It’s not a garden, It’s a Jungle.

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Remember the planter boxes my oh so accommodating husband built for me? These guys?

Raised Garden Beds by RunawayOctober

And that this is what they looked like when I planted them?

Raised Garden Beds by RunawayOctober

Wanna guess what they look like now? No, really. Think about it.

This is Arizona, it’s hot. And as much as I hate to admit it, gardening is a never-ending ‘craft’. You can’t just plant it and forget about it, like you can with most of the crafts I do. I’m not so great at ongoing projects.

Which is why I’m quite tickled (and slightly overwhelmed) that they now look like this:

Raised Garden Beds by RunawayOctober

April 23rd, Box 1

Notice how they’re still pretty much within their beds and you can sort of see all the individual plants.

Raised Garden Beds by RunawayOctober

April 23rd, Box 2

Yeah.

Not anymore.

Raised Garden Beds by RunawayOctober

May7th

It’s a jungle.

Which is awesome, but Holey Moley.

Raised Garden Beds by RunawayOctober

How am I ever going to tame this thing?

Raised Garden Beds by RunawayOctober

I’m really hoping that we’ll get some veggies off of it before the heat makes them go dormant.

Also thinking about putting some kind of shade over it.

I learned awhile back that if the night temps don’t get low enough, it doesn’t matter what I do, the tomatoes will stop fruiting, so hurry hurry little tomatoes.

Heirloom Brandywine Tomatoes by RunawayOctober

Heirloom Brandywine Tomatoes

Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes by RunawayOctober

Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes

Roma Tomatoes by RunawayOctober

Roma Tomatoes, possibly. Hard to tell in there.

Jalepeno by RunawayOctober

Jalapeño

Crookneck Squash by RunawayOctober

Crookneck Squash

Green Bush Beans by RunawayOctober

Green Bush Beans

The cucumbers and honeydew are coming along nicely.

We picked some radishes the other night. I think they were crowded.

And there’s lot of herbs too. Cilantro, Dill, Lemon Thyme, Spearmint, Stevia, Chocolate Basil, Chocolate Mint (I can never seem to pass up all the chocolate ones).

There’s carrots buried in there too.

Maybe next year, I wont pack in so many tomatoes. :D

How does your garden grow this year?

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