Update on the garden...

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

Chilly weather at first, heat wave now, hardly any rain for couple weeks or more. Rained today needed more, downstate it rained more oh well.



Cabbage, tomatoes, onions, pablano peppers in the bed...Delicata squash, sweet potatoes in the corner. Outside the compound in the field there’s asparagus, and medicinal herbs, Meadowsweet, Field Horsetail, some very pampered Dandelion.



Red and yellow peppers, Roma tomatoes in the bed. Cherry tomatoes in the buckets snacks when we’re down there. Bed in the back is Broccoli and Cauliflower.



The side bed going toward the gate cabbage, green beans watermelon, Delicata Squash, romaine lettuce, cucumber, zucchini. Milkweed is growing, spreading and being treated very well. It’s peeking up on the other side of the fence.



They will turn red in time.



Baby Roma tomatoes



Cucumber got stuck in the trellis. It was rescued...well in the salad tonight.

[niyad]

1. Thank you so much for sharing your garden with us.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

6. Your welcome...

Love to be able to share the bounty. Neighbors will receive quite a bit.

[Tanuki]

2. Fantastic! Well done indeed.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

7. Thank you... it's fun and a great way to stay busy!

[AnotherMother4Peace]

3. beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

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[N_E_1 for Tennis]

8. Thank you and your welcome...

It was a project that kinda got away from us. It all started to be a medicinal herb garden. We have native medicinals growing up all over. Meadowsweet, Prunella Vulgaris (Self-heal) Goldenrod, Red Clover, Dandelions just needed some tender care, they are pampered now.
Then Covid hit and my wife and I decided to do veggies again also.

[niyad]

11. Do you make wine with the dandelions? Years ago, a friend used to make the wine,

and then the most wonderful dandelion wine jelly.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

12. No, we use the leaves for a salad addition...

But mostly use in a medicinal way. Great diuretic I tend to get a little swollen feet by days end, a “tea” made with the leaves starts the day. Also fights inflammation, contains powerful antioxidants, could control blood sugar, weight loss, may control blood pressure.

There has been absolutely no man made chemicals used on the property for at least two decades, I’m in a pretty rural location away from massive pollution from cars and trucks. Not near a road that has much on it. You have to make sure you have “clean” herbs.

[niyad]

13. Dandelion is a little medicine cabinet, is it not? I have spent decades telling people about

its many uses. There is a lovely area in Larkspur where there are acres of dandelions in spring. A beautiful sea of gold.

Do you have marigold in your medicinal area? Or around your tomatoes?

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

14. Yes on marigolds...

[PJMcK]

4. What a great garden!

I adore your organization and separators and the straw(?) walkways. Just beautiful.

My wife asked me to build a greenhouse for her this Spring and I'll try to post a picture of how we organized it. It's almost Jurassic in the success she's having with the vegetables! She's already told me that she wants another outdoor garden next year. Since I get to partake of the bounty, I'l build it for her!

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

9. We're trying companion planting this year...

And my oldest son tore out an old patio. Took the pavers from that and lined the beds. We doubled up pavers to creat raised beds. The garden is southern exposure and with protective domes I’m making each bed will be a mini-green house. The pavers should absorb some daytime heating and radiate into the bed allowing an early start to root crops next year.

At least you that’s the plan...we’ll see!

[LisaL]

5. You got yourself a really nice garden.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

10. Thank you...

[NJCher]

15. so how many total raised beds?

Looks like five.

Did you raise the plants from seeds or buy from a nursery?

Do you have any problems with powdery mildew on your squashes and cucumbers?

Do you make your own compost?

Did you bring in soil or is that soil that was already there?

This garden must get terrific sun.

Beautiful job. Thanks for sharing these pics. I love to see gardens from around the U.S.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

17. Your welcome and thank you...

Amount of beds is 4.5 There was supposed to be 4 but I extended one a little bigger. No walkway access for the bed with the trellises; extensive yoga training allows these seniors to bend over and stretch further.

No, no problem on the cukes or squash (yet) it has been so dry, even with a heavier watering schedule the air is moisture deficient the leaves dry off quickly.

Compost...yes I make my own...but I really don’t need it much in the garden compound, the soil there is so rich we don’t even need to fertilize, just a way to recycle. I grow comfrey in the back outside the garden for the fertilizer (nutrients) I use for cannabis growing, if needed I place a couple comfrey leaves one the ground near the plant that needs help. Our garden is truly organic.

Soil...has been there mostly undisturbed for decades. We do not till any deeper than needed to loosen unwanted plants and plant new arrivals. Doing this leaves the soil structure intact for healthier crops. IMHO.

Sun... total southern exposure. The tree in the compound was left there to provide shade for the lettuce underneath it. Protects from the hardest pm sun.

Thank you...I hope I’ve answered your questions. Thanks again.

[diva77]

16. What an inspiration and a vicarious thrill!

Thanks for sharing with us!

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

18. Too kind...thank you.

[electric_blue68]

19. I have such respect for gardeners....

... I self studied organic gardening in the mid-80's since I have an environment side just educate myself and be able to discuss with others (I live in an apartment). I was also going to our Greens Markets particularly the organic farmers

Nicely arranged, and so many things! I find it miraculous to watch veggies, fruits, beans, and grain grow into themselves. Our sustainence. Enjoy your bounty!

Oh, milkweed - medicinal? Or for the Monarch butterflies?

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

22. The milkweed is for the butterflies...

We only share in its exquisite scent.

[onethatcares]

20. Wow,

beautiful. I'm speechless.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

21. Thank you!