Garden Update

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I haven’t posted updates on the garden in a while, so figured I’d upload a few photos.

The plants in the greenhouse have really started taking off with the new soil. Still, some are doing better than others, and I think that is mostly attributable to the lighting in the greenhouse. We need to trim the trees above it, but they have power lines running through them, so it’s something I probably need to call someone out for.

I’d like to transplant some of these out of the small green pots – probably won’t be using them at all next year. As you can see, some of the plants are growing about as big as they’ll get in these.

The Malabar spinach and grapes are going crazy. I’m weaving them into the rope trellis on the back wall. Several of the tomato plants are a few feet tall now, and all the plants under the bench on the right were lettuces that were doing amazing, but had an aphid problem I didn’t find until it was too late. It’s sort of a quarantine area, though all the aphids are dead now thanks to SaferSoap.

The lighting this morning wasn’t doing me any favors, but this is a photo of the greenhouse. I should have taken it in the afternoon when the sun is behind me, not the greenhouse.

The sunflowers are doing pretty well. They’re over the 6′ fence now. The trees are also looking healthy.

Walking over to the raised beds. On the corner of the porch you can see the rosemary, and the asparagus in the closest bed is so tall that it’s just falling over. Stretched out, the ferns are as tall as I am.

The seating area is still usable, but being taken over by various vining plants.

The carrots are spilling out of their bed – I’ve pulled a few and they’re coming along nicely. Another month and they’ll probably be ready to pick and we’ll clean out the bed and put something else in. The squash have made a big comeback, and melons are doing really well.

These vines are mostly cantaloupe. Also on the backside of the trellis, further down, are the sweet potatoes.

A closer view of the trellis. We have cantaloupe everywhere, and even some small watermelons.

This is the banana plant I was so worried about after the hail storm. Doesn’t seem to have slowed down its growth at all!

The other banana plant is bursting out of its pot, as well, but is growing a lot fuller, and less tall.

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