Runaway October

Here we go…

Quinalt Straw­ber­ries

Sparkler Radishes (Radii?) hid­ing under the Choco­late Basil

Dill

Bush Beans stand­ing tall

Pur­ple Cone­flower Echi­nacea. Maybe some­day. If they feel like it.

Smith & Hawken Birdfeeder

Mush­room Bird Feeder

Pink Polka Dot Plant, Too cute not to include!

White Moon­flower

Mul­ti­col­ored Lantana

In the 12^th cen­tury Macer wrote that merely look­ing at the Marigold plant would improve the eye­sight and lighten the mood.

African Daisy

More African Daisies

Pink Chablis decid­ing it might be time to come out and play

Pur­ple Alstroemeria

Pur­ple Lilac Vine

What have you got growin’ on lately?

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I think this is the ear­li­est in the year that I’ve had a tan. But for good rea­son! My gar­den beds are pretty much done except for a few tweaks here and there.

My won­der­ful hus­band was patient enough to put these together for me yes­ter­day. I only nagged a lit­tle.

Once done, we ran to Home Depot and picked out soil. Not organic, but you make due with what you have. We chose to use the old “2 of every­thing” plan for soil since we didn’t have the resources to go pick up all the free “fer­til­izer” to be found on Craigslist.

Adding soil is seri­ous busi­ness in need of dou­ble super­vi­sion. Obviously.

Nice butt! –wolf whistle–

All filed and ready to plant. There was an irri­ga­tion drip line run­ning under the pre-existing gar­den that we were unaware of. Matt sliced it with the shovel when turn­ing over the dirt. We decided to bring it up and use it instead of just replac­ing the leaky sec­tion. I still need to run lines to each plant, but that’s easy. That’s what the black tub­ing is run­ning along the fence.

Here’s what I’ve got to work with. I had planned on using mainly seeds, but I was wor­ried that by the time they sprouted and had started to set fruit that the heat would make them go dormant.

Planted. Yay! We’ve got 13 tomato plants (Roma, Heir­loom Brandy­wine and Super 100 Cher­ries), Car­rots, Bush Beans, Dill, and Leeks in one bed. Pick­ling Cucum­bers, Jalapenos, Habaneros, Cowhorn Pep­pers, Crook­neck Squash, Hon­ey­dew, Ste­via, Cin­na­mon Basil, Spearmint and Cilantro in the other.

I still need to plant these straw­ber­ries in a con­tainer. They seem to do bet­ter when I can move them around as needed. And find some­one who wants to pro­vide these hon­ey­dews with a home.

See that bird­feeder on the left there? My MIL bought it for me.

So there’s my spring gar­den for the year. At this rate I wont even need sun­screen when we tube down the river this year.

What are you plant­ing this year?

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