Plants in Wisconsin

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Hot, humid and lots of work to do

Best decision of 2011, grow the salad green in pots on the deck.

Basil and Parsley in the kitchen garden

Parisian Pickler cucumbers on the trellis

Cole crops: broccoli and cauliflower

Onions on the left, mixed peppers on the right

Trellised tomatoes, mulched and yielding good

Asparagus, done for the season, weed, fertilized, and mulched

Kale and Chard

It was garlic, now it it is planted for fall: beans, carrots, beets, chard

Red currants, ready for the deh

First, my apologies for the delay in pictures. It has been a busy year so far with work, my parents health, and just being busy in general. As you can see, the garden has been quite good. The asparagus was late, but it yielded good. It's put to bed for the year, weeded, fertilized, and mulched.

We are enjoying the triple kale treat this year. We chose 3 varieties and all are unique. Makes a great morning "green shake". The chard is also doing very good for cooking and smoothies. As late as the year was, cold and wet, all the crops are coming on good now.

One thing with the heat, we are learning that the raised beds need a lot more mulch and water. They plants are really growing.

Enjoy the pictures. If you have questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Bill

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Garden time.... moving fast!

If you would have asked me yesterday, I would have told you that I was not going to be planting anything in the garden on Sunday, 5/22. Even waking up this morning, I really questioned the possibility. Even up until 3pm, I still questioned my sanity for asking.

I was WRONG.

Spent most of the morning doing some general repair of a raised bed that was damaged when we took the birch down earlier this summer. A new 2x6 was all that was called for. Also tried out my father-in-laws B&D 14" electric string trimmer. Not very good reviews on Amazon, but it did a really great job for me.

My wonderful wife took the time to spend a couple of hours weeding and all she asked was that I help. Gladly. We got a big push done and now both of the big compost barrels are full. Grass cutting took almost 2 hours given the amount of growth that has gone on.

Some pictures to mark the progress that is finally being made. Thank goodness for raised beds!

Harrow Sweet Pear - Garden Spot

Contender Peach - Garden Spot

Bartlett Pear - Garden Spot

The garden beds are a blessing in a wet year like the one we are in. In a lot of instances, people are still going to be a week or more out. Get me close, and I can get it in!