My 4 boxes

Broccoli, beans, and eggplant

cucmbers

One box just of tomatoes

one box just zucchini, I planted one plant and 5 seeds, the more mature plant has 4 zucchini on it already!

peas, early on, they're 4 x the size already!

Sunflowers curtesy of Alexis (Thanks :)

What I like about the boxes, is that it cuts down on the weeding and the watering and walk around the plants fairly easily. Everything is within reach.

I've just planted another row of peas, beans and carrots seeds today. I think the boxes may discourage a few animals. I keep finding holes, that looks like a dog (judging by the paw prints) may be trying to dig up my sunflowers, which are in the middle of the garden and not in a box.

Boxes, Plants, and Seeds

These are some of the vegetable plants I bought. One eggplant, 2x broccoli, 1x zucchini, 4x tomatoes.

My dad and I put in 4, 4x4 boxes. Far left will be tomatoes, far right will be the zucchini, front left, I planted a row of peas and a row of carrots, leaving space for another row of peas in carrots that I will plant in a month. Front right has the egg plant and broccoli and I planted a row of bush bean seeds, leaving room for another row of beans in a month. In the middle I planted a mound with cucumber seeds on each side and a couple of sunflowers in the middle for fun!

Spring 2010!

So it begins again, my friends! Finally, found some time to haul myself down to the garden, so so busy, I almost thought I wouldn't be able to do it this year, but I am glad I did. All the plots are taken and if I didn't do it this year, I probably wouldn't be able to get in next year...so here goes!

They straightened up the boundaries and I think created extra plots, so I am about where I was last year, but I have a neighbour to the south of me. Don't worry neighbour, I've decided to skip doing the pumpkin thing this year, so it won't take over your plot!

I've weeded it and raked it...and roughed in 4 squares. My plan is to plant tomatoes, beans, peas, carrots, zucchini, cucumber, and eggplant. Radishes are fun, but don't really like them. oh yes and in the middle I want to plant 4 sunflowers, just 'cause!

wish me luck! stay tuned next week: trip to the nursery!

The end...?

Happy Halloween!

I made this jack-o-lantern from my first pumpkin from the garden!

This is the last post of the gardening season. I dismantled my garden box and pulled out the plants. I will be back next spring, I may post a few seasonal photos of the park during the winter... keeping an eye on the spring flooding!

See you in the Spring!
comicbooklady

bonanza!

Isn't this great?! I harvested 4 of my pumpkins, I thought I should do it before they are stolen! One of my pumpkins was half eaten on the vine, so I threw it into the compost, but I did find two more green ones...so hopefully they will survive. I figure that's not bad for the 2 seeds I planted! I thought I should take the eggplant and another zuchinni! So it is ratatouille tonight!

And on the pumpkin theme I found this Pumpkin Ale from the Great Lakes Brewing Company at the LCBO. Can't wait to try it... I thought I better buy it when I see it, because with these local breweries you see them once and then never again in the liquor store...I tried a nice beer from Railway City Brewery in St Thomas, ON called Spike Amber....mmm good beer, never to be seen again at the Liquor store...not fair.

Pumpkin's Progress

I keep checking and I still have 5 pumpkins growing in my plot. 2 of them are starting to turn orange!

Well, the beans are done, the peas are done, all that is left in my garden is pumpkin, zucchini and eggplant and some basil. I picked a zucchini for dinner tonight and I was invited to pick the corn in the children's garden! We had that for dinner as well, was it ever delicious!!