Garden Pictures

Well, this weekend we finally got the garden weeded, tilled again, and planted. The shot below is of the water tower a block from our house. It was getting ready to storm and I thought the contrast was perfect for a picture.



























Here is a shot of our bush beans that are coming up. We planted four rows of them.


























We have one lonely eggplant.

This is Flat Leaf Parsley, Basil, and Watermelon in the background. I intend to put a chickenwire fence around the Watermelon after it gets running to keep it penned in and under control.

We have eleven Pepper plants, California Wonders and Some Yellow Bells.

This is Zuchini in the foreground and Cucumbers in the background. The Cucumbers I intend to build a verticle lattice fence that they can climb on.

This is our thirteen tomato plants. We have Better Boys, Jet Stars, Early Girls, One Roma, and about three cherry.

Last here is our four rows of corn. Its the Yellow and White Variety.

Here is the whole garden shot. We started to see some rabbit encroachment so after I shot this, and while it was raining I cut a 50 foot roll of Two foot chicken wire down the middle using some tin snips to make 100 foot of one foot rabbit fence. If they decide to jump it,,,,well I hate it for them if they are still in there in the morning!

Garden Update

This afternoon I had some time at home due to a meeting and actually had time to work in the garden. I have yet to get the tiller fixed so I turned some soil the old fashioned way, I used a shovel. I sowed four rows of bush beans about ten feet long. Kim planted some Hostas next to the house and the garage, along with some flowers. I started weeding the corn and let me tell you, that is a lot of work. I am having to do most of it on my hands and knees so I wont rip out any more corn plants. Yea, I got two of them as soon as I got started with the hoe. This Friday is payday so I will have the funds to buy some more chicken wire. It seems that the local cottontails are enjoying a corn treat at night. I guess I will use the chicken wire to surround the whole garden until we can get the permanent fence up. I understand that if you are farming and rabbits are eating your crop, they can be considered a varmint and shot. I wonder if that works in town?