on the small side...and they are cracking, which I read is because of uneven fertilization and watering. We have cut down on the watering...And it seems to have made a difference.
We found some grubs when we were weeding. And there are Japanese Beetles eating the leaves...
Today's post is dedicated to my mom. My mom had a green thumb like no one I have ever known. 18 years ago today, she lost her life to breast cancer.
I think she would have been proud of the efforts that have yielded a pretty good garden this year!
18 years ago today, I lost you.
It’s been 18 years since I heard your voice, saw your smile, held your hand.
I have chosen to use those 18 years to smile when I think of you, and to be grateful for the time I had with you.
Since you’ve been gone, I have married a wonderful man, created a very special little boy, attained my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, and found a career that I truly enjoy. And I know that you have watched over me and cheered me on through each and every step.
Mom – You are never far away because I carry a piece of you in my heart. I love you.
Always,
Melissa
AWESOME GREEN BEANS!!!
We have been eating lots of lettuce...I really like the iceberg and the romaine...The "salad mix" flat is LOVELY in color, but the red lettuces are a bit too bitter for me. We won't plant those next year...
The tomato plants are LOADED with small green tomatoes.
We have tons of yellow flowers on the cucumber plants...and we just got purple flowers on the eggplants. The beans are also doing well and we can see the beginnings of baby beans...
We have clusters of TINY red onions peeking up through the ground...I think next year we will need to plant them further in the ground? Even small, they are sweet as can be...
Look how tall those tomato plants are getting!
We had soooooooooo much rain this month! Here is a look at what the weather was like this month. The garden seems to be fairing well, despite the extra rain.
A big shout out to our sister in law, Kim, who came by while we were away to water the garden. We had Kim "feed" the garden today. That was the first time we had given it plant food since we planted. Ron noticed a few "burn" marks on some of the plants. He said its either from the manure, or perhaps the plant food. He is keeping an eye on it. Our tomato plants already have small tomatoes on them. Very exciting!
Its been VERY chilly and rainy here the past few days. At night, its gone down to the mid-40s. I am hoping that the plants hold up. I am told that its best to plant after mid-May (known to be end of frost for the New England area) or to wait until June 1st...We shall see!
We went to Al's Greenhouse on Scituate Avenue in Cranston, RI! What a beautiful selection they had! We will definitely be going there every year. They had so many beautiful plants. So many options! All looked very healthy!
For $150, we bought:
4 green pepper plants
2 butternut squash plants
4 eggplant plants
4 large tomato plants (in pots)
9 cucumber plants
6 green bean plants
8 salad mix (combination of 4 red lettuce and 4 curly lettuce)
16 romaine lettuces
16 iceberg lettuces
6 red onion plants
12 yellow onion plants
1 rosemary plant
4 basil plants
1 oregano plant
4 Italian parsley
So....I have decided to start a blog about our new garden. Hopefully this will document all the things that we did right , and help us to correct our mistakes for further gardens!
Ron fertilized the soil with dairy cow manure from Wright's Dairy Farm. We placed a four foot fence around the garden.
Wish us luck! I have NEVER been known to have much of a green thumb!
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