I may not have mentioned this before, but all of these plants that are mentioned were purchased at the local grocery store and the grocery store near my place of employment. this amazed me in many ways, their make-shift greenhouse was a fare size and had a lot to offer, from heirloom to organic I was very impressed with this grocery store, so yes both stores I went to were the same company, truly amazing and something to take note of for years to come.
As I said in my previous post about my garden (Green Thumb), my garden is staying true to being all organic. I have not used anything to enhance the growth, like Miracle Grow. I have stuck strictly to my own compost that I have created from kitchen scraps and grass clippings that I have collected and turned into what we gardeners call black gold. Adding this around your plants gives them the nutrients they need, naturally.
I have had a few problems with my garden this year. There have been a few late night visitors. I have not put my finger on it yet, but its either deer or rabbits that have come and decided to munch on my hard work like my green beans for instance. They came up, had beautiful green leaves, then one afternoon, while outside smoking and checking out my garden like I do every day after work, i noticed that those beautiful plants had been munched on, just the stalks remained. I also have a heirloom Black Krim tomato plant, it had two small tomatoes growing, those too gone, not just gone, but so delicately taken off the plant as if I had taken them off the night before. I was so angry, all of my hard work and nourishing of my garden, i was ready to pull up all of the green bean plants, well what was left of them. Then I stood back and thought, I am going to keep them there and see what happens. Sure enough about 2 weeks later, the leaves grew back and they began to blossom, i would soon have beans, I was so excited. I was excited until I went out the other day, July 1st to be exact and found again I had a visitor and they were all gone again, just the stalks remained. That so called visitor also took a few leafs off of other plants I had in the garden. I am now at the point were i am thinking of putting a fence around my little garden, like my neighbor did.
I must say overall, going all organic this year has turned out very well for me so far this year and I have been documenting it all in my gardening journal that I have had for a number of years. With this journal I am able to take notes of what seed works best, what technique or method of garden has worked best for me. I also log what I am growing each year, if it is a plant or seed, first sprout date in the case of a seed. Also I write down when I harvest the first fruit or vegetable and how much I get from the plant in that year. For me its a great way to develop my garden every year and knowing what I grow will grow well.
Below will be a list of the fruits, vegetables and herbs that I have in my garden and some in pots. This will be followed by some pictures that i have recently taken, enjoy!!!
-Straight Eight Cucumber -Sunburst Patty-Pan Squash
-Green Beans -Jalapenos -Fish Pepper(H)
-Lemon Apple Cucumber(H) -Box Car Willy Tomato(H)
-Black Krim Tomato(H) -Mortgage Lifter Tomato(H)
-Moon & Stars Watermelon(H) -Sausage Tomato(H)
-Basil -French Thyme -Lemon Thyme
-Chives -Cilantro -Parsley
(H)-This means that it is a Heirloom
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