Pumpkins have started growing like crazy - vines and baby pumpkins everywhere. With the hot weather has come a lot of ripening of the tomatoes and lots of peppers to pick.

Photos are from August 2 - 9, 2022.

It's crazy how fast the items in the new beds have been growing. Had some blossom end rot issues, as there is so much zucchini growth in the one planter. Had to add some fertilizer to increase the calcium and magnesium content.

Photos are from July 22 - 29, 2022.

As you can see, there is a lot of growth across the beds. The plants that we moved into the new beds are much happier and are finally growing again. Lots of flowers everywhere, which means lots of bumble bees, too!

Photos are from July 11 - 22, 2022.

In July we picked up some used beds and added them to the yard. They're about 2'x3'x18". We were able to move squash from the smaller patio containers to these beds. They took off after we did that. We had to get 2 cubic yards of soil delivered from Boring Bark to fill them up.

Photos are from July 1 - 7, 2022.

In addition to growing veggies, I absolutely love growing flowers. And before we were even moved in, I was buying flowers to go into various parts of the yard. I spent a lot of time this year cutting up grass and pulling weeds so that I could create new flower beds. Some are still in pots awaiting a place to go, as we had work we had to do with regards to drainage in the yard. But hopefully next year most of it will get into the ground.

Our son loves succulents and sedums, so we've bought a lot of those as well.

A variety of shots of the garden from June, 2022.

Now that we have a yard of our own, we can put in raised beds instead of pots. Here's the start. We bought three 4'x8'x2' beds. The bottom was filled with yard debris and then the rest of the bed was filled with premium raised bed soil from Boring Bark.

We also added some patio boxes around the outside to grow squash and cucumbers.

Now that we've had a few warm days in a row, flowers around here are blooming like crazy!

Started new seeds today - hot peppers, sweet peppers, eggplant, and peas

Seedlings, for the most part, are doing pretty good. Spinach is always the one I have the hardest time with, and it doesn't help that some of the seeds are older. I might have to plant a second round of seeds for some of them.

Well, I've started seeds for the 2017 growing season. I start with items that either take longer to grow or are those that like the colder temperatures, like some greens. This is different kinds of kale, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. 

Garden is doing well, even with all this rain.

With all the nice weather we've had lately, the garden is going crazy!

Lots of hot weather right now, but that also means the plants go crazy with growth. Some of my tomatoes are going to be taller than me soon.